Event Coverage News

Our buddies Blake, Norma, Jean and Mauricio were exhibiting a handful of new products, including a set of new Underwater Buoyancy Compensating Floats, a remote control shutter release (making them second only to Seacam to have such a system). Aquatica recently released a housing for the Nikon D40x, which has become a popular camera among shooters making a switch from compact to DSLR
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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 time with old friends, and even coordinated a few new projects, including a special collaboration on an Antarctica underwater photo & video trip scheduled for Feb 2010
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David Doubilet was one of two recipients of the 2007 DEMA Reaching Out Awards. David, along with dive industry legend Bob Soto, were honored in recognition of their significant contributions to the sport of scuba diving. The DEMA Reaching Out Awards are akin to the diving Hall of Fame. DivePhotoGuide was there covering the award ceremony
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The growing Fantasea product catalog includes a line of affordable plastic housings, mainly focused on the Nikon Coolpix line. They were also the first housing on the market for the Nikon D40x housing
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Gates had on display their solid-built mechanical housings for the high end Canon XH-A1/G1 cameras, as well as housings for the more popular prosumer Sony HC-7. The Sony HC-3 was a very popular cameras and housing combo, and the successor HC-7 may be even more so
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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 display, the Autoflash AF35 System
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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 expanding into the housing and accessories markets as well.
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The big news at Light & Motion is the multi-camera fitting Stingray video housing. As the new generations of cameras create the need to upgrade, housing companies are struggling with ways to keep pace. The adjustable tray of the new Stingary allows adjustment for 10 existing video camera models
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Mares will be the official sponsor of the new DivePhotoGuide monthly give away promotions. For one year beginning this month and culminating in a grand prize give away, Mares & DivePhotoGuide will be giving away regulators, BC's, computers, wetsuits, masks, fins and dive bags. Stay tuned for the official promotion announcement soon
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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 about the Nikon D300 and D3 housings.But I was equally as excited to learn that Nexus had a prototype for the new Olympus E-3 SLR
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