Ikelite Underwater Housing for Canon EOS R5

The Ikelite 200DL is a full-featured and durable waterproof housing made for the new Canon EOS R5 full-frame mirrorless digital cameras.

Ikelite Underwater Housing for Canon EOS R5

It is made of ABS-PC (an advanced form of poly-carbonate), is depth-rated to 60m, features Ikelite’s own “dry lock,” has a valve for a vacuum pump, weighs only 5.4 lb (~2.4kg) with tray and handle and is compatible with Ikelite’s DL system lens ports. The included manual hotshoe, with Ikelite ICS-5 bulkhead, supports manual strobe exposure with a wide variety of strobes, including Ikelite, Sea&Sea, Inon, Retra and others. For Ikelite strobes, an optional TTL converter can be added.

Keldan Spectrum and Ambient Filters

The Keldan Spectrum Filters for cameras are scientifically engineered color-correction filters based on spectral measurements of the lighting conditions found underwater.

KELDAN Filters
Keldan

In order to restore correct colors, Keldan Spectrum Filters convert ambient light into a daylight spectrum, while optimizing white balancing. The filters are available in blue and green-water versions, and as threaded or gel/film-filter versions.

Backscatter FLIP Filter System for GoPro HERO9

The One Filter Kit includes one color-correction filter and an aircraft-grade aluminum “flip-frame” system that is compatible with the new GoPro Hero 9 action cam (older GoPro Hero models are supported as well).

Depending on the location of the dive, different filters can be exchanged, correcting the underwater colors in blue and green waters. Additionally, a “double flip” system (two mounted interchangeable filters) is available as an extra feature.

Reflector for Retra Strobes

The Reflector made by Retra can be mounted onto a strobe head (via the separate reduction ring), increasing the power output of the flash-gun by +1 ƒ-stop (in water) and narrowing the beam angle—which is perfect for macro and CFWA photography in manual or TTL mode.

Reflector for Retra Strobes

The new light-shaping device is made from a single piece of aluminum treated with a highly reflective finish, doubling as a corrosion- and scratch-resistant coating. The Reflector is available for shipping at the end of October 2020.

SeaLife close-up & macro lenses for Micro 3.0 camera

SeaLife has introduced a new close-up lens for its new Micro 3.0 cameras, including the new ReefMaster RM-4K and its previous generations.

The new lens allows one to capture close-up images and video from 6 to 24 inches (15cm to 60cm). The +10 diopter wet lens attaches quickly and easily on land or underwater. The lens features a single optical glass element that is anti-reflection (AR) coated.

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Pool Diving Adventure

The Northeast US dive season usually starts with divers dusting off the cobwebs at Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This year, the season started in the middle of a pandemic. Dutch Springs did not open in April, as it does most years. If you are a technical diver that is drying out, what is one to do? In our case, we took our drysuits, rebreathers, camera housings and sidemount rigs to our friend Gregory Borodiansky’s pool.

Words:
Larry Cohen
Images:
Larry Cohen
Olga Torrey
Olga Torrey
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Gregory is a technical diving instructor and teaches a number of different rebreathers. Living in Staten Island, he has a 2m (7ft) deep, heated pool in his backyard. This was the only place for us to get wet! My dive buddy, Olga Torrey, and I had some new or recently repaired gear that needed to get wet and checked out. Olga had a new drysuit from DUI, ordered at DEMA, and a new Hollis Katana 2 sidemount harness that needed to be adjusted. I had a new zipper and leaks fixed in my drysuit.

Isotta RED64 Underwater Strobe

The new RED64 strobe made by Italian manufacturer Isotta comes with a design, shielded electronics, and a microprocessor that is upgradable.

It is also neutrally buoyant in water and depth-rated to 100m. The strobe features a Xenon toroidal lamp, which provides a wide and homogenous spread of light with no hot spot and a color temperature of 5300K.

Isotta dive mask

The Isotta transparent dive mask has been specifically designed for photo shoots with underwater models. It features a large, retro-style, single-lens design, which makes it easier for underwater photographers to get enhanced or highlighted eyes and facial features of underwater models.

Masks, Fins & Snorkels

Wacom Intuos Pro digital graphical tablet

The Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet from Wacom is a graphical tablet that can make a noticeable difference in the postproduction workflow of underwater images.

The Intuos Pro connects to your computer (PC or MAC) via USB or Bluetooth and is, after driver installation, ready to use and compatible with Adobe
Photoshop, Lightroom, and various other image editing software. It has customizable ExpressKeys that can be assigned to specific functions or shortcuts in Photoshop, for example, and comes with the Wacom Pro Pen 2, which has 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity, thus making advanced retouching and editing of underwater images a new and better experience.

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Betrayed Again — Ode to Olympus

On 24 June 2020, I woke up to the news that after 84 years, Olympus was selling off its camera division. As an underwater photographer and long-time user of Olympus camera gear, my feelings were that of betrayal, again. Here is some history on my experience with Olympus, and my thoughts about the future.

Words:
Larry Cohen
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Larry Cohen and Olga Torrey
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My first Olympus camera was the Pen FT half-frame 35mm film camera. At the time, I had a photo studio and worked mostly with large and medium format cameras. When I did have to shoot 35mm film, I usually used Nikon cameras. For some volume projects, this camera, which gave me 72 images on a 36-exposure roll of film, was useful. I was surprised by the quality of the images taken with a tiny frame of film.

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