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Video: Float by Julia Sumerling
If your enforced isolation and lack of vitamin sea is giving you withdrawals, please find a quiet corner, turn up the sound and let Julia Sumerling’s beautiful video from Raja Ampat soothe your soul…
Paper describes new technique for assessing whale shark age
A paper published in the Frontiers in Marine Science Journal outlines an innovative new approach to aging whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Using the increase of Carbon 14 that occurred after the nuclear bomb tests that started in the late 1940s as a datum, the technique can use the known decay curve of the radioactive isotope to provide an accurate age. So far, the results suggest that sharks are much more long-lived than was previously thought.
Ikelite announces housing for Olympus ON-D E-M1 Mark III
Ikelite is accepting pre-orders for its 200DLM/B housing for the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III mirrorless camera. Constructed of ABS-PC, it will ship with a manual strobe bulkhead, with the option of the DL3 DS Link TTL Converter. It is compatible with Ikelite’s Dry Lock Micro port system.
Erin Quigley announces Webinar series
Tutorial: Lightroom Field Workflow
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon presents a tutorial that delves into a workflow option for using Lightroom as a tool to offload images in the field, do a first edit and sort, and then combine the trip catalog with a home catalog. This allows access to an entire image library, which, combined with Lightroom’s built-in search tools, makes it much easier to find images, particularly with large image collections.
Pre-order Discount: The Underwater Photographer Edition 5
The fifth edition of the seminal text “The Underwater Photographer” by Martin edge and Stuart Gibson will be shipping from 9 April. The book covers “everything from the basic principles, the equipment and approaches to composition and lighting through to creating an individual style.” Between now and 9 April, the code HUT3P will give a 20% discount at the publisher’s checkout.
Prograde Digital announces CFexpress Type B card readers
Prograde Digital has announced two new card readers. The PG04 reads CFexpress Type B and XQD cards and can transfer data at speeds up to 40Gb/s (5GB/s) via Thunderbolt 3. The PG05.5 supports both CFexpress Type B and SDXC, UHS-II cards via USB 3.2 at speeds of up to 10Gb/s.
Interview: Marty Snyderman with Howard and Michele Hall by Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng has shared an interview with underwater image-making pioneers, Marty Snyderman, Howard Hall, and Michele Hall filmed during a celebration of Howard and Marty’s birthdays at Atlantis, Dumaguete. Eric also makes several “cameo” appearances too!
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