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Free E-book: How Do I Get Great Vacation Photos?
Innovative photo software brand Vivid-Pix have launched a handy free e-book guide to taking better photos. Entitled “How Do I Get Great Vacation Photos?” the guide compares results when shooting underwater subjects with more than a dozen smartphone, cameras and underwater housings using a variety of different settings, filters and image correction software. The article shows how easy it is to get photos from smartphones that are as clear and sharp as cameras – and, which cameras are able to get better results, too.
“Our goal was to help sort out which phone or camera is best for vacations, with particular focus on the feature that attracts much of the attention … taking them into the water, many without the necessity of additional waterproof protection,” says Rick Voight, CEO of Vivid-Pix.
“Adventure cameras and cell phones that can go into the water are what drew the attention of the two of us,” adds tester and Professional Photographer Sandy Sondrol. “We both make livings in jobs that involve cameras in water, so we tackled the challenge of comparing lots of these devices to help consumers make a more informed choice.”
Included are many of the biggest names in amateur photo and underwater photo:
- Apple iPhone 7
- Backscatter (color correcting filters for GoPro)
- Canon, SL1, G7X11
- Cathy Church’s Photo Centre
- Cayman University Divers
- Digital Imaging Reporter
- DryCase (phone case)
- Fantasea (housings with Canon and Sony cameras)
- Fujifilm XP90
- GoPro Hero 4
- Ikelite (housings with Olympus and Canon cameras)
- Lobster Pot Dive Center
- Olympus TG-4
- Nikon Key Mission 170
- Ricoh WG-M2
- Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge
- Sealife, Micro HD, DC2000
- Sony, RX100V, RX100IV
- Sunset House
- The Imaging Alliance
- Ultralight Control Systems
- ValsTech (LenzO iPhone housing)
- Margaux Maes (Vivid-Pix mermaid)
The article includes comparative photos, product features and specifications and comes ahead of the early-July release of Vivid-Pix’s latest software. Vivid-Pix software is available to download from Vivid-Pix, Apple iTunes, and Vivid-Pix affiliate stores. There are also free trial versions available.
Download the free e-book and find out more information on the Vivid-Pix website here.
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
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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