Greetings Fellow Underwater Imagers:

My name is Stephen Pacetti and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have been diving and taking underwater photos/video for over 30 years. I started out with an Ikelite Aquashot that used a disposable camera loaded with ISO 400 print film. Next was a Nikon N70 film camera in an Ikelite housing. As the digital photography era arrived, I started with an Olympus C-5050 (5 megapixels!), and progressed onto a Olympus C-8080 (Light and Motion Tetra), Nikon D100 (Subal), Nikon D200 (Subal) and Nikon D7100 (Nauticam). As I wanted to dabble in underwater video I shifted over to a Panasonic GH5 and then a GH5 II (Nauticam). Now, I am using a Sony A7IV for stills and a Sony ZV-E1 (both Nauticam) for video. For editing, I use Lightroom and DaVinci Resolve. Alas however, my age and medical status are beginning to slow down my diving. I hope to continue and look forward to this site for inspiration. My local diving is in Monterey, CA which is cold water, but can be very good depending on the conditions which are highly variable. And I have done warm water trips to many of the popular places. I was (am) a member of Wetpixel, but finally realized that site doesn't work anymore. If you have any questions about diving in Monterey please let me know!

Cheers

Hi Stephen

A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Really great to have you with us. We hope you enjoy the forum.

Best wishes