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Capturing Wide Angle Wonders with Your Olympus TG
Without a doubt the Olympus TG Tough range have revolutionised the world of underwater photography for both snorkelers and divers in recent years, making incredible results achievable for the beginner as well as giving a vast variety of options to expand creativity. But with so many options for accessory lenses and makes available, what should you be looking for if you want to start adding a creative wider angle to your images. This festive period I w
Sealife SportDiver Ultra versus DiveVolk Seatouch 4 MAX - Who's the King of the Smartphone Housings?
There's absolutely no doubt that smartphones are an incredible, cost-effective way to get started in underwater photography. There’s nothing more exciting than being able to view and upload your images to social media as soon as you finish your dive, on a safety-stop or even whilst snorkelling . Did I say started? Let me take that back, as it is so easy to get addicted to using one, that you may just want to ditch your usual camera in favour of it. Of course there are advantages a
Diving trip report in the Philippines from 16/11/2024 to 10/12/2024
During our first stay in the Philippines, just after COVID, we skipped Moalboal. At the time, it was still "complicated" to change islands. For this trip I studied an Anilao – Romblon combo but it seemed relatively complicated to me... I gave up. Good for us with the typhoons, we would have been stuck for a few days. Anyway, we went back to Cebu again, with Moalboal and its sardines as our first stop. For the rest of the season we chose safety by returning to the T
Getting Started in Underwater Photography with a Smaller Compact System
Underwater Photography conjures up a vast array of subjects to capture, from the tiniest animals on the planet measuring just the size of a grain of rice to the largest creatures which have ever lived in our incredible blue planet. But starting out as a complete beginner with such a huge choice of different compact camera systems to choose from and accessories, where on earth do you start to ensure that you come back from your trip of a lifetime with fabulous eye-catching images.
Misool, the quintessence of Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat is universally known as "The Heart of Coral Triangle”, for its unrivaled wealth, including: 540 hard coral species (more than 75% of the world's coral species); 60 types of crayfish; 1,070 types of reef fish; 699 types of mollusks. Also on land, Raja Ampat has incredible diversities: over 874 plant species that 9 are endemic and 6 are protected species, of which 360 species are trees. Also there are 114 species of herpetofauna with 5 species of which are endemic and 5 other species ar
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Articles - Product Announcements & Other News
Adobe Lightroom 14.2 now available
Adobe have announced v 14.2 for Lightroom Classic. New features are set out below,
Red Sea Liveaboards: UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch report
It's worth a read of the link to Dive Magazine's article on the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch report on Red Sea liveaboard incidents. The report makes for sobering reading: 16 boats lost in 5 years. https://divemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025-SB1-RedSeaDiveBoats.pdf
Boot 2025
The annual German "Boot" show took place on 18-26 January. I visited on 25 January to see what might be new in the dive and underwater photography world and met up with other Waterpixelers. I was also tasked with tracking down the new unicorn of the underwater photography world, the Inon Z-xxx Boot is a massive show spread over 13 exhibition halls. It wouldn't be hard to spend a few million euros there - assuming you had them in the first place. Diving was maybe one and a
Backscatter Smart Control Optical TTL Flash Trigger
Backscatter Smart Control Optical TTL Flash Trigger Review & Setup Guide [Moderators Note: Waterpixels member, James Emery, is the Marketing and Media Manager at Backscatter] The Backscatter Smart Control Optical TTL Flash Trigger provides super-accurate, automatic flash exposures with Olympus/OM System and Sony cameras using Backscatter strobes. The Olympus/OM System trigger is TTL compatible with the Mini Flash 2 and Hybrid Flash, while the Sony trigger is TTL compatible w
Duikvaker 2025 - Dutch dive show
The Dutch dive show, Duikvaker, was held in Houten on 1-2 February. The German boat show which includes diving, Boot, is massive in comparison, but Duikvaker being purely diving is, as a result, very manageable. Many of the dive companies who exhibited at Boot were at Duikvaker so a large array of equipment was there both from distributors and dealers to poke, prod, try on and lust over. I was very tempted by the heated vests from Venture Heat! PADI ran its annual Membe
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