Photo of the week:- Fish schooling around fan coral
Taken using the new Canon Powershot G12, this weeks photo of the week is some fish schooling around a fan coral on Agincourt Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Using the Canon G12 with flash off, it was shot underwater as part of my Great Barrier Reef Images Project while diving on Quicksilver’s Silversonic in Port Douglas, [...]
6 Cool New Features on the Canon Powershot G12
I use the Canon Powershot G series a lot for underwater work, and find them very useful when travelling due to their small size, so dropped into the local camera store yesterday to pick up the new Canon Powershot G12 camera. Looking through the manual last night, there a six new features that I thought [...]
Canon 5D Mark II underwater video review
The Backscatter team tested a Canon 5D Mark II underwater in Monterrey and Bonaire. Included in the test is some cool underwater footage of dolphins and sharks by Berkley White. Their review includes:- 5D Mark II Compared to Other Pro Video Cameras, pros, cons, housings, scooters, filters and tripods. All the video test clips were [...]
Vincent Laforets Stealth Weekend with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Noticed a news item on the PDN newsletter the other day. New York photographer Vincent Laforet managed to get his hands on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II for a weekend. The result is a video production called Reverie. It is what I can only call amazing for an SLR camera…. The 5D Mark II [...]
