SanDisk Extreme Pro CFexpress
The new Extreme Pro CFexpress cards by SanDisk and Western Digital offer transfer speeds of up to 1700MB/s to read and up to 1400 MB/s to write.
June 2020
Announcing the Winners of the Seventh United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Contest
The judges were tasked with selecting 1st, 2nd and 3rd place images from hundreds of entries in 10 categories. A 2020 World Oceans Day Theme winner was also selected by the organizers.
The RSTC 'Medical Statement' form has been updated
The 'Medical Statement' form' is currently used by the majority of divers undertaking training. It was first published in 1989.
Nauticam NA-1DXIII Housing
The new NA-1DXIII underwater housing by Nauticam is designed for the Canon 1DX Mark III SLR camera, which is considered the flagship of the CANON EOS
series.
Defensive Diving, Part 1
Defensive diving is like defensive driving ... in principle
When we learn to scuba dive, we are given a little knowledge and taught some basic skills. We take a theory test and demonstrate that we can perform the skills and that’s it, we get a licence.
Retra Supercharger
The Supercharger is an add-on for the Prime and PRO series of underwater flashguns made by the Slovenian manufacturer Retra.
Greece opens ancient shipwrecks to divers
Greece has lifted diving restrictions eliminating depth limits and allowing diving at archaeological sites and sunken ships without an escort. The move follows a passed 2019 bill easing scuba diving laws and is part of a larger group of incentives to encourage the return of international tourists following the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
Eizo ColorEdge CG319X Monitor
Designed for PRO level image, video and 3D editing, the ColorEdge CG319X 31.1-inch (79cm) monitor from Eizo supports 99 percent of the Adobe RGB and 98 percent of the DCI-P3 color spaces.
John Lautermilch Portfolio
Images
John Lautermilch
The Flow of Creation, by John Lautermilch. Oil on stretched canvas, 36 x 48in
John Lautermilch, an award-winning American artist from Saint Louis, Missouri, and graduate of the Washington University School of Fine Arts, has created paintings for 60 years, which have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions and include commissions for individual collectors and institutions. Among his plethora of paintings of the natural world are artworks featuring vivid and dynamic underwater scenes with divers and coral reefs.
Mike Ball Announces Photo Competition Winner for 2019/20
Photo Credit: Tanya Piejus
It was a close competition and as always a difficult one to judge but Tanya’s image captured the essence typifying the experience encountered on our minke expeditions.
https://www.mikeball.com/photo-gallery/photo-year-competition-2019-2020/
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions run expeditions to the Coral Sea and the far northern Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and the Cape York peninsula.