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| Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Macro lens review |
Ever since I first purchased a Canon back in 2005 I’ve been looking for a replacement for the excellent Nikkor 70\-180 macro zoom\. The Nikkor is fantastic on a DX cropped camera, zooming from around 1\:3 to 1\:1\. I purchased the Tamron lens for use on my full\-frame Canon camera,… |
James Wiseman |
12/14/08 |
7 |
09/29/09 |
| Aquatica 1Ds Mark III housing for Canon 1D/1Ds Mark III review |
I’ve used Aquatica housings in the past, having purchased and reviewed for Wetpixel an S2pro housing in 2003, and also reviewed the Kodak ProSLRn housing, and then finally the Canon 5D housing in 2006\. Naturally, I was interested when Jean Bruneau emailed me to see if I would “test pilot”… |
James Wiseman |
11/27/08 |
3 |
12/04/08 |
| Texas Dive Show Photo Events |
The Texas Dive Show will be Jan 26 & 27 at the JW Marriott 5150 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77056\. While not as large as in years past, there will still be some great events of interest to photographers including seminars\: Focus on Sharks by Stan Waterman, The Macro World of… |
James Wiseman |
01/18/08 |
1 |
01/19/08 |
| Sigma Announces Two New Digital Fisheye Lenses |
Today lens manufacturer Sigma announced two new fisheye lenses made specifically for cropped sensor digital cameras \(such as the 1\.5x cropped Nikons and 1\.6x cropped Canons\)\. The first lens is a 10mm fisheye, yielding an approximate field of 180 degrees across the diagonal \(only ~170 degrees on the Canon\)\. This… |
James Wiseman |
11/14/07 |
1 |
11/15/07 |
| The Art Of Diving - US Edition |
Congratulations to Wetpixel’s associate editor Alex Mustard on the publication of the special North American edition of his book The Art Of Diving, which went on sale this week\. Unlike the European language editions the North American book is hardback and includes more detailed captions for the photographs\. The North… |
James Wiseman |
10/05/07 |
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| Sony Alpha 700 DSLR announced |
Sony has today released information about their new 12 megapixel DSLR, the A700\. This camera is aimed at what Sony calls advanced amateurs and serious photo enthusiasts and sports a CMOS sensor with built\-in hardware noise reduction and sensor\-based image stabilization\. The Sony Alpha line is based on the Minolta… |
James Wiseman |
09/06/07 |
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| Nikon D300 in Nexus D200 Housing - Photos |
Wetpixel member Sam \(shchae\) was able to bring his Nexus D200 housing to his local Nikon office over the weekend where they had a Nikon D300 on display\. Sam has posted a few photos of the camera fitted into his D200 housing in an interesting thread in the forums\. |
James Wiseman |
09/04/07 |
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| Galápagos National Park enforces dive permit regulations |
Wetpixel members have been receiving notifications that their upcoming dive trips to the Galápagos Islands have been canceled\. There is an active thread in the forums with information posted from multiple sources that confirms trips are being canceled due to enforcement of permit regulations\. Apparently, a specific diving permit is… |
James Wiseman |
07/13/07 |
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| Complementary filters and wide-angle underwater photography |
On a recent trip to Little Cayman, Wetpixel administrator James Wiseman decided to try the technique of complementary filters\. With a magenta filter on the camera lens and green filters on his strobes, James found that foreground lighting could appear normal while enriching the blue water background, and that the… |
James Wiseman |
06/16/07 |
9 |
07/12/07 |
| James Wiseman to Speak at Aquarium Conference |
This weekend James Wiseman will be giving two presentations at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America\. His first talk with be the keynote address at the Saturday banquet \- about the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary\. This talk will be co\-presented with reef ecologist Eric Borneman and will… |
James Wiseman |
09/23/06 |
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| Fuji to Announce S5 DSLR on Sept. 25th |
According to Nikon camera pundit Thom Hogan, Fujifilm will announce their new S5 DSLR camera on September 25th\. The camera is said to be based on the Nikon D200 platform, with a new Fuji SR sensor \(high dynamic range\)\. Fuji’s cameras have been lauded for their excellent image quality, however… |
James Wiseman |
09/21/06 |
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| PBS Special Tonight - National Marine Sanctuaries |
On September 20th and 27th, PBS is airing a feature about National Marine Sanctuaries\. Please tune in to your local PBS station at 8 p\.m\. \(check your local listings\) to see “America’s Underwater Treasures”\. During the two evenings, all 14 sites will be featured\. In addition, KQED has officially launched… |
James Wiseman |
09/20/06 |
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| Write to Continue Ban on Shark Finning |
Wetpixel friend and member Neil Hammerschlag has alerted us that the state of North Carolina is considering relaxing their ban on shark finning\. According to the Ocean Conservancy\: “The U\.S\. was one of the first countries in the world to ban shark finning \(the wasteful practice of slicing off a… |
James Wiseman |
08/17/06 |
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| Interview with Eric Cheng on Divefilm.com |
Mary Lynn’s recent interview podcast with Wetpixel administrator Eric Cheng has been posted on Divefilm\. According to Mary\: “What I wanted to do was get some of his thoughts on making the transition from underwater still photography to video, what skills were transferable, what helped, what new skills he needed… |
James Wiseman |
07/24/06 |
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| Sea and Sea Japan Announces YS27DX |
Sea and Sea Japan has announced a new compact digital strobe called the YS27DX\. We haven’t received an English language translation, but according to Babelfish, this strobe will have an air guide number of 20 \(assuming meters\), 9 power settings, a preflash cancellation mode, and some type of wireless digital… |
James Wiseman |
06/27/06 |
1 |
06/28/06 |
| Adobe Purchases Rawshooter Engine |
Adobe Systems announced it has acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec, makers of Rawshooter Premium and Rawshooter Essentials digital imaging software that provides advanced workflow management and processing capabilities for digital camera raw files\. Pixmantec’s intellectual property will be integrated into Adobe Lightroom and other products \(Ed\: I’m assuming ACR\)\.… |
James Wiseman |
06/27/06 |
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| Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 |
Panasonic has announced their entry into the 4/3rds DSLR arena with a 7\.5 megapixel camera and Zeiss lens\. This camera is very similar to the Olympus E\-330 and uses the same sensor, which we have come to learn is actually manufactured by Panasonic\. The Lumix offers a live preview on… |
James Wiseman |
06/22/06 |
6 |
07/20/06 |
| Sony Announces A100 Camera and Lenses |
Sony today announced their first DSLR offering and an impressive suite of lenses and accessories\. This camera features the Minolta lens mount and uses a 10 megapixel 1\.5x cropped sensor, similar, but probably not identical to what is used in the Nikon D200\. Along with the camera, Sony announced a… |
James Wiseman |
06/05/06 |
1 |
06/06/06 |
| Houston - April 22nd Intro to UW Digital Workshop |
On April 22 James Wiseman will teach the first HUPS workshop of 2006\. It will be geared toward new digital photographers or those considering moving up to a DSLR\. The presentation will run two hours with an additional hour of “hands on” demonstrations and Question & Answers\. Continue reading for… |
James Wiseman |
04/17/06 |
2 |
04/20/06 |
| Inon Artist of the Month - John Johnson |
This month’s Inon Artist is Wetpixel member and freediving photographer John Johnson\. John is a freediver from Hawaii, and really appreciates a compact setup, including Inon’s Z220 strobes\. |
James Wiseman |
04/07/06 |
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| Nexus D200 Announcement and Photos |
We have just received a Nexus announcement and photos from Wetpixel sponsor Marine Camera Distributors\. According to the manufacturer\: “It has a full range of lens ports and access to all controls on the camera plus additional operational features for remote control and engineered ergonomics that make it so easy… |
James Wiseman |
04/05/06 |
2 |
05/06/07 |
| Hugyfot D200 |
Hugyfot has released photos of their new housing for the Nikon D200\. The unit follows Hugyfot’s sleek hand\-fitting design philosophy\. Continue reading for photos\. |
James Wiseman |
04/05/06 |
9 |
04/13/06 |
| Digideep 2006 Photo Expeditions |
In January 2006 PADI introduced the new course tailored to the needs of the digital underwater photographer\. Lars Kirchhoff and Andi Voeltz \- marine wildlife photographers and creators of the internationally recognized DIGIDEEP\.com website are leading two digital photography workshop trips based on the new PADI course\. Continue reading for… |
James Wiseman |
04/05/06 |
1 |
04/12/06 |
| Seacam 5D Housing First Impressions |
I was fortunate enough to receive one of the first Seacam 5D housings to arrive in the States and got it just in time for a one week live\-aboard dive trip with Jim Abernethy’s Scuba Adventures\. This was a Wetpixel trip \- an intensive digital photo week of shark diving… |
James Wiseman |
03/30/06 |
6 |
04/05/06 |
| Aquatica D200 Housing Photo |
Aquatica have sent us photos of their soon\-to\-be\-released D200 housing\. This housing will be their first to feature a magnified viewfinder\. According to Blake Stoughton at Aquatica, this housing will ship with a user\-removable standard viewfinder, that can be replaced with their magnified viewfinder when it is released\. This housing… |
James Wiseman |
03/29/06 |
7 |
03/29/06 |
| Aquatica 5D Housing: First Impressions |
After Canon released its 5D, the least\-expensive full\-frame sensor DSLR, I was immediately intrigued\. I had seen the performance of other full\-frame cameras while working on the Shear Water, and had been highly jealous of the Nikon users who had a 180 degree fisheye available for their cropped\-sensor cameras\. The… |
James Wiseman |
03/08/06 |
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| UWP Issue 29 Available for Downloa |
This month’s issue of Underwater Photography magazine is available for download from their website\. This month’s issue has a small piece about the Wetpixel/DivePhotoGuide contest winners, as well as articles by Wetpixel’s own Keith Flood and Dr\. Alex Mustard \(and much more\!\)\. |
James Wiseman |
03/02/06 |
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| Wetpixel/DivePhotoGuide Contest Winners Announced |
Wetpixel\.com and DivePhotoGuide\.com have teamed up to celebrate the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment by developing the first instance of a new, annual, international underwater photography competition\. For our inaugural event, only digital entries were accepted \(images taken from digital cameras or scanned from film\)\. Photographers competed in… |
James Wiseman |
02/26/06 |
3 |
03/01/06 |
| Alex Mustard Seminar - Feb. 15th |
Wetpixel Admin and award\-winning photographer Alex Mustard will be giving a talk at the February BSOUP meeting in London entitled\: TECHNICAL TALK \- ALEX MUSTARD\: SHOOTING FISH\. According to Alex, “Taking pictures of the cool fish we see while diving is what prompted many of us to pick up cameras… |
James Wiseman |
02/14/06 |
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| Zeiss Announces Two New Lenses for Nikon F Mount |
Zeiss today announced two new lenses designed to be fully compatible with Nikon F mount cameras\. The 50mm f1\.4 and the 85mm f1\.4 will be available starting Spring 2006\. Digital SLR’s with their extremely high resolution sensors have placed quite a demand upon lenses and lens design and manufacture, and… |
James Wiseman |
01/18/06 |
3 |
01/18/06 |
| Sealife Reefmaster DC500 Review |
The Sealife Reefmaster DC500 is a well designed compact underwater entry\-level system\. When purchased as a package, the housing and strobe setup is easy to put together and use\. The image quality is acceptable, and the built\-in camera modes make the system adaptable and useful for both above and underwater… |
James Wiseman |
01/14/06 |
7 |
01/27/06 |
| Ikelite Releases Details of 8-inch Dome Port |
After much anticipation, Ikelite has released photos and details about their new 8” dome port for SLR housings\. Ikelite has also published an updated port chart, showing lens compatibility with the big dome, as well as a listing of which lenses Ikelite believes perform better behind the 8” dome as… |
James Wiseman |
01/10/06 |
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| Pentax Digital Fisheye Zoom Lens |
Pentax has today announced a 10\-17mm digital fisheye zoom lens for their line of \*ist cameras\. This lens is designed specifically for the sensor in the \*ist camera, which has a 1\.5x crop vs 35mm film\. Pentax has stated that this lens is for use exclusively with the \*ist cameras,… |
James Wiseman |
12/01/05 |
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| Rand McMeins Wins Turks and Caicos Stamp Contest |
Wetpixel Member Rand McMeins aka Randapex has taken first place in the Turks and Caicos Stamp Contest\. Rand’s photo and biography will be posted in the local Turks and Caicos newspaper and his photo of a rough\-head blenny will appear on a T&C postage stamp\. Winning photos have not yet… |
James Wiseman |
11/22/05 |
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| BP Kongsberg Underwater Image Competition |
Now for something completely different \- at least for most Wetpixel readers\: a deepwater photography contest\. “As part of the 11th International Deep\-Sea Biology Symposium, to be held at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton on 9 – 14th July 2006, a flagship underwater image and video competition is being launched\.… |
James Wiseman |
11/02/05 |
1 |
11/02/05 |
| Nikon Announces the D200 |
Nikon formally announced the D200 today \- November 1st\. The camera sports a number of features that will make it wonderful for underwater use, including\: 11 autofocus sensors, a 10\-pin control port, 10 megapixel DX sensor, 2\.5” LCD, ISO 100, compact form factor, etc\. Underwater photographers will be happy to… |
James Wiseman |
11/01/05 |
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| LAUPS 2005 Contest Winners Posted |
The LAUPS has posted the winners of this year’s photo competition\. A number of Wetpixel members placed or earned honorable mentions in the international competition\. Particular Wetpixel friend and shark\-lover Jim Abernethy took Best of Show with his photo of a Great Hammerhead\. This year, LAUPS’s contest page features comments… |
James Wiseman |
10/24/05 |
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| Results: Seahorses of the World Photo Comp |
Congratulations to Wetpixel administrator Dr\. Alex Mustard for his 3rd place win in the Seahorses of the World Photo Competition\. Alex’s photograph of a freeswimming Hippocampus bargibanti taken in the Lembeh Strait took a third place spot\. Congratulations are also in order for Wetpixel member David Harasti who also won… |
James Wiseman |
10/19/05 |
6 |
10/20/05 |
| Nexus EOS-1DsmkII Housing |
Marine Camera Distributors \(MCD\) have sent us some photographs of the prototype Nexus housing for the 16 megapixel Canon EOS1DsmkII digital SLR camera\. Nexus is developing an optional angled magnifying viewfinder which is shown in a few of the photos\. Apparently, this finder is a wetmount bayonet type and can… |
James Wiseman |
10/14/05 |
1 |
10/14/05 |
| Patima housing for the Canon 350D |
Patima has announced a housing for the popular Canon 350D Digital Rebel XT\. The EHC\-350DX is an aluminum housing with a screw thread port system\. Patima also has plans to introduce a housing for the Canon 580EX Speedlite\. Update\: Continue reading to view new photos of the Patima 350D and… |
James Wiseman |
10/13/05 |
2 |
10/19/05 |
| Possible Failure of Cameras Using Certain Sony Sensors |
Today, a number of camera companies have announced product “advisories” due to discovered defects in their cameras\. If these defects posed safety hazards, they would be called “recalls” but since they are more of a nuisance, they are called “advisories” so that the companies do not assume liability\. I make… |
James Wiseman |
10/11/05 |
5 |
10/14/05 |
| Magic Filter Review |
When Alex Mustard first announced the Magic Filter I was pretty excited as I was in the market for a red filter for my newly purchased 10\.5mm wide angle lens\. I was interested in a red filter because I wanted to experiment with the manual White Balance option that a… |
James Wiseman |
10/06/05 |
11 |
09/29/09 |
| Sea and Sea housing for the HDR-HC1 video camera |
Sea&Sea; introduces the VX\-HC1 PRO video housing for Sony’s new, compact high definition camcorder, the HDR\-HC1\. |
James Wiseman |
10/05/05 |
1 |
10/05/05 |
| Sea and Sea DX750G |
Sea and Sea has announced the DX750G \- a new entry\-level digital camera setup aimed at compact camera users\. |
James Wiseman |
10/05/05 |
2 |
01/20/06 |
| Sea and Sea YS110 Strobe |
Sea and Sea has announced the release of their new strobe, with new features designed to address some of the drawbacks noted by Wetpixel users for previous models\. The strobe is more powerful and features a wider light pattern, due to the use of 3 flash tubes\. |
James Wiseman |
10/05/05 |
5 |
10/12/05 |
| Sea and Sea Housing for Canon 350D |
Designed for the 8 mega pixel Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, the DX\-350D housing melds sophisticated digital control with uncomplicated operation\. Add to this hydrodynamic handling and the DX\-350D puts the powers of advanced digital imaging into the hands of underwater photographs of all skill levels\. |
James Wiseman |
10/05/05 |
2 |
10/19/05 |
| Sea and Sea Housing for Nikon D50 |
We’ve received a press release from Sea and Sea about their new housing for the Nikon D50\. The DX\-D50 housing is equipped with two N\-connectors for strobes\. The housing is also compatible with a full range of Sea&Sea; NX ports for a variety of Nikkor lenses\. |
James Wiseman |
10/05/05 |
1 |
10/19/05 |
| Watershot Digital Announces Canon 350d and Speedlite 580EX Housings |
We received a pre\-DEMA press release from Watershot Digital announcing two new products\. The 350D housing will be machined from aluminum in a compact ergonomic design, has full control access and an optional 45 degree angled 1\.2x magnification action finder\. The Speedlite 580EX housing will be injected molded polycarbonate with… |
James Wiseman |
10/04/05 |
0 |
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| Hugy D70 Review |
A month ago I purchased a Hugyfot Nikon D70\(s\) housing as a follower to my much loved Hugy Atlan 81 for the Nikon F80\. At the same time I also promised to write up a short review for Wetpixel on the the housing\. The housing, as can be expected from… |
James Wiseman |
10/02/05 |
1 |
10/03/05 |
| Olympus E-500 DSLR and New Macro Lens |
Update\: Two weeks after our first posting, Olympus makes the announcement official\. See the article at DPreview for full details\. A dutch website yesterday released some information about a new “entry level” DSLR from Olympus utilizing the 4/3 system\. Also included was information about a macro lens with a 35mm… |
James Wiseman |
09/26/05 |
2 |
09/14/05 |