Joe Daniels: Egypt’s Red Sea

Zeiss has announced the Batis 2.8/18 full frame autofocus lens for Sony E-mount. Giving a 99° field of view and with a minimum focus range of 0.25 m ((9.8”) and a “Free Working distance” of 0.17 m ((6.7”), the lens may be suitable for use behind a dome port.
Exposure Labs makers of the documentary “Chasing Ice”, are seeking underwater photographers to contribute imagery towards an attempt to document the worldwide effects of coral bleaching. Each volunteer will need to be available and in a suitable location for at least 3 days between now and 31 May. (Image from Shutterstock).
Canon has announced a series of firmware updates for its Cinema EOS, Hd video and 4K Reference Display products. Among the refinements are Canon Log3 and control enhancements for the C300 Mark II, control enhancements for the C100 Mark II and a new file formate for the XA35 and XA30 cameras.
Adobe has given a sneak preview of forthcoming enhancements to Premiere Pro and its other video apps. The new features focus on new media management, giving greater control over the ingest process. Premiere will work natively with 6K or 8K files and Premiere can automatically generate low res proxies on import, allowing editing on less powerful systems. The Lumetri color panel has been also been revised.
Wetpixel member, Sergio Ricardo has posted this amazing image of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on the Wetpixel Facebook group. The image was taken while cage diving at Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
Inky the octopus, of New Zealand’s National Aquarium in Napier, gained instant celebrity when it was revealed that he escaped his tank, crawled across the aquarium floor, and made it to a discharge pipe to the Pacific ocean. Inky was already well known to the coastal city of Napier. He was rescued in 2004 after being caught and injured in a crayfish pot. In a public contest he was named Inky through popular vote.
Wetpixel member Ron Lagerlof posted this amazing short shot in from Raja Ampat, Indonesia last month. It was filmed on the new RED Scarlet-W Monochrome. As far as we are aware, this is the first time that the dedicated black and white version of the camera has been used underwater.