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DPG Announces January Monthly Contest Winners

Joseph Tepper | Feb 8, 2012 9:00 AM

Wow! We at DPG are constantly impressed by the level of so-called “amateur” underwater photographers —and our January Monthly Contest is exactly why! The theme for January was “Split Shots” or “Over/Unders” and the winner of a pair of Doug Sloss’ “Photoshop and Lightroom for the Underwater Photographer” DVDs valued at over $200...

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Canon Releases New Prime Lenses

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 7, 2012 10:37 PM

Hidden by the news of the Nikon D800 release , Canon yesterday announced a series of three new lenses including two primes that hold potential for wide-angle underwater photography: redesigned 24mm and 28mm F2.8. Canon’s decision to update two of its oldest lenses adds a ring-type USM... continue

Nikon Announces D800 Full Frame Camera That Packs a 36 Megapixel Punch

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Matt Weiss | Feb 7, 2012 12:11 AM

36. That's a number you will hear throughout the photo world for the next few days. It's the number of megapixels in the sensor of Nikon's brand new D800, the long awaited (3.5 years) successor to the D700. On the heals of the D4 announcement, the D800 has managed to separate itself with... continue

Losing Legends - Two Underwater Videographers Die In Helicopter Crash

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Matt J. Weiss | Feb 6, 2012 3:01 PM

The underwater imaging community has lost two of its finest after a tragic helicopter crash claimed the lives of Mike DeGruy and Andrew Wright. Apparently, they were scouting locations for an upcoming shoot when their aircraft crashed soon after takeoff. National Geographic... continue

DPG Editors Make Big Presentations in the Big Apple

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 3, 2012 2:55 PM

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 DPG is hitting the big apple next week, giving two special presentations at a couple of local diving groups. On Tuesday, DPG Associate Editor Joseph Tepper will be giving... continue

Worst Shark Finning Offenders

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 2, 2012 12:33 PM

You may think that illegal shark finning is only a problem in the Coral Triangle, but newly released results from PEW and the United Nations reveals that it is truly a global problem. While Indonesia and India list in the top three worst offenders, the “underdog” Spain listed in... continue

Rumor- Nikon D800 Expected Early Next Week

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 2, 2012 8:00 AM

It seems that you can’t make a camera company water tight nowadays—Nikon has leaked that the long-awaited 800 full frame DSLR is likely due out on February 6. The leak of release date comes after the company “accidentally” released images of the camera last month. It is... continue

Canon in Troubled Waters

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Canon enthusiasts may have been over the moon with the release of the G1X and soon-to-be EOS 1DX, but these announcements haven’t been enough to off put the company’s slumping compact camera sales. The culprit? Hard to say, but certainly the tsunami in Japan and the flooding in... continue

Cozumel Condo Development Raising Eyebrows

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Our good friend Michele Westmorland passed along a story she contributed to Nat Geo newswatch and Huff Po on the risk new development in Cozumel poses to the local environment, specifically the micro atolls adjacent to the island. In 2009, Michele was part of a team of photographers of the... continue

Wetpixel Announces Picture of the Year 2011 Contest

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Joseph Tepper | Feb 1, 2012 5:00 AM

Wetpixel has announced the beginning of its 2011 Picture of the Year Contest. The contest, which is made up of all 51 Picture of the Week (POTW) candidates, will be open for public voting until February 28. Prizes come from sponsors like Solmar V, Ikelite, Nauticam, and Reef Photo... continue

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