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Ikelite ships housing for EOS M3
At DEMA in 2015, Ikelite announced their plans to support the Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera. The new housing is now shipping and offers TTL compatibility with DS series strobes, electric connection with other strobes and fiber optic ports for optical triggering. Ikelite are offering support for “all popular” lenses.
Great White Shark dies after 3 days in captivity in Okinawa aquarium
A great white shark has dies after three days in captivity in a Japanese aquarium. The shark, which was a male that measured eleven-feet long, was accidentally caught in a fishing net in southwestern Japan on tuesday of last week. The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium brought the shark into one of its tanks for display. Image from Shutterstock.
Call for entries: Our World Underwater 2016
he 2016 Our World Underwater contest is rapidly approaching its deadline. Together with its sister contest DEEP Indonesia, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious underwater imaging contests worldwide and offers over $100K in prizes. The deadline for entries is 6 February, so the countdown has started…..
Gates announces XA35 housing
Gates Underwater Products has announced support of the Canon XA35, XA30 and HF-G40 cameras. The XA-35 housing will also support the XA25, XA20 AND HF-G30 cameras. The housing features a modular port system and can be fitted with a variety of accessories.
Sony announces pro XQD and SD cards and readers
Sony has announced a new range of SD and XQD memory cards. The XQD-M series cards provide a write speed of 150 MB/s and the SF-M Sd cards 100MB/s. They are both available in a range of capacities from 32Gb through to 128GB. Sony are also offering a USB 3.1 combined XQD and SD card reader and a new stand alone USB XQD card reader.
Cousteau vessel to be restored
The Cousteau Society reports that Jacques Cousteau’s iconic flagship, Calypso, will leave her berth in the Piriou shipyard in Brittany, France and be restored before “a living representative of ecology sailing the oceans of the world.”
Peru to protect Giant Manta Ray population
On December 31st, Peru’s Ministry of Production passed new protections for the Giant Manta Rays known to inhabit the country’s surrounding waters. The law bans the fishing of manta rays as well requiring the immediate release of any manta ray bycatch. The regulations come after international attention was given to a 26 foot manta caught by Peruvian fishermen last spring.
Nikon announces the D500 DX camera
Nikon has finally announced a new pro DX (cropped sensor) camera. The D500 features a 20.9 megapixel sensor with the EXPEED 5 image processing engine. It has Nikon’s new Multicam 20K AF system, a native ISO range from 100 to 51200 and UHD video at 30/25/24p frame rates. There is a thread developing on the Wetpixel forum discussing the camera’s new features.