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Underwater Photography News from DIVE 2016, Part 1: 360bubble
As usual, underwater photography featured prominently at the Birmingham Dive Show at the NEC this past weekend. The Photozone was packed with underwater photography equipment to buy, new innovations, the BSoUP photo competition and a host of great speakers on the Centre Stage. Over the next week we will be bringing you all the news about the underwater photography equipment and talks from the show.
360bubble
360bubble are the newest photography orientated team to join the Dive Show exhibitors with their innovative underwater housings for 360 cameras. 360 cameras are storming the above-water market, with Facebook, YouTube and VR goggles hugely popular for those that love the idea of a 360 degree panorama. So it is great to see 360bubble at the show encouraging divers to take this technology underwater. The stand was certainly attracting crowds, with wonderful images (or photospheres) and video, drawing in those who passed by, along with the unusual looking “bubble” for sale.
Until now, being able to take underwater 360 images and video has been prohibitively expensive, but 360bubble have changed this, with reasonably priced packages that will provide plenty of fun for anyone who takes the plunge. As soon as we saw the product, we started talking about shallow dives that we have done that would have worked brilliantly with the 360bubble.
Currently they have two products; one for pool use that is depth rated up to 4m, and a snorkelling, shallow water diving model that is waterproof to 10m. They are about to start a crowdfunding campaign to allow them to begin work on a much deeper version (working to at least 50m) which we would love to see at a future show.
The housings are designed to take all the current major players in 360 cameras. You can buy the housing alone if you already own one of these cameras, or 360bubble also sell camera and housing packages. The dive show special offer of 20% off is still available until tomorrow (Tuesday 25th October} – so if you fancy giving this a try, do so quickly! Go to the 360bubble website and use the code Dive2016.
This was 360bubble’s first Dive Show and they seemed to be delighted on how it had gone. We caught up with them late on the Sunday and they said that the show had gone well with really good customer involvement and that the crowd had been great.
We will be testing the 360bubble in the next few weeks, so watch out for some fun shots and video on Scubaverse in the near future. We cannot wait to get our hands on this great new product.
Here is a video link shot with the 360bubble housing:
For more from Nick and Caroline visit www.frogfishphotography.com.
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Dive Worldwide Announces Bite-Back as its Charity of the Year
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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Scubapro Free Octopus Promotion 2024
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