Joe Daniels: Egypt’s Red Sea
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Canon announces the ID X Mark III
Canon has announced its flagship 1D X Mark III camera. It has a 20.1 MP sensor and a new DIGIC X Image Processor with a native ISO range of 100-102400. Autofocus is with a new 191 point via the optical VF, and Dual Pixel in Live View. It is capable of 12-bit 5.5K RAW video internal recording and oversampling 4K 60p video recording using the full width of the sensor in Canon Log with 10-bit 4:2:2.
Article: An Introduction to Photogrammetry
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon presents an introduction to the process of creating 3D photogrammetry models. Initially tasked to produce a survey of one of the walls of the El Pit Cenote in Mexico with Under the Jungle’s Natalie Gibb, he enrolled on a GUE Photogrammetry course run by John Kendall that introduced and practically applied the image capture and workflow for creating these fascinating models
Don Silcock: Diving the Wonderful Witu Islands
[Don Silcock] (http://www.indopacificimages.com) presents a primer highlighting the amazing diving and photographic opportunities that are offered in Papua New Guinea’s Witu Islands. Located in the middle of the Coral Triangle, scientists have identified more than 600 species of coral together with 2000 species of reef fish in the area. Don has illustrated his guide with stunning images.
Issue 112 of UwP magazine is available
Issue 112 of Underwater Photography magazine is now available to download. Featured articles include reviews of the Aquatica A7R Mk IV and Sony A7R IV, a round-up of smartphone housings, the FIX Underwater Warmer vest, the Backscatter Mini Flash and Optical Snoot, the Samyang 14mm lens, and the Chasing Dory underwater drone. Locations include PNG and Raja Ampat, along with lots of news and information
Final Call: UPY 2020
The 2020 Underwater Photographer of the Year contest is making its final call for entries. It offers 12 standard categories and 2 special ones for marine conservation imagery and photographic books. The deadline for entries is 11:59 GMT on 3 January 2020 and the winners will be announced at the Go Diving Show in Coventry, UK on 22 February.
Wishing the Wetpixel Community a very Happy New Year
Wishing the Wetpixel community the very happiest of New Year celebrations. We hope that you are enjoying a joyful evening with family and friends and that 2020 will bring you safe diving, cooperative subjects, and amazing imagery.
Darktable 3 imaging app is available
Version 3 of the open-source image editing app Darktable has been released. It offers an improved GUI and improvements to the denoise module, the Picasa export module changed to Google Photos, new RGB Curve and Levels modules, a new Basic Adjustments module, new color pickers for some modules “many code optimizations” for SSE and CPU paths and much more.
Canon USA supports Coral Restoration Project
Canon USA has announced that it is participating in the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science coral reef restoration project. Canon team members, along with students and university staff embarked on an expedition to plant coral fragments from a nursery into an existing reef of Key Biscayne, Florida.
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