ADEX 2006 report

Eric Cheng · Issue 30, May/Jun 2006 · pp. 16–18

Products mentioned: Digital Snapper, Hugyfot housing for Nikon D200, Green Force lights, Olympus E-System underwater housings, Olympus µ [mju:] 720SW, Patima housing for Canon Digital Rebel XT/350D, Patima housing for Sony HC1, Patima underwater lights, Seacam Nikon D200 housing, Seacam strobe

ADEX 2006 report by Eric Cheng After three weeks in Palau and Yap at the Digital Shootout 2006, I flew to Singapore for this year’s Asian Dive Expo (ADEX). ADEX is tiny compared to shows in the United States and Europe, and I was told beforehand by more than one person to “not expect much.” But what I discovered when I arrived was a tight network of dive operators, tourism representatives, manufacturers, distributors, publishers, editors, and photographers working together to further the industry as a whole (for the most part). Three days hardly seemed like enough time to meet and befriend all of the people I wanted to see, and evenings were spent out dining and hanging out at bars, often into the early hours of the morning. Bonica Precision William Wai (Left) of Bonica was showing off the Digital Snapper, a 3 megapixel “camera in a drysuit.” The camera itself is waterproof and dustproof…