Older pictures, pre 2006, presented on this website is from "135" system. They are scanned on a Minolta Dimage Elite 5400 scanner with 16bit color depth and full resolution (5400 dpi). The pictures are then scaled down to the appropriate size and compressed to jpeg format. ICE is used during the scanning and sharpening is applied but no color corrections are done. ICC, color calibration profiles for the scanner, for each film, is created using the free software, lprof, and IT87 targets from Wolf Faust

Up to 2006 the majority of the pictures where taken using Fuji film (Provia/Velvia). Some older underwater pictures where taken using Kodak Ektachrome (EPR64). Since 2006 the underwater picures are taken with a Nikon DX format camera at the moment a D300 in a Subal case. The emigration from analog film started at 2006 and is now in 2009 completed. Are now using a Nikon D300 and Nikon D3x with a number of different lenses such as the Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm/3,5-4,5G, Nikon AFS 14-24mm/2,8G, Nikon AFS-VR 70-200mm/2,8G lenses and a AFi 300mm/2.8D.

A large part of the older scenic pictures in the archive are taken using the Hasselblad "6x6" camera system on Fuji Velvia50 and Fuji Velvia 100F film. These are digitilized using a Nikon Coolscan LS-9000 ED. These high resoulution pictures are however not used for the creation of this website.