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Selecting an Underwater Video HousingBy Sy HarrisBasic: $899, Most Sony Cameras and Some Canon CamerasTop DawgUniversal DesignThe most basic yet flexible housing we sell is the Top Dawg. It has a flat acrylic front port and adjustable camera tray that will fit over 100 cameras. To work in the Top Dawg your camera must be 9”L x 5”W x 5”H and have a LANC remote port. The remote port allows the housing to control zoom, focus, on/off, record, and still shot mode."Read the entire article here: Selecting an Underwater Video Housing

I can think of six, maybe seven, people in the entire world needing, rather - wanting this type of functionality from their sports car.A couple of questions have to be asked though. What do you do with your wallet? What do you do with your clothes once you reach your destination? Is a seat belt [...]

Business Times - 08 May 2008 US home slump puts owners 'underwater' Values fall 7.7% in Q1 to lowest point in nearly 3 years (NEW YORK) US home values dropped 7.7 per cent in the first quarter to the lowest in almost three years, according to estimates by Zillow.com, an online data provider. The decline is the biggest in 12 years of data compiled by Seattle-based Zillow.com, a website started in 2006 to provide homeowners, real estate agents and potential buyers with value assessments called 'zestimates' for single-family homes, cooperative apartments and condominiums. US house prices dropped for the first time since the 1930s last year, discouraging buyers who fear being 'underwater' on their mortgage, or owing more on their home than it's worth. That's already happened to almost 52 per c

If you're interested in underwater photography, Canon has come out with Canon Digital Camera Underwater Photography Guide. Here's the topic covered in Canon underwater photography website. 1. The Advantages of Digital Cameras for Underwater Photography 2. Marine Techniques 3. Pre-Dive Preparations 4. Understanding White Balance 5. Macro Shots 6. Wide Angle Shots 7. Panorama Shots 8.

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Me trying hard to stand still while taking a photo of Nemo There are lots of places in the world you can go SCUBA diving, but Cairns just might have the biggest concentration of dive shops and and the largest diving industry in the world. The size of the industry is big enough that it [...]

Underwater photography is the challenging side of photography. Underwater photography requires specialized cameras, equipments and techniques which vary from the normal mode of photography. When the first underwater photograph was clicked, it brought the view of sea on to the earth. Underwater photography reveals the secrets of under sea, which sometimes is ignored with normal [...]

By a 46-21 vote, the House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that provides the Federal Housing Administration with $300 billion in loan commitment authority to refinance “underwater” mortgages. The bill, crafted by the committee chairman, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., provides mortgage investors/servicers with an option to refinance struggling borrowers into FHA-insured loans if [...]

Featuring 8-megapixel CCD sensor, the SeaLife DC800 Underwater Digital Camera capable to produce extremely sharp images even at depths of up to 200 feet, thanks to its waterproof case. The main technical specifications include a 2.7-inch LCD display, a wide-angle lens, 4x optical zoom, Sea mode with 3 UW color correction settings, 22 Land modes, [...]

When the Nikon D300 was released last summer (’07) I along with many other underwater photographers recognised that its introduction coupled with the relatively low retail price would substantially influence uwp world over. In my role as uwp educator I decided to ‘jump on the bandwagon’ and upgrade from my trusty, reliable and much loved D200.You need to know that I have favoured Nikon since my days with a Nikon F2 and Oceanic housings of the 80’s. I have owned and used Subal housings since the introduction of the Nikon F801 in the early 1990’s. In my teaching role I regularly instruct in Ikelite, Sea & Sea, Nexus and Hugyfot DSLR housings. Whilst I’ll endeavour to be impartial as I can, the influence that Nikon and Subal have had on my own photographic career cannot be ignored

Filed under: Digital Cameras Attention wet people: Sealife has released the DC800 Underwater Digital Camera. This modular unit — it drops into a waterproof case or will operate as an out-of-water point-and-shoot — includes an 8-megapixel camera with 2.7-inch display, wide-angle lens, SD/SDHC card support, and 4x optical zoom. So what makes this camera diver-friendly? Its [...]

Filed under: Digital Cameras Attention wet people: Sealife has released the DC800 Underwater Digital Camera. This modular unit — it drops into a waterproof case or will operate as an out-of-water point-and-shoot — includes an 8-megapixel camera with 2.7-inch display, wide-angle lens, SD/SDHC card support, and 4x optical zoom. So what makes this camera diver-friendly? Its [...]

Aquatica is proud to announce its latest addition, the housing for the fabulous Canon 1DS mark III, with 21.1 mega pixels this camera/housing combination will push the boundaries of underwater photography to another level. Machined from solid aluminum, treated and anodized to military specification, then painted with a robust weather and wear resistant finish, this addition to our already wide selection of housings will benefit from the same 300 ft. depth rating that set us apart from our competitors.The 1DS Mk III housing has the same mounting bayonet that will accept our existing accessories as well as ports, including our tack sharp Megadome, Aqua View finder and remote control cord, it is therefore in a position to address every aspect of this demanding activity that is underwater phot

Kona manta ray night dive April 08 from Steve on Vimeo.Tonight we had two mantas show up for the night dive. I took my camera down to see how it does with video in low light - I'm quite pleased, it seems to do better than the other point and shoots I've had.Water conditions were pretty good today, it's still cool though... 75 degrees. I was hoping the big south swell we had the last week would bump it up a bit higher. later, Steve

Fujifilm WP-FXF40 Underwater Housing for Fuji FinePix F40fd Digital Cameras (Electronics)By Fuji Buy new: $101.7927 used and new from $99.99 Customer Rating: First tagged “digital camera” by David Webb Customer tags: water [...]

Soon after we went to Underwater World Xiamen located near the Gulangyu Ferry Wharf. It covers an area of 175,000 square meters, and its floorage area totals 7,500 square meters. It exhibits 350 varieties of freshwater and seawater fish such as chinese sucker, sturgeon and paddle fish, Japan giant... * Please click the title or the blog site to read the rest of the entry and see photos ...

Intova IC-700 7.0MP Digital Camera with Underwater Housing, 3x Optical Zoom, 4x Digital Zoom & 3″ LCD, 180′ Depth Rating (Electronics)By Intova Click to see price Customer Rating: First tagged “digital camera” by A. Wolf [...]

Amanda Visell is going to be releasing a very special "Underwater" version of her very cool resin-made Carnivorous Giraffe toy. This blue non-herbivore will be available at Vinyl Toy Network in May but is limited to a precious 25 signed sets only. (Prints are avaialble too!) This is the original version of the Carnivorous Giraffe.[VIA]

Start with blank document. Fill background layer with gradient going from light blue to dark blue. In Layer effects, use very large (250px) black Inner Glow, with blend mode = overlay. In new layer, select very large brush, set color to white and put a single dot. Transform layer (Ctrl-T) to make dot width less and height more. Move white dot to top of image (so that only bottom half of it is visible) and set its layer blend mode to Overlay. Duplicate this layer and make it about 50% smaller. Next step is to create nice light rays. Create new document, with square size (width = height), and width is about 200% of your original image width. (if you design wallpaper at 1024x768, create 2000x2000 image). Fill it wi

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-HUD to Help Underwater Home Owners: "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has a plan to enable homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages to qualify for a partial loan through the Federal Housing Administration.HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson 'is examining the potential for FHA to be a solution for these borrowers,' Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday.Lenders, real-estate professionals, and other housing-industry officials have complained to HUD that FHA's current framework makes it too difficult for home owners to qualify, partly because FHA won't accept home owners who have missed a payment in the previous six months.Jackson told the Washington Times that the proposed plan would insure 80 percent to 85 percent of a loan in ar

UNDERWATER WATERPROOF CASE FOR CANON SD800 SD850 SD900 SD1000 S40 COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERAS (Electronics)By Digital Innovations Buy new: $34.39 Customer Rating: First tagged “digital camera” by Brianne Mueller “Brianne” Customer tags: canon [...]

The Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera Mask allows swimmers to record digital underwater photos and video hands free. Whether it is backyard pool fun or stunning fish and coral from a special vacation, Consumers will enjoy the combination of a digital camera and mask in one while swimming. The benefits include a hands free experience [...]

Man I wish I was leading that dive. I was up on the boat and just as my divers went down a few whales went by. They (the whales, the divers had no idea what was coming) turned themselves around and passed outside of the divers as the divers hit the edge of the reef at "Hoover's" then turned around again and headed directly to the divers. A female and her calf went directly overhead while an escort whale passed about 50 feet outside of Cathy and the group.All were thrilled. 2000 or so dives here and I've yet to see a whale underwater, bummer.Anyway, it was a good day of diving. The whales were definitely the highlights, but Cathy also found a yellow frogfish she's been watching grow over the last month or two... and at the end of our second dive (at an undisclosed location) she came up

This from Bloomberg.com: Bernanke lives in Washington’s Capitol Hill area in a four- bedroom, 2,600-square-foot house he bought new in May 2004 for $839,000. Almost four years later, it may not be worth any more, according to real estate records and local agents. Bernanke’s timing wasn’t the best — values in the area peaked a year later [...]

Underwater Video: Auto Focus vs. Manual FocusBy Sy Harris"I’m at 100 feet with the reef at my back, shooting into the blue. All the action is in the deeper parts of the ocean where Grey Reef Reef sharks and barracuda jockey for position in the current. It’s a wide-angle fiesta and I had everything dialed: exposure, lighting, filtration…focus? Unfortunately I was in auto focus, and as the silver/grey fish procession swam by in the deep blue water I may have been stoked, but my camera’s auto focus was lost.While I thought I was shooting clear, well-focused footage, my camera was making a series of focus adjustments, which I was unable to see through my viewfinder and monitor. The adjustments were definitely noticeable when I viewed the footage at home. The camera was “seeking” or

영화 300에 나온 신녀와 같은 기법으로 물속에서 촬영한 것입니다.몽환적인 분위기와 말로 표현하기 힘든 매력이 분야에서 유명한 사진작가라고 하네요

  Everett Bradford wrote this article on how to hack a CVS camcorder and transform it into an underwater CVS Camcorder. I can’t find a real everyday use for this project, but if its fun to work on it, why not do it. Underwater CVS Camcorder: [Link] Related posts Surveyor SRV-1 Blackfin Robot with onboard camera (0) Spy Cam hidden [...]

Warang Petch writes in this feature for the Museum of Underwater Archaeology about students learning techniques to conduct archaeology underwater in Thailand. Underwater Archaeology Training Project... Visit SEAArch to read the full story, and other stories about the archaeology of Southeast Asia.

  Looking for a car that will impress the neighbors? Don’t bother with the cars in the local dealership. They have nothing on the Underwater Concept Car by Rinspeed! No camera tricks here, the car can swim with the fishes.   "Thirty years after the movie thriller ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ hit the silver screen “sQuba” is [...]

There's an annual underwater photography event that's been held here in Kona for several years now that's supposed to be fun... so I thought I'd plug it.This year it'll be held from May 24th through the 31st. Official sponsors for the event are Jack's Diving Locker, Kona Honu Divers, and Bottom Time. The event includes a week of diving along with seminars, photo critiques, social events and a competition with great prizes. It's a great opportunity to learn and develop some underwater photography skills. There will be several well known photo pros involved, who will be rotating on the boats of the official sponsors during the diving portion of the event as well as being present at the evening and social activities.I'll be joining in on the fun myself as I've always wanted to do it but u

FiNS Magazine Associate Editors Andrea and Antonella Ferrari have just released a new book titled The Art of Underwater Photography. The book showcases first-rate underwater images from the Ferraris and contributors around the world, as well as setting out the Ferrari’s personal philosophy of the art behind creating outstanding marine images...The book offers eight very enjoyable chapters covering topics such as motivation, equipment, technique, mindframe, artistic and media influences, housings, strobes, macro, wide angle, portraits, topside dive integral photography and much much more.The illustrations are spectacular and also include the works of world class photographers such as: Doug Perrine, Charles Hood, John Scarlett, Alex Mustard, Eric Cheng, Tony Wu, Stephen Wong, Takako Uno an

I bought a Sanyo EC1 digital Video Camera and I love it so far. There are a few things that bug me like there not being a lens cap as well as the buttons being so small. However it rocks for taking photos and videos. The underwater capabilities are very cool too. Check out this review video I made.

Somewhere near the bottom left corner of the map, there is a place with a pool of water and some trees. One of the trees is leaning over, you can climb up it and jump in the water, but that's not what this post is about. Drive a vehicle of some kind into the water, and then get out and look, you can't see the vehicle from the surface, only when you go underwater. This works with anything, even a hydra.

A PhD research fellowship is offered in the field of underwater acoustic communication and underwater sensor network at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (), Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Recent developments in information and communication technology have opened new possibilities for observation and monitoring of the marine environment. [...]

The Swiss have been known for their outrageous yet creative innovations, and albeit pricey, they surely attract buzz from those who seek to own something fancy and exclusive. From watches to cars, it has been an interesting journey, and their latest offering goes well beyond one's imagination as they develop a Concept Car called "sQuba" which can instantly grant you the "Bond Appeal"!! Remember James Bond’s amphibious car, Lotus Esprit from "The Spy Who Loved Me", the all-in-one fictional... Please Click the Title for the Full Story

Akshay Kumar had entered Bollywood as an action star. With an advent of time he proved his genius in romance and comedies too. Akshay is at present shooting for Nagesh Kukunoor’s psychological thriller ‘Eight By Ten’ where he plays a man with extraordinary psychic powers.Last week at a pool in Chembur Akshay shot the climax sequence of the film where tied up in chains, he went underwater. Akshay was all tied up with chains when he went underwater without any breathing apparatus. It was an extremely tough scene for which Akshay took special training in Bangkok.During the training Akki learned how to swim underwater without oxygen. A part of the training involves taking deep breaths for a minute before taking the plunge into water. Akshay says it is a very difficult stunt that

Cave diving photography is one of the most challenging and potentially dangerous kinds of all human activities. A lot of things can go wrong when you go into a deep cave. Many more can go wrong when the cave is also filled with water. This said, imagine doing the last two while at the same time being occupied with the right angle and perfect lighting of a beautiful underwater cave shot. Not the

Vietravel’s Nha Trang office Thursday organized Vietnam’s biggest- ever underwater group wedding at Mun Island in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, which boasts one of the world’s 30 most beautiful bays. The four participating couples were Vu Hoang Huong Phuong and Tran Hung Quoc Viet, Nguyen Van Thanh and Le Thi My Ha, Nguyen Thang Loi and Huynh Vo Ngoc Ha, and British nationals Grant Hesketh and Eleanor Lawrence.To prepare for the event, diving experts from Vietravel’s Vinadive trained all the couples in advance.As planned, the four couples traveled along Tran Phu Street at 8 a.m.They then got on the wedding boat and headed offshore.At 9:30 a.m., festivities kicked off on Mun Island involving champagne, and wine toasts and cutting the cake.The couples then dove into the wate

This has got to be one of the craziest cars that Rinspeed has ever created, because not only can the sQuba concept car compete on dry land, it can actually drive on water, as well as underwater. Yes, you read that correctly and this apparently is no joke.The drop-top roadster is made of lightweight materials and can effectively use its wheels as some sort of rudder system, propelling itself across the surface of the water not unlike, well, a boat. To take things even further, the car can dive up to 10 meters underwater for a true scuba experience. Naturally, the driver and passenger will need their own air supply devices.Better still, the Rinspeed sQuba concept is a zero-emissions vehicle thanks to its full dependence on electric motors. This also eliminates the petrol motor's reliance on

Its no more a friction from the James bond movies, its now a reality. Rinspeed, a Swiss motor company is planning to showcase its version on the submersible car at the Geneva Motor Show (March 6-16, 2008). Its called the “sQuba".The £750,000 prototype, which can dive to a depth of 10 metres. It is the brainchild of concept car designer Frank Rinderknecht. Rinderknecht is apparently an acknowledged James Bond enthusiast and has been very facinated and inspired by concept of the underwater car that he saw in one of the bond movie.The "sQuba" car is capable of speeds of up to 120 km/h on land, a more sedate 6.4 km/h cruising in "boat" mode and just 3.2 km/h beneath the surface. There are three electric motors are located in the rear, with one providing propulsion on land, driving the rear

I recently read that off the coast of Florida tons of water rushes by in a strong, smooth current, never pausing, never stopping. This energy can be harnessed with turbines, and would equate to 10 nuclear power stations, capable of supplying power to (I believe) 1/3 of Florida. What if we did that all over every continental coastline? What if we installed turbines throughout the majority of the ocean? We'd have tons of free, clean energy!It seems like every couple of months, a new energy option is revealed. I'm starting to think we are fully capable with current technology of detaching from oil permanently. Let's hope we do it in time.

Hiya pengs! Wats up Everyone? I hope you’re having a fun time, cuz it’s one of the coolest parties in Club Penguin!! The party is awesome!! You can find fish and crabs everywhere!! Everything is underwater style!! The free item which is the coral belt is located at the Book Room, the second floor of the [...]

Swiss company Rinspeed Inc. has invented 'sQuba', a car which can run on both land and water. The car is to be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show next month.The car move even at a distance of 30 feet below sea level. A wet suit however is required as the car has been designed as an open car so that it's occupants can escape in any emergency. It can travel at a speed of 77 mph on land, 3 mph on the surface of water and at 1.8 mph underwater. Also to prevent waterlogging, the combustion engine has been replaced with several electric motors.It is said that the company CEO Frank Rinderknecht got the idea from watching James Bond's "The Spy Who Loved Me" which involves a scene with such a car in action. All content provided for Brain Exploded. No part of this website may be reproduced in any form

Hi Penguins! Sorry Im a bit late posting this, Ive been really caught up with school and family commitments. But anyway, the Club Penguin Underwater party is here and its fantastic! All of Club Penguin is decorated like the a reef with fish, plants and coral. Its almost like the Great Penguin Reef! The first free item is the Yellow Snorkel! You can find it at the Forest, inside the large treasure chest. Its a variation of the green one, but im not sure if it has been around before. The second free item is the Seashell belt! Its at the Book Room, upstairs from the Coffee Shop. I think its great that Club Penguin brought back a belt, the last version of one was about a year ago! At the Iceberg, the rescue vehicle is almost finished, and looks almost exactly the same as Pochoma123's edit in o

Hiya Pengs! Oh My God! I can’t believe it! It’s gonna be one of THE BEST PARTIES EVER IN CLUB PENGUIN! The Underwater Party! Here is what Billybob posted! The Party will be this FRIDAY! :O Hello Penguins! I mentioned on Friday that there’s a party planned for this coming weekend and believe me you don’t want [...]

Hiya Pengs! Oh My God! I can’t believe it! It’s gonna be one of THE BEST PARTIES EVER IN CLUB PENGUIN! The Underwater Party! Here is what Billybob posted! The Party will be this FRIDAY! :O Hello Penguins! I mentioned on Friday that there’s a party planned for this coming weekend and believe me you don’t want [...]

Hi Penguins!Sorry I havent posted for a while, Ive been really busy with family and school commitments, and I havent had time to update my blog!Firstly, thanks for a great party! A lot of you came and it was really good fun! There were some mix-ups with Pink Trigaa's party and Scotland's party. But the whole thing was really great! Sorry those to those who wanted to come to the UK/Asia party, the Club Penguin servers were having down time that nobody knew about until it happened. It will be this Sunday instead. This picture was is from the CP Blog, which has confimed an underwater party! They say that it will go from this Friday to next Wednsday. I cant wait! It looks fantastic! Also this Friday there will be a new pin, and the Migrator rescue vehicle should be finished at the iceberg....

While you are scuba diving, you are no doubt amazed by the beauty and grace of the underwater world and wish to share it with your family and friends who you have not been able to convince to go with you as of yet. Or maybe you just want to capture photos of your experiences so that you can keep them for your own enjoyment. No matter the reason, most people have a great desire to begin learning underwater photography fairly early on in their scuba diving career.If this sounds like you, you have likely already begun browsing your local scuba dive shops for equipment and started reading up on articles and information published by underwater photography professionals. While you can find a lot of information in this way, a lot of it is technical and hard to follow. For this reason, the best wa

Aloha, I get a fair number of inquiries about which camera to get for starting out with underwater photography, so I'll chime in with a few of my thoughts here. Many people think you have to get a dedicated underwater camera, while this may be the best for some people, it isn't the only way to go. Oftentimes you can pick up a great new camera, with all the bells and whistles, and it'll have a corresponding manufacturer designed underwater housing that is good to about 130-140 feet or so. In many cases you can even find a housing available for a digital camera you may already own. There are housings avaiable for many Sony, Nikon, Olympus, Casio, Canon and Fuji cameras already on the market, and they seem to be committed to supporting housings in the future. there's probablay a couple o

It was linked on a message board I check. Click here to go to the video page. It's basically about invertebrates, some spectacular deep sea stuff and shallow water cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus). It's very interesting, and if you watch all 5 minutes of it you'll see why we don't see octopus on every dive even though they're probably out in the open.This is a nice nudibranch I think I posted another picture of way back in '06. We see them on occasion here and typically call them Strawberry Nudibranchs, but I do think there are a couple closely related species that get called that. This one in particular confuses me because it has characterics of both a Pustulose Phyllidia and a Rosy Phyllidia. Aloha, Steve

Yesterday Pat and I were going to go out on a little holo holo adventure on the boat.... ended up spending a large part of the day at the ER. I'm mostly in bed for the next few days with a torn hamstring. Ice, ibuprophen, hydrocodone and lots of sleep are what I have to look forward to for the next day or so. I get a new set of crutches out of the deal though. I'm hoping I'm only on them for a few days and can get back to walking speed shortly.I hobbled to the computer to check my mail, and as long as I'm up I thought I'd try posting a short slideshow. I downloaded some free software off the internet to do it, my big gripe so far is I can't figure out how to check the progress of it while editing, it seems as though it's gotta be posted just to look at it, I'm probably missing something. A

The only hotel in the world as of yet that you have to go underwater to experience. Thats right an underwater hotel that you have to swim down 7 meters to get to. Located in sunny Key Largo, Florida is Jules' Undersea Lodge at the bottom of Emerald Lagoon. Its about and hour and one half drive from the Miami International airport. It started out as La Chalupa research laboratory. Prior to becoming a hotel, the structure was known as La Chalupa under water habitat. The habitat was sponsored by the Marine Resources Development Foundation and the Government of Puerto Rico. It operated as La Chalupa from 1972 to1975.La Chalupa operations ended in 1974. The habitat was neglected until 1980 when it was purchased and refurbishments were begun fo

The Sealife SL321 EcoShot digital camera allows you to take photos upto 75 feet deep. Unfortunately, the camera has no zoom, but does offer a 4 X digital zoom, along with a 6 megapixel sensor (so your shots should turn out pretty good(.6.0 mp CCD Sensor - For sharp imagesDepth Rated to 75ft / 23mShockproof Tested to 6ft/2mLarge 2" LCD for easy viewing and aimingLand & Sea - Exposure Modes for vivid colors on land or underwaterVideo mode with audioSpy Mode - Takes continuous pictures at set time intervalsFast start-up time and shutter response so you don’t miss the actionLong battery life powered by 2 AA BatteriesInstant Focus - from 2ft / 60cm to InfinityFully rubber armored for sure grip and extra shock protectionSD Card Expanded Memory up to 1 GB4X progressive digital zoom (no optical

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I've been wanting to get a "good" shot of one of these guys for a long time. This isn't it quite yet. So many of the fish dart about so much that it's tough to get them focused. The closer you are the tougher it is, too far out then the flash doesn't get enough light to the subject.... this photo has just a bit too much movement for my tastes. One of these days!!!This is a juvenile Yellowtail Coris Wrasse (Coris Gaimard). On occasion, people not familiar with the Hawaiin fish will mistake it for a clown fish (Hawaii doesn't have clown fish, I believe we've just a tad to cool of a water temperature for them to reproduce successfully). Typically we'll see the Yellowtail Coris in this coloration up to about 3 inches or so. As they grow, they will lose the white stripes, start adding bl

So I'm sitting at my computer and wanted to look at a document and see that I had a couple of RAW pictures in the file that I hadn't looked at. I thought I'd updated Photoshop lately and maybe they now support the RAW format my camera uses, I opened Photoshop and the pictures do now show.For those of you who don't know what RAW is, basically consider it as a "digital negative" which holds all the information the camera sees at the time, no JPEG compression and such. Not all cameras offer RAW, but it's becoming more common in the higher end point and shoot cameras these days. It takes up a lot of memory compared to JPEG, but if you have an editor to open it (without the editor, you will see nothing as computers don't automatically recognize RAW) with, it'll do a lot of things easily that

Olympus PT-032 Underwater Housing for the Olympus Stylus 710 Digital Camera (Electronics)By Olympus Buy new: $192.7212 used and new from $174.98 Customer Rating: First tagged “olympus” by Ed Bouillet “the NEW Gadget Guru” Customer tags: underwater housing, olympus (more…) Technorati Tags: underwater housing, olympus

In the ocean world of Aquaria, teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets, you join Naija (narrated fully with voice overs). She’s a lone underwater dweller in search of her family, as she explores the depths of Aquaria. She’ll travel from hidden caves, shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases, all lovingly handcrafted by its two creators. Check out the interview with developer Bit Blot below. Aquaria, winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 2007 Independent Games Festival, features over 175 strange and wonderful creatures (including several massive and ancient “bosses”), 8 magical forms with unique abilities, 50 original music tracks, and over 2000 pieces of hand-painted 2D artwork. Download the Aquaria demo from the official website. The PC game is out now for online download at a price of $30. Take a look at Aquaria in this video interview: Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen. Share This

I got an underwater camera from Lorri for my birthday. So come the summer hopefully I can post some nice underwater photos from around the Irish coast. It’s very cheap for an underwater camera. Not the most high tech (it doesn’t have an focus option) but its a great entry level camera. The next cheapest one I could find is around €499. I’ll let you know what the quality is like when I get a chance to use it. You can take it out of the case as well and it’s nice and small so it might be useful in the pub as well. If you are interested in looking at underwater pictures from Ireland check out the Cork Sub-Aqua Club.

Memories are created just about anywhere. And when I say anywhere, I mean that memories are even created underwater - so the creation of underwater digital camera.An underwater digital camera is not just used to capture underwater memories; some professional marine photographers also use underwater digital cameras in their business. Even marine biologists and scientists use underwater digital

Passioned about underwater photography? You want to take spectacular underwater photos with a gear that is worth less than $500 US? Here’s what tp do: look at the underwater photo gallery from the Caribbean and plan a trip to this cristal clear see. Then, while packing your stuff (snorkel and mask in the first place), read the tips given by The Digital Story. Images from the gallery are taken with Canon PowerShot SD700 IS camera packed into Canon WP-DC5 waterproof case. Tip 1: If you don’t want to use the flash, shoot in shallow depths and use image stabilization. Tip 2: Use the camera’s Underwater scene mode if it has one. Special Tip: Don’t touch the coral or harass the fish. Read about these tips here Underwater photography is a terrific way to spice up your image library. I like the exercise I get with a good swim, and then you can celebrate your “catch” with a cold rum drink or two while relaxing on the beach afterward. - Derrick Story More:&

Bob had some customers/friends that have dove with him over the years and has been handling the dives the last couple of days. Yesterday I took a quick 35 minute dive between dives while they were having their surface interval. Here's most of the dive compressed into about 8 minutes. Highlights were, cleaner wrasses working a variety of fish, parrotfish feeding on corals, a spotted eagle ray, the biggest unicorn tang I've seen in a long time, garden eels, anthias, various trigger fish, a juvenile razor wrasse, a rather large toby, a helmet snail chasing down a meal, a whitemouth moray hunting with groupers, a large school of heller's barracuda and more....The camera takes pretty good video. This was just taken with the standard underwater setting at all depths. I didn't try to customize the white balance as I basically was just cruising around shootinng and not trying to do anything special. The soundtrack's a bit wierd, it was the only thing I could find on Youtube that was

Currently under construction in Dubai , Hydropolis is the world's first underwater luxury hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London 's Hyde Park .This will be a hotel where those who do not dive - or do not even swim - can experience the tranquillity and inspiration of the underwater world.In order to enter this surreal space, visitors will begin at the land station. This 120m woven, semicircular cylinder will arch over a multi-storey building.The upper storeys of the land station house a variety of facilities, including a cosmetic surgical clinic, a marine biological research laboratory and conference facilities.The world of science fiction becoming reality.The

Both today's events got canceled by rain.First was play day up across from HC school then it would have been followed by a boat ride 14 miles north.I ended up doing plan c which was a nice walk in the rain to Island Perk followed by meeting up with Jennifer on the way home and heading back to Perk so she could meet the gang. Winner for best rain gear goes to Alex with his orange Carhartt rain suit. Afterwards we headed to L'esquinta (sp?) - middle street from Pan Dulce - for fried jacks then back here so she could meet Paul and wait out the rain.I just got into my cozy wear and am thrilled to relax. Watching what not to wear and chatting Zac on the coconut phone.Ch 19 just went in and out for a bit - rain came down in buckets for 5 minutes, just enough to make more ponds and lakes , clean the dust off the plants and keep the roads nice and muddyHaving a few moments to myself as Paul was at Island Perk, I decided to have a lay down with my mp3 player so I could listen to some music

Underwater Journal's latest release is available for free download North American online magazine, the Underwater Journal, once again fulfills its quest to provide fascinating, information-filled articles. The latest 57-page issue (JWJ-issue5.pdf) is jam-packed with a wide range of comprehensive features. Readers can immerse themselves in photo-rich features such as the centerpiece focusing on the lovely mermaids of historical Weeki Wachee Springs in central Florida. Check out “Freedom Divers” to learn how our distinguished war veterans use the underwater world to cope with their disabilities. Also in this issue learn about: -Patent Foramen Ovale - PFO, and its link to Decompression Sickness -Diving California’s San Clemente Island -Scuba DoRags’ flamboyuant ScubaTubeSocks -Shearwater’s New Pursuit multi-gas, PO2 computer for rebreather divers -Olympus E-410 Digital Camera and PT-E03 housing System -Advanced Nitrox – three gas computers. Do you really need one? To subs

Ocean Presence Technologies (OPT) offers a family of continuous underwater video monitoring systems that can be controlled over the Internet. Developed for manta ray research for The Manta Network, the camera systems are now being offered for a wide range of other applications. OPT's Underwater IP Camera (UWIPCam®, OceanCam®, AquariCam®) is the first video camera system that can be controlled over the Internet from anywhere in the world. Four models are available: OPT-02 AquariCam, OPT-03 Shallow Ocean model rated to 60 feet, OPT-04 is a Deep Ocean model rated to 150 feet and coming soon, the Ultra-deep Ocean system (OPT-05/06) that will go to depths of 250-400 feet. The underwater video camera system can be used in a wide range of situations. The applications for housed PTZ camera systems whether for marine and aquatic or terrestrial placement include:Research -- Manta ray and other animal/plant applications (marine, freshwater, land)Telepresence & Education -- live e

I went for a long shallow dive (106 minutes, still had roughly 1200 psi left) the other day and took some shots with the new camera. I realized only today that I had a bunch of focusing problems because the camera was using it's default focus method which takes most of what's in the picture into account, and I really wanted to do a spot focus so I could pick exactly what I wanted in focus. This Yellow Margin Moray Eel did turn out quite nice using the default focus though.We had a fun charter today. One of my passengers showed up obviously stuffed up so I suggested he take the day off. He's also scheduled for tomorrow, if he's cleared up by then he'll be joining us ... otherwise Pat, myself and a friend will go fishing and diving and call it a holo holo day. later, Steve

Just playing around with the new camera. The video looks pretty darned good straight out of the camera. Youtube compresses it a great deal so it's not quite as nice. I did a dive this afternoon just for fun with the camera. I've got to learn the Canon menu, but a few things turned out fairly Ok and look as though when I go into photoshop I'll be able to get them looking the way I want.

Well, I done did it. I've been debating about sending my camera back to Olympus to see if they could repair the flash, buying another camera, or just living with manual white balance 'til I could afford a new camera in the spring.... then Pat said the magic words... "Bill me later". I was unaware of this, but many of the big photo/electronics companies contract out with bill-me-later.com to offer 6 months free interest for their goods. That's about perfect timing for me, so it was done after two days of research.Here's the camera I chose... I also picked up the housing for it. The Amazon link actually has pretty good pricing for both the camera and housing (which is available as an accessory), I paid a few extra bucks at the time getting it from a company that had the delayed billing options.One little story on shipping... very fast and efficient through UPS, however we tracked it and for some reason it actually spent a day in Taiwan after it first reached Honolulu. A couple o

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I've been thinking about cameras lately since mine have been on the fritz. Many of the popular cameras actually have underwater housings available and Pat and I have housed several digital cameras over the last few years. The onboard flash on most of them has it's limits and many people look for extra light by adding an external flash. Last year I picked up an Olympus flash and it's appropriate housing for my Olympus SP 350 set up, but it was so bulky I never really used it. The other day I was checking things out and found this new offering by Olympus...Olympus UFL 1 - Underwater flash - 14 (m) It's a stand alone underwater flash that is compatible with many of the Olympus underwater camera housings that have a hot shoe, offering TTL exposure without the hassle of wires and strobe trays. I wish they had it back when I was looking. This Amazon price is actually a very good deal, as a housed Olympus flash will cost much more, and trying to get TTL exposure with another bran

by Remus Mark CarballoBrief Description Another gem of the Visayas, Bohol’s historical significance extends way back to the blood compact between Boholano Chieftain Sikatuna and the Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, in 1565. Scenic Bohol casts an enigmatic charm drawn from the many archaic mementos spread throughout the oval-shaped island: from the Chocolate Hills and the tarsier to 16th century watchtowers and Jesuit Baroque mission churches. The Chocolate Hills, all of 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills, are undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction in the province. Among these hills that abound in Central Bohol, two have been developed into top-class resorts. One of the rare faunas found in the Philippine archipelago, the Tarsier is the smallest primate in the world. It is a nocturnal primate measuring from four to five inches, with a tail that is longer than its body. Those interested in tarsier watching are always welcomed by the Boholanos to see the famou

Memories are created just about anywhere. And when I say anywhere, I mean that memories are even created underwater – so the creation of underwater digital camera.An underwater digital camera is not just used to capture underwater memories; some professional marine photographers also use underwater digital cameras in their business. Even marine biologists and scientists use underwater digital cameras to capture marine life and thus be able to study the life and properties of the marine life. But I think it is safe to assume that you, my reader, are neither a marine scientist nor a professional photographer. Like me, you are just some photo junkie who wants to capture underwater moments and just cant figure out how without ruining your cameras.Please listen to me when I say that even waterproof cameras cannot withstand underwater photography. To be waterproof is to resist the water in certain levels, submerging in under the water to get the perfect shot is like throwing it out of the

If you think making a living means having fun in the sun, then you may be the right person to start a home based business as an underwater diver.How does traveling to the most exotic spots on earth and swimming in the sun strike you? Over two thirds of the earth is covered with water. There is a gentle world beneath the seas populated with brightly colored fish, living coral, and forests. And, this world is waiting for you to explore it and make money.Scuba diving allows you to descend to great depths. In order to scuba dive, you should take a short course of training and get certified by one of the scuba diving agencies. All you need to get started is a medical checkup and you are ready to go.Here are some diving spots the experts consider the all-time best:Palau – This is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean – east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia. Palau has a long history of protecting its marine life. At Blue Corner, you can swim with gentle fish and see the almost ex

If you think making a living means having fun in the sun, then you may be the right person to start a home based business as an underwater diver.How does traveling to the most exotic spots on earth and swimming in the sun strike you? Over two thirds of the earth is covered with water. There is a gentle world beneath the seas populated with brightly colored fish, living coral, and forests. And, this world is waiting for you to explore it and make money.Scuba diving allows you to descend to great depths. In order to scuba dive, you should take a short course of training and get certified by one of the scuba diving agencies. All you need to get started is a medical checkup and you are ready to go.Here are some diving spots the experts consider the all-time best:Palau – This is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean – east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia. Palau has a long history of protecting its marine life. At Blue Corner, you can swim with gentle fish and see the almost ex

Rock Lake in southern Wisconsin, dubbed "North America's Most Controversial Underwater Archaeological Discovery of the 20th Century." The first settlers of Lake Mills, Wisconsin in the 1830s heard stories from the Winnebago Indians about "stone teepees" submerged in nearby Rock Lake. Over time, especially during periods of extreme drought, fishermen reported seeing large geometric structures on the lake floor. The few times archaeologists came to investigate, they couldn't locate the structures and dubbed the underwater features a hoax. At one point the mayor of Lake Mills spotted one of the pyramids himself and the technological search was on.Aerial photos, side boat sonar scans, and underwater divers eventually charted a complex of at least nine different stone structures, including: two rectangular pyramids, several stacked–rock walls, two "Stone Cone" areas, a conical pyramid, and a large "Delta Triangle" structure. There is also a part of the lake floor that supposedly feature