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| Nikon announces the D800 and D800E |
Nikon today announced its second new full\-frame dSLR of the year, the Nikon D800, and it’s companion, the D800E, which will sit below the D4 at the high end of Nikon’s DSLR line, offering more than twice the pixel density of the top\-of\-the\-line D4\. The D800’s FX\-format full\-frame sensor captures… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
02/07/12 |
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| Olympus introduces new waterproof cameras |
Good news for those looking for a small boat companion, Olympus has introduced two new point and shoot cameras waterproof to 5m and 10m depths\. The TOUGH\-8010 comes with 2gb of internal memory and is shockproof to 2m, waterproof to 10m, and crushproof to 100kg\.The TOUGH\-6020 contains 1gb of internal… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
02/09/10 |
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| Nikon announces 24.5MP D3x |
Nikon has announced its new flagship professional DSLR, the D3X\. The new full frame sensor \(24\.5 megapixels\) contains double the number of photosites of its predecessor, the D3, but remaining specifications are unchanged for the most part\. The camera produces 50MB 14\-bit RAW files that can be converted into 140MB… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
12/02/08 |
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12/02/08 |
| UWP Magazine Issue #39 available for download |
Underwater Photography Magazine Issue 39 is now available for download\. The issue contains articles by Wetpixel’s Alex Mustard, Peter Rowlands, Mark Webster, Don Silcock, Troy Maine and Scott Leslie on topics including compact cameras, diving in East Bali, Red Sea, the Bay of Fundy and the Shell Wildlife Competition\. UWP… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
11/10/07 |
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| Underwater Journal #3 available for download |
Underwater Journal Issue #3 is now available for download\. This issue contains articles about closed\-circuit rebreathers, dive travel and gear reviews among others\. There is a great piece about the current status and future of the Goliath Grouper\. Underwater Journal is a free electronic diving magazine published in PDF format\. |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
06/10/07 |
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| Olympus expands underwater housing range |
Olympus has announced new accessories and housings for underwater photography\. New to the range is the PT\-E03 \(waterproof up to a depth of 40m\) for the E\-400 and the E\-410 with Live View, which will be available from June\. Live View technology lets underwater photographers use the LCD for framing\.… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
05/18/07 |
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| Shark fin soup may be off the menu during Olympics |
BEIJING \(AFP\) \- Shark fin soup should be removed from the menu at Chinese official banquets to prevent damage to the country’s image during the Olympic Games next year, according to a lawmaker\. “Serving shark’s fin to foreign guests during the Olympic Games could greatly hurt China’s national image, and… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/13/07 |
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| Twenty groupers threatened with extinction |
Twenty species of grouper, a globally important group of 162 coral reef food fishes, are threatened with extinction unless management or conservation measures are introduced\. This was the conclusion of a panel of twenty experts from 10 countries at a recent conservation summit convened to assess the status of groupers… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/05/07 |
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| UWP Magazine Issue #35 available for download |
Underwater Photography Magazine Issue 35 is now available for download\. The issue contains articles by Alex Mustard on macro wide angle, as well as various technique, location, equipment, and marine life articles by Aengus Moran, Gerald Rambert, Tim Ingmire and Mark Webster\. Don’t miss the environmental section with two articles… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/02/07 |
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| UK-Germany 45° Viewfinder |
Housing manufacturer UK\-Germany has announced a new 45° viewfinder\. Wetpixel member Helge Suess has posted several photos and details about it in our forums\. According to Helge\: The finder has an angle of view of about 40° at a distance of approximately 45mm from the rear lens\. This allows to… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
01/12/07 |
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| Shark conservation on Wetpixel |
There has been a lot of activity in our conservation forums lately, and some of the most active topics are discussions about shark conservation and the exploitation of shark fins\. Wetpixel member Justin Ebert has just returned from Raja Ampat in Indonesia and started a discussion where he shows images… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
12/25/06 |
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| Free underwater photography seminar at NCUPS |
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society, Backscatter Underwater Video and Photo and Wallin’s Dive Center are sponsoring an underwater photography seminar next January in northern California, entry is free\: FREE two\-day underwater photo and video weekend seminar with world\-renowned underwater digital photography expert, Berkley White\. The two\-day event begins with… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
12/23/06 |
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05/14/07 |
| Adobe announces Photoshop CS3 beta |
Adobe has announced today that a beta version of Photoshop CS3 will be available for download tomorrow \(December 15th\)\. To use CS3 you will need a valid CS2, Creative Suite 2, Creative Suite Production Studio, Design Bundle, Web Bundle or Video Bundle serial number\. Without a serial number this beta… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
12/15/06 |
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| Hawaii underwater survey reveals new species |
A team of researchers discovered dozens of new species of invertebrates during a cruise to the recently created Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument\. Among the internationally recognized specialists was Wetpixel moderator and Los Angeles Natural History Museum taxonomist Leslie Harris; one of her photos was featured at the National Geographic… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
12/07/06 |
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| Todd Mintz places in prestigious Nature’s Best Contest |
Wetpixel moderator Todd Mintz is among this year’s “Highly Honoured” Winners of Nature’s Best photography contest\. His winning image, a beautiful shot of an anemonefish and anemone with trees visible overhead, is featured in 3/4 of a page of this month’s magazine\. The image will also be in an exhibit… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/25/06 |
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| Fuji announces FinePix S5 Pro DSLR |
Fuji has announced a new 12\.34 megapixel \(6\.17 \+ 6\.17 mp\) dSLR, the FinePix S5 Pro\. It is based on the Nikon D200 body, and that’s good news for underwater photographers because it will fit on D200 housings\. Here are some of the new features in this camera\: Three new… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/25/06 |
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| New Sea & Sea dome port |
After sometime producing not so attractive housings \(big and heavy\), Sea&Sea; is coming back to the market strongly by producing nice and compact housings for the Nikons D200 and D50 and the Canon 5D\. Their latest new product is a glass dome port, which according to Sea&Sea; produces clearer and… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/10/06 |
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| Exotic Lionfish spreading through US coast |
Exotic Lionfish have been a problem in Florida and the Bahamas for some time, but today the New York Times reports that hundreds of Lionfish were observed by divers at Long Island this summer, as opposed to only a few over the last years\: “For us to be finding that… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/08/06 |
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| Sharks threatened more than ever |
A very nice article at the San Diego Union Tribune last week discusses the problem of shark overfishing\. The new numbers are staggering\: More than 100 million sharks killed each year\. One billion pounds of shark fins imported annually into China alone – for soup\. Of the 390 known species… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/07/06 |
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| Korean Air bans Dell and Apple laptops from flights |
A few days ago Korean Airlines started asking passengers to remove batteries from their Dell laptops \(any model, any battery\) and from some models of Apple portables \(PowerBook and iBook\)\. Qantas is doing the same with Dell laptops\. This is bad news for owners as you cannot use these laptops… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/06/06 |
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| UWP magazine issue 32 available |
Issue 32 of Underwater Photography Magazine \(UWP\) has just been published\. As usual there is a lot of input from Wetpixel members, including a tutorial about composite photos by Alex Mustard \(Alex_Mustard\), a review of the Subal ND20 and Nikon D200 by Mark Webster \(Photec\), and an article about Bikini… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
09/05/06 |
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| Nikon announces the 10.2mp D80 |
Nikon today announced a new dSLR, the D80\. According to Nikon\: The D80 features a new 10\.2 effective megapixel DX Format CCD image sensor, bringing a new level of high resolution and sharp detail to the class while also providing plenty of freedom to crop creatively and print impressive enlargements\.… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
08/09/06 |
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| Nikon to announce new 10.2mp dSLR |
Nikon has started a teaser campaign promoting a new compact 10\.2 megapixel digital SLR which will be announced in 20 days\. The campaign doesn’t give much details or specifications, but we are guessing that this would be a D80 or D90 \(the replacement to the D70/D70s\)\. Tell us what you… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/20/06 |
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| Improvements on Ikelite strobes |
Ikelite has recently announced the new DS51 to replace their popular DS50\: The Ikelite DS51 Substrobe replaces the DS50, which has been a favorite of underwater photographers the world over\. In addition to incorporating all the same great features of the DS50, the DS51 provides a Manual Exposure Mode with… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/18/06 |
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| San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition |
The deadline to the 2006 San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition is approaching\. Films must be submited before August 15th\. Each film must be no more than 5 minutes long, with at least 50% of the footage taken underwater\. The exhibition is scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings, October 20 &… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/11/06 |
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| Amphibico Phenom HDV Housing Review |
It is quite possible that I have spent more time under the water with this housing than anybody in any other ocean\! I was one of the first in Australia to receive my HDV housing back in 2005\. Since then I have filmed subjects from tiny Nudibranchs right up to… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/11/06 |
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08/07/06 |
| Wanted: Images of Seahorses from Papua New Guinea |
A new research project has just commenced in Papua New Guinea that is investigating seahorse diversity and distribution throughout the waters of PNG\. This project is specially examining the species of seahorses that are found in PNG waters as there has been no research conducted on the species diversity and… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/11/06 |
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| Nikon Releases Trial Version of Capture NX Software |
Nikon has today made available a trial version of its all new image workflow software,Capture NX\. According to Nikon\: Professional and advanced photographers will appreciate the time they can save using U Point technology to make edits to their images, as well as fully utilize over 25 new tools in… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/08/06 |
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| Canon EOS 5D and EOS-1D II N firmware updates |
Canon has today released new firmware for the EOS 5D and EOS\-1D Mark II N digital SLRs\. The EOS 5D firmware corrects communication errors between the 5D and EOS Capture after a certain number of shots; allows the use of E\-TTL flash metering mode using the ST\-E2 Speedlite Transmitter in… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/05/06 |
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| Hugyfot introduces new viewfinder |
Wetpixel member Udo van Dongen has received photos of a new 45 degrees viewfinder from Hugyfot\. The viewfinder is similar to that offered by Inon and can be rotated 360 degrees\. Check out the discussion about the viewfinder with more photos in the forums area\. |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
07/04/06 |
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| Brad and Susan Brown to give seminar at NCUPS |
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society \(NCUPS\) next July 14 will host a seminar with award\-winning underwater photographers and NCUPS members, Brad and Susan Brown of MontereyDiving\.com\. Brad and Susan have won many First Place Awards in international photography contests including the Malaysian Underwater Photo Festival, the Asian Diver Shootout,… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
06/30/06 |
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| Microsoft aquires iView |
iView Multimedia, who developed MediaPro, has announced that it has been acquired by Microsoft\. MediaPro is a fairly well known digital imaging workflow and management application which was originally created for Mac and later evolved to Windows\. Here is what iView’s founder has to say about the acquisition\: With Microsoft’s… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
06/30/06 |
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| Northwestern Hawaiian Islands now a National Monument |
The White House has announced that President Bush is expected to designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands the United States’ 75th national monument later today\. WASHINGTON \- President Bush on Thursday is expected to announce the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area — a group of remote Hawaiian islands… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
06/15/06 |
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| Aquarium reef fish trade to get new regulations |
NOAA and the US Coral Reef Task Force have announced new conservation inniciatives aiming to reduce illegal trade of aquarium reef fishes\: “The resolution calls on the task force to examine the use of cyanide and other poisons in the collection of reef fish on the global market\. Although illegal… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
05/09/06 |
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| More protection for Caribbean Corals |
A new layer of protection has been added to Caribbean reef corals by NOAA\: “The NOAA Fisheries Service announced its decision to list elkhorn \(Acropora palmata\) and staghorn corals \(Acropora cervicornis\) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act \(ESA\)\. The final rule will be published next week, and the listing… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
05/09/06 |
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| Inon Artist of the Month - Keith C. Flood |
This month’s Inon Artist is Wetpixel member Keith C\. Flood\. Keith is a firefighter from Santa Rosa, California, and really likes the compact size, and light ouput of his Inon Z220 strobes\. This demonstrates that Wetpixel members are succesfully using their Inon products, Keith is the third member in a… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
05/02/06 |
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| Underwater Photography Magazine issue 30 |
Issue #30 of Underwater Photography magazine is available for download from their website\. This month’s issue has reviews of the Subal and Sealux housings for the very popular D200, as well as a very nice article about photographing sharks in movement by Wetpixel’s own Dr\. Alex Mustard \(and much more\!\)\. |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
04/30/06 |
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04/30/06 |
| Manta Rays now protected in Hawaii |
A research conducted by Manta Pacific Research Foundation and the University of Hawaii has concluded that populations of Manta Rays along the Hawaiian Islands are vulnerable\. This research led to a legislation that has just passed at Hawaii’s Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources\. The Resolution calls for the… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
04/28/06 |
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| Kiribati to protect the Phoenix Islands |
The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has distinguished itself on the global conservation map with the declaration that it is creating the third largest marine protected area in the world, conserving an archipelago of some of the planet’s most pristine coral reefs, the Phoenix Islands\. Located near the equator in… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
04/24/06 |
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04/25/06 |
| Record Coral Die-Off in the Caribbean |
Scientists from NOAA and the United States National Park Service have reported an unprecedented reef\-building coral die\-off in the Caribbean\. “It’s an unprecedented die\-off,” said National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Miller, who last week checked 40 stations in the Virgin Islands\. A February NOAA report calculates 96 percent of… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/31/06 |
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| Book Review: Reef Life |
When Eric Cheng asked me to review Reef Life\: Natural History and Behaviors of Marine Fish and Invertebrates \(by Denise and Larry Tackett\) I gladly accepted the task for two main reasons\. First, I was very glad to see that a book about natural history and behavior of marine life… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/28/06 |
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| ScubaDiving Magazine 2006 Photo Contest |
Scuba Diving magazine has announced the winners of its 2006 photo contest\. Many Wetpixel members did great\. Some that placed were Andy H \(best in show\!\), John Gordon, Victor Zucker, Mary Lou Reid and more\. The moderating team also did great, Luiz Rocha was first place on the macro category… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/20/06 |
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| Ikelite Nikon D200 Housing Review |
Wetpixel member Jon Bertsch has posted a review of the Ikelite underwater housing for the Nikon D200 digital SLR, based on one of the first production housings\. There is an active discussion going on in the forums about the housing, and some very nice sample images\. Kudos to Ikelite for… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/10/06 |
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| Bruce Yates, INON Artist of the Month |
Wetpixel member Bruce Yates \(bmyates\) is this month’s INON Featured Artist\. I have been delighted with my dual Inon Z\-220 strobes\. Not only are they about half the size of other strobes I’ve used, but their performance has been consistent and superb\. They provide excellent coverage \(110 degrees with diffusers,… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/02/06 |
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| Beneath the Sea contest results |
Beneath the Sea has announced the winners of its 2006 photo contest\. Winners include Wetpixel members Rand McMeins, Linda Cline, Joe Belanger, and many more\. Congratulations\! Check the winning images at the Beneath the Sea web page\. |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
03/01/06 |
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| Nikon Capture NX released |
Nikon announced the launch of Capture NX\: “a radically enhanced and redesigned version of Nikon’s digital image editing software\. Capture NX marks a significant shift for image editing, irrespective of camera brand, whilst delivering powerful and dedicated tools for photographers shooting with the increasingly popular NEF \(Raw\) file format\.” |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
02/22/06 |
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02/23/06 |
| Nikon announces new 105mm macro lens |
Today Nikon has announced the world’s first macro lens \(offering reproduction ratios of up to 1\:1\) equipped with Nikon Silent Wave Motor \(SWM \- Internal Focusing\) and Vibration Reduction \(VR\) systems\. The AF\-S VR Micro\-Nikkor 105mm f/2\.8G IF\-ED lens also has a Nano Crystal Coat and Extra Low Dispersion \(ED\)… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
02/21/06 |
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02/27/06 |
| Nikon discontinues most film cameras |
In a bold move, Nikon has announced today that they will no longer sell most of their film cameras\. The only film cameras that will continue to be manufactured are the F6 and the FM10\. The F6 will be the only one sold in Europe\. All large format lenses, and… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
01/11/06 |
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| Invasive Lionfish in Florida |
During the past few years, a number of exotic marine fishes have been seen and photographed by divers off the Florida coast\. The red lionfish \(Pterois volitans\) is one of the most abundant, and now appears to be established and reproducing off the Florida coast\. Since the lionfish is a… |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
01/04/06 |
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01/10/06 |
| Seacam Hotshoe pin configuration |
Wetpixel readers have discussed in detail an issue where, when shooting with two strobes, Nikon D2x files are not written to the camera\. The solution consists of removing all hotshoe pins, except for the trigger pin\. Please read the full article for a detailed explanation with figures\. |
Dr. Luiz Rocha |
01/04/06 |
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