My home:

According to flickr: A mysterious place with no name.

 

My goal:

To live in human mutual respect and trust. Not to bother the world, but to make the world an even better place to live for future generations.

 

Why

I saw the ghost behind the door when the children came home from war, with nothing but their broken dreams. In that moment, the only peace I found was in the vision of our beautiful world, framed not by the cold steel of iron sights, but by the gentle curve of a camera lens.

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My way into photography

My first camera was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 200, which I inherited from my older brother back in 1976. This was my only camera until 1986, when I bought my first SLR; a secondhand Pentax K-1000. Later, a Pentax ME-Super was added. My interest in photography waned around 1990 and was not rekindled until around 2013, when I bought my first digital camera; a Samsung NX-11. This did not live up to my expectations in any way.

 

I invested in several more digital cameras from Pentax. Despite the large investment, it felt like something was missing.

 

Around 2019, I was introduced to Nikon. Today I own several digital cameras, from the D200 to the Df. In 2022, my interest in film cameras was rekindled. Today I have retired my Pentax K-1000 and ME-Super in favour of the Nikon FG, F3 and F3/T.

 

In a way, I have come to a creative standstill with digital cameras. With the rediscovery of film cameras, it is as if I have opened up the creative floodgates and rediscovered my calling in photography by using analogue film cameras. It is as if film has a soul that cannot be recreated digitally, but only exists in the grain and structure of the film.

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Hardware

Cameras:

Current cameras, in active Service:

Nikon digital: D200, D2X, D300s, D700, Df

Nikon film: F3, F3/T, FG

Pentax digital: * ist DS, K-10D, K-5, K-3 II

Pentax film: K-1000, ME-Super

 

Current lenses:

Nikon F Mount:

PRIME:

Nikkor-N Auto 24mm f/2.8 (AI)

Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI

Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AI

Nikkor-O•C 35mm f/2.0 (AI)

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF D

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G (Special Edition (Df))

Nikkor S•C Auto 55mm f/1.2 (AI)

Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 Kogaku (AI)

Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF

Nikkor-P•C Auto 105mm f/2.5 (AI)

Nikkor-Q Auto 135mm f/2.8 Kogaku (AI)

Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI

Novoflex 400mm f/5.6 Noflexar

Novoflex 600mm f/8 Noflexar

 

ZOOM:

Nikkor AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

Nikkor 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 D

Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6

Vivitar 70-210mm f/4.5 MACRO

 

Pentax K-Mount :

PRIME:

SMC Pentax-M 24mm f/2.8

SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2.8

SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2.0

SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4

SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7

SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2.0

Super Takumar 135mm f/2.5

SMC Pentax-M 200mm f/4.0

Tamron 200mm f/3.5 CLOSE FOCUS BBAR MC

Soligor 350mm f/5.6

 

ZOOM:

Pentax DA-WR 18-55mm

Pentax DA-WR 50-200mm

Tamron 80-210mm f/3.5-4 CF TELE MACRO BBAR

 

OTHER:

SUPER - PARAGON 2X PMC CONVERTER

Gossen Mastersix

 

Wish-list:

Nikkor Series E 28mm f/2.8

Nikkor Series E 50mm f/1.8

Nikkor Series E 100mm f/2.8

Nikkor Series E 135mm f/2.8

Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SLII-S N/AIS

  

Retired equipment:

Cameras:

Cosina: CS-3

Kodak: Pocket Instamatic 200

Nikon: D50

Pentax: PC-303, K-x, K-500, K-7

Samsung: WB-700, NX-11

 

Lenses:

AFS DX NIKKOR 18-55MM f/3.5-5.6G VR

AF NIKKOR 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6 G

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