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Nauticam Ships Housing for Sony a1
Nauticam is shipping their housing for the Sony a1 mirrorless camera. It has Nauticam’s N100 port system and offers optional fiber optic triggering. It has an M24 bulkhead for HDMI 1.4 and 2.0 out, along with an M14 bulkhead for vacuum or accessories.
Wetpixel Live: Choosing Subjects for Underwater Imagery
A frequent question on the Wetpixel forums and during trips and workshops is how to select good subjects for underwater imagery. Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon sets out to try and give some ideas about how to do so, and discusses how your own photographic goals will rightly affect what you decide to capture and how much time you will invest in a given subject.
Ikelite Housing for Sony a1 and a7S III
Ikelite has announced their 200DL housing for both the Sony Alpha 1 and a7S III cameras. It utilizes the 200DL port system and has an M16 accessory port. It is equipped with a manual strobe triggered and can be fitted with an optional TTL strobe trigger.
Canon Announces RF Mount 100mm Macro Lens
Canon has announced the RF mount 100mm F2.8L MACRO IS USM lens. It offers 1.4 X magnification, has a “Spherical Aberration Control ring, that varies the look of bokeh and has built-in optical stabilization.
Wetpixel Live: Nikonos RS Lenses on Modern Cameras
Adam chats to Harald Hordosch and Esther Boehm of Seacam about Nikonos lenses and how they convert them to work with modern Nikon SLR cameras. They discuss the advantages of water contact optics, how Nikon’s design has stood the test of time, and the process needed to update them to work with modern cameras.
Maldives Affirms Continued Ban on Shark Fishing
Shark Guardians reports that, contrary to many articles and a current campaign, the Maldives does not plan to lift its current ban on shark fishing. This is based on a meeting with Minister Waheed of the Maldives Majlis, within which she stated that the statements that have been widely reported are being quoted out of context.
Wetpixel Live: Shooting in Cool Water
Globally, it seems that for most underwater image-makers, for a period at least, diving may be restricted to diving locally. For many of us, this may entail diving in cooler water conditions than those we would normally dive in. Alex and Adam discuss some ideas about customizing your equipment to allow more productivity and to concentrate on creating innovative imagery.
Ikelite Ships M16 TTL Bulkhead
Ikelite is shipping their ICS-5 bulkhead. This offers manual or TTL exposure control with Ikelite strobes on housings that have an M16 accessory port opening. It is compatible (in various configurations), with Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus, and Panasonic cameras.
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