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Feature: Ambient Light Photography


photo: alex mustard
Although long practiced in digital video, ambient-light photography is still fairly new to underwater still shooters. Wetpixel contributer and digital video veteran Craig Jones takes us through the basic theory of underwater ambient-light photography using filters and custom white balance. Shed your strobes!  Photos by Alex Mustard. [read the article]

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Digideep’s Red Sea Digital Shoot-out

Our good friends at Digideep are hosting a digital shoot-out in the Red Sea from September 1-8, 2003!

Fully equipped with the newest digital underwater photography gadgets they will go o­n a liveaboard to the famous wrecks of "Abu Nuhas" and "Thistlegorm" and the breathtaking National Park Ras Mohammed.

The livaboard vessel will be the King Snefro 6, a splendid dive boat with a nice crew. Far away from the growing tourism at Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada the digideep staff will give free tutorials o­n digital image manipulation and digital underwater photography during the whole trip. Free testing of all equipment is also included in the package.

Interested? Check out the Digital Photo Dive Safari website and let them know that Wetpixel sent you!
Facts:

Date:      September 1-8, 2003
Where:   North Safari, Red Sea. Departure from Sharm el Sheikh.
Price:     735 EUR (~$832 USD) for unlimited diving, food & drinks*

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Lumix 2003 Digital Photography Awards

We just received a note from Panasonic, notifying us about this year's Lumix Award competition. It might be interesting to submit underwater interpretations of this year's theme, "Man & Machine." Prizes include monthly Lumix camera and Palm Tungsten T handhelds, and a grand prize of an international 7-day photographic workshop.

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UMIE’s DCH-701 Housing for Canon PowerShot G3/G5

The new UMIE DCH-701 is designed for Canon PowerShot G3/G5 digital cameras. Semi-fisheye/Over-under photography can be achieved with WDP-701 glass dome port + built-in wide conversion lens. Precisely machined from solid block of POM resin. Full access to camera controls. Depth rated @ 60m (200ft).

UMIE also manufactures the DCH-501 Housing for MINOLTA DiMAGE F100/F300, and the DCH-301 Housing for Nikon COOLPIX 775. More information at their website.

Full UMIE DCH-701 Canon PowerShot G3/G5 housing specs ->

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