Old man - new tricks

December 23, 2025Dec 23

Tim Hochgrebe, od man and owner of Underwater Australasia since 2002 - online and physical underwater technology store in Byron Bay, the most easterly point of mainland Australia and an amazing place to dive.

Formerly the 'video man' of Byron Bay's dive shops with a passion for anything underwater, not just photography. Lately also deeply into Underwater Drones and Underwater Propulsion :-)

December 23, 2025Dec 23

Hi Tim, welcome aboard, good to have you here. I dived Byron a couple of years back, must get back up there.

December 23, 2025Dec 23

Aloha and welcome @Underwater Tim!

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Adobe Lightroom Classic: yes another update - v15.3
Adobe Lightroom Classic: yes another update - v15.3

TimG · Thursday at 09:36 AM1 day

There's yet another update to LR Classic - to version 15.3. According to the Adobe website, this includes background Al feature processing, performance improvements, a new Al culling model, PSB file sync support, film-inspired presets, support for opening images in Firefly Boards, support for newly released cameras and lenses, bug fixes, and more. Hard to keep up with all the updates!
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Conservation of Orcas and Chinook salmon in Southeast Alaska
Conservation of Orcas and Chinook salmon in Southeast Alaska

TimG · December 20, 20232 yr

With thanks to Conrad Gowell (DriftC) for this article: A legal victory for the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) marks a turning point in the protection of Orcas and Chinook salmon in South-East Alaska https://wildfishconservancy.org/wfc-legal-victory-marks-turning-point-for-southern-resident-orcas-and-wild-chinook/
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Nikon Z9 firmware update to v5.32
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Nikon announced on 31 March a firmware update to v5.32 for the Z9. Nikon's Download Centre explains the update does the following: • Changed the way the aperture was adjusted on a lens when the standby timer expired. • Fixed an issue where the camera would sometimes stop responding if a picture was zoomed in during filtered playback while FTP upload was in progress. A link to the firmware is here: https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/589/Z_9.html
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DIY Fibre Optic cables - Easy!
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Diving with the Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light
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bvanant · June 10, 2025Jun 10

I have long fascinated with shooting ring lights underwater starting with the Inon Quadflash, through the various Athena modifications to Sea and Sea strobe heads, continuing to the Saga fiber optic rings and now to the Weefine 3000. The Weefine 3000 is the latest version of the LED lights made by Kraken and Weefine. The Weefine 3000 CCW Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light It's similar to the earlier 3000 lumen LED modules but has adjustable color temperature and a 3000-lumen burst (strobe) mode. It
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Adobe Lightroom Classic - update to v15.2.1
Adobe Lightroom Classic - update to v15.2.1

TimG · March 18Mar 18

An update to LR Classic was made available today. This is to v15.2.1. According to the usual blurb, this update includes "critical fixes". This has loaded without a problem on my Mac system
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