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Nauticam releases the NA-V2 housing
Nauticam has announced the release of their housing for the Nikon 1 V2 mirrorless camera. The housing features access to both the camera’s control dials, and a switch that allows the user to switch between LCD screen and EVF viewfinder. The camera’s built-in pop up flash can control TTL strobe output via fiber optic ports.
Image: Manta breach
Wetpixel moderator Shawn Heinrichs captured an amazing image of a breaching manta at Isla Mujeres, Mexico last week. He says: “Pretty intense when you witness it right in front of your face! I managed to grab a couple of frames with my Canon 1DX as it flew past.”
Call for entries: Diver/BSoUP Print competition 2013
The British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) and Diver magazine is calling for entries to their 2013 print competition. The shortlisted entries will be voted on by the public at the DIVE SHOW at the NEC, Birmingham over the weekend of 26-27th October 2013.
5 things more deadly than sharks
Amidst the hype and hyperbole in Discovery’s Shark Week, it is perhaps important to remind ourselves about the real statistics of shark attack. One World One Ocean has compiled a short film listing various household items that are statistically more dangerous than sharks.
France announces shark cull in Réunion
The French government is planning to cull a further 90 bull and tiger sharks around the island of Réunion. The Huffington Post reports that this is in response to 5 fatal shark attacks that have occurred there since 2011.
EOS 7D to get RAW video
Wetpixel member David Cheung has reported on the forum that the team at Magic Lantern has managed to create a hack that will allow the Canon EOS 7D to output RAW video files, similar to that now being worked on for the EOS 5D.
Panasonic announces the LUMIX GX7
Panasonic has announced the release of its LUMIX DMC-GX7 mirrorless camera. It features a new 16 megapixel Live MOS sensor with an ISO range of 125 to 25600 and a new fast AF system. It records 1,920 x 1,080 60p (60 Hz) / 50p (50 Hz) videos in AVCHD Progressive or MP4 (MPEG-4 / H.264) in P/A/S/M modes and has focus peaking to aid keeping video sharp
New paper shows that plankton can swim
An article in Science Daily references a paper in Nature Communications that suggests that the traditional view the phytoplankton simply drifts in currents may be incorrect. (Image from Shutterstock)
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Nikon Announces the 24 MP D7100 SLR (via DivePhotoGuide)
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Endangered sharks return ‘home’ (via BBC)
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Firmware update available for Olympus OM-D E-M5 (via )
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Eric Cheng speaks on “From Coral Reefs to the Light Field:… (via )
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Protection of the wreck of the SAS Pietermaritzburg (via African Diver)
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