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Keri Wilk’s sperm whale poonado goes viral
Thanks to underwater photographer Keri Wilk, when the term “poonado” is googled, his underwater images of a sperm whale pooping come up. Along with many, many articles that have been picked up by news agencies around the world.
Spaces available for Wetpixel Oceanic Whitetips Expedition
Sea&Sea updates MDX housing for 5D Mark III
Sea&Sea has announced a new version of their MDX housing for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. The MDX-5DMKIII Ver. 2 housing has a movable zoom/focus gear to allow larger diameter lenses to be inserted, has an adjustable shutter release and is equipped with Sea& Sea’s Internal YS Optical Converter, which allows TTL fiber optic triggering of strobes.
HydroFlex debuts housing for ALEXA 65
An article in Film and Digital Times, HydroFlex has announced that their new Remote AquaCam housing for the ARRI ALEXA 65 has been in use shooting VFX sequences for a “major motion picture” at the underwater stage at Pinewood Studios, near London, England. As no actual camera was available at the time, the housing was originally designed using CAD and 2D design drawings.
Australia seeks to overturn shark agreement
The Guardian reports that the Australian government has submitted a reservation against 5 species of shark that were given protection by the CMS agreement last November. (Image by Rich Carey/Shutterstock.com)
Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2014 winners announced
The Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2014 category winners and commended winners have been announced. The overall winner of the competition will be announced February 15th at the Telegraph Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show.
Adobe announces OS compatibility for Lightroom 6
In the first official announcement about it, Adobe has set out which operating systems Lightroom 6 will support. It will only work with Mac OS X 10.8 or above, or 64 bit versions of Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. Given that Windows 10 was announced today, it is likely that it will be supported too. The announcement does not set out when Lightroom 6 will be released, nor whether there will be a beta version as there has been with previous versions of the software.
Nauticam ships housing for Panasonic LX100
Nauticam is shipping their housing for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100. The NA-LX100 offers access to the camera’s three lens mounted control rings, for aperture, shutter speed and aspect ratio. The housing utilizes the new N50 port system, which offers varying port options.
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