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Guadalupe great white shark expedition, August 25-30, 2006
Great White Adventures (GWA), acclaimed filmmaker and photographer Norbert Wu, and Wetpixel editor Eric Cheng have announce a second trip for great white sharks in August 2006. Due to overwhelming demand for Norbert Wu and Eric Cheng’s GWA trip from August 18-25, 2006 (sold out), Norb and Eric will be joining Great White Adventures as guests and informal presenters during a second GWA 5-day trip to see great white sharks at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The trip dates are August 25 to August 30, 2006. Trip cost for the five day trip is $2895.00. The trip will be aboard the Solmar V, a 112’ luxury vessel that comfortably holds 22 divers when full, but the trip will be limited to a maximum of 16 divers.
For a description of the 7-day trip that is sold out—but is similar to this new trip except that it is a 5-day trip—see the Wetpixel Guadalupe Expedition page.
For more information and to reserve a space, contact Great White Adventures directly at:
Great White Adventures (875A Island Drive #338, Alameda, CA 94502) | 510-814-8256
web: http://www.greatwhiteadventures.com/ | email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Canon EOS 5D and EOS-1D II N firmware updates
Canon has today released new firmware for the EOS 5D and EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLRs. The EOS 5D firmware corrects communication errors between the 5D and EOS Capture after a certain number of shots; allows the use of E-TTL flash metering mode using the ST-E2 Speedlite Transmitter in conjunction with the 580EX Speedlite; and ‘enhances’ direct printing to two Canon PIXMA Pro printers. The EOS-1D Mark II N firmware update includes only the direct printing improvement with no other bug fixes.
Hugyfot introduces new viewfinder
Wetpixel member Udo van Dongen has received photos of a new 45 degrees viewfinder from Hugyfot. The viewfinder is similar to that offered by Inon and can be rotated 360 degrees. Check out the discussion about the viewfinder with more photos in the forums area.
Brad and Susan Brown to give seminar at NCUPS
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) next July 14 will host a seminar with award-winning underwater photographers and NCUPS members, Brad and Susan Brown of MontereyDiving.com. Brad and Susan have won many First Place Awards in international photography contests including the Malaysian Underwater Photo Festival, the Asian Diver Shootout, the Monterey Shootout and the Monterey Beach Dive Photo Competition and have had their above and below water shots published in Sunset, Skin Diver and Asian Diver Magazines. Avid underwater photographers and videographers, they have extensively traveled the world to exotic destinations including Honduras, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Hawaii, Mexico, and countless California coastal destinations in order to hone their craft.
Microsoft aquires iView
iView Multimedia, who developed MediaPro, has announced that it has been acquired by Microsoft. MediaPro is a fairly well known digital imaging workflow and management application which was originally created for Mac and later evolved to Windows. Here is what iView’s founder has to say about the acquisition:
With Microsoft’s purchase of iView, we are in a position to enhance our industry-leading product, whilst strengthening our customer service and support.
Sea and Sea Japan Announces YS27DX
Sea and Sea Japan has announced a new compact digital strobe called the YS27DX. We haven’t received an English language translation, but according to Babelfish, this strobe will have an air guide number of 20 (assuming meters), 9 power settings, a preflash cancellation mode, and some type of wireless digital TTL. At first glance, it looks like a digital replacement for the popular YS30 Duo.
Adobe Purchases Rawshooter Engine
Adobe Systems announced it has acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec, makers of Rawshooter Premium and Rawshooter Essentials digital imaging software that provides advanced workflow management and processing capabilities for digital camera raw files. Pixmantec’s intellectual property will be integrated into Adobe Lightroom and other products (Ed: I’m assuming ACR). RawShooter Premium will be discontinued although the Essential edition will continue to be available and support for existing RawShooter customers will be available from Adobe. Continue reading for the full press release from Adobe.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1
Panasonic has announced their entry into the 4/3rds DSLR arena with a 7.5 megapixel camera and Zeiss lens. This camera is very similar to the Olympus E-330 and uses the same sensor, which we have come to learn is actually manufactured by Panasonic. The Lumix offers a live preview on the rear LCD in a similar fashion to the E-330’s “B” mode. The kit lens is a 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 zoom which looks excellent, and according to Phil Askey, will also work on the E-330. The kit price is $1,999 - and it will be interesting to see how this camera is received by underwater photographers and housing manufacturers.