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Inon is shipping their X-2 housing for the ESO 70D
Inon has announced their X-2 housing for the Canon EOS 70D. The housing is cast from aluminum as opposed to machined, which allows the metal to be added to areas as required. It has access to most camera controls and is compatible with the Inon port system.
Winners of University of Miami underwater photo contest announced
The winners of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science underwater photography contest have been announced. The best overall photograph was shot by Audrey Shpatak of a Japanese warbonnet in Rudnaya Bay, Japan.
Daniel Botelho exhibits at the Louvre
National Geographic photographer and Wetpixel contributor, Daniel Botelho is having a selection of his underwater images exhibited at the Louvre Museum, Paris. Entitled “Art from the SEVEN Seas”, the retrospective celebrates his 10 years of underwater image making and runs from 20 May to 15 June.
Norbert Wu’s Favorite Images: Orcas in Antarctica
Norbert Wu continues his column highlighting his favorite images. In this episode, he talks about his images of orcas swimming down leads in the ice in Antarctica and muses on why being a nature photographer is often not seen as being “serious” enough in the mainstream media.
Nauticam ships housing for Atomos Shogun
Nauticam has announced the availability of their long-awaited housing for the Atomos Shogun video monitor/recorder. Controls include access to touch-screen functions like “Waveform Monitoring Functions” and “Monitor Assist Functions” overlays. It is equipped with cooling fans powered via a battery in the housing, and Nauticam’s vacuum check system is supplied as standard.
Video: Under the Earth
Rich Stevenson of Diving and Marine Solutions has posted a video entitled “Under the Earth” of cave diving at the Fontane de Truffe in the South of France. It features a “tricky” entry, followed by beautiful clean phreatic tube.
Underwater photo shoot in a pool with an elephant
It’s not everyday a photographer is hired to photograph a model in a pool with an elephant. So, when the owner of the largest privately owned pool in Asia hired Justin Mott to do just that, he jumped at the opportunity.
Video: Wild Oceans from Phuket, Thailand
Earth Touch’s Wild Oceans episode this week is from Phuket, Thailand. The dive site, Kata Reef is a unique and beautiful coral playground. Underwater cameraman Nicolas Lurot captures a mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) making a dash for cover to evade a lionfish on the hunt and a giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson) as it “walks” along the seafloor.