News - March 2005
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Ocean
Optics on the move
BSoUP
Theme Portfolio Competition results
BSoUP
at LIDS
Waterproof
Housing for Nikon D-70
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Shark
shootout 2005
The
Magic of Mike Portelly
Alex
is a happy chappy!
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Ocean
Optics on the move
Ocean Optics
are delighted (and excited!) to announce that they are moving
to new premises on London's Strand. This expansion for Ocean
Optics is much overdue and will provide us with much more
space for properly displaying and demonstrating our equipment
ranges.
We are
also branching into diving and freediving equipment sales
with dive training and travel to follow. Mavericks Diving
Limited will operate
alongside Ocean Optics offering, we hope, our clients a one
stop dive centre in the heart of London. |
Presentations
by leading underwater photographers and photo journalists
are also planned for the near futire.
We will
be moving over the weekend and settling in next week, we aim
to be up and trading after the easter break. Please feel welcome
to pop in
when we're open and see what we're up to.
Ocean Optics
and Mavericks are at 7 and 8 Bush House Arcade, Bush House,
Aldwych. We are just three minutes walk from our closest underground
station, which is Temple, and about ten minutes from Covent
Garden, Charing Cross, Embankment and Holborn stations. |
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BSoUP
Theme Portfolio Competition Results
1) Alex
Mustard - Rush
Hour At Stingray City
2) Alan James - British
Portraits
3) Jane Morgan - The
French Connection
4=) Heather Hammond - Nudibranchs
4=) J-P Trenque - Yellow
Submarine
6) Peter Rowlands - Wreck Diving In A New Light
Alex was
slightly concerned that all the entries to this competition
were digital. He hopes that this is attributable to the fact
that many members were
away on Easter Holidays at this meeting, or a reflection of
how many members are now shooting digital. He hopes that it
does not reflect a feeling that slide projection can no longer
cut it against digital projection.
Congratulations
to all the winners, and thank you again for supporting BSoUP's
competitions. |
Image:
Alex Mustard
Image:
Alex Mustard
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BSoUP
stand at LIDS |
BSoUP
at LIDS
Once again
BSoUP had a stand at the London International Dive Show.
Martha
Tressler has had reports that both days went very well with
new members and lots of interest in the stand and the prints
- in particular the prints from compact digitals which were
one of the things we particularly wanted to promote.
The Society
is grateful to Gill McDonald, Lesley Maw, Jan & Mike Maloney,
Colin Doeg, Anthony Holley, Martin Davies, Mike Russell, John
Langford and JP Trenque for their support.
Thanks
also to Jane Morgan who managed to produce some excellent
flyers from her sickbed although she was persuaded to give
the show a miss so she didn't end up back in that sickbed! |
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Fantasea
Line FD-70 Waterproof Housing for Nikon D-70
Fantasea
Line, distributor of the world's most popular and affordable
underwater photographic products, announces the release of
the FD-70, an underwater camera housing, designed exclusively
for the Digital SLR Nikon D-70. The Fantasea FD-70 is a compact,
lightweight, injection molded polycarbonate housing with ergonomically
designed handles, making it easy to hold and use. The FD-70's
interchangeable port system accommodates a wide variety of
SLR lenses, allowing photographers to capture the widest variety
of superior underwater images. Further details www.fantasea.com/d70_gallery/
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2005
Shark Shootout
Join Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas and Scuba Diving magazine
for the annual Great Bahamas Shark Shootout, hosted by Scuba
Diving's Stephen Frink and Stuart Cove's resident photo pro
Claudia Pellarini. |
The
Shark Shootout is a weeklong event scheduled for Nov. 5-12,
2005, that focuses on capturing a single photo subject—sharks.
A Shark Shootout package includes seven nights' accommodations
at the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Casino on Cable Beach, six
days' diving on a boat reserved exclusively for event participants,
Stuart Cove's Shark Awareness specialty certification, group
transfers between the dive shop and hotel, a welcome breakfast,
a farewell dinner at the Atlantis Marketplace restaurant, round-trip
airport transfers and personal photo coaching. Packages start
at $1,518 p.p., dbl. occ. To book your space and view images
from last year's event, log on to www.sharkshootout.com or call (800) 879-9832 for more information.
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MAGIC OF MIKE PORTELLY
At the
London International Dive Show (LIDS) on Sunday, March 6,
this brilliant and innovative underwater film maker shows The Ocean's Daughter, the unique film, shot 25 years
ago, that made him internationally famous. Also featured will
be his stunning underwater TV commercials, and he reveals
the secrets of the making of both the film and the advertisements.
Mike will conclude with a pilot film made to drive conservation,
and discusses his vision for the future of the undersea world
and the land. His presentation will be at 3.30 p.m. in Platinum
Suite One. Not to be missed.
LIDS takes
place at the Excel Exhibition Centre, London, over the weekend
March 5/6, and is organised by DIVER Magazine. Tickets cost
£9.50 but only £7 if booked in advance, 50p of
which goes to the Tsunami Disasters Emergency Committee. The
ticket hotline is 020 8977 9878, or book online at www.diveshows.co.uk.
While you
are there why not visit the BSoUP stand (no. 346)
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Nikon
D2X and Subal housing |
ALEX
IS A HAPPY CHAPPY!
Alex Mustard
writes: 'I am very happy today because I am once again a photographer
with a camera!
And it
is very nice. For those with more than a passing interest
in the D2X there is a detailed review by Norwegian photographer
Bjorn Rorslett
http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2X_rev00.html
Alex |
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