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UW Technics ships TTL board for Panasonic GH5
UW Technics are shipping a new TTL conversion board for the Panasonic GH5/GH5s housed in Nauticam housings. It offers both optical and electrical strobe triggering and supports most popular strobes. The board allows for camera control of manual strobe output and can be user installed.
Hugyfot introduce Vision Xs housing
Hugyfot has announced their new Vision Xs housing for GoPro 5,6 and 7 action cameras. It has an integrated Feelword F5 monitor with its battery, providing 3 hours of life and is rated for between 150 to 200 meters (490 to 650 feet).
RIP Samuel “Doc” Gruber
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Samuel “Doc” Gruber, founder of the Bimini Biological Field Station on Thursday 18 April. Doc was a shark biologist and founder of the American Elasmobranch Society. He was a Professor at the University of Miami and a recognized authority on shark science, having completed 49 Atlantic research cruises and over 170 scientific publications. The Wetpixel community sends our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends
RED releases REDCINE-X
ED CINE-X is now out of beta and available for production use. Perhaps most crucially, the new version allows for real-time decode of the 6K footage when processed with compatible NVIDIA hardware. The process is handled by the CUDA cores on the GPU and this allows the editing to be carried out on native footage, rather than proxies.
Show Report: ADEX 2019 by Drew Wong
Wetpixel’s Drew Wong presents a comprehensive report from the 2019 ADEX Show. Held in the Suntec Center, Singapore, the show is the longest-running and biggest dive show in Asia and had numerous panel discussion and events centered around underwater imaging. In addition, the now infamous Wetpixel/Sam’s Tours Imaging party was held at the Armoury, and Drew has shared his images from the event. If you weren’t there, you missed out!
Sea&Sea ships YS Optical converter for EOS R
Sea&Sea is shipping their YS Optical Converter for Canon EOR R camera housed in the company’s MDX housing. It is compatible with both YS-D1 and YS-D2 strobes and, in common with Sea&Sea’s other YS converters, can be activated and controlled via a button located on the housing.
Happy Earth Day 2019
Happy Earth Day 2019 to the Wetpixel community. This organizers have named the event “Protect Our Species and dedicated it to the protection of endangered and threatened species.
Nauticam ships housing for Fujifilm X-T3
Nauticam has formally announced their NA-XT3 housing for the Fujifilm X-T3 mirrorless camera. It has the N100 port system and an M24 bulkhead for HDMI 2 compatibility. It can also be fitted with an optional 2500 mAh USB battery pack that rests in a form-fitting cradle beneath the camera.
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