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Adobe drops support of legacy operating systems
Adobe has announced that next major release of their Creative Cloud will not operate on Windows 8.1, Windows 10 v1511 and v1607, and Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan).
Issue 87 of X-Ray Magazine available
Issue 87 of X-Ray Magazine is now available to download. Articles in the September 2018 editions include a feature about drone use with dive travel stories, fluorescence photography, the Thai cave rescue, Diving in Grenada, American crocodiles in Mexico and a portfolio from artist Kelly Clause.
Nikon announces entry level D3500 SLR camera
The D3500 entry level SLR camera has been announced by Nikon. It features a 24.2MP sensor and a native ISO range of 100-25,600. In common with most entry level Nikon SLRs, it does not have a built in focus motor and so is not compatible with non AF-S and AF-P lenses. This means that it will not work with several lenses that are important for underwater use.
Mike Bartick: Bokeh-licious
This latest installment of articles by Mike Bartick for Wetpixel focuses on Bokeh. Mike is a professional underwater photographer who is widely published and also manages the Crystal Blue Dive Resort in Anilao, Philippines. Wetpixel will be publishing a series of articles and images by Mike chock full of invaluable underwater photography tips and techniques.
Hundreds of endangered olive ridley sea turtles found dead from fishing net off Mexico
Mexico’s federal agency for environmental protection announced Tuesday of this week that it found over 300 dead olive ridley sea turtles. The turtles died from apparent entanglement with a ghost fishing net off the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The news comes just a week after news of another large mortality event of mostly olive ridley sea turtles off Mexico. Although these events should cause some concern, scientists believe it is just a small percentage of the tens of thousands of olive ridley turtles nesting off southern Mexico every year.
Lightroom Coffee Break: Page Down to Inspect images
enjamin Warde posted a tutorial about using the Page Down key to inspect images on Adobe’s Lightroom Coffee Break. Although he aims this at removing sensor dust, for underwater photographers, the technique works equally as well at removing backscatter within Lightroom. (Hint: Use the “Visualize Spots” function within the Spot Removal Tool).
Phase One has announced the 150MP XF IQ4 camera system
Phase One has announced their XF IQ4 camera system. This comprises the IQ4 150MP, the IQ4 100MP Trichromatic, and the IQ4 150MP Achromatic each of which offers internal RAW processing using an integrated version of Capture One. Tethering is available via wireless, USB-C, and Ethernet, with in-camera storage on XQD and SD memory cards.
Sony announces Tough SD card range
Sony has announced a range of SD cards that are being billed as being the toughest and fastest available. Waterproof to the IPX8 standard and featuring a write speed of 299MB/s, the cards feature a redesigned one-piece molding structure. The connector ribs and write protect switch have been removed. Available capacities are 32GB, 64GB and 128GB.
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