equipment
Until April 2006 I did most of my UW photography with a Canon G5 P&S camera that was housed in a Umie DCH-701 housing. Two optically triggered Inon D180 strobes on flexible strobe-arms were used with this set. For Macro- and Wide Angle Photography I used Inon wet-lenses. Some of the pictures on this website were taken with this set.
In spring 2006 I started doing UW photography with a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. I bought a Nikon D200 with a Hugyfot DSLR housing equipped with a rotatable and magnifying 45◦ viewfinder.
For macro and fish photography I use a Nikon 60 mm f/2.8G ED AF-S or a Nikon 105 mm f/2.8G AF-S VR Micro lens. The second lens can be combined with a Nikon 5T or 6T close-up lens to reduce its closest focusing range and increase the reproduction ratio. Both lenses are used behind a flatport.
For Wide Angle photography I mainly use the Tokina 10-17 mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye Zoom lens and rarely the Sigma 10-20 mm f/4.0-5.6 zoom. The Fisheye lens is used in a large 180◦ domeport and the rectilinear Wide Angle lens is used in a regular domeport.
For allround work I use a Sigma 17-70 mm F/2.8-4.5 DC Macro lens which is combined with a regular domeport.
Two hard-wired Inon Z-240 strobes are attached to modified Fantasea line Ball and Joint strobe-arms. To compensate for negative buoyancy, these arms are covered with Armaflextm isolation tubes and heat shrink tubing for protection.
The D200’s iTTL strobe-signal is converted to a Nikonos signal by a Heinrichs-Weinkamp iTTL converter which is built in the Hugyfot housing. For diving in low light conditions I use a Hartenberger Mini Compact which is modified with a double 3 watt Power LED module that also can be used for focussing.