Tony Land: The Cayman Islands

Issue 119 of Underwater Photography Magazine (UpY) is now available to download. It features reviews of the Sony A7C camera and Nauticam NA-A7C, the SeaLife iPhone housing, and Rokinon 18mm F2.8 and Tamron 28-75 F2.8 lenses. Peter Rowlands features his favorite images from the UPY 2021 competition and Michel Braunstein describes his experiences of Seychelles and the mermaid.
Traditionally, photography textbooks concentrated on aperture and shutter speed as being the most important ways to control exposure. Modern digital cameras offer another option, namely ISO. For underwater photographers, often shooting in quite low light levels and trying to balance flash and natural light, ISO offers an excellent tool to help control the way we capture light underwater. Adam and Alex discuss the newer camera technology that allows this and how they use it when shooting.
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon and regular contributor Alex Mustard are happy to announce another milestone anniversary, with 150 episodes now available via the Wetpixel Live Channel. Heartfelt thanks to those that have joined us, our fantastic sponsors (currently Aquatica, Backscatter, Ikelite, Inon, Lembeh Resort, and Seacam), and to all our subscribers and viewers. Free to view on the YouTube Channel, they are also available to purchase and download.
Alex writes in his book: “Even if you only get to shoot for a couple of weeks each year, you remain an underwater photographer for the other 50 weeks.” In this episode of Wetpixel Live, he and Adam look at some practical ideas that will allow photographers to practice their skills when they can’t actually dive.
Retra has announced a free extended warranty period and a firmware update for its Retra Pro and Prime flashes. If you received your strobe before 1 December 2020, the warranty is valid from 1 January 2021. Firmware version 3.6 offers a range of improved performance features and bug fixes and is recommended for all users.
Sony has announced their FX3 full frame cinema camera. It offers 4K 120p with internal recording UHD 4:2:2 10-bit. Other specifications include an ISO range expandable to 409,600 and 15+ stops of dynamic range, along with 5 axis in-body stabilization.