Archive for March, 2006
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Buy the Sony Cyber Shot DSC-N1
Buy the Sony MPK-NA Cybershot Marine Pack
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The Sony Cyber Shot N1 can be used with the Underwater Housing Sony MPK-NA for Scuba Diving to a depth of 132 feet. This camera can also take movies with sound. There is a fantastic shot of a surfer surfing through the waves really fast on DCRP Review
Product Features
* 26 MB of internal memory allows you to save up to 500 VGA-size images in any easy-to-access album
* Create slide shows, with pans, fades and zooms and a pre-loaded soundtrack, in the camera without a PC
* Powered by a Lithium-Ion NP-BG1 battery; stores images on Memory Stick Duo or Memory Stick PRO Duo media
* 8.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
* 3x optical zoom; huge 3.0-inch LCD display with touch-screen functionality (stylus included)
* 8.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
* 3x optical zoom; huge 3.0-inch LCD display with touch-screen functionality (stylus included)
* 26 MB of internal memory allows you to save up to 500 VGA-size images in any easy-to-access album
* Create slide shows, with pans, fades and zooms and a pre-loaded soundtrack, in the camera without a PC
* Powered by a Lithium-Ion NP-BG1 battery; stores images on Memory Stick Duo or Memory Stick PRO Duo media
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Read the reviews of the Sony Cybershot DSC N1
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Sunday, March 12th, 2006
Olympus Evolt E330 Digital SLR and PT-EO2 Housing
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Digideep.com describe the Underwater Case which has just been released by Olympus, for the Olympus Evolt E330 Digital SLR They say:
“Olympus Imaging Corporation’s latest offering, The PT-E02 underwater case looks straight out of a James Bond Movie. Very similar to it’s predecessor. This underwater housing is compatible with the Olympus E330 DSLR and is the world’s first system to shoot via the LCD, even when deep into the blue. The depth rating is 0m. It also allows photography with an extenarlly housed flash. Via the lens ports a variety of lenses can be used as well.”
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“The PT-E02 is targeted towards the semi-professional underwater shooters and is compatible with PPO-E01, PPO-E02, PPO-E03 and PPO-04 underwater lens ports. Photographers can forsake the cumbersome traditional methods associated with underwater photography. The E330 DSLR has a renowned Underwater Macro Mode and Underwater Wide Mode which when used with ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses expected to produce vivid and detailed images. Thus when attached with PT-E02 it enhances the over all experience, taking underwater technology to the next level.
Another great feature of the PT-EO2 case is that TTL flash photography is possible when used with an external flash unit. Users can forfeit light adjustments and other tedious settings which are normally associated with flash photography. No word on pricing or availability but it is on display at the Photo Imaging Expo 2006 at Tokyo Big Sight from March 23rd to 26th March. olympus.com.”
Posted in Olympus, Reviews, Scuba Diving, Underwater Digital Cameras | No Comments »
Friday, March 10th, 2006
Mike Veitch at Wet Pixel has some great tips for taking good photos of Sharks
He starts off his article ….
“Underwater photographers dream of creating powerful shark images. But doing so is no easy task. Contrary to what the media would have us believe, sharks are not ever-present predators lurking beneath the surface waiting to catch unsuspecting humans. As experienced divers know, not only is it difficult to get close to sharks, many divers go for years without seeing one at all.
If you are lucky enough to encounter sharks on your next diving adventure, here are some tips to help you capture stunning images.”
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
I saw a post by a Scuba Diver the other day, saying how much he loves the Nikonos series of cameras, so I did a bit of research on them. Nikon have ceased production of this series. They “may” still be found on E-bay or in private sales. I couldn’t find any on Amazon.
Read about the history of the Nikonos Series Underwater Camera
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Buy the Canon EOS 20D Digital Camera
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The Canon EOS-20D digital camera is quite popular. Someone in one of the Yahoo groups I belong to, asked about it and received many favourable responses. Although this camera has been superceded by another model (the 30D), this one should be around for a lot longer. Besides, at the time of writing, the Canon EOS-30D had no underwater housing made of it.
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For the EOS-20D, these are the Housings available:
- BS Kinetics Dahna Digital
- SUBAL C20
- UK-Germany UK-D-20D
- Ikelite #6871.20
- Canon EOS20D with eTTL
- ewa-marine U-AXP
- Sealux CC 20
- Aquatica A20
Read some favourable Underwater testimonials about the Canon EOS 20D Camera
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Buy the Fujifilm WP-FXF10 Underwater Housing Case for F10 of F11 Digital Camera
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The Fuji Finepix F11 Digital Camera has additional features to those of the Fuji F10. These are the features that people were looking for in the F10. The F11 has Manual Shooting which is what more experienced Underwater Photographers want. So, the camera has more or less the same design and control layout of the F10 with new manual control options, including aperture and shutter priority, manual control of white balance, exposure compensation, ISO, and the like.
An auto-shooting mode is still in there (the control switch must be flipped round to the required setting) as is an option allowing a fast route to a selection of subject program (or scene) modes. These include the “usual” options of portrait, landscape, and a sports mode with the latter, in conjunction with the continuous shooting mode, allowing up to 2.2fps for up to three frames.”
Read the reviews for Fuji Finepix F11 Digital Camera
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