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Film: Malpelo, the island of the Hammerhead sharks by Didier Noirot
Didier Noirot has released his short film; “Malpelo, the island of the Hammerhead sharks.” It features silky smooth footage of schooling sharks and close encounters with hammerhead and silkies. Didier also discusses the creation of the Malpelo Foundation, with its founder, Sandra Bessudo. The Foundation is committed to preserving this marine sanctuary. Please spare yourself 10 minutes over the holiday weekend to enjoy this stunning film!
Nauticam adaptor kit for Laowa 24mm probe lens
Nauticam is offering a kit that adapts their N120 port system for use with the Laowa 24mm f/14 2x macro probe lens. It consists of an adaptor, along with a locknut and O ring seal. In addition, Nauticam is supplying focus and iris gear sets for both cinema and SLR set up, and a standard N120 extension is also required.
Nauticam housing for Panasonic S1 full-frame mirrorless cameras
Nauticam is shipping their housing for Panasonic’s new full-frame mirrorless cameras: the S1 and S1R. The NA-S1R fits both camera models and offers support for the Sigma MC-21 EF to L adapter along with an M28 bulkhead for HDMI 2.0 output. Controls are optimized for both still, and video shooting and a vacuum valve is supplied as standard.
High Resolution Monster: Meet the Fujifilm GFX100
Fujifilm’s new GFX100 mirrorless camera has a 43.9mm x 32.9mm sensor that delivers 102 MP of resolution. Other features include in body image stabilization and on-board phase detection hybrid auto-focus with near 100% sensor coverage. Video recording is available in 4K 30p with F-Log Rec 2020 or uncompressed 4.2.2 via HDMI.
Olympus announces the TG-6 compact
Olympus has announced the TG-6 Tough series compact camera. Like its predecessor, it is waterproof to 15m, although the PT-059 housing is also available. It has 5 underwater modes and 3 white balance settings. Backscatter had access to a pre-production unit and have already posted a video about its underwater performance.
Conversations with Underwater Photographers: Aaron Wong by Henley Spiers
Henley Spiers has contributed the next interview of his Conversations with Underwater Photographers series. He discusses “Master of Shadows” Aaron Wong’s photographic and creative background, along with detailing how he goes about creating his stunning imagery. Aaron has also kindly shared some of his imagery to illustrate the interview.
The Ogasawara Islands by Don Silcock
Don Silcock has shared his thoughts about visiting and diving around Japan’s Ogasawara Islands. Located about 1000 km south of Tokyo, the islands are often referred to as the Oriental Galapagos due to their remoteness and lack of any kind of land connection. Don found dolphins, whales, and sharks and discovered a different and immersive new side to Japan.
Lightroom Texture Adjustment for underwater photographers
Wetpixel offers an early guide to the new Texture slider that was launched in the most recent release of Adobe’s Lightroom Classic app. Offering a subtle way of enhancing details in an image, it seems to add contrast to mid-frequency areas of an image. This is ideally suited for correcting the inherent softness caused by shooting through water and the optics we use to do so. As a negative local adjustment, the new tool is an effective way of dealing with backscatter too.
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