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UW Technics ships TTL circuit for Nauticam NA-EM1X
UW Technics is shipping a TTL circuit board for the Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera in the Nauticam NA-EM1X housing. It offers electro-optical or electrical TTL or manual strobe triggering. The circuit also provides control of strobe output via the camera’s controls and access to camera menu functions. It is user installable.
WWDC 2019: Highlights for image makers
Apple has announced a series of new photo and video-centric features and products at its WWDC conference. The highlight is a new Mac Pro desktop workstation, a 32” 6K Retina display, and a new OS for iPad that allows the use of external hard drives and card readers.
Inon ships hight quality 6500°K lights
Inon is shipping new versions of their LF3100-EW, LF1300-EWf and LF800-N light that have high quality 6500°K output. The 3 models offer the same features as the older models, but improved with light quality, albeit at the expense of a small amount of output.
Adobe and Pantone highlight coral bleaching
Adobe and Pantone, in partnership with coral conservation organizations, have announced their “Glowing, Glowing, Gone” campaign that highlighting the effects of rising sea temperatures on coral reefs by using colors. Prior to bleaching corals exhibit a stressed fluorescence color palette that the Adobe and Pantone team have exactly captured to illustrate the issue.
Majestic Explorer founders in Galapagos
Galapagos live aboard dive vessel Majestic Explorer has run aground and foundered in the Central Galapagos. Thankfully, the crew and passengers were all able to evacuate to another nearby vessel safely, but sadly a delay meant that the vessel sustained unsalvageable damage.
Nauticam ships housing for Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Nauticam is shipping their housing for the Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera. The NA-EM1X has controls specifically designed to give access to critical controls, including two double levers. Flash triggering is via fiber optic, and the housings have both M16 and M24 ports for HDMI output.
Firmware update adds V-Log to LUMIX S1
In addition to the announcement of the S1H, Panasonic has announced a firmware update that will add 14+ stops of V-Log, 4:2:2 10-bit 4K MOV 30p/25p internal video recording, 4:2:2 10-bit 4K 60p/50p HDMI output and an in-camera LUT for the Lumix S1.
Panasonic announces the 6K/24p LUMIX S1H mirrorless camera
Panasonic has announced a version of their LUMIX S1 full frame mirrorless camera specifically designed for video filming that can record video at 6K/24p (3:2 aspect ratio), 5.9K/30p (16:9 aspect ratio), and 10-bit 60p 4K/C4K. The S1H also features V-Log/V-Gamut with a dynamic range of 14+ stops, XQD, and SD card slots and a 252-area DFD AF system.
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