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The Wetpixel Rinse tank Photo

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.

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Eight countries pledge support for sharks Photo

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.”

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Jürgen Freund to speak at Wildphotos 2011 Photo

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.

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Nikon Capture NX updated Photo

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.

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Subal housings for Panasonic GF2 and GF3 Photo

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.

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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X Photo

Apple updates Final Cut Pro X

Apple has released an update for its Final Cut Pro X video editing software. Version 10.0.1 has introduced some of the features that many users felt were missing from the original release. Key amongst these is support for rich XML, allowing for round tripping into other applications, support for projects by multiple users via Xsan and custom starting timecode. In addition, the update will add GPU accelerated exports, full screen view in OSX Lion and media stems support. Future versions will also incorporate multicam editing and broadcast quality video monitoring.

The update is available via the App store. Apple has also introduced a free 30 day trial of the program and a white paper (pdf) entitled “Final Cut Pro X for Final Cut Pro 7 Editors”.

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Call for Entries: Oceanz National Underwater Photo contest Photo

Call for Entries: Oceanz National Underwater Photo contest

The Oceanz National Underwater Photo contest is calling for entries. The competition is for images shot in New Zealand territory, is open to pro and amateur photographers and has categories for: Wide-angle, close up, portfolio, wreck and compact camera images. Prizes include holidays, camera equipment and books.

Full entry details and rules are available, and the deadline is 14 October.

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Adobe releases Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10 Photo

Adobe releases Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10

Adobe has released Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 10 for Windows and Mac. Photoshop Elements is driven by the same engine as the full Photoshop program and features guided edits, new text functionality, special crop guides and a Smart Brush. It also features an Object Search that automatically finds objects within photos and the Elements Organizer to keep assets organized. Premiere Elements features Adobe Photoshop’s color correction technology for video, InstantMovie themes, pan and zoom and content-intelligent face detection. Mac users now have the ability to use SmartSound to add musical tracks.

Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10 retail for $99.99 each or as a bundle for $149.99. The programs are available now.

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