Monday, April 26th, 2004

Summer weather impacts Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Severe summer weather conditions have had an impact on reef communities of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. High water temperatures, cyclonic winds and huge rainfall have all been responsible for some damage to many individual reefs in the world's largest coral reef system.

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

Mod Light and Video Housing from LMI

Light and Motion have released a new compact video housing called the Stingray III for the latest Sony MiniDV cameras HC20, HC30 and HC40. Nearly half the size of the original Stingray the new super compact Stingray III offers all of the same features of the full size model.

Other good news is that the popular Mod Light is back and improved. The Sunray Mod is powered by a rechargeable, memory free, high capacity, lithium ion battery. Burn times range from 50 minutes on the high setting to 90 minutes on low. Additionally, there is a conveniently located LED on the back of the light that informs the user of output levels, low battery warning and charging status.

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

Del Mar County Fair Underwater Photo Contest

The Del Mar County Fair 2004 has added an underwater photography category to its International Exhibition of Photography. The underwater photography category is sponsored by Gates Housings (also a Wetpixel sponsor!), and winners will be presented with cash prizes. Entries must be postmarked by April 30th, 2004.

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Rob Galbraith: CF Performance w/ the D70

Rob Galbraith has updated his compact flash card performance database to include the new Nikon D70 digital SLR camera. I was shocked to see that when used with the fastest card in the test, the D70 records a RAW file at an amazing 4670K/sec! This is twice as fast as the older Nikon D100 and Canon 10D and almost three times as fast as the Canon Digital Rebel.

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Aquatica developing a Kodak DSC Pro SLR/N Housing

Press Release Excerpt: Aquatica, one of the world's true leaders in underwater housing design and development has recognized the potential of [the Kodak DSC Pro SLR/N] and is already producing the tooling for the first prototype housings for the new [camera]. The new housing will access all the key functions to a working depth of 300 feet. All ports will be interchangable with those of other Aquatica housings, keeping in line their policy of interchangability between systems...

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Commercial Dive Trips Forum

We've just created a new forum category called "Commercial Dive Trips" for commercial dive trip listings. In the past, we've been sensitive about non-Wetpixel trips being advertised in our forums, but now you have our blessing to be as blatantly commercial as you would like to be -- as long as you stay within the boundaries of the "Commercial Dive Trips" forum. :) Please read the ground rules in the forum category before proceeding.

Thursday, April 15th, 2004

INON Digital Converter Available Soon

We've just heard that the controversial INON Digital Converter will be available soon in limited quantities through Wetpixel sponsor Marine Camera Distributors. As far as we know, the digital converter will not be marketed officially through INON America due to a patent dispute, but will probably still be available unofficially through shops that import from Japan.

Thursday, April 15th, 2004

Nexus D70 Housing Exclusive Photos

Lee Peterson over at Wetpixel sponsor Marine Camera Distributors has sent us some exclusive photos of a prototype Nexus D70 housing. The D70 housing will have more controls on it than the D100 housing does, and they both are set up for external operation through 2 extra ports (i.e. possible remote trigger, external battery packs etc.). There is also a new handle with different hole patterns for strobe mounting, and a beautiful new 8mm thick glass multi-coated dome port that is just under 8" in diameter. Expected ship date for the new housing is mid-May. Contact Marine Camera Distributors for more information! (go to related link for photos of the housing, or discuss in forums)

Thursday, April 15th, 2004

Epoque EHN-5400 housing for Nikon Coolpix 5400

Check out the new Epoque EHN-5400 housing for the Nikon Coolpix 5400: it's compact, made of high intensity ABS resin, and has a reinforced optical glass port. The Epoque housing has dual o-ring seals, is depth rated to 45m, and has an external flash sync connector or fiber optic sync connector.

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

Nexus D70 Housing Prototype Images

Check out some exclusive photos of a Nexus D70 housing prototype, shown with permission by Wetpixel sponsor Marine Camera Distributors.

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