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Mike Rutzen injured in car accident
“Shark Man” Mike Rutzen of Cape Town has been seriously injured in a car accident whilst on holiday in Mozambique reports iol news. The cause of the accident is currently unknown, but it is known that the vehicle he and his partner were travelling in rolled. Tragically, his girlfriend Elisabetta Castella, died at the scene.
Mike is in a serious condition after being airlifted to a hospital in Johannesburg. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to Mike at this awful time.
National Geographic features Shark Stanley
The Shark Stanley project, a collaboration between two graduate students at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Pew Environment Group, Shark Savers, and Shark Defenders, has been featured in an article on the National Geographic’s NewsWatch. The campaign aim to use images of Stanley from around the globe to create a collage that will be sent to each delegate for the forthcoming Bangkok CITES meeting. The aim is to gather 5,000 photos, with representation from all 177 voting countries. Currently, the campaign has been able to collect 1,500 photos from 85 countries.
To support the campaign, please click here to download Stanley. Cut it out, and take a photo with him. Please upload the picture, along with your name and where you’re from, to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and/or Instagram tagged with @SharkDefenders, #SharkStanley, and the country where you live i.e. #USA, #Fiji, #Brazil, etc.
Call for entries: British Wildlife Photography Awards
The 2013 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) is now calling for entries. The contest aims to “recognise the talents of photographers practising in Britain, whilst at the same time highlight the great wealth and diversity of Britain’s natural history.” It is open to all photographers, with the only entry requirement being that the images must have been shot in the UK.
Full contest details, rules and submission guidelines are on the BWPA website.
February issue of DIVE magazine available
The February edition of DIVE magazine is now available to download. In it, Pamela Stephenson Connolly writes about the diving in Belize and Honduras and Jo Mattock on Grenada. Cave diver and filmmaker, Becky Kagan Schott, is interviewed in this issue and Cornish couple Deeble & Stone are the featured filmmakers. Lastly, the magazine has a review of the Liquid Image Ego HD action camera and an article about the compact camera battle between Canon and Sony.
DIVE is available in version for Mac/PC as well as iOS and Android devices. It is free to download after a registration.
Survey: The Photographers Outlook on 2013
PhotoShelter has released the results of its survey into photographer’s attitudes about 2013. The survey consisted of over 5,000 photographers, with 65% surveyed living in the United States with 35% living abroad. Results would indicate that most photographers are optimistic about opportunities for 2013, plan to spend money in order to improve their work, and feel that word of mouth is still their best advertising medium. The issues that they anticipate for 2013 is finding new clients and getting their work found online.
The full survey is available to download from the PhotoShelter site.
Adobe previews Anywhere collaborative workflow platform
Adobe has released details of its new collaborative workflow platform for video editors. Anywhere is a “cloud” based tool that allows multiple editors to collaborate in real-time at multiple locations and across computing platforms. Adobe Anywhere will operate across standard networks and does not require any proprietary hardware. Its collaborative capabilities will be embedded directly into future versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Prelude software.
It is currently under development and will be available sometime in 2013.
Canon announces firmware update for EOS 1-D C
Canon has announced that it plans to offer a firmware upgrade for its EOS 1-D C that will add support for 25p recording at the camera’s maximum 4K resolution. Canon add that this is in response to requests for the feature from European shooters. The EOS 1D-C captures 4K (4096x2160) video using 8-bit motion JPEG compression and has the ability to also simultaneously output an uncompressed Full HD (1920x1080) YCbCr 4:2:2 signal to an external recorder, via its HDMI terminal. Full HD video can also be recorded directly to CF cards, at frame rates of up to 1080/60p.
Canon have, of late, tended to “advertise” their firmware updates in advance, so please don’t try to click-through to upgrade yet. This one will only be available in April but will be free to EOS 1-D C owners.
Nikon releases firmware update for D4 SLR
Nikon has announced the release of a firmware update for its flagship D4 SLR. The new firmware is labelled as versions A1.04 and B1.02 and contain one improvement: “subject tracking performance in AF-C (continuous-servo autofocus) autofocus mode with framing using the viewfinder has been improved.”
The update is available as a free download for D4 owners from the Nikon support site.