Monday, June 30th, 2003

Filters and Ambient Light Photography

Craig Jones draws upon his considerable expertise in digital video to write about ambient light photography for still shooters, using filters and custom white balancing.

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Light & Motion Tetra 5050 Housing

Ryan Canon’s review of Light & Motion’s Oylmpus C-5050 Tetra housing. Review is in PDF form: [download review]

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Aquatica D100 Housing

Michael AW’s review of the Aquatica D-100 housing.
Excerpt: “In early June this year I realised that I must go to Raja Ampat to complete a final shoot for my new coffee-table book, Richest Reefs, which I have just completed. Short of time, and with no chance for a re-shoot (by the time you read this the book will be printed and on its way to the bookshop), I decided to take a second digital camera along for the trip. The Nikon D100 camera body and its Aquatica housing arrived the night before my departure. The entire exercise of opening the boxes, preparing the housing, popping a CompactFlash (CF) card, lens and battery into the camera, and completing the rig with twin Ikelite strobes, took me about 30 minutes …”

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Aquatica S2 Pro Housing

James Wiseman’s detailed review of a prototype Aquatica Fuji S2 Pro Housing.

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Aquatica Fuji S2 Pro Housing Review

Wetpixel has posted a comprehensive review of the Aquatica Fuji S2 Pro Digital Housing, by James Wiseman.

Excerpt: “Aquatica has entered the digital market with both feet – and it appears that they are taking feedback from their users and improving each of the new housings as they come out. The S2 housing is certainly a winner and leaves very little to be desired. The construction is good, the versatility to use different lenses is there, and the unit is really a pleasure to use underwater.” [read the review]

Saturday, June 21st, 2003

BBFS PIT Journal 2003

A comprehensive report of the Bimini Biological Field Station’s 2003 PIT Tagging Project. During the course of four weeks, the local cohort of juvenile lemon sharks are caught and tagged under the direction of shark scientist Dr. Samuel H Gruber. The PIT program runs annually; you can find out more information at the sharklab website.

Wednesday, June 18th, 2003

Dive Magazine’s 2nd Digital Cover

Congratulations to Wetpixel's Eric Cheng, whose photo of a juvenile loggerhead turtle is on the cover of the July 2003 issue of Dive Magazine! Eric's photo is the 2nd digital photo that has appeared on the cover of Dive Magazine (the first was Douglas David Seifert's whale shark photo from last month).

Friday, June 13th, 2003