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Issue 24 Of African Diver available to download
The September 2012 edition of African Diver magazine is now available to download. This issue focuses on diving Africa’s East coast, with articles on Mombasa, Pemba, Mafia, Matemo and Medjumbe. Jan Finsterbusch and Christoph Schaffelhuber report on a diving safari along Southern Africa’s East coast, while Cormac McCreesh reports on the 2012 sardine run. There is also a full report on the Durban Underwater Club shoot out and Camilla Floros is the featured photographer.
African Diver issue 24 is free to download in a pdf format.
Underwater Photography Magazine issue 68 available
The September/October 2012 issue of Underwater Photography Magazine (UwP) is now available to download. Issue 68 includes reviews of the Olympus TG-1 and PT-053 by Rob Spray, as well as the Saga 67 flip lens holder and Olympus Nauticam NA-EM5 by Phil Rudin. Brian Pitkin reports on the 2012 BSoUP Splash In, while Dan Bolt writes about Scottish basking sharks. Location features include NASA operations by Mark Widick and Honeymoon or dive trip? by Michael Wicks. Lastly, Jens Tröger covers Macro in the Northwest, and Mark Webster some South West Ramblings.
UwP magazine is available as a free pdf download after a registration process.
A minute beneath British waves on YouTube
Wetpixel member Jo Horrocks of Cuttlefish Productions has posted a video entitled a film onto YouTube entitled “A minute beneath British waves”, Jo says of her film:
“I wanted to showcase the great variety of life and colour that can be found in UK waters. I’d had an idea to make an in your face, fast-paced video set to an up-beat music track, so I chose a royalty-free music track and built the video to the beats of the music.
“The summer here has not been the best, but I hope this will inspire people to try UK diving, or if they’re not divers, to marvel and admire the life that can be found beneath our UK waves.”
Sony announces the HDR-AS10 and AS15 POV camcorders
Sony enters the small POV camera market with the HDR-AS10 and HDR-AS15, 2 cameras aimed squarely at GoPro. The cameras use a 1/2.3” 11mp sensor with Steady Shot image stabilization, 2x and 4x super slow motion in 720/30p, shooting at 16mbps and comes with a housing that can go down to 60m. The cameras will be available in September and MSRP is US$269.99 for the AS15 and US$199.99 for the AS10.
Project update: Nikonos RS lenses on a digital SLR
Andrej Belic has written previously here on Wetpixel about his project to adapt Nikonos RS lenses for use with housed digital SLR cameras. After reading the conclusions in the Wetpixel Nikon D800 review, and the stress on getting quality optics to use with it, he has provided an update about his project. He now has working waterproof adaptors that allow Nikonos lenses to be fitted onto Subal and Nauticam housings. These have been tested in Croatia, and Andrej reports that the corner sharpness of the 13m lens with a Nikon D3s is acceptable at smaller apertures, even on FX. He is planning to start production of the adaptors in mid-September.
Inon releases new products for Olympus E-mount
Inon has released a series of new products for the Olympus PT-EP08 housing for the OM-D E-M5 EVIL camera. These include rubber bushes to enable the use of L mount type fiber optic cables, a lens port and adaptor that allows the use of the Inon UCL-165 and UCL-330 M67 threaded “wet” macro lenses, and an adaptor, port adaptor, and extension which allow the use of Inon’s E-system dome port with the ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8mm F3.5 Fisheye and ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 50mm F2.0 Macro. In addition, for the latter lens, there is also the MRS Olympus 50 flat port which can be fitted with a manual focus ring using the MRS magnetic system. Inon has also released the LE700-W, an updated wider beam and more powerful version of its LE550-W LED focus/video light.
Watershot launches iPhone housing
Watershot has launched an underwater housing for the Apple iPhone 4 and 4S. Waterproof to 50 meters (165 feet), the polycarbonate housing is designed to be use in conjunction with the Watershot App, available on the App store, and the combination gives access to additional features including rapid fire, front and back camera use, GPS overlays and social media sharing while the phone is in the housing. The housing is equipped with a GoPro mount compatible mounting and a line of accessories is planned including an ultra wide-angle fisheye lens, dive computer module, macro lens, colored filters and lighting kits.
The housing is available for purchase now at a retail price of $99. A similar unit is planned for the forthcoming iPhone 5, with an expected release date of mid-December.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year entries shortlisted
The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOTY) competition has published a slideshow of 50 of its 100 shortlisted entries for the 2012 contest. These entries have been culled from over 48,000 images and all are in with a chance of winning the prestigious award. The actual winners will be announced on 17 October 2012 at the awards ceremony and an exhibition of the images opens to the public at the Natural History Museum on 19 October.
There are two versions of the slideshow, one on the Natural History Museum’s website, and a version narrated by one of the judges, Roz Kidman Cox, on the BBC Nature website. It is so good to see so many familiar names amongst the shortlist, congratulations to all the Wetpixel members in the running for WPOTY. (Image by Jean Tresfon.)