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Sea & Sea releases LCD hood and magnifier
Sea & Sea USA has released an LCD hood and magnifier to fit onto its range compact cameras. Similar to the UN model available for many other compact housings, this accessory attaches to the LCD monitor area of the housing and will reduce light and reflections and provide corner to corner viewing of the LCD monitor. The magnifier lens has an anti-reflective coating to reduce reflections and glare.
Award-winning photographer admits to faking images
PetaPixel has published a story stating that Terje Helleso, a nature photographer named as the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Nature Photographer of the Year in 2010 was recently discovered to have published multiple images in which stock photographs of animals were added into nature scenes using software.
The manipulations came to light when conservationist Gunnar Gloerson noticed that one of Helleso’s photographs of a lynx showed the cat with winter fur, even though the photo was supposedly taken around July. He was also suspicious of Helleso’s claim over the numbers of lynx that he had seen.
X-Ray Magazine issue 44 available
Issue 44 of X-Ray Magazine is now available for download. The August/September issue focuses on Mozambique with mega fauna off East Africa with Don Silcock and Tofo and Zavora with Scott Bennett. Other articles include diving the islands of the Bahamas by Charles Stirling, diving diversity on Grand Bahama Island by Matthew Meier and tagging sharks on Palau with Georgina Wiersma and Peter Verhoog. The late Wes Skiles writes about deep diving motivation and Lawson Wood about natural light in underwater photography.
The magazine is available as a free download in pdf and iBook formats.
Underwater Festival 2011 has started
The 2011 Underwater Festival is under way. Entries are now being accepted for the contest, and will be through until 11 September. Any underwater image or video taken during the period in an area defined as underwater Australasia is eligible for entry. All entrants cameras’ must be set to 2017 in order to enter for the event.
Full rules, conditions and procedures for the competition are available on the Underwater Festival website, and the organizers also have a blog to show what people have been doing.
Review: Light Shaping Device
Borut Furlan presents a comprehensive review of Oskar Marko Musić’s Light Shaping Device (LSD). This, used in conjunction with a strobe, allows for selective lighting of macro and wide-ange subjects, and provides for a wide variety of lighting effects. Amongst these are actual shapes, for example squares, rather than the conventional circular beam.
Borut and Oscar had been developing parallel similar projects, and hence Borut was asked to review the final product. The LSD is available to pre-order now for Seacam 250 and 150 strobes (with others in development) at 995 euros.
Eric Cheng receives Wyland ICON award
Wetpixel Publisher Eric Cheng has been awarded the 2011 Wyland Icon Award. The Wyland ICON Award, presented in conjunction with the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, recognizes the achievements of those who have made a positive difference for the underwater world. Other awardees this year are Jill Heinerth, Tom Ingram and Phil Nuytten and the awards will be presented at the annual NOGI awards Gala on 3 November.
Zen update dome compatibility for Canon 8-15mm
Zen Underwater has released the results of their testing with the new Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L fisheye USM lens and new compatibility charts. In addition, Reef Photo and Video have done an interesting side-by-side comparison of the new lens vs. the Tokina 107 AT-X 107 AF DX. To summarise the findings:
“I think this lens makes a lot of sense for someone who is after the best fisheye image quality possible, or a Canon user with multiple sensor sizes in their arsenal. Tokina 10-17 is still a great value for someone getting started in underwater photography, or only using the EF-S sensor size.”
Nauticam announces housing for Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D)
Nauticam has announced the release of the NA-600D housing for the Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D). It features the standard Nauticam port locking system, locking latches, rubberized handles and access to all camera controls. New features incorporated include a multifunction thumb lever for video record on/off, a programmable AE lock button and specific control extensions moving all controls to within reach of the handles.
The Nauticam NA-600D is available now at a retail price of $2400