Equipment
For those of you interested in kit, here are brief details of camera equipment used for the images that appear on this site.
Camera system currently used:
Nikon D90 SLR in a Sea & Sea DX-D80 underwater housing.
Sea & Sea never made an underwater housing for the Nikon D90, so a previously used Nikon D80 housing has been modified in order to use a D90. Customisation has involved drilling new holes in the rear of the housing for new control buttons.
An Inon 45 degree magnifying viewfinder has also been fitted to replace the standard viewfinder.
Favourite lenses:
Nikkor 60mm f2.8 AFS micro
Tokina 35mm f2.8 DX macro
Nikkor 10.5mm f2.8 DX fisheye
Tokina 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 DX fisheye zoom
Lens choice is generally restricted to two short macro lenses and two very wide angle close focussing lenses. Sea & Sea's standard flat port is used for macro lenses and Sea & Sea's compact dome port and fisheye dome port are used for wide angle lenses. New for 2012 is the Nauticam 4.33" mini dome.
Other lenses used:
Nikkor 60 f2.8 AFD micro
Nikkor 85 f3.5 AFS DX VR micro
Nikkor 105 f2.8 AFD micro (borrowed)
Nikkor 18-55 f3.5-5.6 AFS DX
Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 EX DC macro (now sold)
Kenco 1.5 X teleconverter
Nikon 4T dioptre
Other kit used:
Sea and Sea YS110 strobes with an assortment of various length strobe arms; SX and 40mm port extension rings; various strobe snoots; different dive torches; fibre optic cables and slave strobe triggers.
Early digital cameras:
Digital replaced film in 2004, starting with Canon Powershot A80 and A95 compact cameras inside Canon underwater cases, together with Inon wet fit lenses: UFL165AD fisheye; UWL105AD wide angle; UCL165AD macro.
Before digital cameras, underwater photography had been exclusively with Nikonos 111 film cameras (1983-2003).
A Nikon dSLR camera together with a Sea & Sea housing was first used in 2006, starting with with the Nikon D50, shortly followed by a Nikon D80 - and now the Nikon D90.
Photo above left - Trevor diving in Menorca, 2003 - using a Nikonos film camera for the last time.
Photo above right - Trevor in Loch Duich, 2006 - the switch to using a housed Nikon digital SLR.
Surface Photography:
A Sony NEX-5 + 16mm lens and a Canon Powershot A710 IS - for the majority of above water shots.
Camera system currently used:
Nikon D90 SLR in a Sea & Sea DX-D80 underwater housing.
Sea & Sea never made an underwater housing for the Nikon D90, so a previously used Nikon D80 housing has been modified in order to use a D90. Customisation has involved drilling new holes in the rear of the housing for new control buttons.
An Inon 45 degree magnifying viewfinder has also been fitted to replace the standard viewfinder.
Favourite lenses:
Nikkor 60mm f2.8 AFS micro
Tokina 35mm f2.8 DX macro
Nikkor 10.5mm f2.8 DX fisheye
Tokina 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 DX fisheye zoom
Lens choice is generally restricted to two short macro lenses and two very wide angle close focussing lenses. Sea & Sea's standard flat port is used for macro lenses and Sea & Sea's compact dome port and fisheye dome port are used for wide angle lenses. New for 2012 is the Nauticam 4.33" mini dome.
Other lenses used:
Nikkor 60 f2.8 AFD micro
Nikkor 85 f3.5 AFS DX VR micro
Nikkor 105 f2.8 AFD micro (borrowed)
Nikkor 18-55 f3.5-5.6 AFS DX
Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 EX DC macro (now sold)
Kenco 1.5 X teleconverter
Nikon 4T dioptre
Other kit used:
Sea and Sea YS110 strobes with an assortment of various length strobe arms; SX and 40mm port extension rings; various strobe snoots; different dive torches; fibre optic cables and slave strobe triggers.
Early digital cameras:
Digital replaced film in 2004, starting with Canon Powershot A80 and A95 compact cameras inside Canon underwater cases, together with Inon wet fit lenses: UFL165AD fisheye; UWL105AD wide angle; UCL165AD macro.
Before digital cameras, underwater photography had been exclusively with Nikonos 111 film cameras (1983-2003).
A Nikon dSLR camera together with a Sea & Sea housing was first used in 2006, starting with with the Nikon D50, shortly followed by a Nikon D80 - and now the Nikon D90.
Photo above left - Trevor diving in Menorca, 2003 - using a Nikonos film camera for the last time.
Photo above right - Trevor in Loch Duich, 2006 - the switch to using a housed Nikon digital SLR.
Surface Photography:
A Sony NEX-5 + 16mm lens and a Canon Powershot A710 IS - for the majority of above water shots.