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I'm a passionate hobby photographer from the region of Lucerne in Switzerland.

My main interest is landscape photography.

Beside taking photos in the various regions of Switzerland I especially like South Tyrol and the Dolomites area where I try to spend some days every year whenever possible.

Greece is one of my favorite travel destinations as you can easily see from my various albums of Greek islands.

Occasionally I also shoot sports and portraits.

  

Equipment

 

Cameras (compact)

- Sony DSC-RX100II (since 4.2014)

- Sony DSC-RX100IV (since 1.2020)

- Xiaomi 14T Pro (since 1.2025)

 

Cameras (APS-C)

- Sony Alpha 65 (since 3.2012)

- Sony Alpha 77II (since 5.2014)

 

Cameras (Full Frame)

- Sony Alpha 7II (3.2016 - 3.2018)

- Sony Alpha 99II (11.2016 - 9.2019)

- Sony Alpha 7III (3.2018 - 11.2021)

- Sony Alpha 7RIV (since 9.2019)

- Sony Alpha 7IV (since 12.2021)

 

E-Mount Zoom Lenses (Full Frame)

- Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G (SEL1224G)

- Sony FE 16-35mm F4 G (SELP1635G)

- Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G (SEL2070G)

- Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 (A065S)

- Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD (A067S)

- Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)

 

E-Mount Prime Lenses (Full Frame)

- Sony FE 20mm F1.8 G (SEL20F18G)

- Sony FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Zeiss (SEL35F28Z)

- Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Zeiss (SEL55F18Z)

- Sony FE 85mm F1.8 (SEL85F18)

 

A-Mount Lenses (Full Frame)

- Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

 

A-Mount Lenses (APS-C)

- Sony DT 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 ZA Zeiss (SAL1680Z)

 

Haida 100mm Filter System

- Haida M10 Drop-in pol circular

- Haida PRO MC 100x150mm GND 0.9 soft

- Haida Red Diamond 100x150mm GND 1.2 soft

- Haida Red Diamond 100x100mm ND 1.2

- Haida Red Diamond 100x100mm ND 3.0

 

Haida 150mm Filter System

- Haida PROII MC 150mmx170mm GND 0.9 soft

- Haida Red Diamond 150x150mm ND 0.9

- Haida Red Diamond 150x150mm ND 3.0

 

Haida Magnetic Filter System (Circular Filters)

- Haida NanoPro magnetic pol-circular 72mm

- Haida NanoPro magnetic ND 0.9 72mm

 

Tripods

- medium: Rollei Rock Solid Gamma Mark II (Carbon)

- travel: Leofoto Ranger LS-255C (Carbon)

- travel: Leofoto LY-265CF (Carbon)

- mini: Rollei Compact Traveler Mini M-1 B

- micro: Manfrotto Pixi Evo

 

additional Tripod Heads

- Leofoto G2 Geared Panoramic Head

- Novoflex Panorama 48 Head

 

Camera Backpacks

- Mindshiftgear Backlight 26L

- Lowepro Pro Trekker 450 AW

- Peak Design Everyday Sling v2, 6L

- Peak Design Everyday Sling v2, 10L

 

Light meter

- Sekonic Flashmate L-308X

 

Standard Flashes

- Metz mecablitz 44 AF-1 digital (since 2012)

- Sony HVL-F43M (since 5.2015)

- Sony HVL-F20M (since 6.2016)

 

TTL/HSS Wireless Flash System

- Godox XPro-S Flash Controller (since 11.2018)

- Godox X1R-S Flash Receiver (since 11.2018)

- Godox AD200 (since 11.2018)

- Godox V1 (since 12.2019)

- Godox AD200 Pro (since 11.2020)

- Godox AD200 AD-B2 Twin Head (since 11.2020)

 

Manual Wireless Flash System

- Yongnuo 560 TX Flash Controller (since 3.2017)

- 2x Yongnuo 560 III Flashes (since 3.2017)

- 2x Yongnuo RF603C II Flash Triggers (since 3.2017)

Remark:

The Yongnuo RF603CII triggers were modded the way that they can trigger my other flashes (with Sony Multi Interface standard hotshoe)

 

Godox and Yongnuo Flash System combined

After some testing I found a perfectly working solution to trigger my Godox flashes (by the Godox XPro-S flash controller) in combination with my Yongnuo flashes (indirectly triggered by the Yongnuo 560TX flash controller connected to my Godox X1R-S receiver).

Remark:

Of course the Yongnuo flashes will still be manual only but I can easily change the settings (like flash power and zoom) wireless by the Yongnuo 560TX controller and use them as additional flashes in a studio setup.

Alternatively I can mount my original Sony HVL-F43M flash on the Godox X1R-S flash receiver in order to have an additional TTL/HSS flash which can be directly controlled by the Godox Xpro-S flash controller.

 

Lens Adapter

- Sony LA-EA3 (to use a-mount lenses on e-mount cameras)

 

Is continuous AF tracking with the Sony A7II reliable using the Sony LA-EA3 lens adapter?

Have a look at my album "AF Tracking Test A77II vs A7II" which can be found here:

www.flickr.com/photos/andip66/sets/72157666619497605

 

My Flickr galleries

please also have a look at my gallery "Beautiful Greece"

www.flickr.com/photos/andip66/galleries/72157632690450654/