Show the World Your Best Photograph - And Win

I SHOT IT is a website that allows photographers to submit their photos in various competitions for a small fee. Entries are judged by a panel of well-known photographers and the winner recieves a cash prize and an $800 Leica V-Lux 40, the greater the number of entries, the greater the prize money. The most recent Dog Photo competition that ended yesterday closed with almost 1,000 entries and $1,200 in prize money.

One of the current running competitions is Sports so all you fly fish photogs could get in on the action.

Wait, is fly fishing a sport?

There are also a number of other categories that would be applicable to the world of fly fishing photography.

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Sony Xperia ZR Smartphone Doubles as an Underwater Camera

Waterproofing is one specialization that compact cameras have had that smartphones (and their cameras) haven’t, but that’s about to change.

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HERO3 Software Update

The latest GoPro HERO3 camera software update fixes known bugs and enhances performance for all HERO3 editions.

Welcome news for those of us who have been struggling with wonky units.

In addition, this software update enables new video modes for HERO3: Black Edition cameras:

• Narrow FOV for 1080p60 / 1080p30 / 720p60 fps
• Medium FOV for 720p60 fps

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Use your head like a slider

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GoPro Hero 3 - Firmware Update and Stability Issues

The GoPro HERO3 is an amazing camera but like anything new, there are some issues with the initial release.

Here is Hypoxic's list of issues with the GoPro HERO HD 3 Blacks:

Strikethrough means fixed!

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My new Hero 3, which had the latest software update, completely froze up on a recent trip to X-Mas island. Fortunately I had my Hero 2 along as a back up.

Fujifilm FinePix XP200

The Fujifilm FinePix XP200 is a new rugged waterproof camera with a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, 5x optical zoom, 3” 920k-dot LCD screen and integrated Wi-Fi.

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