Ian Bongso-Seldrup

Some cameras lend themselves to dropping into an underwater housing more than others… and then there are cameras that you could never put in a proper underwater housing even if you wanted to—the new Sony RX10 V is just such a camera. Still, there’s no reason we can't spend a little time marveling at this new-and-improved model, perhaps with our eye on it as a great all-in-one topside camera for our travels. What hasn’t seen much, if anything, of an upgrade is the RX10 V’s sensor and lens.

Isotta Announces Housing for the OM System OM-5 Mark II By Ian Bongso-Seldrup, July 8, 2026 @ 03:00 AM (EST) Isotta has revealed their latest housing, this time for a mirrorless interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds camera—the OM-System OM-5 Mark II. Like its predecessor Olympus camera, the OM-D EM-5 Mark III, the OM-5 II features a 20-megapixel Live MOS sensor and TruePic IX image processor at its heart.

Underwater Photographers Triumph in the Hasselblad Masters 2026 Photo Competition By Ian Bongso-Seldrup, July 6, 2026 @ 10:00 AM (EST) Winner, Project//21 category, “Dwellers of the Night” by Panitbhand Paribatra Na Ayudhya Two underwater shooters are among the seven winners of this year’s Hasselblad Masters photo competition. The winners were selected from 10 finalists in each of the seven categories—Art, Architecture, Portrait, Landscape, Street, Project//21, and Wildlife.