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| NCUPS SEA 2010 Winners Announced |
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society has announced the winners of the 46th Annual SEA International Underwater Photographic Competition\. The 2010 winner of the Bob Commer Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography and SEA International Best of Show is Keri Wilk\. The digital still competition this year brought an increase… |
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11/17/10 |
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| Space now available on Wetpixel Raja Ampat expedition |
Space has just freed up on the Wetpixel Raja Ampat expedition to the Misool Eco Resort from November 20 to December 2 due to a cancellation\. There is one room available for either one or two people\. Guests must arrive in Sorong, Indonesia on or before November 20th to meet… |
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10/07/10 |
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| Blue Ocean Film Festival: Industry Showcase |
Last month’s Blue Ocean Film Festival featured and industry and technology trade show, and we’ve finally updated our article to comprehensively cover latest in underwater gear and marine conservation that was on display\. Better late than never, hopefully\. |
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09/06/10 |
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| Blue Ocean Film Festival winners announced |
At the “Blue Carpet Awards” on Saturday night, the winners for the second Blue Ocean Film Festival were announced\. The award ceremony included performances by Grammy Award winning singer Paula Cole, and special recognitions for Jean Michel, Fabien and Celine Cousteau who won the “Making Waves” award as well as… |
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08/30/10 |
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| Macgillivray Freeman launches massive “One World Ocean” campaign |
At a luncheon sponsored by Magillivray Freeman at the Blue Ocean Film Festival today, Greg Macillivray shared a teaser from the company’s massive new campaign “One World Ocean\.” The five\-year, $35 million dollar project will include an IMAX film, theatrical film, and an eight\-part television series, all filmed in 3D,… |
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08/27/10 |
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| Spotlight on Blue: Willem and the Whales |
There are few things as cute or as powerful as children speaking about their love for animals\. Last night, the Blue Ocean Film Festival screened the PSA, Willem and the Whales, by the Marine Mammal Conservation Through the Arts, featuring Willem, an adorable advocate for the world’s largest mammals\. The… |
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08/26/10 |
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| Spotlight on Blue: The Majestic Plastic Bag |
One of the highlights from last night’s screenings was the hilarious mockumentary, “The Majestic Plastic Bag\.” Produced in a style similar to BBC’s blue\-chip documentaries, the short film follows the trials of life for a single plastic bag as it seeks to join its species in the Great Pacific Garbage… |
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08/26/10 |
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09/03/10 |
| Blue Ocean Film Festival opening ceremonies |
Last night, the Blue Ocean Film Festival kicked off this week’s film screenings with an opening ceremony that included short films The Majestic Plastic Bag, Willem and the Whales, and Peter Brown’s feature\-length film “Confessions of an Eco\-Terrorist\.” Among the luminaries introducing the films were US Congressman Sam Farr, Dan… |
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08/26/10 |
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| David Doubilet’s exhibit “Below” launches Blue Ocean Film Festival |
A packed house of delegates filled the opening reception for David Doubilet’s photography exhibit, Below, which launched the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Monterey California last night\. Spanning Doubilet’s prolific career, the exhibit features images taken around the world, including a portfolio shot in black and white, and photographs from… |
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08/25/10 |
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08/26/10 |
| The Digital Shootout updates website with winners’ galleries |
The Digital Shootout has updated their website to include galleries of the winning images from this year’s event\. There is now full coverage of all seven days of the event, including extensive galleries and videos taken by the staff and participants\. Next year, the Digital Shootout will return to Divi… |
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07/04/10 |
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| Dr. Eugenie Clark to be honored in Bonaire |
Tourism Corporation Bonaire has announced that Dr\. Eugenie Clark will become the second North American recipient to receive Bonaire’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award\. A panel of distinguished media chose Dr\. Clark, legendary ichthyologist and authority on sharks, after long deliberations on several candidates\. Dr\. Clark will travel to Bonaire during… |
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07/04/10 |
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| The Digital Shootout live coverage underway |
The Digital Shootout coverage is now underway\. The Digital Shootout is an opportunity for shooters to improve their underwater photo and video skills, and is sponsored by Backscatter, Aquatica, Light & Motion, Canon, Sea & Sea, Wakatobi Dive Resort and Wetpixel, among many others\. Fantastic prizes will be awarded to… |
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06/25/10 |
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| Danger on the rise for Guadalupe shark divers |
Dive operators and their customers are pushing the envelope at Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, the world’s premiere destination for diving with great white sharks\. Some operators have called it an “arms race” to make the encounters with the large predators more and more extreme\. Operators are pointing fingers at each other… |
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06/25/10 |
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| First Panasonic 8mm fisheye underwater footage in the wild |
INON posted a video to YouTube which was shot with their much\-anticipated X2 housing for the Panasonic GF\-1\. The clip features footage and stills taken with the just released Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens\. The GF\-1 is one of the most anticipated cameras from the emerging Micro Four Thirds standard to… |
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06/23/10 |
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06/28/10 |
| Jacques Cousteau centennial |
June 11 marks the centennial of the birth of Jacques\-Yves Cousteau, and we at Wetpixel want to honor the legacy of the man who is truly one of the fathers of our industry\. Among his many accomplishments, Cousteau was an innovator of Scuba diving, which is essential to our enterprise,… |
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06/12/10 |
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| Eric Cheng to lead seminar at Dolphin Scuba Center July 16th |
On July 16th at the Dolphin Scuba Center Sacramento, enjoy great appetizers and good wine as Wetpixel editor and publisher Eric Cheng shares his extraordinary adventures and presents a selection of photographs from his journeys across the world\. This event, starting at 7\:00 p\.m\., has limited space, so sign up… |
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06/03/10 |
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| INON announces snoots for S-2000 strobes |
INON INC\. has announced new accessory snoots for its S\-2000 strobe to narrow down its beam angle, providing various effects such as to blocking diffused light to eliminate backscatter, highlighting a subject, or using a spotlight effect\. The set contains a rubber hood, diffusers and snoot tubes of two different… |
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06/03/10 |
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06/04/10 |
| Nauticam announces details of Canon EOS Rebel T2i housing |
Nauticam has announced details and pricing for their newest housing, the NA\-550D for the Canon EOS Rebel T2i \(or 550D, depending on territory\)\. The compact housing features new locking latches, a new lens release lever, and a new two stage shutter release providing a more tactile feel for focusing using… |
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06/03/10 |
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| New issue of Underwater Journal available for download |
The new issue of Underwater Journal is now available for immediate download\. This issue issue features articles on Florida’s turtles, buoyancy control in advanced diving, St\. Eustatius’s wreck “Charlie Brown,” Humbolt squids, and a timely article about the Deepwater Horizon gulf oil spill\. Head on over to the Underwater Journal… |
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06/01/10 |
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| Panasonic announces 8mm fisheye for Micro Four Thirds |
Although previously reported in our forums as an entry in Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds future roadmap, the company today has formally announced its extremely compact 8mm fisheye lens\. Weighing in at only 165 grams, Panasonic has proclaimed the lens to be the ” world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable digital fisheye… |
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06/01/10 |
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| New perspectives on Gulf of Mexico oil spill |
Now over a month into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and subsequent gusher from BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig, the world got a whole new perspective on the disaster yesterday as ABC’s Good Morning America and Philippe Cousteau Jr\. dived below the surface of the… |
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05/26/10 |
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06/03/10 |
| Wanted: Wunderpus photographs |
Crissy Huffard, Conservation International’s Raja Ampat monitoring specialist and cephalopod expert extraordinaire, wants to use photographs to study Wunderpus\. Wunderpus is one of the most popular animals divers seek in muck, yet almost everything about their lives remains a mystery\. We do not know how rare they are, how large… |
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04/27/10 |
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| Visions in the Sea Summer Series 2010 |
The Visions in the Sea Summer Series is a UK wide set of weekends designed to both inspire you and get you into the water for some underwater photography\. There will be 6 weekends throughout the” warm and sunny” summer months\. Each weekend will have at least one resident professional… |
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04/16/10 |
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04/17/10 |
| Review: Sea of Light by Richard Salas |
Sea of Light by Richard Salas is a gorgeous coffee\-table book celebrating the marine biodiversity of California’s Channel Islands through spectacular underwater photographs\. It will appeal to underwater photographers of all stripes, in addition to any diver in love with the unique cold water habitats of California\. Click the link… |
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04/14/10 |
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| Issue 3 of Underx Magazine now available |
The 3 issue of the free Brazilian underwater photography magazine, Underxmag, is now available for download in PDF format\. This issue highlights Tonga, Açores and the Alagoas Wrecks of Brazil\. Head over to the Underx magazine website to check it out\. |
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04/10/10 |
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| X-Ray Mag April 2010 Issue now available for download |
Issue 35 of X\-Ray Mag is now available for download\. The April 2010 features a cover story by Wetpixel Editor and Publisher Eric Cheng, about his incredible encounters with the sperm whales of Dominica\. You can get a free PDF copy of the magazine over at the X\-Ray Mag website\. |
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04/08/10 |
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| Aquatica announces TLC Tripod |
Continuing their flurry of announcements leading up to the Beneath the Sea show, Aquatica launched their all new TLC tripod today for video SLRs and other compact video cameras\. The tripod features a pan/tilt head and uses standard TLC arms for the legs\. The TLC Tripod includes three 11 inch… |
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03/25/10 |
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| Aquatica announces port adapters for Subal and Sea and Sea |
Aquatica today announced that they are releasing a series of port adapters to allow owners of other housing systems to migrate to the Aquatica line\. The first will accommodate older generation Subal \(Type 3\) ports\. This adapter actually fits inside the Aquatica bayonet, and does not add any extension to… |
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03/25/10 |
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| Aquatica announces new Mini Dome 100 |
The parade of the compact domes continues\! Aquatica today announced the launch of their new four inch dome port, the Mini Dome 100 featuring BK\-7 coated glass\. The dome port is specifically designed for fisheye lenses such as the 10\.5mm Nikkor, 10mm Sigma, and ever\-versatile 10\-17mm Tokina zoom\. The Mini… |
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03/24/10 |
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03/25/10 |
| Canon Releases Updated 5D Mark II Firmware |
Canon has just released a revised version of the firmware update for the 5D Mark II to address an issue involving manual audio levels control\. According to Canon, “There was a phenomenon in which the manual recording settings made in C1/C2/C3 were changed and sound could not be recorded if… |
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03/19/10 |
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| Firmware Update 2.0.3 for 5D Mark II Now Live on Canon’s Servers |
The long awaited firmware update for the Canon 5D Mark II is now available on Canon Japan’s servers, and will likely become available on international sites on Tuesday, March 16\. The firmware update adds frame rates of 24p, 25p, and changes the 30p frame rate to 29\.97 fps to match… |
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03/16/10 |
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| Canon 5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.3 Release Imminent |
Canon’s long awaited firmware update for the 5D Mark II full frame SLR is due for release sometime later this month\. The update adds frame rates of 24p and 25p and updates the 30p frame rate to 29\.97 fps to match television production standards\. In addition, audio capability has been… |
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03/03/10 |
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| Apple Releases Aperture 3 |
Apple announced today that the long awaited update to Aperture, its professional image management software, is now available\. Aperture 3, boasting over 200 new features is a major upgrade to Apple’s premiere asset management application\. Topping the feature list, are Places and Faces \(the Geotagging and Facial recognition features introduced… |
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02/09/10 |
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02/17/10 |
| Canon Announces New Rebel T2i |
Canon has announced their most recent addition to the popular Rebel series of consumer SLRs, the EOS 550D/Rebel T2i\. The T2i represents a significant update to the line, featuring 18 Megapixel stills at 3\.7fps, and significantly improved video capability\. The physical changes to the camera body itself are not many,… |
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02/09/10 |
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