Hello and welcome to my photo galleries, where you can see my underwater photos taken on the west coast of Sweden, where I have lived since 1968, and on diving trips abroad. I've dived since 1988 but am relatively new to underwater photography, which has added a new dimension to my diving. I started with Sea & Sea's simplest point and shoot camera (MX-5) and then progressed, in September 2003, to a Motormarine II EX with dual YS60TTL strobes, 1:2 and 1:3 macro lenses and 20mm and 16mm wide angle. The u/w photos in my Excel gallery were taken with the MX-5, all others up until July 2005 with the MM II EX unless otherwise stated .
In July 2005 I bought a complete used Nikonos V kit with extension tubes, various lenses and an SB105 strobe. I later bought another Nik V body as back-up, as well as more lenses, more extension tubes, various viewfinders and four more strobes. In July 2006 I started using dual strobes, which I find makes it easier to light the image evenly. I also bought a used Nikkor 15mm lens, the finest u/w lens ever made, according to some of the world's top photographers, and a Sea & Sea 12mm fisheye lens.
In the autumn of 2007 I sold my much-loved Nikonos V’s and bought a used Nikon F80/N80 SLR film camera with an Ikelite underwater housing. I loved the camera but didnt like the housing, so I sold it and bought a used Sea & Sea housing. I also bought a used Nikon F100 (a professional 35 mm SLR camera) and Sea & Sea housing.
In May 2009 I finally went digital. I bought a used Sea & Sea DX-D50 underwater housing on e-bay and a used Nikon D50 here in Sweden. 6.1 MP is plenty for my purposes - my pictures look great on a 42" HD TV screen - and, although the camera lacks some of the features of the more expensive digital SLR's, it has everything I need to photograph underwater. I own the following lenses: An AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D for use in our turbid northern waters, an AF MicroNikkor 105mm f2.8D for use in clear tropical waters and a Sigma 10-20mm F4.5-5.6 EX DC for wide-angle work. The Sigma 10-20mm has its limitations on land but produces excellent images in a dome port under water. I also have an AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G ED II (one of the 10 best lenses Nikon ever made, despite the ridiculously low price, according to Ken Rockwell) for use on land. I use Photoshop Elements 6 to edit the images.