Friday, November 4th, 2011

Canon Announces new Cinema EOS line including EOS C300 camera

At Paramount Studios on Nov 3, Canon announced the Cinema EOS line, spearheaded by the EOS C300, a S35 sensored camera which shoots 422 50mbps MXF files and comes with either EF or PL mounts. The C300 uses dual CF cards for video and a SD card for stills. Canon also announced 2 PL and 5 EF mount lenses. Price is estimated to be around US$16000 and available in Jan 2012. Most interesting is the announcement of a prototype DSLR that shoots 4k resolution in MJPEG. No data on when it will hit production.

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Red announces Scarlet-X

Red has finally announced the Scarlet-X, their long awaited S35 camera. With 4k resolution up to 30fps and 5k stills up to 12fps, the Scarlet records on SSD media with 3 mounts made of 2 different metals. The EF (Canon ) mounts are available in either Alu or Ti, while the PL mount is Ti. The EF Alu goes for US$9750, while the PL and EF Ti goes for US$11250. Deliveries start Nov 17th.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Late availability: Wetpixel Eastern Fields, PNG trip

We have some late availability for the Wetpixel Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea expedition. This trip was heavily oversubscribed when we started marketing it, so these represent a great opportunity to dive some of the least spoilt reef systems in the world. They are practically undived and they are all teeming with marine life. It will be based on MV Golden Dawn

The trip runs from 10-20 January 2012 and the spaces that have opened up are for a single male sharing a room, and for a single female, also sharing a cabin. If you are interested, please get in contact with Dan Baldocchi as soon as possible.

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

DIVE publishes: World Without Sharks

The UK’s DIVE Magazine has published “World Without Sharks” as its cover feature this month. The nine page Water Column special feature in words and images, written by DIVE’s World Editor and Wetpixel member Douglas David Seifert, is a cautionary report on the effects of removing top level predators from the ecosystem and the ensuing collapse that occurs. Rather than sugar-coating the issues, the feature gives an unflinching view of the ongoing and future crisis for sharks, the ocean and ultimately, for mankind.

The article is available to view online and at DEMA in Orlando on the Shark Savers Booth (2216).

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Backscatter releases Wahoo HD monitor housing

Backscatter has announced the release of the Wahoo HD monitor housing for the Sony CLM-V55 monitor. It offers a solution for videographers, housing the Sony monitor, which features 1152K pixels, to a maximum depth of 450 ft/137 meters. All controls on it are accessible, including focus peaking and is connected via a true HDMI connection and a custom hard-wired cable design.

The Sony CLM-V55 monitor can also be used topside use and there are currently versions of the housing for Nauticam and Aquatica housings available. Prices are still to be confirmed.

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Nauticam NA-60D field test

The NA-60D is Nauticam’s latest DSLR housing for Canon’s 60D, featuring optical strobe connectors and a few clever engineering like the first ISO lever, placed in the operating hotzone. Also tested was the new redesigned 9” glass dome port, which had previous issues. Read on as Drew tests the NA-60D and gives a comparison between the NA-60D and Seacam’s Prelude 60D.

Monday, October 31st, 2011

X-Ray Mag issue 45 available

Issue 45 of X-Ray magazine is now available for download. Features in this edition include: The Red Sea: Discover Nuweiba with Charles Stirling and Taba with Peter Symes; Charles Stirling also writes on Lanzarote; Bonnie McKenna interviews cave diver, Jill Heinerth; the do’s & don’t’s of shark diving with Andy Murch; how to use flash in underwater photography with Lawson Wood and Don Silcock dives the B17 Black Jack wreck in Papua New Guinea.

X-Ray magazine is available as a free download in pdf or iPad versions.

Monday, October 31st, 2011

The great Kittiwake camera mystery

Sunset House has reported about a camera that has washed ashore at Crescent Beach, St. John’s County, Florida. The barnacle-encrusted SeaLife point and shoot camera was found by Mike Golubovich, who works for St. John’s Country Beach Services in St. Augustine and contains 153 images:

“The camera contains an assortment of images including reef fish, coral, divers, the mermaid statue, and the Kittiwake dive site – a photo of the placard on the wreck,” Mr. Golubovich said.

The mystery is firstly has the camera travelled from the Caymans to Florida, and secondly, to whom does it belong? Sunset House has published the images from the camera on their Facebook page; if you recognize them, please get in touch.

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

UwP issue 63 available

The November/December issue of Underwater Photography Magazine (UwP) is now available for download. Amongst the articles in this edition are: “My first client” by Dan Bolt, “Going Wide” in Cebu by Alex Tyrell, “False orca encounter” by Wade Hughes and a review of the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011. Locations featured include Port Hardy with Rand McMeins, Noronha by Michel Braunstein and the Lizard by Mark Webster. The magazine concludes with historical perspective of circular fisheye images.

UwP is a free magazine available to download in pdf format.

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Apple releases Aperture 3.2.1

Apple has released an update to its Aperture photo editing software. Version 3.2.1 addresses issues in the 3.2 release including: An issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly at launch on Macs with Core Duo processors, problems that could cause the Crop tool to switch to the incorrect orientation or resize incorrectly, rendering issues when cropping images with Onscreen Proofing enabled and location menus are now displayed correctly on the map in the Places view when “Photos” is selected in the Library Inspector.

The update is available from the Apple support site, or via Software Update.

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