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Notes about Aquatica underwater housing for Canon 5D Mk II
Long-time Wetpixel member Bruce Yates writes about his new Aquatica underwater housing for the Canon 5D Mk II and compares Aquatica housings to Seacam housings (Bruce was a long-time Seacam user).
The Aquatica 5DII housing feels solid and sturdy, and every part meshes precisely. It is truly a professional-grade housing. It has a moisture alarm, and I like the way the camera mounts onto a tray, and the mounting tray slides solidly on two rods and latches in place, so there is no question of it being in place. I actually prefer this to the Seacam mount, which requires that you screw and unscrew a screw into the camera’s tripod hole each time… The only build aspect for which I still give the nod to Seacam is the “fuzz” that covers the inside of Seacam housings to absorb any bits of moisture that might find its way in…
See what Bruce thinks of his new housing!
Nature’s Best Ocean Views Contest 2009 announces winners
Congratulations to grand prize winner Matthew Potenski and the many other winners of this year’s Nature’s Best Ocean Views Contest 2009!
Out of nearly 8,000 submitted photos, 26 images have been selected as winners. All winning images will be published in the next issue of Nature’s Best Photography magazine due out this summer. If you were not selected to as a winner in this year’s contest, we encourage you to continue with the great work! We received so many excellent photos, which made our selection process very difficult!
Continue reading for the full list of winners.
Canon 5D Mark II gets manual exposure controls in firmware update
After online petitions and unrelenting customer inquiries, Canon finally announces a firmware update to give their revolutionary 1080p ViDSLR EOS 5D Mark II manual exposure control including shutter, aperture and ISO controls. This removes the biggest criticism of the camera and enhances the camera’s standing as the premiere 1080P HD DSLR camera. Join our video forum discussion which includes some underwater clips from the camera.
Fisheye FIX LED1000DX and LED500DX focus lights released
Our sponsor and friends at Reef Photo & Video recently sent us photos of the new (and now shipping!) Fisheye FIX LED1000DX and LED500DX focusing lights, successors to the very popular FIX HG20DX halogen light. With an 85-degree beam angle, and 9x and 4x 3w high-intensity LEDs, respectively, the focus lights provide over 90 minutes of burn time at full power and advertise a lamp life of 10,000 hours.
Continue reading for the full press release and gallery of images, including beam comparisons with and without optional colored filters…
Wetpixel Bahamas oceanic white-tip expedition 2009 returns to port
Alex Mustard and crew have returned from the Wetpixel oceanic white-tip shark expedition to the Bahamas. There is no doubt that we will start seeing dozens of images posted in the trip coverage thread in the Wetpixel forums. Jeff Hartog was first, posting a teaser image of an oceanic white-tip shark from the boat an hour out of West Palm Beach. So far, Dr. Mustard has only posted oceanic pig images, which are always very entertaining.
Keep your eyes on that thread! It’s going to be a good one.
Wetpixel seeks volunteers for Long Beach Scuba Show, May 30-31
Wetpixel is going to Scuba Show 2009 in Long Beach, California this coming May 30-31, 2009! As usual, we are looking for a few enthusiastic volunteers to help at the booth. You’ll get a free pass to the show and a free Wetpixel Quarterly aluminum collector’s box. If you’re interested, please contact Michaela at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
UPDATE: Wetpixel will be sharing booth 522 with Light & Motion. Light & Motion will have on display their new Bluefin S10 for the Canon S10 camcorder. The compact Bluefin S10 features an unprecedented control set for an underwater housing by offering white-balance, exposure, gain, focus, lighting and other camcorder control directly from the Bluefin’s infra-red control handles.
Come say hi to us! We’ll have all issues of Wetpixel Quarterly available.
Panasonic DMC-GH1 continues the ViDSLR revolution
Panasonic has released the DMC-GH1 DSLR with manual controls settings for HD movie capability and continuous recording, breaking 2 of the biggest criticisms of the new hybrid camera category. The GH1 captures HD in 1080/24p and 720/50/60p in 17mbps AVCHD Psf in 60i. On the stills front, the 4/3 mount camera has a 12.1 mp resolution with anti-dust sensor and face recognition AF. Priced at $1499, it is a feature packed camera that beats the competitors for HD video in DSLR, ViDSLR if you will. Best of all, it’s available in flashy red or bling gold!
Wetpixel POTW contests open again
Apologies for the lack of a Picture of the Week contest this week! Our queue ran dry and no one was fast enough to think of more competition themes. I’ve put a competition online today (topic: sharks and rays), which will run until end of day Sunday.
Be sure to check out some of the recent POTW winners. There are some amazing images in there!