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Fantasea ships FA6400 housing
Fantasea is shipping their housing for the Sony a6400 mirrorless camera. The polycarbonate FA6400 ships with a pre-dive vacuum system, leak detector and uses the FML port system.
Issue 108 of UwP magazine is available
Issue 108 of Underwater Photography (UwP) magazine is now available to download. It features reviews of The Nauticam housing for try Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera, the Ikelite housings for the Sony a6400, the Nikon Z7 and the Scubalamp MS20. Marine life features include breaching sunfish, blanket octopus, and Vancouver salmon, with images from Molnar Janos cave and French Polynesia are highlighted locations.
Hostile Planet Filmmakers Interview - Part 2
Part 2 of a comprehensive interview with the filmmakers involved in the the production of the Ocean episode of National Geographic’s Hostile Planet series. Part one of the interview focuses on the creation and goals of the product whereas this part discusses the tools, techniques, and philosophy of the film and filmmakers.
Hostile Planet Filmmakers Interview - Part 1
National Geographic’s Hostile Planet series is currently airing internationally. The “Oceans” episode focuses on incredible stories about marine creatures. Wetpixel reached out to the Director of the episode, Sophie Morgan (@sophiedives), and camera operators Dan Beecham (@danbeecham) and Roger Munns (@roger.munns) to find out more about the trials and tribulations of filming the series, and how they went about capturing the amazing footage that is featured in it.
Apple Aperture to stop working after macOS Mojave
Hidden away in a note in Apple support is the announcement that Apple’s macOS will no longer support Aperture after the current Mojave (10.14) version. Apple discontinued the development of Aperture in 2014.
Issue 14 of Heinz Magazine is available
Issue 14 of Heinz magazine is now available to view and download. Featured in this edition are illustrated articles about the Canadian salmon run, the Netherlands, the Banda Sea, and Madeira. In addition, there is a number of featured “Top Shot” photographers.
Ikelite announces housing for Fujifilm X-T3
Ikelite has announced their new housing for the Fujifilm X-T3 mirrorless camera. Constructed of the company’s trademark ABS, the housing features the Dry Lock port system and an integrated vacuum valve. It ships with a manual flash hotshoe, and optional TTL converters are available.
Ikelite ships a series of TTL converters for Fujifilm cameras
Ikelite has announced a series of electrical TTL converters for Fujifilm cameras. Available connections include Nikonos N5, Ikelite ICS-5, and Ikelite FT1 hotshot versions.
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