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Drew Wohl wins Underwater Images 2008 competition

Drew Wohl, one of our long time members and moderator, has won the Underwater Images 2008 Photo/Video Competition in the conservation category. Congratulation to Drew for this 1st place with the fantastic video. See the video here.
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Aquatica Canon 1Ds Mark III

Aquatica Canon 1Ds Mark IIIThe new Aquatica Canon 1Ds Mark III housing is a rock solid housing machined from solid aluminum, treated and anodized to military specificationfor the Canon 1Ds Mark III. This solid manufacturing makes a depth rating of 300ft. possible. The housing has the same bayonet mounting as the other Aquatica housings and therefore all existing accessories can be used.
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Sealux: Universal housings for Canon and JVC.

Sealux comes up with two new products: With the UMN 190C and the UMN 190J the German manufacturer presents two universal housings for Canon and JVC Camcorders. Both housings take all models of their brands that don't exceed 190 x 132 x 116 mm. The new products have monitor backs, controls in comfortable reach of the hands, flip filters, the possibility to attach optional wide optics and can be used up to 90m depth.
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New 45 degree viewfinder from SUBAL

New 45 degree viewfinder from SUBALFinally SUBAL has announced a new viewfinder for its housings. The new and nicely designed WS45 Finder Optic fits to all newer SUBAL housings and is the response to the high demand for a 45 degree viewfinder solution by many underwater photographers. With the viewfinder a magnification of 150% is achieved resulting in a vibrant viewfinder image that is 2.5 times bigger than the original SUBAL viewfinder. It covers the whole image including all camera infos. For the use in different conditions, the viewfinder can be rotated in four steps (90 degree).
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An easy to install UW leak detector

The Australian UW Photographer Jeff Mullins presents a new and easy to install leak sensor that detects moist and water in the housing and warns the photographer with a flashing LED. It can be installed in various underwater housings like Ikelite, 10Bar, Fantasea and some of the Olympus, Canon, Nikon and Fuji housings. The sensor is adapted to each housing model and comes with easy instructions for self assembly. The leak detector is available for about 60$. Find more information on uwleakdetector.com.
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Seatool: One-Touch Close-up Lenses for DX-1G

Japanese manufacturer Fisheye just presented two sets of underwater close-up lenses for the Sea & Sea DX-1G. One set consists of two lenses with 50mm diameter the other set contains three lenses with a diameter of 20mm. Both sets can be used with just one or any combination of the existing other lenses. An additional diffuser allows to take macro images even without an external strobe. For further informations take a look at this site.
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archive
April 2008
04/10/2008 Light&Motion: LED Video Lights that DO work! Serge Abourjeily
04/08/2008 HeinrichsWeikamp: Remote Slave Unit Frank Malotke
04/02/2008 Fantasea: New compact housings! Serge Abourjeily
04/01/2008 Aquatica introduces D300 housing! Serge Abourjeily
03/30/2008 New Patima housings for Canon G9 and Sigma DP1 Lars Kirchhoff
03/30/2008 Sea & Sea MDX-Pro D3 officially announced Drew Wohl
03/22/2008 S-2000: INON anounces new strobe! Serge Abourjeily
03/18/2008 Final call for Celebrate the Sea 2008 Competition Lars Kirchhoff
03/17/2008 UWP Magazine Issue #41 available Lars Kirchhoff
03/15/2008 BS Kinetics: Housing for Sony Alpha 200, 300 and 350! Serge Abourjeily
03/13/2008 Sea&Sea TTL Converter for YS-250 Lars Kirchhoff
03/13/2008 INON Strobes with new LED focus light Lars Kirchhoff
03/06/2008 Olympus Anounces E-420 DSLR Drew Wohl
03/04/2008 New Fantasea Products Lars Kirchhoff
02/26/2008 New Aquatica Nikon D3 housing Lars Kirchhoff
02/26/2008 Shark accident in the Bahamas Lars Kirchhoff
02/25/2008 SeaLife SL961 Digital Pro Flash Lars Kirchhoff
02/19/2008 Two video housings by Light & Motion for the new Sony HDR-HC9 camcorder Andi Voeltz
02/19/2008 Toshiba Officially Pulls HD DVD Drew Wohl
01/30/2008 Sony announces development of 35mm CMOS sensor Lars Kirchhoff
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