Epson Red Sea 2008 - World of Underwater Images

From November 10th-15th Eilat will be swamped by underwater photographers and videographers again for the 4th year in a row, because the Eilat Shoot Out will be taking place. We have covered this event in the last years [2006|2007]. This year Epson could be won as a new sponsor. Additionally a new category has been announced "Winning & Donnating". 11 photographers from 11 different countries are invited to compete in this category in the live shoot out. The winner will receive a $5,000 check courtesy Of the Israeli Diving Authority and will be granted the opportunity to donate it to an international shark conservation organization.

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The ships of darkness released

Our friend Gyula Somogyi has just released a DVD featuring two underwater short films including the award-winning "The ships of darkness". Additionally you will find a short music video clip and a tutorial on productions techniques used in the moviews on the same DVD.

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Fantasea Line Announce Winner of their “Name the New Flash” Competition

Fantasea Line just announced the winner of their "Name the New Flash" competition. In august Fantasea Line asked underwater photographers to submit suggestions for a new flash that has been introduced by Fantasea Line. The winner is Mr. Al Yafi. He suggested to name the flash "Remora" like the animal.

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Rajah Ampat 2009 Entry Tag Contest Winner

The Winner of the Raja Ampat Entry Tag Contest has been announced. Brazilian photographer Marcio Lisa wins 2009 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry Tag Contest with a silhouette of a manta ray. The image will be printed on the 2009 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry tag series.

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Back online

We faced some database problems since last night, which lead to access problems on digideep. We could fix that issue and normal access to the product database, forums and the picture of the week contest should be working without any problem.

HD-camcorders are getting DSLR-competitors

Today Canon has lifted the secret of the EOS 5D´s successor and to my great surprise this year's product feature of the Photokina seems to be a DSLR with the ability to capture HD movies. It´s an obvious development after the evolutionary stages sensor-cleaning and live-view in the last years. Canon now has struck back with the EOS 5D Mark II and gained an edge over the recently announced Nikon D90

A technology comment ...

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