Wetpixel moderator Todd Mintz has been featured on DivePhotoGuide.com with a short biography and image gallery.

DivePhotoGuide.com will soon be launching a robust dive operator guide and search engine, and asked Todd about his preferences...

I appreciate dive operators who recognize the individual skills and needs of each of their clients and adjust to try and meet these needs...I also prefer operators who are experienced and excited about what they are doing. That enthusiasm can radiate to the guests and make for a memorable experience for all.

The 6th Moscow International Diving Festival is making a final call for entries for the 2007 Golden Dolphin International Photo and Film Festival.

The competition is open to all levels of photographers, and there is no entry fee. The deadline of December 10th, 2006, is quickly approaching, so be sure to get your entries in if you plan to participate.

Continue reading for all the details…

As we did in past years, we are proud to present exhaustive coverage of all underwater imaging products at the DEMA Show.  Here in Orlando, we are working around the clock to bring you timely news of all of the digital imaging products on the show floor.

Drew Wong and I (Eric Cheng) are reporting for Wetpixel.com.  Use this page to track all of the live posts and coverage from the show!

*UPDATE* ALL updates completed! (read full article)

It is, of course, impossible to walk the halls of DEMA without being stopped every few meters.  I snapped photos of some of the brief encounters and wish I could dedicate an entire entry to each of these wonderful people!

Special thanks to Willy Volk of Divester.com for coming to DEMA and providing sister coverage along with Wetpixel.  Thanks also to Drew Wong for his fantastic video coverage, and to Paul Ng and Lena Goh for helping to gather information.  Jason and Wendy Heller (DivePhotoGuide) served as great company for the few minutes we had each day to socialize without consequences…

Robert Aston at The Manta Network was showing off a a new underwater ip camera that is rated down to 250 feet (deep water model).  By using above-water wireless transmitters, a camera’s video feed can be sent as far as three miles without the use of cables.  The underwater ip camera is manufactured by Ocean Presence Technologies.

Luckily, Tim Lau at Nocturnal Lights found me in the hallways because by the time I got to the Saeko/Nocturnal Lights booth, everyone was pretty much ready to pack up for the year.  Nocturnal Lights offers a spread of dive and video lights with housing adapters and tray adapters for all of the major housing manufacturers.

I was really impressed with Keldan Lights‘ booth—it was just about the brightest area at DEMA, and I blew out the exposure in a bunch of images while shooting product shots there. 

Daniel Keller took me on a tour of the new Luna 8 WA Video Light, which looked really interesting…

A few Wetpixel members (John Bantin, Drew Wong, Shawn Heinrichs, Dave Haas, me) had a little reunion at Ikelite‘s booth while Dave Haas took us on a tour of this year’s DEMA goodies.  Aside from its line of popular dive lights, Ikelite’s booth featured underwater housings for the Nikon D80, Canon Rebel XTi/400D, Nikon D200, and Canon G7 (with ETTL circuitry). 

A new underwater flash/handle system with a built-in slave sensor was also on display and will likely be called the “i35 AutoFlash”...

Randy Hertz, Kathy Mendes, and Rick and Robbie Turner were at the show representing the Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS), who just announced the winners of the SEA2006 photo contest.  Best of Open went to Wetpixel’s very-own Todd Mintz!

Howard Rosenstein and Ran Vered of Fantasea showed new underwater housings for the Nikon D80 and Canon Digital Rebel XTi/400D.  Fantasea specializes in housings for all Nikon Coolpix cameras.  All new models include support for full control of the camera, and housing packages containing tray, arm, flash, and fiber optic cable run under USD $400 retail (impressive).

Fantasea has also been busy producing a line of accessories…