Editorial

Staff · Issue 123, Nov/Dec 2021 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: INON Canon EOS R5 housing

Editorial We have an exciting development near where I live in the south west of the UK to create the UK’s first National Marine Park. The concept was first established in 2012 as part of Plymouth city’s image rebranding and since 2019 there has been a process of open discussions to receive suggestions on how to move things forward. One such suggestion is a network of underwater webcams so viewers can see exactly what’s happening in the waters of Plymouth Sound. Now anyone who has ever looked at webcams on land from beauty spots and points of interest will know how, in general, they are mostly terrible; and that’s in perfect visibility. Take those webcams underwater where we consider 10 metres viz as way above average and the views will be quite limited and far from inspirational. In addition when you think about it, in real time, not a lot happens underwater. There aren’t the big shoals…