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Details of ADEX 2011 announced
Asian Diver has announced details of the 2011 Asian Diver Expo (ADEX), which will be held from 22-24 April 2011 at the Suntec City Convention Center in Singapore. The 2011 exhibition will feature over 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries and are celebrating and supporting turtle conservation projects as a theme. Among the speakers at this years event are Wetpixel moderator Shawn Heinrichs, Brian Skerry, Amos Nachoum, Leandro Blanco and Pascal Lecocq.
Also at ADEX 2011 is the Voice of the Ocean underwater photography competition. It features categories for photography, videography, artwork and youth entries. For this year, there is also a special category for images featuring turtles. The finalists will be judged live during the Expo. Full details, rules and entry requirements are on the ADEX website and all entries are to be submitted by 1 February 2011.
Review: RE:Vision Effects Twixtor version 5
A review of RE:Vision Effects’ Twixtor plug-in by Steve Douglas. This plug-in for Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Adobe Creative Suite 5 allows for the time remapping of footage, or in simpler terms: Slow or fast motion.
“With the majority of test clips I used, the results when speeding up a clip produced far less stutter and considerably smoother motion, for slow motion the results can be just stunning.”
Season’s Greetings from all at Wetpixel
Wishing everyone a very happy holiday. We hope that your weekend is full of happiness, good times and merry making! If you are exchanging gifts, may you get all you want!
Call for entries: Pelagos International Sea Festival
The Pelagos International Festival of the Sea, now in its thirteenth year, will take place at Via Padre Perilli, Rome, Italy from 19 to 27 February 2011. The Festival will host a video competition with categories in: Feature films, short films, début section and life & nature conservation. The photographic competitions also has numerous categories, namely: Macro, digital editing, environment, water and reportage. Both contests are free and open to anyone.
Full competition rules and entry forms are available on the Festival’s website and the closing date for entries is 28 January 2011.
Seacam launches prelude housings
Seacam has announced the launch of a new range of housings: Prelude. Designed to provide full functionality and build quality, but at a lower price, the initial housings are for the Canon EOS60D and Nikon D7000 cameras. The prelude housings are manufactured from CNC machined aluminum and have the ubiquitous Seacam silver external coating. Ports, viewfinders, strobes and connections are interchangeable with the Seacam Silver housings.
The new housings are expected to be priced at around $3,350, including Pro Viewfinder and will be available by the end of February 2011.
Book review: Underwater Photography for Compact Camera Users
A review of Maria Munn’s “Underwater Photography for Compact Camera Users” by Adam Hanlon. With the exponential growth in diver numbers and the availability of housings for compact cameras, together with prices dropping and the cameras becoming easier to use, just about every diver now spends some time with a camera underwater fairly early on in their diving career. Many within this vast group of people are happy to simply record the sights they see underwater, but some wish to expand their horizons and use these amazing tools more creatively. This is exactly where Maria Munn’s book comes in.
Post your favorite/best shot of 2010
Happy Holidays! Over in the forums, Wetpixel member Stew Smith has started the ball rolling with a thread asking you to post your best or favorite shot of 2010. The rules state best single shot, which most people are as usual ignoring!
As in the past few years this thread is producing some amazing imagery, why not take a look or add yours.
Nikon releases D7000 firmware update
As has been widely speculated, Nikon has released a firmware update for the D7000 SLR. The new firmware, v1.01, fixes the issue that:
“Bright spots were sometimes noticeable with live view mode or movie recording of especially dark scenes or subjects. Occurrence of this issue has been reduced”.
The update is available for download from the Nikon site.