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Fantasea Line Introduces FRX100 VI Limited Edition Housing for Sony RX100 VI
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Fantasea Line FRX100 VI Housing for the Sony RX100 VI Introduced!

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Fantasea Line Introduces FRX100 VI Limited Edition Housing for Sony RX100 VI

Photo by Elisabeth Lauwreys/Oceans Below

 

Fantasea Line is proud to announce the world's toughest, lightweight housing for the Sony RX100 VI.  The housing is now available for order! 

 

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Fantasea and AOI Introduces the UWL-400F Wide Angle Lens - Available now!
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Fantasea Introduces UWL-400F Wet Wide Angle Lens

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Fantasea and AOI Introduces the UWL-400F Wide Angle Lens - Available now!

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Company Launches Service that Offers a Whole New Experience in Dive Trip Planning
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Deepblu Introduces Dive Booking Feature

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Company Launches Service that Offers a Whole New Experience in Dive Trip Planning

TAIPEI, March 2018 – Today, Deepblu has announced brand new ways for divers to discover their next destination on Planet Deepblu. With the company’s latest release, divers can now book, manage, and communicate with dive businesses before, during, and after their trip, all in one place.

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Entries open for Deep Visions 2018 Competition by ScubaShooters
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Deep Visions 2018 by ScubaShooters

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Entries open for Deep Visions 2018 Competition by ScubaShooters

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Scubashooters.net and its team are proud to announce that entries for the contest are open.

The competition will be hosted on the scubashooters.net website 

40 sponsors, each one a worldwide leader in the diving industry, will support an extremely rich prize pane of over $60000 USD total value!

Entries will be accepted from March 1st through April 22nd, and after competition ends, the scubashooters.net international jury will take the charge of the hard decision on the winning photos.

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Update to the YS-D2

Sea&Sea Announces S&S YS-D2J

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Sea&Sea Announces S&S YS-D2J
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Update to the YS-D2

Sea&Sea has announced the updated version of their YS-D2 Strobe. The YS-D2J returned to Japan for manufacturing (hence the J), and should have even better reliability than the original model.

The specs and features remain the same so current YS-D2 users won't have any sort of learning curve by upgrading. The new strobe will be available this month and will retail for $689.95. 

For more information, please check the Sea&Sea product page linked below.

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New collaboration enables direct wireless synchronization between ScubaPro smart dive computers and the Deepblu online diving community.
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ScubaPro First to Support Deepblu Connect

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New collaboration enables direct wireless synchronization between ScubaPro smart dive computers and the Deepblu online diving community.

Deepblu Inc. has been known to be innovative with their Cosmiq dive computer, dive log & social media app, and online community for divers. Recently they have announced their new collaboration with one of the popular and well known companies for dive equipment, Scubapro.  

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A collection of specs, rumors and anticipated release date of the much anticipated Nikon D820
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Nikon D820 Camera Rumors

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A collection of specs, rumors and anticipated release date of the much anticipated Nikon D820

Summer 2017 is shaping up to be the summer of prosumer full frame cameras. Canon is expected to announce a successor to the 6D while the rumors for Nikon's successor to the D810 are piling up.

The new Nikon camera will likely be labeled the D820, and is expected to continue the D810's focus on high ISO performance and a mega megapixel count. The specs below have been reported to and published on NikonRumors.com, and while they may easily change, they do seem very realistic.

 

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Wetpixel announces judges of the 2018 Lembeh Strait vs. Gulen shootout, where teams visiting Indonesia and Norway compete to create the best images and lead their team to victory
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The Shootout 2018 Team Captains Announced

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Wetpixel announces judges of the 2018 Lembeh Strait vs. Gulen shootout, where teams visiting Indonesia and Norway compete to create the best images and lead their team to victory

Our friends at Wetpixel have just announced the judges of The Shootout 2018. Alex Mustard will be leading team Lembeh, while Keri Wilk will lead team Gulen Dive Centre. Both of these world-renowned professional underwater photographers will be working with their teams to ensure each diver produces the best images possible, helping their team shoot towards victory. You can join either team!

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SeaLife has launched their new fluorescent dive light which shows a different view in diving
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SeaLife Sea Dragon Fluoro Light

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SeaLife has launched their new fluorescent dive light which shows a different view in diving

SeaLife has been well known in the diving industry to provide camera and accessories.  Recently, SeaLife has partnered with Fire Dive Gear to bring us their first fluorscent dive light.  This special dive light emits a blue light which makes fishes, corals and other organisms glow.

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Croatia's Valentina Cafolla has set a new distance record while freediving under lake ice in the Italian Alps.
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New World Record in Freediving Under the Ice

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Croatia's Valentina Cafolla has set a new distance record while freediving under lake ice in the Italian Alps.

Freediving takes many different forms, from advanced snorkeling to spearfishing to competition. Competitive freedivers compete in many disciplines all over the world, pushing the limits of the human body year after year.

We are excited to learn about Valentina Cafolla's new record, and as photographers, love seeing the vibrant images created by Predrag Vuckovic to document the feat. Enjoy!

 

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