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Epson Red Sea 2008 Competition Webcast
Sharon Rainis from Fantasea Line reports from the Epson Red Sea 2008 - World of Underwater Images
From November 10th-15th Eilat will be swamped by underwater photographers and videographers again for the 4th year in a row, because the Eilat Shoot Out will be taking place. We have covered this event in the last years [2006|2007]. This year Epson could be won as a new sponsor. Additionally a new category has been announced "Winning & Donnating". 11 photographers from 11 different countries are invited to compete in this category in the live shoot out. The winner will receive a $5,000 check courtesy Of the Israeli Diving Authority and will be granted the opportunity to donate it to an international shark conservation organization.
The ships of darkness released
Our friend Gyula Somogyi has just released a DVD featuring two underwater short films including the award-winning "The ships of darkness". Additionally you will find a short music video clip and a tutorial on productions techniques used in the moviews on the same DVD.
Fantasea Line Announce Winner of their “Name the New Flash” Competition
Fantasea Line just announced the winner of their "Name the New Flash" competition. In august Fantasea Line asked underwater photographers to submit suggestions for a new flash that has been introduced by Fantasea Line. The winner is Mr. Al Yafi. He suggested to name the flash "Remora" like the animal.
Rajah Ampat 2009 Entry Tag Contest Winner
The Winner of the Raja Ampat Entry Tag Contest has been announced. Brazilian photographer Marcio Lisa wins 2009 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry Tag Contest with a silhouette of a manta ray. The image will be printed on the 2009 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry tag series.
Back online
We faced some database problems since last night, which lead to access problems on digideep. We could fix that issue and normal access to the product database, forums and the picture of the week contest should be working without any problem.
Photokina 2008 Coverage
This year is the 13th Photokina show, while the first one was held in 1950. With its approximately 1,600 exhibitors from all over the world and clear focus, Photokina is the world's only trade fair where the entire spectrum of the photo and imaging market is presented - for consumers, specialist users, and professionals, and from image capturing to image output. Update: Day 2 is online
Update: Day 3 is online
Update: Day 4 is online
HD-camcorders are getting DSLR-competitors
Today Canon has lifted the secret of the EOS 5D´s successor
and to my great surprise this year's product feature of the Photokina seems to be a DSLR with the ability to capture HD movies. It´s an obvious development after the evolutionary stages sensor-cleaning and live-view in the last years. Canon now has struck back with the EOS 5D Mark II and gained an edge over the recently announced Nikon D90
A technology comment ...
Nikon D700 housing from Aquatica
Aquatica announced a new housing for the Nikon D700. Although the D700 is very similar to the D300 a new housing design is needed. The new housing is made in the new look of the Aquatica Digital Pro housings, which is painted with a robust weather and wear resistant finish. The housing will be available for 2949 USD.
New housings HDZX1 and HD9 from Sealux
Sealux announced to new housings for HD camcorder. The HDZX1 for the Sony PMW-EX1 and the HD9 for the Sony HDR-HC9. Sealux claims that the HDZX1 housing is the smallest and lightest tailor-made housing available for the Sony HDZX1. The Sealux HDZX1 is available with a flat or a dome port for high optical quality. With the HD9 housing Sealux introduces a new feature for the view-finder. The viewfinder is swung 15% towards the diver to easily use the hosing in the swimming position. The most important functions can be easily accessed from the handles on both housing.
Underwater TV on the web
Underwater-TV-station "The Underwater Channel" has just been relaunched using the Internet TV network "babelgum".
Some interesting contributions are coming along direct from the start, ready to be played for on-demand-viewing of
course.
Here you can find the channel in the 'depth' of the world wide web.
New Flash from Fantasea - XFLash?
Fantasea will release a new strobe in October. The specs are quite promising, but Fantasea is still unsure about the name. Therefore Fantasea decided to run a competition to have you to help Fantasea to choose a name for the Flash. The winner, whose suggested name is taken, will win a free Nano Double Pro Set (#2077), which is a complete lighting system, compatible with almost any compact digital housing, a value of over 340$. Just send an email to .
MarineVideo.eu - a new videoportal
Digideep member Ulrich Koop now has launched a new underwater videoportal together with his fellows Marcel Steuermann und Peter Schneider. The internetportal can be found at http://www.marinevideo.eu
Everyone who wants to show own underwatervideos, -pictures and stories is invited.
20009 Raja Ampat Entry Tag Design Contest
Our friends from Wetpixel host a yearly design contest for the design of the entry tag for Raja Ampat. The contest will be open for submission till 11:59PM, Pacific Time, Thursday, September 25, 2008. The winner has a chance to have the image printed on the 4,000 park tags that will be attached BCDs of visiting divers! Additionally, the first place winner will receive a 7-day, 6-night, all-inclusive dive trip* to Raja Ampat's original eco-resort at Kri, kindly donated by Papua Diving. (*excludes airfares).
Expedition to Spitsbergen with Sony Alpha 350 and BS Kinetics Gibson
In the midst of summer Karin Brussaard has been out to the far polar region to dive and shoot in ice cold water. She took the Sony Alpha 350 in a BS Kinetics housing with her and reports how this duo performs under the extrem conditions in the waters around Spitsbergen. Read more if you are interested in shooting in the waters of the Arctic together with walrusses.
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| photo: | Jeffrey de Guzman |
| camera: | Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi) |
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| strobe: | double INON Z240 |
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