Articles
97% of Mediterranean shark catches unreported
A paper published in the journal Marine Policy shows that 97% of sharks captured domestically by European, North African and Middle Eastern countries fleets are not reported by species. This means that protections afforded by IUCN status cannot be enforced. In addition, the researchers discovered that there is effectively no accounting for sharks caught as bycatch.
Aquatica releases details about 5HD monitor
Aquatica has released details of their new 5HD monitor. An integrated monitor and housing solution, it has a 100 meter rated aluminum housing and the HD monitor has peaking and false color. It ships with a removable sunshade and will accept 4K HDMI input.
Lacie announces two RAID drives
LaCie has announced two new RAID Drives. the Rugged Shuttle offers 8TB of portable capacity, with a USB-C interface. The LaCie 2big RAID desktop drive offers up to 16TB of capacity and transfer speeds of up to 440 MB/s and uses a USB-C connection
Blackmagic Design releases Resolve 16
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 16 is now available to download. It features a new cut page specifically designed for quick edits. The new DaVinci Neural Engine uses machine learning for facial recognition, speed warp and more. Adjustment clips let you apply effects and grades to clips on the timeline below, quick export can be used to upload projects to YouTube and Vimeo from anywhere in the application, and new GPU accelerated scopes provide more technical monitoring options
Reef ID Books releases Reef Fishes of the Coral Triangle guide
Reef ID books have released their guide to the Reef Fishes of the Coral Triangle. The book catalogs over 1400 species of fish that occur in this biodiverse region. Each species has been photographically described, and some also have images depicting color variations, age, and differences in gender.
Sony announces tough high performance external hard drives
Sony is releasing a series of ultra-tough, high-speed external SSD hard drives. They are waterproof to IP67 standards, and the high=performance SL-M series offers read/write speeds of up to 1000MB/s, while the SL-C has 540MB/s read speed and 520MB/s write speeds. Available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage capacities, they have USB-C connections.
Panasonic announces the G95 mirrorless micro four thirds camera
Panasonic has announced their G95 (G90 in some markets) mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera. Featuring a 20.3 MP sensor with a native ISO range 200-25,600, DFD powered AF and in-body image stabilization. For video is offers 4K up to 30fps and Full HD video at up to 120fps. There are also no video recording limits and it ships with V-LogL.
Adobe adds Content Aware Fill to After Effects
Adobe has announced a series of updates to its Creative Cloud video apps ahead of the annual NAB show. Perhaps the most notable new feature is the addition of Content Aware fill to After Effects. Utilizing the Adobe Sensei AI platform, unwanted objects in the frame can be masked and replaced with suitable pixels. The tool will then track the object as it moves through the scene
Recent News
- First bluefin tuna sold in Japan in 2014 goes for 70k (via )
- Crab grabs GoPro (via )
- Something’s fishy with SeaWorld’s blackfish poll (via )
- Issue 58 of X-Ray magazine available to download (via )
- January/February edition of UwP magazine is available to download (via )
- Shark photobombs two surfers (via )
- 100-year old negatives found in Antarctic (via )
- Canon releases firmware update for C500 (via )
- January 2014 issue of DIVE magazine now available (via )
- The Guardian Best Pictures of the Day (via )