Inon announced several products at the Diving Festival in Tokyo last week including a housing for the Panasonic GF1, base adapters to add Inon close up lenses and strobes to Panasonic Lumix and...
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
Digital workflow is a fundamental part of the image making process, and one that is often overlooked by newer photographers. Over time you will amass hundreds or (more likely) thousands of images....
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...
Panasonic Corporation, a world leader in High Definition technology, announced at NAB last week that it will start developing a professional 3D Full HD production system
Panasonic today introduced the DMC-GH1, the newest member of the company's revolutionary LUMIX G Micro System - a new digital interchangeable lens camera system that delivers professional-level...
Something tells me that we won't see an underwater housing for this model, but maybe over time we will see housed micro four thirds cameras. They provide the versatility and quality of an SLR, with...
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".
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.
Panasonic, a leader in High Definition technology, announced the development of the world's first 32 Gigabyte (GB) SD High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card with Class 6 speed specification, perfect for...
The underwater housing, the DMW-MCTZ3 has been made of polycarbonate and is waterproof until a depth of 40 meters. Nearly all the functions can be operated underwater
We received a note from Gates about a shameful act of theft at their factory. Someone apparently broke into the Gates factory and stole two video cameras and a housing while the factory was...
Panasonic today introduced the newest member of its digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera line, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L10, the companyus first SLR with Face Detection. The DMC-L10 also offers...
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...
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...
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,...
Panasonic Japan today announced the LUMIX DMC-FS2 Digital Camera, a compact 7.2-megapixel model with 2.5" LCD screen, MEGA optical image stabilization as well as blur reduction technology....
While we haven't been sent the official press release, DPReview.com has published a Panasonic press release with details on a new Panasonic LUMIX digital camera, model DMC-FX100. According to the...
Before choosing our uw photo kit equipment we wanted the best camera and our choice went to the photo camera that, in our opinion but not only, is the best in the 2007 market: Panasonc Lumix FZ50....
Adobe posted updates to Camera Raw and its free DNG Converter today. The primary benefit of the updates is support for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8. But if you are using Photoshop CS2, you should...
Panasonic today released a new firmware (version 2.0) update for their Lumix DMC-L1K Digital SLR. This latest firmware update, which can be downloaded from the Panasonic website, adds a multiple...
PLONGEIMAGE, a new manufacturer from France, is now offering two "universal" video housings in different sizes. Both transparent polycarbonate housings can be used for most Sony...
Panasonic have announced new marine cases for their upcoming new digital cameras in the Lumix line.
The DMW-MCTZ3 is a housing designed for the DMC-TZ3, a 7.2 megapixel digicam with 10x optical...
Panasonic presents its 2007 digital camera line-up with the introduction of 8 new digital cameras. Our reporter is currently situated at the Panasonic press conference in Paris to take a first...
As the run-up to PMA starts in earnest Panasonic has announced a fairly major refresh of its compact Lumix range, starting here with the DMC-FZ8, which replaces last year's DMC-FZ7. The DMC-FZ8 ups...
Peter is the publisher of the online magazine Underwater Photograph which he started in 2001. He is also half of Magic Filters which have revolutionized digital photography underwater with...
Panasonic has today officially announced its range of 'Class 6 SD Speed' cards, an addition to the Pro High Speed SD card range. These new cards, available in 1, 2 and 4 GB capacities are 'Class 6'...
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...
We'd really love to have affordable, ubiquitous internet access while airborne. Sadly, with the announcement two months ago of the unplugging of Connexion by Boeing by the end of the year, that day...
Panasonic today released a firmware update for the Lumix DMC-LX1 Digital Camera. This firmware update makes it possible to shoot while RAW photo data is being saved, improves focusing performance...
The Lumix LX1, announced July 2005, was a camera that proved just how commited Panasonic is to shaking up the digital camera market with innovative, often quirky products rather than taking the...
During out Photokina visit we had a meeting with Suguru Takamatsu, Coordinator Marketing Team Overseas Sales & Marketing Group and Ichiro Kitao, Product Planning Manager, from Panasonic and...
We were fortunate enough to get an early copy for use in our Nikon D80 review, now Adobe has decided to release Camera RAW 3.6 Beta for public download. This new release of the much praised RAW...
Panasonic today introduced two new interchangeable lenses designed specifically for the digital SLR camera. Both the LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm/F2.8-3.5 ASPH and the LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/F1.4...
Panasonic today introduced two new interchangeable lenses designed specifically for the digital SLR camera. Both the LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm/F2.8-3.5 ASPH and the LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/F1.4...
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced an update to the Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) CS2, extending raw file support to five additional camera models. Available as a free...
Panasonic today introduced the LUMIX DMC-FZ50, the successor to the critically acclaimed DMC-FZ30, featuring 10.1 megapixels and Panasonic's revolutionary Intelligent ISO Control technology which...
Panasonic are clearly hard at work to assert their presence in the digital camera market. Lumix is starting to become a familiar name to many consumers, a fact that is more than welcomed by...
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 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...
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...
Panasonic today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00. The new specifications were established to meet the...
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 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...
Panasonic has announced the new 6 megapixel Lumix DMC-TZ1 digital camera. Panasonic officials indicated the is the world's smallest 10x optical zoom digital compact. Features include, 2.5"...
Adobe has released the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in version 3.2, which adds support for select Panasonic, Hasselblad, Konica Minolta, Leaf, Leica, and Nikon (D2Hs, D70s, D50) cameras. Along with...
This is not an underwater competition per se, however there are a couple of categories where you can enter underwater images. The 13th Annnual Readeraˆ™s Picture Contest gives photographers the...
This is not an underwater competition per se, however there are a couple of categories where you can enter underwater images. The 13th Annnual Readeraˆ™s Picture Contest gives photographers the...
The 14th annual Popular Photography contest gives photographers the opportunity to have their work recognized in the Jan 2008 issue of Popular Photography & Imaging, the largest photo magazine...
The 14th annual Popular Photography contest gives photographers the opportunity to have their work recognized in the Jan 2008 issue of Popular Photography & Imaging, the largest photo magazine...
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...
