Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Results: DEEP Indonesia 2012

Wetpixel and DivePhotoGuide are proud to announce the winners of the 2013 DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photography Competition. The competition is part of a unique series of underwater imaging events that has become one of the biggest and most prestigious in the world, supported by fantastic prizes from our sponsors. Congratulations to Hamid Rad, who won Best of Show for his first placed image in the Reefscapes category. Additional congratulations are due to all the participants as the standard of the entries was outstanding.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Gates announces new products

Gates Underwater Products has announced a series of new products. These include new housings for the Sony PMW-F55 digital cinema camera and the Canon VIXIA HF G20 camera, a new 5” widescreen HDMI monitor called the EM50 and a kit that can be installed into Gates housings that allows the surface control of focus, iris and zoom.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Review: Fisheye FIX Aquavolt 7000 video lights

Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon presents a review of the Fisheye FIX Aquavolt 7000 video lights. These lights are very suitable for use with SLR or POV cams as they are relatively small in size and light in weight, but still provide sufficient light output. Adam was able to test the lights in the gloomy UK winter, and has written a full report on their performance.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Nauticam releases digital cinema setup film

Chris Parsons of Nauticam USA has posted a video entitled “Nauticam Digital Cinema System Setup and Overview” on Vimeo. The film features the NA-ROSSA housing for the RED EPIC / SCARLET-X digital cinema cameras which was first shown at DEMA in 2012.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Nikon announces the COOLPIX A

Nikon has announced the release of a new compact camera with a 16.2 million pixel DX format CMOS sensor. The COOLPIX A has an EXPEED 2 image processing engine and a native ISO range of 100 to 3200. It is equipped with an 18.5mm f2.8 lens, and its control layout is designed to mimic that of an SLR, making it suitable for use as a back-up camera for an SLR shooter.

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Sigma launch new product line video

Sigma has released an artistic interpretation of their new product line in the form of a video. The company; “used some internal parts from our lenses to show the commitment to the highest level of the work.” The film, entitled “Dancing parts” was partially inspired by the contemporary dancer, Pina Bausch and was shot using only Sigma lenses.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

Erin Quigley’s tutorial on backscatter removal

Erin Quigley has posted a tutorial on backscatter removal using Photoshop CS6 onto Vimeo. The technique uses a combination of selections, layers, the move tool, Gaussian blur and adding some noise.

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

Paper suggests that 100 million sharks are caught annually

The Marine Policy journal has published a paper that attempts to provide an up-to-date and scientific assessment of the number of sharks that are caught each year. This number has been in dispute for some time, but the new paper seems to suggest that the number of sharks is around 100 million per year. The vast majority of these are caught to satisfy demand for shark fin soup. The CITES conference, due to start in Bangkok tomorrow will discuss adding five shark species to its endangered list.