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| Review of A Diver’s Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife |
Bad marine field guides should be stored in deep, dark recesses on dank, dingy dive boats\. Good guides should be perused by congenitally disliked divers bent on “impressing” the rest of us with their mind\-numbing array of knowledge\. Of course, the very best field guides belong on shelves and are… |
Willy Volk |
10/16/07 |
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10/19/07 |
| Review of Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise |
I’ll be honest\. Having never been fortunate enough to dive in Asia, I’d never heard of Gorontalo \- until recently\. Nestled among sheer limestone cliffs on the northern arm of Indonesia’s four\-fingered island of Sulawesi, the Province of Gorontalo is situated at the heart of the “coral triangle,” the most… |
Willy Volk |
05/04/07 |
1 |
09/29/09 |
| Review of Water Vision, by Mirko Zanni |
Mirko Zanni is a Swiss\-born photographer who’s been diving since 1989\. Though he was always interested in photography, it was several years before Zanni began shooting underwater\. Despite his relative late start, in 2006, his book Water Vision was awarded the coveted International Prize for Book of Underwater Images at… |
Willy Volk |
02/25/07 |
3 |
07/26/09 |
| Review of Oceanos Secretos, by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari |
In 2004, the judges at Antibes, France, downed the last of their Haut\-Médoc, set down their Bordeaux glasses, dabbed at the corners of their mouths with their little monogrammed handkerchiefs, and awarded Andrea and Antonella Ferrari the World Grand Prize for their large and exquisite coffee table book, Oceani Segreti\.… |
Willy Volk |
02/05/07 |
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| Review of The Art of Diving, by Nick Hanna and Alex Mustard |
Hi Alex— I’ve been asked to turn a newspaper article I wrote into a full\-length book\. I need some images to sprinkle throughout the text\. I like your photos\. Want to work with me\? Hope all is well, Nick Of course, I wasn’t copied in on the real email, so… |
Willy Volk |
01/23/07 |
1 |
01/27/07 |
| Wetpixel & Divester Readers adopt Cut-Tail, the great white shark |
Established in 1997, the Shark Trust promotes the study, management, and conservation of sharks, skates, and rays\. Working through scientifically\-supported campaigns, research, and education programs, the Trust strives to provide guidance, facilitate decisions, influence legislation, and raise public awareness of the plight of these animals on both national and international… |
Willy Volk |
01/16/07 |
2 |
01/17/07 |
| Divester & Wetpixel Readers Donate $300 to the Coral Reef Alliance |
For those of you who purchased one \(or more\!\) of the famous—and great\-looking\!—Divester/Wetpixel shirts, thanks…and congratulations\! Through your support, we raised enough money to donate $300 to the Coral Reef Alliance, an organization that works to increase the capacity of communities to work collaboratively towards coral reef conservation\. With all… |
Willy Volk |
01/01/07 |
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| Review of Silent Symphony by Tony Wu and William Tan |
Tony Wu is a marine photographer and conservation writer\. William Tan is a violinist who enjoys sharing his passion for marine life with others\. Based in Singapore, the pair spent much of the 1990s traveling, diving, researching, photographing, and writing \- writing about their experiences traveling, diving, researching, and photographing\.… |
Willy Volk |
12/14/06 |
2 |
12/17/06 |
| Last chance to order your Wetpixel/Divester t-shirts! |
This weekend, I wore my Wetpixel/Divester t\-shirt at a local dive show\. While walking around, I heard people muttering “Cool shirt\.” Meanwhile, other people were stopping me, asking me where I got it\. I was proud to talk about Wetpixel and Divester and explain the contest\. We’re nearly out of… |
Willy Volk |
12/04/06 |
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| Bizarre deep-sea creatures imaged off New Zealand for the first time |
Builder’s Pencil, which spans 180,000 square meters off New Zealand’s eastern coast, is one of the largest seep sites in the world\. Recently, a joint US/New Zealand research team studying the area photographed and videotaped \- for the first time\! \- a variety of unusual deep\-sea creatures, such as the… |
Willy Volk |
11/30/06 |
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| Review of UK-Germany UK-D-E300 housing for Olympus E-300 |
Recently, Karin Brussaard drafted an overview of the Olympus E\-300 used in conjunction with UK\-Germany’s UK\-D\-E300\. Explaining that the housing is compact and therefore “pleasant to work with” \(not to mention travel with\), Brussard walks readers through the operating buttons, the viewfinder, the lens system, and more\. Although Brussaard reckons… |
Willy Volk |
11/06/06 |
1 |
11/08/06 |
| Hugyfot Nikon D200 housing review |
Wetpixel member Udo van Dongen has written an excellent review of Hugyfot’s new housing for the Nikon D200\. In addition to some great shots of the “sexy” housing, Udo walks readers carefully through the compact housing’s functions, its ergonomics and handling, its 45° viewfinder, and more \- then delivers his… |
Willy Volk |
10/31/06 |
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| Order your Divester/Wetpixel t-shirts! |
Yes, finally, the Divester/Wetpixel t\-shirts are ready for ordering\! Printed on 100% cotton tees, the shirts are available in sizes small, medium, large, and x\-large, and are printed on black shirts—an they look totally cool\! Order while they’re hot, because we’re only printing 200\. The prices for the shirts are\:… |
Willy Volk |
10/25/06 |
1 |
11/06/06 |
| Digital Film Tools EZ Mask 1.0 |
Digital Film Tools offers a variety of downloads and plug\-ins that might be useful for underwater photographers\. One of their more recent titles is EZ Mask 1\.0, an image masking tool capable of extracting almost any object in an image \- even the fine details of fish fins, for example\.… |
Willy Volk |
10/16/06 |
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| Sony Malaysia introduces the new DSC-N2 |
Sony has introduced a new Cyber\-shot camera to the Malaysian market\. While the DSC\-N2 may not be the ultimate choice for professional underwater photographers, the camera features a 10\-megapixel CCD, 3x optical zoom lens, enough battery life for 300 shots per charge, and a 3\-inch LCD with a touch\-screen interface… |
Willy Volk |
10/15/06 |
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| Announcing the Winner of the Divester/Wetpixel T-Shirt Contest! |
The voting for the Divester/Wetpixel t\-shirt contest closed last night at midnight\. After tallying the votes, we are pleased to announce that the design by Elijah Woolery was selected as the winner \- by quite a large margin\. Congratulations, Elijah\! Apparently, people loved the whale shark design, the fact that… |
Willy Volk |
10/12/06 |
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| Review of Sony’s new HVR-V1U HDV Compact Camcorder |
Last month, Sony announced its new HVR\-V1U HDV compact camcorder\. Providing “film\-look” footage via 24p/30p progressive scan capture and 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor chips, this HD dream captures images at up to 240 fields per second \(faster capture is at reduced resolution\), allowing very fast movements \(shark tails flicking and… |
Willy Volk |
10/10/06 |
2 |
11/17/06 |
| Nikon D80 vs. D200 Comparison |
In August, Wetpixel told you that Nikon had announced its new D80 dSLR, the “little brother” to the year\-old D200\. Shortly thereafter, in the forums, Wetpixel member Jack Connick pointed us to DP Review’s excellent, exhaustive overview of the new D80\. If you’re interested, Ken Rockwell has posted a review… |
Willy Volk |
10/06/06 |
2 |
10/07/06 |
| Divester/Wetpixel T-shirt Design Finalists |
As you recall, Wetpixel and Divester recently announced a joint t\-shirt design contest with the theme “Exploring the Oceans\.” We received several very creative submissions but narrowed the field to the Top 5\. To see the finalists \- and to vote for your favorite \- head over to Divester\. Voting… |
Willy Volk |
10/04/06 |
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| How to choose a focus light |
A focus light is a broad beam of light designed to help a photographer create a sharp image by adding contrast to a subject\. However, a focus light can also help a photographer keep an eye on a small or camouflaged subject; it may serve as a primary source of… |
Willy Volk |
10/03/06 |
10 |
11/13/09 |
| X-Ray Magazine #13 is available for download |
X\-Ray Magazine is a fabulous dive magazine with an international focus\. Profiling dive sites, gear, and dive news from around the globe, X\-Ray is not only super\-comprehensive, it’s free\! The newest issue, Issue #13, is now available for download as a PDF\. Within its 102 pages are\: Two fantastic, photo\-filled… |
Willy Volk |
10/03/06 |
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| Reef, Wreck & Critter by Jeff and Dawn Mullins |
Jeff and Dawn Mullins have published an excellent visual guide covering many of the dive sites around Tulamben, Bali\. This visual guide, Reef, Wreck & Critter, is more than just a photo album, though\. It also offers an intriguing narrative overview of the area’s marine life and reef system\. Want… |
Willy Volk |
09/30/06 |
1 |
10/06/06 |
| A Diver’s Guide to Reef Life by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari |
Associate editors of FiNS Dive Magazine Andrea and Antonella Ferrari have released a new book titled A Diver’s Guide to Reef Life\! The 478\-page reference guide details 1200 tropical species ranging from the Caribbean to the Indo\-Pacific\. Each featured creature has a “detailed description that includes distribution, size, habitat, and… |
Willy Volk |
09/25/06 |
7 |
09/29/09 |