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RED ONE camera housing from Zuccarini Watershot
Watershot Inc. and Zuccarini Films teamed up to build a custom underwater housing called WaterRED for the RED ONE camera. The housing for this high end production camera will be launch in the middle February most probably. It will feature all controls to operate the RED ONE camera and a 5.6" LCD monitor for optimal image control underwater.
Aquatica Designs a Housing for the Nikon D7000
Aquatica developers are nowadays working on a new housing for the Nikon D7000 camera. Once released, this housing will be called AD7000 and will be offered for an attractive retail price of 2,499 USD. Although AD7000 specifications haven't been announced yet, we can only assume it will feature the slim and relatively lightweight construction featured by other recently released Aquatica Housings, which seem to have gone on a serious diet. The housing should be released by the beginning of 2011.
Epson Red Sea 2010 Live Daily Reports
This is the 6th year in a row that the Eilat Red Sea competition takes place in Eilat, Israel, awarding photographers with prizes worth $80,000 every year again. On November 8th, the Epson Red Sea 2010 has officially started, introducing new categories, enlarged prizes, upgraded "Happy Hours" and some very lovely naked models walking all around...
The first day of the competition, which is the registration day, is always the most optimistic one for all. Your strobe didn’t fail yet, your schedule seems perfectly reasonable and you still believe that you’re the only one aware of the Frog Fish at the wreck. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and you’re going home with a prize worth $25,000. You’ve gotta love this day![Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3][Day 4][Day 5][Day 6]
Aquatica AT2i Housing is Now Shipping
Announced this past July, the super light and compact Aquatica AT2i housing for the Canon T2i/550 has undergone its complete field testing cycle and has now started shipping. The AT2i is made of high grade aluminum and is compatible with most strobes available in the market. Featuring a new retractable focus/zoom gear rack, a lens release lever and ergonomically positioned controls, the final version of this housing seems to offer quite a few upgrades and advantages over its first preproduction prototype.
SharkTees Announces a Collection of Scuba T-Shirts
There's no doubt that scuba diving is much more than making bubbles underwater. It’s a community and way of life. SharkTees scuba T-shirts were designed in light of this philosophy, according to which being a scuba diver inevitably reflects on one’s self definition and a scuba T-shirt is an inseparable part of delivering this message to the world. These T-shirts feature innovative, original, creative and exclusive ideas, based on the world of scuba diving, celebs, horoscope, humor, politics and ecology.
The 2011 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Competition
Wetpixel announces the 2011 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest. Enter your best images or graphic designs and have your image printed on the 5,000 park tags which will be attached to the BCDs of visiting divers. The author of the winning design also wins an all-inclusive10-day dive holiday to Raja Ampat, Indonesia, for two! The submission deadline is Monday, September 6th, 2010. Public voting on finalist images will commence shortly after and end on October 11th, 2010. Read more...
Underwater Photography (UwP) Magazine #56 now available
The Sept/Oct 2010 Issue of the UwP magazine consists of no less than 90 pages(!). It's the largest UwP issue published so far, and some might say the best as well. This issue pretty much covers at all, as a wide variety of writers, underwater photographers, videographers and world travelers write about recent events, photo techniques, underwater photo equipment, special dive locations and more, everything you need to stay in the loop. All you’ve got to do now is to arrange yourself a holiday long enough for a 90 pages colorful read!
Underwater Journal - 17th Issue Now Available
The 17th Issue of the Underwater Journal magazine, now available for free download, introduces a personal approach towards some of the latest news from the underwater world, including unique dive spots, innovative diving gear, impressive fish species and rare encounters. You might have already heard about Florida Keys, read regarding diving rebreathers or dreamt about a night dive with Manta Rays. This time, however, you're about to experience it through a different perspective. A whole new point of view.
Nauticam Canon 550D housing
Nauticam made its debut last year with a lot of very interesting innovations to the underwater camera housing market. The piano keys and the port locking systemare just some of them. Listing to their customer Nauticam is continuously trying to improve the ergonimcs of the housings. Nauticam's Canon EOS 550D housing is the latest incarnation of their efforts, which comes up with new ideas like the ISO paddle, the rocker lever for the (*) button and a new housing locking latches.
Win an Invitation to Epson Red Sea 2010 Competition
This years Epson Red Sea 2010 competition will start in April already. And if you already thought of participating in this years Epson Red Sea competition this could be your ticket. David Pilosof just spiced up the time until the 2010 competition with another small online competition. Between April and August photographers, both amateur and professionals can participate in a monthly contest to finally win flights, accommodation and diving costs for the Epson Red Sea 2010 competition.
Aquatica Releases the MINI DOME 100
The new Aquatica Mini Dome 100 was designed to accommodate a wide variety of fisheye lenses. If you have ever encountered impossible situations due to the huge size of your fisheye lens port, such as a failure to come closer to a fish hiding inside a small cove, or perhaps failure to ever find a bag large enough to accommodate your port, you are most likely to appreciate this 4 Inch innovation. It is made from BK-7 mineral glass, competitively priced and promised to soon be offered for other brands housings as well.
Underwater Journal - 15th Issue Now Published
A variety of underwater issues and points of interest are covered within the 61 pages of the Underwater Journal's 15th Issue, available for free download. A journey to Farnsworth Bank - if you feel like diving in California, a dive beneath the ice - to dust off your drysuit, an introduction with Dosidicus Gigas - as it has been a long time since we last read a GOOD underwater horror story, and a guide through the different surfer markey buoys available - that is, in case you ever run into a Dosidicus Giga...
Underwater Photography (UwP) Magazine #53 now available
The 53rd Issue issue of the Underwater Photography Magazine has been published. Whether you were considering where to carry out your next dive trip or which new photo equipment to spoil yourself with, you are most likely to find some good answers in this issue. This latest issue even features an article that guides you through the reasons of being satisfied even when your images turn out the worst, reminding us, even pros, that a good learning curve should never be overlooked!
Aquatica Housing for the New Canon 1Ds MK IV
Although Canon's new flagship camera, the 1Ds MK IV, has been released only recently, a compatible underwater housing is already available. Aquatica announces that their Canon 1DS MKIII is fully compatible with the 1Ds MK IV, which is considered as a blessed upgrade to Canon's pro line. The Aquatica 1DS MKIII housing is machined from solid aluminum, treated and anodized to military specification, ergonomically designed, carefully balanced, depth rated to 300 feet and most important - already out there!
Our World Underwater 2010 Announces the Winners
Thousands of entries were submitted to the Our World Underwater 2010 competition, which consisted of seven stills categories and two video categories. The judges of the competition released a formal state, according to which the level of images submitted this year was especially high, easily justifying nearly $50,000 worth prizes, including dive trips, underwater photography equipment, diving gear and more. In addition, 15% of competition proceeds were donated to marine conservation efforts. Seems that even the sea wasn't left empty-handed!!
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