Everything posted by Davide DB
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Newbie
Hi Sharyn, Welcome aboard! Ciao
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Camera lenses are Insanely Fast - The Slow Mo Guys
For you nerds: everything you always wanted to know SEE about camera focal plane shutters, leaf shutters and flash sync. Gavin Free explores the intricate mechanics of mirrorless and DSLR cameras using high-speed cinematography. By filming shutter mechanisms, aperture blades, and flash sync operations at up to 80,000 frames per second, the episode visualizes the complex, often invisible processes that occur during every single photograph.
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Hello from Canada!
Hi Sean, welcome aboard! Another M43 user here... We hope you like the community Ciao
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insta360 X5 Dive Case Pro vs. Standard Dive Case – Is the Size Really Worth It?
The big difference is not so much in the housing as in the camera lenses. You must have all seen that you have to replace them, and they even give you a kit with a glove. They are two different technologies. The videos I saw are actually perfect. I would sell the whole X5 kit right away... These shillfluencers are priceless 😄 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcz5LRWhIK0/?stkn=bWowZG82MzVkdDA=
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Fish and Marine creatures ID books
Yet Another (definitive) Book on Nudis https://book.nudibranchdomain.org/product/understanding-nudibranchs-and-other-sea-slugs/
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Last trip to Komodo
Hi Dex, welcome aboard! It is a common practice to make an introductory post in this sub-forum and then post freely in the other sections. Tell us something about you. There is a dedicated sub-forum for travel advice and reports: https://waterpixels.net/forums/forum/31-trip-reports-travel/ ciao
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
No. They are phisically not compatible. I collected another BS. I was too excited about all these fisheye lenses suddenly on the market. I better stay in the video forum 😇
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
Oops! Sorry for the BS then!
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
Hi Simon, thank you very much for sharing this preview right here with us and thank you also for the raw files. I read that it does not work with the Sony TC. Is there a chance that it could work with Kenko ones or is there a physical reason with the rear lens element? Thank you in advance
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Pre-release breakdown of the new Sony FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G
Curious about the new Sony FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G? One of our community members, @Simon Pierce had early access to the newly announced Sony FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G Visit the forum to explore a detailed pre-release breakdown covering underwater housing setups, size comparisons, and downloadable sample shots. Image Credit: Simon Pierce
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
So if I understand correctly, this lens will be huge for users of cropped systems, who will be able to take advantage of the zoom without using a teleconverter. Great news for Sony APS-C users and for M43 users 🏆
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New Member – Simon Pierce, from New Zealand
Hello Simon, welcome on board! Congratulations on your research on sharks and your work as a photographer. Ciao
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7Artisans 10mm f2.5 AF Fisheye Lens
A funny video and crazy use of video with an AF demonstration 😁
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Hello from Brisbane, Australia
Welcome aboard! Yet another member with a mighty A7SIII! Ciao
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
Now the question is: does it accept a teleconverter?
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Confirmed: Sony Fisheye Zoom 8-14mm
sonyalpharumors | Sony Digital Camera NewsFirst leaked images of the new 8-14mm f/3.5 FE lensAnd here we have the first leaked image of the new 8-14mm f/3.5 Fisheye G zoom lens! Let me know in the comment system if you spot something interesting on the image...I certainly have ;) Preorders op
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How to choose a mid-range lens for Canon system (dome port)
We know the master and his t-shirt very well 😁
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GoPro sells majority stake to optical maker Starman for $285 million
TechCrunchGoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public comp...GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.
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Backscatter Strobe Test 2026
Backscatter.comThe Best Underwater Strobes Tested 2026 - Underwater Phot...It may or may not be a surprise, but there are no industry standards or governing bodies conforming the methods, or the specifications, on how underwater strobes are tested. Most strobe manufacturers
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EMWL mounting problem
Hi JB, Could you upload on YouTube a small unlisted video showing the problem? P.S. An Unlisted video on YouTube is a privacy setting where a video is hidden from public discovery but remains accessible to anyone who has the direct link (URL).
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Would You Enter An Annual WaterPixels Underwater Photo Contest?
This is a great initiative to bring the community closer and showcase everyone's work. The calendar and the Members' Choice Award are solid ideas to support the platform. Please take a moment to vote in the poll and leave your feedback below, whether you plan to enter or have suggestions on the format. The team needs our input to understand if this is worth launching, so every comment helps.
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Backscatter sharp wide lens (uwl-03) doesn't cover the full gopro sensor
Backscatter filters are not the best but worth a try. If you missed it I suggest to read this incredible article on WB and action cameras. Concepts are valid for any camera.
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Nikkei Global Camera Market Share Report
I couldn't agree more. Often technological replacement is confused with the extinction of an entire sector. The idea that smartphones would completely wipe out cameras was based on the assumption that taking a picture is just recording pixels. Following this linear reasoning, if the phone takes good photos for 99 percent of daily situations, the dedicated camera no longer has a reason to exist. Instead, something very similar to what happened in the music market with vinyl is happening. The more mobile photography becomes automated, compressed, and dominated by aggressive computational algorithms, the more people rediscover the value of the physical object, manual control, and an image with a natural optical rendering. "organic" 😁 Just look at kodak and film stocks. it was declared dead but now a lot of movie are shot again on film stock. The phenomenon of the Fujifilm X100 series and Ricoh GR is explained precisely like this: Fuji has intercepted a huge audience that wants the "organic" shooting experience and ready-to-use color rendering, without necessarily having to spend the evening developing RAW files on a monitor. The overtake of Nikon in terms of volumes tells exactly this change of priority in the consumer market. I guess that most of the X100 and GR customers comes form smartphones and not from hard core photography. The roles have simply sorted themselves out in the end. The smartphone acts as an omnipresent visual notepad and finances technological research on sensors, the dedicated camera remains the tool of those who look for deliberate action and control of parameters, and action cams and products like the Osmo Pocket have taken the place of old camcorders for mobile video. Smartphones may cannibalize large numbers, but they will hardly erase dedicated tools as long as the latter continue to offer a user experience that a flat touch glass can never replicate.
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7Artisans 10mm f2.5 AF Fisheye Lens
While it's tiny, it's a prime lens so you will not get the flexibility of a fisheye zoom and TC
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LOFIC: the 17 stops claimed by the Osmo Pocket 4P and the future of sensors
Yes certainly but ours is a niche need. In normal photography today HDR is used. But surely underwater photography will benefit from it too. We need to keep an eye on the reviews of the new high end Chinese phones coming at the end of the year that will use Sony and Omnivision sensors.