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Good PR for Ikelite-

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Good PR for Ikelite-

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  1. This showed up on Yahoo! news. The camera looks like a Nikon L22.

     

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_...era_s_odyssey_3

     

    Here is partof the article:

     

    MIAMI – Paul Shultz was walking along the pier of a Key West marina when he saw what looked like a rotting tomato pounding against the rocks.

     

    The Coast Guard investigator waded ankle-deep into the water to fish out the ocean rubbish: a bright red Nikon camera, small enough to fit in the palm of his hand. Its waterproof plastic case was covered with six months' worth of crusty sea growth, but the camera itself was almost pristine when he found it May 16.

     

    However, clues to tracking down its owner were few. So Shultz decided to test his investigative skills.

     

    There were photos of two men preparing to scuba dive and a towheaded family nestled together on a couch. There was a mysterious relic settled deep into the sea floor. And even a puzzling video clip of splashing water that appeared to have been taken as the camera thrashed around under the control of something that wasn't human.

     

    "There was nothing on the pictures that said this camera belongs to so and so," Shultz said.

     

    After looking through the pictures, Shultz adopted the screen name of "Aquahound" and took his hunt online.

     

    He uploaded the images on Scubaboard.com, hoping some diving aficionados could help identify where they were taken. Within days, the Internet sleuths had parsed the pictures and found some clues all pointing to Aruba, a Dutch island off Venezuela's coast that's 1,100 miles from Key West.

     

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    Edited by DesertEagle
  2. It was a Dutch guys camera, so it featured a bit on the radio here as well. You did forget the best bit: a Sea turtle happened to turn on the camera and pushed the start button. So a turtle made a film that is available on youtube.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43sg-Ytt58

    Edited by Cerianthus
  3. Next we'll have questions from the turtle here on WP on the use of an Ike housing and how to set the IS. :)

  4. Turtle ... clear housing. Probable thought it was a jelly fish to eat. The camera probably survive the turtle inspection cause it was too big for it to get it in its mouth. Funny video though ...

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