Hi Scubakat - Thanks for taking a look at my website. Yes, I live in Singapore. I travel a lot though, so let me know before you come out this way. My pleasure re: autographed copy! The whole purpose of putting the book together was to share the images with as many people as possible! We autograph all the copies ordered over the website as well - just let us know in the comments box on the Order Form if there's a special message you'd like written.
Doraemon - Nice to hear you've seen the book in the bookstore. We tried to keep the price reasonable, and were actually able to keep the cost of the book down because of signficant corporate sponsorship. You'd be amazed at how much it costs to produce a good book (I was completely shocked!). Hope you'll understand.
I use Sea and Sea's strobes exclusively, but not their cameras or housings. I started before Sea and Sea really developed their cameras, so I use other systems. I've become really close with the people at Sea and Sea in Japan recently though, and I may switch over to their housings also. I'll be seeing them later this month to talk about it.
The 3 cameras you mentioned are all very different, so give it a bit of thought first. Both the MMII and Nik V are for u/w only, while the digital you can also use on land. The Nik V has the best but most expensive lenses, the MMII and digital are less expensive. The picture quality from film is still much better than digital (for the time being). There is a response delay in digital cameras that will make it difficult to take pictures of moving objects. You'll need to check closest focusing distance on the Olympus if you want to take macro shots, as well as widest angle - and compare these to the extension tubes and wide angle lenses of the MMII and Nik V. Good luck - Andrew is a great guy. One of the most important things about u/w equipment is the ability to get good servicing after you've bought it. Andrew's terrific, so that's another advantage of going through him. Tell him I sent you.
Yes, William is the guy you're referring to.
We're having a "Silent Symphony" concert with the SSO on March 8-9. Drop by Victoria Concert Hall if you have time. We also have a slide show at Kinokuniya for March 2. Details on the website News and Events page.
Cheers
Tony
