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| 360 degrees field of view video from custom GoPro housing |
Subsurface Media’s Brian Dombrowski has posted his 360° field of view video of a dive site in Dry Tortugas\. It was shot using a custom designed housing linking 4 GoPro HD2, linked with custom electronics\. The files are then joined by 5 different software processes, including one that is written… |
Drew Wong |
11/28/12 |
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| Sony NEX-FS100 firmware v2.0 removes gain control in lanc |
Wetpixel member Simon Spear writes about his experience with the NEX\-FS100 firmware update V2\.0, which adds many features but removes gain control from lanc access\. Since firmware cannot be backgraded, this functionally makes the gain controls on his Amphibico Genesis housing useless\. According to Simon, neither Sony or Amphibico gave… |
Drew Wong |
11/22/12 |
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| Large scale shark finning in Manta Ecuador |
Wetpixel member Juan Carlos Navarro posted a slideshow of pictures in the forums of large\-scale shark finning in Manta, Ecuador\. Navarro reports that about 2000 sharks are being caught and finned daily on the beaches of Manta, all reported under “incidental fishing” so the Ecuadorian authorities have not acted to… |
Drew Wong |
09/26/12 |
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| Sony announces the HDR-AS10 and AS15 POV camcorders |
Sony enters the small POV camera market with the HDR\-AS10 and HDR\-AS15, 2 cameras aimed squarely at GoPro\. The cameras use a 1/2\.3” 11mp sensor with Steady Shot image stabilization, 2x and 4x super slow motion in 720/30p, shooting at 16mbps and comes with a housing that can go down… |
Drew Wong |
08/31/12 |
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| Marine naturalist icon Neville Coleman has passed away. |
Neville Coleman, marine naturalist, photographer and conservationist, has passed away peacefully on May 5th, 2012\. Neville was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2007 for his many achievements in the marine world, including being the discoverer of numerous species of marine life which were also named… |
Drew Wong |
05/05/12 |
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05/06/12 |
| Komodo National Park needs your help to increase patrols |
The recent reports of rampant fishing in the UNESCO World Heritage site and national marine park, Komodo National Park, shows the area to be under pressure from non\-enforcement of the no take zones set up to help protect the fish\. Blast and line fishing, as well as diver damage and… |
Drew Wong |
04/21/12 |
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| ADEX Singapore 2012 Report |
The annual Asia Dive EXposition was held over last weekend at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center in Singapore\. With a brand new venue, ADEX 2012 proved to be a success with new invitees like Stephen Frink and quite a few conservation booths like Manta Trust and Shark Savers\. Join… |
Drew Wong |
04/18/12 |
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04/21/12 |
| Seacam Sea Flash 150 Digital Review |
As part of his Seacam 60D Prelude field test review, Drew Wong tested Seaflash 150D strobes with it\. The Seaflash 150D is the only ETTL compatible strobe for Canon that has 2nd curtain sync\. With up to 130° , 4400°K beam and a quick charging Li battery system, the Sea… |
Drew Wong |
03/15/12 |
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03/20/12 |
| Please vote to ban shark fishing in Sabah, Malaysia! |
The Department of Fisheries Sabah Malaysia is conducting a web survey on whether to ban shark fishing in Sabah, Malaysia\. This is public interest step that was quietly conducted before\. We can help by creating more votes for the ban and letting the Malaysian government know that the world wants… |
Drew Wong |
03/09/12 |
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| Wetpixel wishes you a very happy lunar (Dragon) new year! |
Wetpixel wishes all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a very happy new year of the Dragon \(Eel\!\)\. 恭喜發財,萬事如意,主里蒙恩\! 祝大家龍年進歩\! Cung hỉ phát tài, Sức khoẻ dồi dào,Vạn sự như ý 새해 복 많이 받으세요 |
Drew Wong |
01/22/12 |
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01/23/12 |
| Canon Announces new Cinema EOS line including EOS C300 camera |
At Paramount Studios on Nov 3, Canon announced the Cinema EOS line, spearheaded by the EOS C300, a S35 sensored camera which shoots 422 50mbps MXF files and comes with either EF or PL mounts\. The C300 uses dual CF cards for video and a SD card for stills\. Canon… |
Drew Wong |
11/04/11 |
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11/04/11 |
| Red announces Scarlet-X |
Red has finally announced the Scarlet\-X, their long awaited S35 camera\. With 4k resolution up to 30fps and 5k stills up to 12fps, the Scarlet records on SSD media with 3 mounts made of 2 different metals\. The EF \(Canon \) mounts are available in either Alu or Ti, while… |
Drew Wong |
11/04/11 |
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11/04/11 |
| Nauticam NA-60D field test |
The NA\-60D is Nauticam’s latest DSLR housing for Canon’s 60D, featuring optical strobe connectors and a few clever engineering like the first ISO lever, placed in the operating hotzone\. Also tested was the new redesigned 9” glass dome port, which had previous issues\. Read on as Drew tests the NA\-60D… |
Drew Wong |
10/31/11 |
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11/04/11 |
| Diving Indonesia’s Bird’s Head Seascape: A Book Review |
Papua Barat is considered by many to be the most marine biodiverse area in the world and becoming the new dive mecca of Indonesian dive tourism\. Yet there is no dive guide that covers the area with any detail, especially Triton and Cenderawasih bays\. Maureen Shimlock and Burt Jones, authors… |
Drew Wong |
10/27/11 |
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10/27/11 |
| Seacam Prelude for the Canon 60D review |
Seacam entered the entry level price range DSLR market with the Prelude series of housings for the Canon EOS 60D and Nikon D7000\. Drew Wong got the opportunity to test the Prelude housing for the Canon 60D with the new S10 3x viewfinder and Seaflash 150 strobes\. Join Drew as… |
Drew Wong |
10/17/11 |
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10/18/11 |
| The Wetpixel Rinse Tank #5 |
Wetpixel Senior Moderator Drew Wong presents installment 5 of Wetpixel’s Rinse tank\. In this edition he talks about Scubacam Singapore’s Sea Gadget Carbon Fiber arms, which are positive buoyancy arms made of carbon fiber\. The Rinse Tank will feature different Wetpixel staff in rotation, each writing about current projects and… |
Drew Wong |
10/12/11 |
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10/18/11 |
| ADEX 2011 Report |
Prowling the Suntec City Convention Center, Drew Wong gives his views on what happened to one of South East Asian’s biggest dive shows, Asia Dive Expo 2011\. From housing manufacturers showing the latest and experimental 3D rigs that didn’t quite work as well to people serving panda meat; it wasn’t… |
Drew Wong |
05/03/11 |
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| 2011 Wetpixel/Scubacam “Apres ADEX” party |
Wetpixel/Scubacam’s Aprés ADEX Sundowner’s party was a fun night out as the usual suspects in the underwater photography industry mixed with members of Wetpixel and the dive industry at the Tawandang German Thai Brewery @ Suntec City in Singapore\. From BBC cameramen to resort owners, the eclectic mix of people… |
Drew Wong |
04/28/11 |
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04/29/11 |
| ADEX 2011 Sundowners/Meet n Greet get together on April 22! |
The 2011 ADEX Wetpixel/Scubacam get together will be @ Tawandang Microbrewery in Suntec City @ 1830hrs on Apr 22nd\. Moderator Shawn Heinrichs and Scubacam’s David Cheung will be hosting this sundowners meet ‘n greet event for Wetpixel members and underwater imagery enthusiasts attending ADEX\. First round is on us and… |
Drew Wong |
04/17/11 |
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04/18/11 |
| Please donate to help Japanese earthquake/tsunami victims |
With about 13,000 dead or missing, half a million people homeless and entire towns wiped off the map, Japan is facing a serious crisis, especially with the people dislodged by the nuclear power station situation\. The American Red Cross is taking donations to aid their Red Cross Japanese counterpart with… |
Drew Wong |
03/17/11 |
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| Support the California Assembly Bill 376 to ban shark fin sale in CA |
California Assembly Members Paul Fong and Jared Huffman introduce a bill to end sale of shark fin in California\. This bill moves to prohibit possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fin in the state of California, which is one of the largest consumers of shark fin outside of Asia\.… |
Drew Wong |
02/14/11 |
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02/15/11 |
| Wetpixel wishes you a very happy lunar new year! |
Wetpixel wishes all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a very happy new year of the Rabbit\(fish\!\)\. 恭喜發財,萬事如意,主里蒙恩\! Cung hỉ phát tài, Sức khoẻ dồi dào,Vạn sự như ý 새해 복 많이 받으세요 |
Drew Wong |
02/02/11 |
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02/03/11 |
| Sony announces HDR-T10 3D HD camcorder |
At CES, Sony announced their entry in 3D with the HDR TD10, a dual lens, dual backlit CMOS sensor 3D HD camcorder which records 3D 1080i in a new format called MVC\. The TD10 has dual Sony G lenses, feeding dual Exmor R sensors and processed by dual BIONZ processors\.… |
Drew Wong |
01/17/11 |
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| JVC announces GZ-TD1 full HD 3D consumer camcorder |
At CES, JVC showed off the GZ\-TD1, the world’s first full HD \(1920x1080\) capturing 3D camera\. The camera has a Twin GT HD T1\.2 lenses, recorded onto dual backlit CMOS sensors\. All this is processed by the new Falconbrid processor, which is twice as powerful as the older processors\. Features… |
Drew Wong |
01/17/11 |
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| EU citizens, help sharks by writing in to the European Commission! |
The European Commission’s Fisheries dept is now seeking a public consultation whether to completely ban shark finning in the EU\. Regulations now basically banned finning, but a loophole allowed by the EC by issuing special permits to allow fishermen to remove fins\. There is now a movement within the IUCN… |
Drew Wong |
12/11/10 |
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12/13/10 |
| Mantas of Hanifaru: Protection from tourists? |
The latest Maldive dive spot has to be Hanifaru Bay and the amazing Manta action that happens a few months of the year\. It is because of the increased tourism that the area was declared protected from fishermen and Mantas put on the no\-fishing list\. However, this year, the influx… |
Drew Wong |
11/11/10 |
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| Sony announces PMW-F3k S35mm sensor Cinealta Camera |
Sony just announced the PMW\-F3k Cinealta camera, which has a S35mm EXMOR sensor and 23\.976fps native recording to XDCAM EX codec\. The S35mm \(APS\-C\) sized sensor allows the use of PL mount cinema lenses like Arri, Panavision and Leica and has a ISO800 native sensitivity\. It is also 3D ready… |
Drew Wong |
11/08/10 |
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11/12/10 |
| Red Digital Cinema’s Epic in Singapore |
Ted Schilowitz of Red was in Singapore to show off the Epic prototype and the demo reel of the Red One \(which are assembled in Singapore\) with the Mysterium\-X sensor\. The highlights was the 4k demo reel of the HDRx Epic Mysterium\-X sensor \(which boasts 18 stops of dynamic range\),… |
Drew Wong |
11/08/10 |
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11/10/10 |
| WWF Living Planet Report 2010 released |
World Wildlife Fund’s biyearly report on the state of our planet’s biodiversity, the Living Planet Report, has been released\. This report covers the planet’s biodiversity health and also human ecological footprint on the biome in every region\. The study reveals human activity has outpaced what the planet is capable of… |
Drew Wong |
10/27/10 |
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| Canon EF 8-15mm f4L lens sample videos features underwater clips |
Canon has posted a sample video from the EF 8\-15mm lens, showcasing it using EOS 5D Mark 2 and 7D cameras behind custom dome ports in Sea & Sea MDX housing\. The scene from Palau includes the famous Jellyfish Lake and Germany Channel\. Underwater scenes from California’s kelp forest are… |
Drew Wong |
10/15/10 |
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10/17/10 |
| Canon XF305/300 approved for BBC HD Independent production |
BBC HD announced the Canon XF305 and XF300 camcorders have been approved principal capture cameras for independent production\. These cameras are the first ones with 1/3” CMOS sensors to make the list\. The camcorders are the first fix lens 3xCMOS sensors cameras to capture 4\:2\:2 50mbps MPEG2 1080p video onto… |
Drew Wong |
09/29/10 |
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09/29/10 |
| Canon announces EF 8-15mm f4L Fisheye and other new lenses |
Canon has announced their first fisheye zoom lens, the EF 8\-15mm f4L\. This lens is compatible with all EOS DSLR, regardless of APS size\. With full frame APS sensors, it can give a 180° circle image\. It also has an optional lock for APS\-H/C \(1\.3x/1\.6x crop\) sensors to prevent vignetting\.… |
Drew Wong |
08/26/10 |
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08/26/10 |
| Nikon announces new 85mm and 24-120mm VR lenses |
Nikon has unveiled 2 updates to their lens offerings\: the 85mm f1\.4G and the 24\-120 f4 VR lenses\. Both lenses have been updated for better edge performance for FX sensors, as well as\. VR II stabilization and a constant aperture of f4 has been added to the 24\-120\. Both lenses… |
Drew Wong |
08/19/10 |
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08/22/10 |
| Fujifilm launches FinePix REAL 3D W3 |
FineFilm has launched FinePix REAL 3D W3, an update for the previous model, the W1\. The W3 offers the same dual 10mp CCD sensors and lens, but adds a few new features including a big 3\.5” LCD screen, auto 3D function and stereo sound\. It is also the world’s first… |
Drew Wong |
08/18/10 |
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| Panasonic HDC-SDT750K World’s First 3D Camcorder |
Panasonic announces the world’s first 3D camcorder, the HDC\-SDT750k\. This camcorder shoots 1080/60p at 28mbps AVCHD video in 3D using an accessory lens which projects 2 images to the sensor\. Both images are recorded as a single stream and thus there is no post processing needed\. There is no pricing… |
Drew Wong |
07/30/10 |
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07/30/10 |
| Canon 5D Mark II underwater housing shootout |
The Canon 5D Mark II is the most popular HDSLR with 1080p video and 21 megapixels on a 35mm sensor\. From feature films to TV, this camera has been touted as the game changer\. With such fanfare, join Drew as he reviews 2 housings for the camera, the Aquatica A5D… |
Drew Wong |
06/12/10 |
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02/18/12 |
| Obama wants your feedback on how copyright infringement affects you |
The Obama administration’s Intellect Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, is asking for feedback on how copyright infringement affects photographers and how best to deal with such crimes\. There is a proposition for an Act in Congress which will provide protection for artists who’s copyrights are violated\. As a requirement, public… |
Drew Wong |
03/18/10 |
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| Nocturnal Lights, official distributor for Keldan Lights in the Americas |
Starting in 2010 Nocturnal Lights is the official North/South American distributor for Keldan Lights\. Keldan is a Swiss Lighting manufacturer for high\-end dive lights and video lights that has the reputation of building some of the most advanced dive lights and video lights in the market\. The latest product from… |
Drew Wong |
03/16/10 |
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03/17/10 |
| Sea & Sea MDX-D300s housing is now available at dealers. |
Sea & Sea’s MDX\-D300s housing is now available\. The new housing has many improvements including 2 fiber optic ports for using the built\-in strobe on the camera\. The housing is bigger than the older D300 due to the accommodation of the extended built\-in strobe\. However this will enable the user… |
Drew Wong |
02/27/10 |
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| Sea & Sea announces MDX-7D housing for the Canon EOS 7D |
Sea & Sea announces their latest housing on Facebook, the MDX\-7D for the Canon EOS 7D\. The new housing has a depth rating of 100m/330ft and includes 2 optical strobe ports for fiber optic compatible strobes\. It is estimated to be available in March\. They also announced their Spring promotion,… |
Drew Wong |
02/27/10 |
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03/03/10 |
| Panasonic introduces world’s first 3x sensor 1080/50/60p camcorders |
Panasonic has introduced the world’s first camcorder to record 1080p @ 50/60 fps, the HDC\-HS700 and HDC\-TM700\. These cameras have 3x CMOS sensors which record 1080p at 28mbps H\.264 \(VBR\) and a 43mm f1\.5 Leica Dicomar lens, giving the camera good lowlight capabilities\. The HS700 has a built\-in 240GB HDD… |
Drew Wong |
02/20/10 |
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| Ocean Views Photo Awards Competition entry deadline on March 1st |
Don’t wait until the last minute\! Enter NOW for the 2010 OceanViews PhotoAwards competition\. The winners will be published in ALERT DIVER and NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY magazines and featured in online galleries\. Get the guidelines and enter online before the deadline of March 1, 2010, at http\://www\.NaturesBestPhotography\.com Prize,s include trips… |
Drew Wong |
02/16/10 |
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| Wetpixel wishes you a very happy lunar new year! |
Wetpixel wishes all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a very happy new year of the tiger \(shark\)\. 恭喜發財,萬事如意,主里蒙恩\! Cung hỉ phát tài, Sức khoẻ dồi dào,Vạn sự như ý 새해 복 많이 받으세요 Oh and happy Valentine’s Day, too\! \:\) |
Drew Wong |
02/13/10 |
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02/13/10 |
| Nikon announces new 16-35mm f4 ED VR and 24mm f1.4 ED lenses |
Nikon has announced 2 new AF\-S Nikkor lenses, the 16\-35mm ED VR and the 24 f1\.4 ED\. The 16\-35mm f4 is the first 35mm wide angle lens to incorporate built\-in VR technology\. The latest VR system allows camera shake compensation equivalent to a shutter speed increase of up to approximately… |
Drew Wong |
02/09/10 |
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| Sony announces new video cameras at CES 2010 |
Sony announces 13 new handycams at CES 2010\. The new range of handycams include new XR, CX and TG series\. The top of the line XR550V now has 24mbps, Memory Duo/SDHC card support , 240GB hard disk drive and a new EXMOR R CMOS sensor that is optimized for low… |
Drew Wong |
01/07/10 |
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| Panasonic announces full production to TV HD 3D solutions at CES |
Panasonic has announced a full complement of HD components covering production to end user 3D HDTV products for 2010 at CES\. These products include a HD 3D camcorder that uses SDHC cards, a 3D BluRay player and a 3D HDTV\. The new HD 3D Camcorder is basically one camera with… |
Drew Wong |
01/07/10 |
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| Canon reveals 9 new Vixia HF camcorders at CES |
Canon has announced 9 new Vixia HF models in the M, S and R series camcorders at CES\. The new lineup includes the HF S21 with 2 SDHC card slots and built\-in 64GB memory, allowing up to 24 hrs recording capability at SD resolution and almost 12 hours of full… |
Drew Wong |
01/06/10 |
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| Nocturne, a short film made with a Canon 1D Mark IV |
VIncent LaForet follows up his first ViDSLR short film, Reverie, with Nocturne, a film shot entirely with a Canon 1D Mark IV in available light in Los Angeles\. Using Zeiss and Canon fast lenses and ISO of up to 6400, the film showcases the 1D Mark IV’s low video noise… |
Drew Wong |
12/24/09 |
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| Can-Do Short Film Competition with Canon ViDSLR |
Can\-Do Film Festival and Competition is an online film festival for Canon EOS ViDSLR filmmakers from all over the world\. The inaugural event starts January 01 and submissions will be accepted till March 20th 2010\. Winners will be announced by mid\-April\. This film competition MUST BE entirely shot on Canon’s… |
Drew Wong |
12/17/09 |
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| Liveaboard auction to aid Oxfam disaster relief for Asia/Pacific area |
Millions have been affected by floods, quakes and tsunamis around Asia and the Pacific region recently\. Drew Wong has offered a spot on his private trip on the 7 seas going around the Banda Sea from Oct 15\-31, for auction to the highest bidder\. The starting bid is US$5575 and… |
Drew Wong |
10/02/09 |
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