The Nauticam NA-550D Housing features compact size, new locking latches, new lens release lever, new two stage shutter release, and Nauticam ergonomics.
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Researchers at UCLA have developed a continuously running camera that captures images roughly a thousand times faster than any existing conventional camera
An in depth look at Dr. Chris German's science as he discusses what is found around deep sea vents and seeps in part 2 of Rick Morris's short film, Chess Game.
Olympus Imaging Corporation and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced joint development of technologies and devices for the "Micro Four Thirds System standard,"
This firmware update will improve the focusing precision of the lenses by using Imager AF in combination with the Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) Lumix DMC-L10.
China's largest plastic bag manufacturer, has shut because of a national environmental drive that will impose limits on their use starting on June 1, a local source said Tuesday
Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current - the mighty Gulf Stream - rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops. To...
It's a bird, it's a plane -- no, it's the Flying Fish, a new unmanned seaplane developed at the University of Michigan that has demonstrated the ability to take off, fly and land autonomously in...
Damming the Red Sea could alleviate growing energy demands in the Middle East, engineers say, but such a massive project could also have untold ecological impacts, like those brought about by other...
Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Indonesia's Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing, and poisoned by cyanide.
Now they are coming...
The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's laboratory at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.
Driven by renewed investment as...
The entire DPG team is on photo shoots in various locations throughout Central America this month. Our regular readers will have noticed that we haven't updated the news or posted any articles this...
It's still possible to find virtually undiscovered, entirely unspoiled reefs - with some effort. India's Andaman Islands offer this and more: pristine reefs, a smoking volcano, and a snorkelling...
A novel way of catching fish - stunning them with an electric current - has helped Northern Territory researchers rediscover a rare species.
The Lorentz's Grunter (Pingalla lorentzi) was found...
Editor's note: Ric Frazier's 2nd place image in the 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide Competition 'wide angle unrestricted' category was a major topic of conversation while on...
One of the world's largest tidal energy projects has been unveiled off Orkney in a bid to help make Scotland "the energy powerhouse of Europe".
First Minister Alex Salmond opened the...
A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine...
Panasonic today introduced the newest member of its digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera line, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L10, the company's first SLR with Face Detection. The DMC-L10 also...
Originating in Central Africa, Peters' elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii), finds its bearings by means of weak electrical fields. Scientists from the University of Bonn have now been able to...
After surveying 3,680 respondents across the region, the study shows that people are willing to pay only $0.02 to save marine turtles, even though they believe conservation is important. In...
EASY AND COMFORTABLE DIVING
The purest image of natural serenity, the sandbank of Kapalai (insert link to http://www.dive-malaysia.com) and its exclusive resort-on-stilts lie on a patch of...
Some African fish signal their amorous intentions by exchanging bursts of electrical impulses, a new study has found.
The behavior is similar to the courtship duets of songbirds, say...
The US Navy's plan to detect mines and other underwater objects by their electrical fields - in the same way as sharks and rays find prey - has moved closer to reality.
Elasmobranch fish (rays,...
Science Daily u" Cornell researchers have discovered that in the battle of the sexes, African electric fish couples not only use specific electrical signals to court but also engage in a sort of...
Extinction fears for pink dolphin
Tom Phillips in Manaus
Saturday June 16, 2007
The Guardian
Fears for the future of the Amazonian pink river dolphin are rising after a surge in their...
Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, a large Amoeba shaped island in the center of Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere
Oceanographers have completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea observatory off the continental United States. Workers in the multi-institution effort laid 32 miles (52...
Last month, General Electric raised a few eyebrows by announcing it would be entering the digital camera market with newcomer General Imaging, which is headed up by former Olympus president Hiroshi...
Jean Beasley never thought that at her age she'd have to learn the electrical and plumbing trades.
"If anyone told me I'd be doing this at age 71, I'd have told them they were crazy,"...
The European Commission proposal for fishing opportunities in 2007 suggests quotas that are too high and, perhaps worse, it reintroduces electric fishing, a method denounced by WWF and banned by...
The Quebec government's approval last Friday of an enormous hydro-electric project doesn't bode well for residents of nearby Sanikiluaq, warns Hudson Bay MLA Peter Kattuk.
"It's not looking good...
In a trial of the first underwater turbines in the United States, turbines will remain in the East River for a year and a half, supplying electric power to a parking garage and supermarket on New...
Deforestation in Brazil and electricity demands in the United States contribute to global warming and the melting of ice in the Arctic, setting up a doomsday scenario for creatures like polar...
Since ancient times poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are aiming to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant...
Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, announced that it has begun developing technology to record digital HD (high-definition) images onto SD Memory...
Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today announced the launch of a new SD Memory Card lineup compliant with the Class 2 SD Speed Class...
Using CFLs puts less strain on the electric grid and saves you money. If every household replaced just three 60-watt incandescent light bulbs with CFLs, we would reduce as much pollution as if we...
Imagine getting inside the mind of a shark: swimming silently through the ocean, sensing faint electrical fields, homing in on the trace of a scent, and navigating through the featureless depths...
Olympus Corporation (Olympus) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) have been engaged in joint development of cameras that comply with the Four Thirds System standard for...
The EPA issued to the U.S. Navy and the state of Florida an Approval to Dispose of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) contained in electrical cable and other non-liquid materials and equipment...
