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Fantasea ships FML system ports
Fantasea has announced their FML range of ports, extension rings and zoom gears compatible with their FA6500 housing for the Sony a6500 and a6300 mirrorless cameras. The ports give support for the following Sony lenses: E 10–18mm f/4, E PZ 16–50mm f/3.5–5.6, E 30mm f/3.5 Macro, FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro and the E 16mm f/2.8 with or without Sony’s Fisheye Lens or Ultra-Wide Lens Converters
Canon announces 6D Mark II and Rebel SL2 cameras
Canon has announced two new SLR cameras. The EOS 6D Mark II has a full frame 29.2 MP sensor, a native ISO range of 100-40000 and a 45 points all cross type autofocus (AF) system. The EOS Rebel SL2 9EOS (200D in Europe) has an APS-C 24.2 MP sensor, an ISO range of 100-25600 and Dual Pixel CMOS AF.
The Ethics of Octopus imagery: Part 2
In the second part of our editorial series “The Ethics of Octopus Imagery,” Lauren Siba, the dive center manager at Critters@Lembeh Resort, relates her frustration with the methods used by National Geographic in obtaining a series of images for an article about octopus, and the magazine’s subsequent refusal to enter into a debate about this. During the shoot, wild octopus were removed from their habitat and photographed in tanks on land in order to obtain a white background.
Micron Discontinues Lexar memory cards
Micron Technology announced today that it is discontinuing its retail sales of the ubiquitous Lexar memory cards in order to focus on “increasing opportunities in higher value markets and channels.” Micron are seeking a buyer for al or part of the Lexar business. If this is unsuccessful, Lexar as a brand will cease to exist.
Ron Watkins: Salmon Shark - Behind the Shot
Ron Watkins recently shared a fantastic shot of a Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) on the Wetpixel Facebook page, and it got a lot of attention since these are incredibly hard sharks to shoot - skunking many an underwater photographer. We asked him to share how he got the shot and the settings behind the shot with the Wetpixel Community. Here is his story.
USPS announces Sharks Forever Stamps
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced a set of stamps featuring iconic shark species. Norbert Wu, among others, has has his image of a great white (Carcharodon carcharias) immortalized as postage stamp. The release aims to highlight shark’s role in the oceans and to offset some of the demonization they face from society.
The Ethics of Octopus imagery: Part 1
In an editorial based on the Smithsonian Magazine’s response to the fact that that one of the finalists of their “Natural World” contest was displaying anything but natural behavior, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon points out some of the issues around the ethics of major wildlife photography contests. At the time of the contest and in their subsequent email statements, the Smithsonian specifically excluded images that had been “manipulated” in post production, but allowed images that featured wildlife subjects that had been deliberately manipulated at the point of capture.
Genus Manta ceases to exist
A paper in the Zoological Journal reports that DNA sequence data from mitochondrial genomes and c. 1000 nuclear exons has proven that the members of the genus Manta actually sit within Mobulla. Hence the oceanic manta previously known as Manta birostris and the reef manta, Manta alfredi are now known as Mobula birostris and Mobula alfredi.