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Subal ND7000 review part 2
Andrej Belic continues his testing of the Subal ND7000 housing. His preview of it was published here on Wetpixel and he has now had the time and opportunity to try it out underwater. In this review is a synopsis of Seacam and Subtronic strobes as well.
Wetpixel is also currently testing a Subal ND7000, and will add the findings of this to the Wetpixel D7000 housing review shortly.
Snake River Prototyping launch video contest
Snake River Prototyping are running a competition on their Facebook page. The company is soliciting entries of videos shot using their BluFix lens for the GoPro POV cam. All entries can be viewed on their Facebook page, and the public are invited to “like” their favorites. The films with the most “likes” by 30 November, will be awarded prizes including a GoPro camera and URPro filters.
Full rules and entry details are available on the Snake River Prototyping website.
The Wetpixel Rinse tank
Welcome to the fourth episode in the Wetpixel Rinse Tank series. Wetpixel Senior Moderator, Todd Mintz, shares some photographic equipment perspectives from his recent Arctic and cold water diving trips. Featured are some thoughts on video on SLRs and GoPro POC cams, dome port selection, fiber optic triggering of strobes and the Light and Motion SOLA 600 focus light.
The Rinse Tank features different Wetpixel staff writing in rotation, each writing informally about current projects and equipment related issues.
Call for entries: San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
The ninth annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is calling for entries for the five-day event. The festival will feature over 50 critically acclaimed independent films, panel discussions, filmmaker Q&A sessions and special unique screenings, and will be held from 7 to 11 March 2012.
Films are being accepted now with a deadline for submissions of 1 February, 2012.
Eight countries pledge support for sharks
UnderwaterTimes reports that the leaders of eight countries launched an initiative aimed at preventing the extinction of sharks. Under the declaration signed by the Bahamas, Colombia, Honduras, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia and Palau, up to 6 million additional square kilometers (2.3 million square miles) could be designated as shark sanctuaries. The pledge commits signatories to: “Maintain or develop shark sanctuaries, work together internationally to ensure healthy shark populations, and advocate for better science-based precautionary protection for sharks in all international fora.”
Jürgen Freund to speak at Wildphotos 2011
Underwater photographer Jürgen Freund has been listed to talk at Wildphotos 2011. He plans to: “Reveal the richest place in the sea”, and to transport delegates to the other side of the world with “dive-tales from the Coral Triangle”. He will join fellow underwater photographer Thomas P Peschak and a host of leading wildlife photographers for the event, which is to be held at the Royal Geographic Society, London on 21 and 22 October.
Tickets are available now from the event’s website.
Nikon Capture NX updated
Nikon has released an update for its Capture NX photo editing program. Version 2.2.8 adds support for RAW images captured with the Nikon 1 V1, Nikon 1 J1 and COOLPIX P7100. In addition, it updates the information for lenses used with the Auto Distortion correction function under Camera & Lens Corrections in the Develop section of the Edit List.
It also fixes a bug that caused gray edges to be displayed when the Auto Lateral Color Aberration function under Camera & Lens Corrections in the Develop section of the Edit List was applied to RAW images. The update is available from the Nikon support site.
Subal housings for Panasonic GF2 and GF3
Subal has announced the release of two new housings for the Panasonic GF2 and GF2 EVIL cameras. These feature the standard Subal manufacture techniques and surface coatings, as well as the QuickLock closure system. The SGF2 and SGF3 also feature access to all camera controls (including flash raise/lower), are backwards compatible with all bayonet fitting Subal ports and have a fiber optic port for strobe triggering.
Availability is from October and prices are still to be confirmed.