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UWP News from DEMA: Fantasea Line
Howard Rosenstein, founder of Fantasea Line, has been in the scuba business for nearly 50 years. He was a pioneer of Red Sea diving before setting up Fantasea, and he was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2009 for his life-long contributions to the world of diving. We had the pleasure of meeting up with Howard at DEMA to chat about what was new at Fantasea.
Fantasea has been going for 16 years now and Howard, along with his son Nadav, have expanded the range from underwater housings to now include lighting, optics and accessories.
Fantasea have launched a new light for DEMA called the Radiant 3000F. It is a 3000 lumen light with a “memory” – as it always starts in the mode you were last using. It uses COB technology and has a number of modes, including Wide Angle (120 beam angle), spot (15 beam angle) Red, UV, constant strobe and SOS strobe. To activate the light, you need to push the control button three times in quick succession, which prevents the light from turning on in your dive bag accidentally and running the batteries down before you have started your dive. It offers a high, medium and low intensity setting, which is great for saving battery life when you are not using the light for video or underwater photography.
In the optics range, Fantasea have three new macro lenses: UCL-05 is a +6 diopter; UCL-06 is a +12 diopter and the UCL-09 is a +12.5 diopter. All these work using a 67mm thread and can be attached to the front of the Fantasea (and many other) camera housings/ports. In addition to these lenses for macro lovers, Fantasea also have a new fisheye Super Wide wet lens called the UWL-09. This lens has great optics and has been designed to be used with 24mm lens compact cameras. The hood is easy to rotate so that you can ensure the best positioning.
The great news on the housing front is that the new Sony RX100 MKV will fit into the existing MKIII and MK IV housings, so that you can upgrade your camera without any need to buy a new housing. This is a rare occurrence and will delight many of the Sony RX users.
We hope to be reviewing the new Radiant 3000F video light in the coming months, and hope to be able to try out the UV feature of this light on some corals in the Red Sea early in 2017. Watch this space…
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Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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