Monday, August 5th, 2013

5 things more deadly than sharks

Amidst the hype and hyperbole in Discovery’s Shark Week, it is perhaps important to remind ourselves about the real statistics of shark attack. One World One Ocean has compiled a short film listing various household items that are statistically more dangerous than sharks.

Sunday, August 4th, 2013

France announces shark cull in Réunion

The French government is planning to cull a further 90 bull and tiger sharks around the island of Réunion. The Huffington Post reports that this is in response to 5 fatal shark attacks that have occurred there since 2011.

Saturday, August 3rd, 2013

EOS 7D to get RAW video

Wetpixel member David Cheung has reported on the forum that the team at Magic Lantern has managed to create a hack that will allow the Canon EOS 7D to output RAW video files, similar to that now being worked on for the EOS 5D.

Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Panasonic announces the LUMIX GX7

Panasonic has announced the release of its LUMIX DMC-GX7 mirrorless camera. It features a new 16 megapixel Live MOS sensor with an ISO range of 125 to 25600 and a new fast AF system. It records 1,920 x 1,080 60p (60 Hz) / 50p (50 Hz) videos in AVCHD Progressive or MP4 (MPEG-4 / H.264) in P/A/S/M modes and has focus peaking to aid keeping video sharp

Thursday, August 1st, 2013

New paper shows that plankton can swim

An article in Science Daily references a paper in Nature Communications that suggests that the traditional view the phytoplankton simply drifts in currents may be incorrect. (Image from Shutterstock)

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Video: Divers narrowly escape being swallowed by whales

Two divers narrowly escape being gulped by feeding humpback whales off Morro Bay. Divers Shawn Stamback and Francis Antigua were in the water in between dives off Morro Bay hoping to film feeding whales in the distance when they got the surprise of their lives. (Image from Shutterstock

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Blackfish now showing in theatres

Blackfish the movie has opened in theatres worldwide. The documentary looks at the incident with SeaWorld’s Tilikum, a 12,000 pound orca, in 2010 as well as other captive whales.

Monday, July 29th, 2013

Forum post: Wetpixel Whale Sharks 2013

Wetpixel’s annual whale shark extravaganza is about to kick off, with people jetting in to Isla Mujeres over the next couple of days. Our first day on the water is Wednesday, and my aim is to try to give those of you who can’t be with us, a taste of what witnessing this amazing event is like. I have opened a topic in the forum where we will be posting about the trip as often as we can.