I'm an amateur photographer diving into the world of pictures, always searching for shadows and light (and sometimes bright colors too)

AMATEUR [nom.]

"Of French origin, ‘amateur’ originally denoted a lover of art and, by implication, often a collector. French sale catalogues of the 18th century were frequently of the collections of ‘un grand amateur’. By the end of that century, however, the word had taken on a different meaning in English, describing someone who practised art for pleasure and interest, but not for money, i.e. professionally. Amateur artists usually worked in the graphic media—drawing and watercolour—in which they received instruction from drawing-masters or drawing manuals." (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms)

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My cameras:

Minolta SRT 303 (aka SRT 102 or SRT super)

Minolta XD7 (aka XD11, XDs or just XD...)

Leica M3

Rolleiflex 2.8F

Olympus Pen FT

Olympus pen EES-2

Canon IID2 rangefinder

Minolta 16

Fujufilm X100VI

(And sometimes...)

New Canonet QL19

My lenses:

[For Minolta cameras]

Minolta MC Rokkor-X 50mm 1.4

Minolta MC Rokkor-X 28mm 3.5

Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 24mm 2.8

Minolta MC W.Rokkor-HH 35mm 1.8

Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-PF 135mm 2.8

Minolta MC Fish-Eye Rokkor-OK 16mm 2.8

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[For the Canon IID2 rangefinder + Leica M3]

Canon 50mm 1.8 LTM (Type 1)

Voigtlander Color-Skopar 28mm 3.5 (LTM)

Cosina Super Wide-Heliar 15mm 4.5 (LTM)

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[For the half-frame Olympus Pen FT]

Olympus G.Zuiko Auto-S 40mm 1.4

Olympus E.Zuiko Auto-T 100mm 3.5