the title for UK's top underwater photographer will be decided at the fourth annual British Splash-In Championship being staged at Plymouth on Saturday, July 3, 2010
Adobe today released final versions of Lightroom 2.7, Photoshop Camera Raw 5.7 and DNG Converter 5.7, available for immediate download on Adobe.com. The updates add raw file support for nine new...
H20 Photo Pros has acquired Marine Visions making the combined stores dealers of over 80 manufactures and the largest underwater video dealer in the world.
Olympus has announced the E-PL1 which is less expensive addition to their PEN Micro-Four Thirds cameras. They also announced an underwater housing for the model.
CES 2010 is underway and new photo products are being released daily. Check back here to find the latest products of interest to underwater photographers and videographers
The winners from the Olympus BioScapes 2009 contest that feature microscope images of life science subjects. We have featured many of the winning images from the underwater world.
External strobes are an essential part of an underwater photographers gear kit. Underwater strobes are flash guns that provide the necessary artificial light to compensate for the absorption of...
Not sure what RAW is? Confused about which format you should be shooting in? This guide will help you pick the right file type for your underwater photographs
The theme for the October 2009 monthly underwater photo contest is "REEF SCENICS". The prize for October is an Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 waterproof camera (value $350)
We are proud to announce the guidelines for our monthly underwater photography contest series. The contests are free to enter and each month we will be giving away a valuable prize - because...
While the average consumer considers a waterproof point & shoot camera for everything from snorkeling to kayaking to snowboarding, us underwater photographers might consider it a great camera to...
While the E-P1 may not end up being used underwater, it may become an addition tot he photo gadget collection of the photography-addicted underwater photographer.This micro four-thirds point and...
In Part II of our video coverage of the Beneath The Sea show we hear from Matthew Addison, visit the Backscatter booth and then hear from Zale Perry as she dives into the pool
This year marked the 55th for the Boston Sea Rovers Clinic. One of the oldest and most prestigious diving events, the Sea Rovers always includes presentations and film screenings from accomplished...
"Twelve megapixels is, I think, enough for covering most applications most customers need," said Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging's SLR planning department
The scuba diving and underwater photography & video industries are heading to Las Vegas for for the industry's annual trade show, DEMA. If you're heading to the show, please come visit us at booth...
NYUPS member Cagatay Erciyes, a career Turkish diplomat and a hobbyist underwater photographer featured an underwater photo exhibition entitled "Colors of Oceans through a diplomat's lens" at the...
Fantasea Line is about to announce the addition of a new strobe, and they are looking for suggestions for a new name for it. Got any ideas? For now they are referring to it as the "X Flash".
Looking for a possible point & shoot companion to take on the road to the islands for snorkeling and topside shooting? The rugged 10.1-megapixel Stylus 1050 SW can handle five-foot drops to the...
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,"
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Our friends at LetsGoDigital posted a review of the Olympus E3 DSLR in the new Nexus housing, a combination we've been eager to hear more about since Olympus announced this partnership during DEMA...
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.
The 2007 DEMA show was a lot of fun this year. We got to see and play with the newest diving and underwater photography gear, we learned about new destinations and shooting opportunities, spent...
I stopped by the Nexus booth to visit Lee Peterson or Marine Camera Distributors and Joe Holly from Marine Visions. Since I shoot Nexus housings myself, I was particularly interested in hearing...
Inon has been known for compact strobes with multiple power settings. They've become quite popular among many underwater photographers. However, over the last year or so , Inon has been slowly...
Housings for the Canon 40D, and the new Olympus E-410 & E-510 are available now, and apparently they're working on a housing for the Olympus E-3 and the Nikon D300. Ikelite also had a new strobe on...
Olympus sources had confirmed weeks ago, at the PhotoPlus Expo, that they had plans for a metal housing for the new E-3 DSLR in the midst. During DEMA this became even more evident with the...
The massive Jacob Javitz Center in New York was host to the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo 2007 this week, as tens of thousands of photo pros attended the three day event. This is...
Sony isn't a camera name you hear tossed about by avid underwater photographers-unless they're recommending a point and shoot camera for novice divers or contemplating a plunge into High...
Inon America is now supporting Olympus PT-039 housing (Stylus 780 camera) with an updated M67 (67mm threaded) Mount Base. The Mount Base securely attaches to both the PT-039 and PT-034 housings,...
Canon didn't have very long to bask in its glory after introducing its pro level EOS 1Ds Mark III ($7,999) and advanced EOS 40D ($1,299) on Monday, August 20. Sure, those cameras are going to be...
Canon didn't have very long to bask in its glory after introducing its pro level EOS 1Ds Mark III ($7,999) and advanced EOS 40D ($1,299) on Monday, August 20. Sure, those cameras are going to...
On August 20 Canon announced the arrival of its next generation of advanced and pro-level DSLRs, the 10.1MP Canon EOS 40D ($1.299 body only street price) and the 21.1MP EOS 1Ds Mark III ($7,999...
Olympus has announced firmware upgrades for the E-410 and E-510. Both updates can be easily applied by the end user via the Olympus Master Software which ships with the camera body, and an Internet...
Olympus today released update firmware for their EVOLT E-410 and E-510 Digital SLR's. This new firmware update (version 1.1 for the E-510 - and version 1.2 for the E-410) improves the reliability...
I started working on this review for the Nature, Wildlife and Pet Photography Forum after James Morrissey interviewed me for this website. I have been a professional photographer for over 40 years,...
Jam packed in this issue you'll find: Guadalupe Photography Workshop with Charles Hood,
Wild Photos 2007,
Antibes Film Festival,
Asian Diverus Ocean Odyssey Digital Shoot Out,
DivePhotoGuide...
Gear Preview & How to Produce Amazing Underwater Prints: Michael McNamara gets his hands on all the goodies before the rest of us mere mortals. He is also a NYUPS member - we are proud to have...
The British Society of Underwater Photographers has teamed up with the National Marine Aquarium to stage the first British Splash-In Championship. The event is being held on Saturday July 7, 2007...
The Olympus E-400 was announced on the 14th September 2006, just before the Photokina show in Cologne, Germany. At the time there was much excitement about this compact and lightweight camera...
Bibble Labs, Inc. announced immediate availability of version 4.9.8 of its "Pro" and "Lite" RAW workflow software. New cameras added in this release include Canon 1D Mark III,...
Olympus Europe has a teaser ad for a new Digital SLR that is marked as "coming soon." Very little information is known about this new camera, but this new model was officially mentioned...
Olympus gears-up for summer with new underwater housings and accessories for its digital cameras - from point-and-shoot to D-SLR (digital single lens reflex). For millions, the peak travel season...
SCUBA Show celebrated its 20th year in 2007. The dive industry was greeted by thousands of California divers on June 2nd and 3rd at the Long Beach convention center, just steps from the Aquarium of...
Adobe has today released version 4.1 of their Camera RAW plug-in for Photoshop CS3, Elements 4.01 (Mac) and Elements 5.0. This update adds support for the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Fuji FinePix S5...
The Royal Photographic Society is pleased to announce the Award winners for its prestigious International Print Exhibition which, this year, celebrates its 150th Anniversary. The Gold Award was won...
Olympus has announced new accessories and housings for underwater photography. New to the range is the PT-E03 (waterproof up to a depth of 40m) for the E-400 and the E-410 with Live View, which...
Bonaire's premium dive resort Buddy Dive Resort is proud to announce the opening of its own on-premises Digital Photo Center as of mid May 2007.
Buddy's Digital Photo Center will have a full...
Olympus today has released new firmware updates for their new SP-550UZ (Version 1.1) and SP-510UZ (Version 1.2) Digital Cameras. The firmware update for the SP-550UZ improves exposure accuracy when...
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...
Olympus was kind enough to take the bullet-proof glass (just kidding) off its E-Pro Concept camera for us today after the show closed.
We got plenty of video and a set of stills to whet your...
Subsequent to our story earlier today Olympus has now shared some images of a mock-up of the upcoming E-1 successor (codename P-1) as well as the new lenses. As you can see the P-1 will not by...
lympus Imaging Corporation is pleased to announce the plans to significantly expand the Olympus E-System, its industry-leading lineup of interchangeable-lens digital SLRs compliant with the Four...
New York Underwater Photo Society/
Dive Photo Guide competitions/
Bahama sharks with Eric Cheng/
Truk with Martin Edge/
Emerald Seas Best Cover Design/
Dominica recompression chamber/
The...
The Olympus Europe website is displaying a teaser ad showing two or three new Digital SLR's that are cast in shadows. Two of the models show an introduction date of March 5th, which would time the...
Rugged, tough, shockproof (up to 1.5m) and waterproof up to a depth of 5m - the mju725 sounds as if it should be more at home in a Bond movie than in the hands of a mere photographer. I've never...
Olympus has announced what it is calling a major update to the Olympus Master software supplied with all its new digital cameras. Version 2.0 adds a Quick Start Guide, improved image-sorting...
Alongside the introduction of eight new cameras, four new underwater housings have been announced by Oympus.
The PT-035 housing is designed for the Mju(A‚Aµ)/Stylus 770 SW, a compact camera...
The deadline for entries in for the British Underwater Image Festival is drawing closer. Underwater photographers and videographers have only until 31 January to enter the Olympus-sponsored event,...
A camera that's made to photograph your life should be tough enough to survive it. That's why the striking Mju 770 SW accepts no limits: It's shockproof against falls from up to 1.5m, waterproof to...
Whale shark, whale shark..." cried the crew. We are on a diving safari in the Maldives in search of the big boys. Today this happens to be whale sharks. Earlier on this trip we had dived among...
Most people who get into serious underwater photography start out buying a single lens reflex (SLR) from one of the major camera manufacturers. Typically, they then buy housings, ports, lights and...
f your upcoming travel plans include a tropical escape aboard a cruise ship or whiling away an afternoon on an azure beach on some speck of land in the Caribbean, you're in luck. Not just because...
Olympus America Inc. is sponsoring an exciting photo competition that will honor extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. Entry deadline is September 30, 2007, and first prize will...
Most people who get into serious underwater photography start out buying a single lens reflex (SLR) from one of the major camera manufacturers. Typically, they then buy housings, ports, lights and...
amera manufacturer Olympus has announced its sponsorship of the prestigious 2007 British Underwater Image Festival (BUIF).
As well as sponsoring the festival, Olympus will be supplying a top...
Adobe has released the final shipping version of Camera Raw 3.6 along with DNG Convertor 3.6. The update is available from the Camera Raw Product page.
Support for the following cameras has been...
When Olympus released their latest Evolt E-330 7.5 megapixel Live-View digital SLR earlier this year. I knew that this camera was for me. I converted to digital back in 2003, after a lot of years...
When Olympus released their latest Evolt E-330 7.5 megapixel Live-View digital SLR earlier this year. I knew that this camera was for me. I converted to digital back in 2003, after a lot of years...
To proof the audience their new Mju camera is able to discover the underwater world, Olympus set-up a water basin where visitors could actually test the waterproof capabilities of the new Olympus...
The Olympus E-System is a "designed-for-digital" SLR camera system that has grown considerably since the original Olympus E-1 camera body was launched in 2003. Today, the system includes...
New Coolpix Housings from Fantasea include: FS 5 and FS 6 housings FOR THE COOLPIX F5 AND F6 FP-4 housing FOR THE COOLPIX P3 AND P4 FL3 and FL4 housings FOR THE COOLPIX L3 AND L4
New flash...
With the launch of the new E-400, Olympus introduces the world's smallest and lightest D-SLR to date - and a camera that's exceptionally easy to use. Its ultra-compact dimensions and low weight...
At the end of August, we were invited to come to Hamburg to attend the press meeting of Olympus. During this European meeting, Olympus introduced their latest compact digital cameras, together with...
A remote valley, deep in the Alps. A small group of divers meets for a special event. Dive, where no one has before, in lakes at an altitude above 2400m (about 8000ft). Amongst their equipment are...
Olympus Imaging America Inc. proudly introduces the new 2 GB Type M-Series xD-Picture Card, called the M2 GB, an advanced ultra-compact memory media designed for digital cameras. The M2 GB has the...
Olympus now offers a new polycarbonate strobe housing PFL-E01 for the FL36 system flash. The strobe and housing will be available for the PT-020, PT-022, PT-023 and PT-E01 and fully support TTL...
INON continues support of the popular digicams in the Olympus line. Olympus SP-310, SP-350, SP-700 and Stylus 600 are now compatible with INON's full line of accessories. Canon's new 8 megapixel...
Olympus has released firmware updates for two of its digital SLR E-System cameras, the E-330 and E-300. For the E-330 the latest firmware enables autofocusing even in the Macro Live Preview mode....
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...
Olympus' latest innovation in the field of digital imaging, the E-330 with Live Preview capability, has been awarded the TIPA "Best Imaging Innovation" prize in Europe for 2006. Each year, TIPA...
10bar just announced three new housings for system strobes including a housing for the Olympus FL-50, the Nikon SB-800 and the Canon 500EX. All these polycarbonate housing feature the unique 10Bar...
German housing manufacturer UK-GERMANY has just finished their latest product for the OLYMPUS E330. It will be distributed under the Swiss AQUAMIR brand. Included in the housing is a flat port for...
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced an update to the Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop CS2, extending raw file support to eight additional digital camera models. Available as a free...
Olympus has released a firmware update for the EVOLT E-330 Digital SLR. This firmware update offers the following enhancements; Improves the image quality of 10x enlargement in Live-View B mode...
Just posted! Our full in-depth review of the new Olympus E-330 EVOLT digital SLR. Announced just two months ago the E-330 is Olympus's latest Four Thirds digital SLR and is based on the E-300...
PMA 2006: Yesterday we got our hands on the Lumix DMC-L1 and had a detailed discussion with Panasonic executives and product planners about their exciting new digital SLR. The DMC-L1 is Panasonic's...
Olympus has announced the new PT-E02 underwater case designed for the E-330. Olympus officials indicated the PT-E02 has been designed to allow the user to use the E-330's "Live View"...
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...
E-500 owners may rejoice. HUGYFOT, Belgium manufacturer of stylish underwater photo gear introduce a new housing for the Olympus EVOLT 500 and widens up the selection to currently two housings....
Olympus Imaging Inc. unveils its latest
evolution in the Stylus series - the new Stylus 720 SW, a digital camera that
can withstand a 1.5 metre drop, shoot underwater up to 3 metres, and capture...
Since the introduction of the first single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, photographers have prized SLRs because they can see with the naked eye, through an optical viewfinder, exactly what is passing...
Bibble Labs today announced availability of version 4.5 of its popular Raw Workflow software. Now supporting close to 70 of the most popular DSLR and prosumer cameras, this update includes support...
Hot on the heels of the launch of the E-500 Digital SLR, Olympus are announcing a new Magnifier Eyecup which increases the performance of the E-500's view finder by 1.2 times.
Just attach the...
Japan's Olympus Corp. said on Wednesday that it planned to shift the focus of its digital camera business away from compact models and sell more high-end single lens reflex cameras to boost...
About 200 reef balls weighing a total of 540 tonnes were planted at the Mid Reef area off Manukan Island, near here, to restore coral reefs wrecked by the Greg Storm about eight years ago, Thursday.
A SHARK that summers in Scottish waters is to be given international protection due to fears that it is on the brink of extinction.
The basking shark, the world's second largest fish, can be...
Adobe has today posted the Adobe Camera RAW 3.3 Beta plug-in for Photoshop CS2 (ACR). This RAW converter / importer is well respected and has become the standard for many photographers. Version 3.3...
The SP-700 boasts Olympus's largest LCD to date with its 3 inch (7.6cm) HyperCrystal Sunshine LCD. Combined with 6.0 million pixels and a precision 3x zoom lens (1:3.3-4.0, equivalent to 38-114mm...
A dutch website yesterday released some information about a new "entry level" DSLR from Olympus utilizing the 4/3 system. Also included was information about a macro lens with a 35mm focal length...
A dutch website yesterday released some information about a new "entry level" DSLR from Olympus utilizing the 4/3 system. Also included was information about a macro lens with a 35mm focal length...
Oympus has announced that owners of its E-System cameras will be able to get a new view of the world next year with the introduction of the Zuiko Digital ED 8mm 1:3.5 Fisheye Lens. E-1 and E-300...
Microsoft just announced a new RAW tool, which integrates into the explorer and lets you easily browse through your RAW images; if you have Nikon (NEF) or Canon (CRW) RAW files. Olympus (ORF) RAW...
Adobe has released Adobe DNG Converter and Camera Raw 3.1 Update. Camera Raw 3.1 adds support for the following cameras: Canon EOS Rebel XT (EOS 350D/EOS Kiss Digital N), Nikon D2X, Olympus EVOLT...
At DEMA 2004 here in Houston, Mark Rupert from Inon America took a few minutes to explain the functions of their new D-2000 Strobe. This is an optically-triggered o­nly strobe, meaning...
By Jeff Mullins Maintenance is one of the duties that almost every underwater photographer wishes they didn’t have to do. However, it’s the very people that don’t do it...
Selecting an underwater camera is not a simple task. There is no one best or right underwater camera to buy, but rather the best or right camera for your specific needs and budget. Fortunately,...
Inevitably there comes a point for most underwater photographers when your focus shifts from the excitement of taking pictures underwater to the finer points of your equipment and technique that...
