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Underwater Photography

Mar/Apr 2011

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Contents

36 Olympus XZ-1 & EPL-2

Underwater Photography

A web magazine UwP59 Mar/Apr 2011

byRobSpray

4 Editorial

5 News Travel & Events

14 New Products

51 Dome relections

byPeteAtkinson

60 Egg-cellent shots!

byAlexTyrell

25 Fisheye FIX Canon S95

byPeterRowlands

39 Aquatica Nikon D7000

byKeriWilk

66 Back to Bali

byMarkWebster

55 Heavy Metal Wrecks

byAlexMustard

28 FIT Close up lenses

byAlexMustard

45 Making an Aquatica

byJeanBruneau

71 Pearls of Borneo

byChrisMitchell

32 Acquapazza NEX-5

byPeterRowlands

75 Parting Shots

byDanBoltandKaidoHaagen

Underwater Photography

2001 - 2011 © PR Productions

Publisher/Editor Peter Rowlands

www.pr-productions.co.uk

peter@uwpmag.com

Cover shot by

Paul Colley

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Issue 59/3

Underwater Photography

There will always be

a new one along very

soon

Editorial

theavailabilityofaisheyeandwide

zoomlenseswith,nodoubt,macro

lensesontheway.

Formethismakesitanexcellent

cameratourgethemanufacturers

tohouseandIwouldbemorethan

willingtobeatestpilot.

Thereis,inally,afeature

whichisofnobeneitwhatsoever

tounderwaterphotographersatall

butIsuspectwillbeamajorclicher,

especiallytothosewhoprimarily

shootvideo.

ThePanasonicGH2hasavideo

settingcalledEXTeleConvwhich

justrecordsthecentre2magapixels

oftheframebecause,believeitornot,

evenfullHDvideoisnomorethan

2mp.

Comparedto35mmtheMicro4/

rdformathasacropfactorofx2so

the14-140kitlensisactuallya28-

280.ShootvideowiththeEXTele

Convonandthetotalcropfactor

becomes5.2xwithnolossofaperture.

Thatmakesthe14-140become

a72-728mm.Buythe100-300mm

telezoomandthisbecomes520-

1560mm,again,withnolossoflight!

Iobviouslydon’twantthat

capabilityunderwaterbutwhata

fantasticlenstohaveforshooting

wildlifevideoonland

byownbrandhousingswhichappear

atthesametimeasthenewmodel.

No,it’stheSLRandsemiproendof

themarketwhichcouldreallybeneit

fromsuchacollaboration.

Itwouldbenoskinoffthe

cameramanufacturersnose,soto

speak,astheyneverintended,nor

havetheexpertise,toproduceatop

endhousing.Whynotworkwithour

manufacturersandcreateawin,win

situation?

Toputittechnically,theMicroFour

Thirdssystemusesthesamesensor

size(18x13.5mm)butallows

slimmercamerasbyremovingthe

mirrorboxandopticalviewinder.

Removingthemirrormechanism

allowsthisshorterlangeback

distance,meaninglensesforthenew

mountcanbeconsiderablysmaller

thancurrentFourThirdsdesigns.

Theformatwillallowframingtobe

carriedoutusingLiveViewoneither

theLCDmonitororanEVF.

Theothermajorbeneitisa

shutterdelayalmostasgoodasan

SLRwhichhasalways,forme,been

thefrustratingfeatureofcompact

cameras.

Intruththenewformathasbeen

aroundsincelate2008andlikeall

emergingtechnologiesittakestime

toestablishitselfbut,withtheadvent

ofthePanasonicGH2,wehave,

fortheirsttime,acamerathatcan

shoothighqualitystillsandfullHD

videoinanSLRformwhichworks

extremelywellergonomicallybecause

youcanviewthroughtheelectronic

viewinder.Thisbringsthecamerato

youreyewhichisamuchmorestable

wayofshootingeitherstillsorvideo.

Theresult,asfarasIcansee,

isajackofalltradesandmasterof

alltradessituationcombinedwith

Ifeelsorryfortodayshousing

manufacturers,Ireallydoand

inawayalsoforthecamera

manufacturers.Thelatterneedto

constantlydevelopnewmodelsto

temptourwalletsandwhenthey’ve

squeezedalltheycanoutofaformat,

theycreateanotheronetoshiftthe

goalposts.

Theformer,thehousing

manufacturers,thatis,havetowork

atmercurialspeedtokeepupwiththe

majorcameramanufacturersbefore

theygoandintroduceanewmodel

or,worsestill,letitbeknownthat

therewillbeanewmodelimminently.

Nothinggivesthemarketmorejitters

thanthethoughtofbuyingacamera

whichmightbeoldhatinacoupleof

weeks.

Icanunderstandwhymajor

cameramanufacturersarevery

secretiveabouttheirdevelopments

butitwouldreallyhelpourindustry

iftheywouldinvolveourhousing

manufacturersearlyoninthedesign

processsothattheycouldbeupto

speedassoonasanewmodelis

launched.

I’mobviouslynottalkingabout

thecompactcameramarkethere

becausethisisverywellcateredfor

New kid on the block

Havingexpressedmysympathy

forourhousingmanufacturersIam

nowgoingtodowhattheyhatethe

most-suggestthatthereisanew

camerathattheyreallyoughtto

considerhousing.

Ipredictthat2011willseesome

majordevelopmentsinthemiddle

ofthemarketi.e.notcompactand

notSLRbutthe4/3rdandAPS

interchangeablelensstylecameras.

Morelenseswillbecomeavailable

from3rdpartymanufacturers

toincreasetheirversatilityand

popularity.

Therewillalsobeasigniicant

developmentinanareabetweenthis

formatandtheSLRwiththeadvent

ofthemirrorlessMicro4/3rdsformat.

Peter Rowlands

peter@uwpmag.com

Issue 59/4

www.uwpmag.com

News, Travel & Events

Dive for Earth Day

April 22nd 2011

DuringtheweekofApril22nd,

scubadiversworldwidewillgivethe

oceanavoicewithProjectAWARE

DiveforEarthDayevents.Todate,

nearly2,000activitiesandthousands

ofdivevolunteershavefocusedon

underwatercleanups,mooringbuoy

installationprojects,reefsurveysand

moreduringthisannualevent.

“Asworktowardssolutions

grows,diversarebecominguniquely

positionedandcriticalvoicesto

affectchange.Noothergrouphasthe

completeviewoftheissuesaffecting

ouroceanplanet,aswellasthe

motivation,skillsandtrainingtodo

somethingaboutit,”commentsJenny

MillerGarmendia,ExecutiveDirector,

ProjectAWAREFoundation.

Thisyear,DiveforEarth

organizerswillalsohavetheunique

opportunitytoshareandcapturetheir

loveforunderwaterenvironmentson

videowithPADI’sSeatheChange

onlinevideocontest.

ProfessionalAssociationof

DivingInstructors(PADI)andProject

AWAREFoundation

areinvitingalldivers

toentertheSeaThe

Changeonlinevideocontestaimed

atignitingaglobalconservationand

scubadivingmessage.

Thegrandprizewinnerwill

receiveUS$5000cash,plusPADI

alsodonates$5000toconservation

throughProjectAWAREonbehalfof

thewinner.

Since2000,ProjectAWARE

FoundationandAWAREdivers

worldwidehaveputoceanprotection

onApril’sEarthDayagendawith

globalDiveforEarthDayevents

underwater.

It’stimetobeginassembling

yourdigitalvideoilmsanddigital

slideshowpresentationsfor

considerationfortheSCUBAShow

2011ContinuousUnderwaterFilm

Festival.Submissiondeadlineis

March31,2011.

Wehavechangedsomeof

ourguidelinessopleasereadthe

informationbelowcompletely.Many

workswillbesubmittedbutfew

chosen.Toincreasechancesofbeing

chosen,pleasefollowtheguidelines:

1)Lengthofthevideoilm

submissionshouldbe5to25minutes

with10to15minutesbeingideal.

2)Pleasesubmitallvideo

ilmsinDVDformat(HDformat,if

available,mayberequestedlaterifthe

videoisaccepted).

3)Videosshouldnotbebusiness

promotionalinnature.

4)Ifchosen,youwillberequired

tosignaguaranteethatthecontents

ofyourilmdoesnotinfringeonany

rightsincludingmusic,footage,voice,

personalandotherrights.

5)MaterialthathasNOT

beenpreviouslyscreenedatilm

festivals,ontheweborontelevision

ispreferred.Ifithasbeenshown

elsewhere,pleasestateassuchand

where.

6)Onacceptance,SCUBAShow

2011requeststhatnoportionofthe

ilmbeshowninilmfestivals,on

theweborontelevisionintheperiod

oftimeleadinguptoSCUBAShow

2011.Allrightsreverttotheowner

afterthescreeningofthevideoilm.

7)Contentofthesubmission

shouldbeaminimumof1/3

underwaterwith1/2ormore

preferred.

www.scubashow.com

www.projectaware.org/diveforearthday

www.padi.com/SeaTheChange

www.uwpmag.com

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