Dive Pacific 175 Dec2020 Jan 2021

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Ocean Signal’s new SafeSea Pro EPIRB
The world’s most compact “float-free” Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacon, Ocean Signal’s SafeSea EPIRB1 Pro, is also rugged. It boasts a 10-year
battery life and keeps updating a distressed recreational or commercial vessel’s
location to rescue services for longer.
It releases automatically from its holder once submerged in water, floats free then
emits its distress signal once floating on the surface.
The Olympus TG-6: New instruction book by Alexey Zaytsev
Alexey Zaytsev, a contributor to Dive Pacific, has authored a
comprehensive booklet on the Olympus TG series of underwater
cameras and illustrated it with his own award winning photos.
Alexey writes: “Underwater photography has never been more
affordable now in the era of digital photography. Beginning
underwater photographers often make the mistake of thinking
that underwater photography is impossible without expensive,
high-end photo equipment. But this is not the case. Inexpensive
compact cameras can do a lot if you know how to use them and
do it right. The Olympus TG series cameras, immediately after their
introduction in 2012, became very popular and won many awards.
“According to independent experts, the Olympus TG ‐ 6 was
recognized as the best camera in 2019 in the compact camera
class.
“This is not accidental because unlike the cameras of competing
firms and cameras of the same class, this camera was originally
created as a camera for underwater photography.
“The company’s engineers put into the camera all the successful
technical innovation from its early models, and as a “gift” from
higher-end cameras – those with mirrors – it reaped the benefits
of many advanced features that greatly facilitate underwater
photography.
“It will become your faithful friend and partner for unforgettable
underwater adventures!”
Main characteristics:
• 4.5–18 mm zoom lens f2.0 – f4.9
(equivalent to 24–100 mm on a 35 mm film)
• Shutter speed range 1/2–1/2000 sec
• Minimum shooting distance from 0.1 m in
normal mode (W / T)
• Range of shooting in Super Macro and
Microscope modes from 0.01 m to 0.3 m
(from f = 5.4 mm to 18.0 mm).
• 1/2.3” CMOS sensor with a total number of
pixels of approximately 12.71 million
• Water resistant to a depth of 15 metres.
Alexey Zaytsev in the Seychelles
For more go to https://www.olympuseuropa.com/site/en/c/cameras/tough/
tough_cameras/tg_6/index.html
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