I adore everything what has buttons, sliders or potentiometers...and I´m a photography addict.. :)

I was born in Miskolc Hungary, now I live in Budapest.

 

Photography was for me a hobby in my childhood. I developed black and white films and made prints in the elementary school (Cmena 8, Beirette, Zenit ET and Zenit 12XP), but later I began to loose interest sometime in my youth, because I didn’t had the money to develop my films and make enlargements. My films started collecting dust in the shelves. Some years ago my passion for photography returned when digital SLR cameras started to drop their prices, but my obsession for the film look never faded.

This is my photographic diary.

 

Nowadays i am leaning towards unobtrusive photography and i'm also enjoying the lightness of it. Mostly shooting with my Fuji X100 or my mobile phone.

 

Cameras actually in use:

 

Leica M2 with Jupiter-3 and Jupiter-12 (both adjusted by Brian Sweeney)

Nikon FM2 with Nikon f1.2/50mm, Tokina f3.5/17mm

Kiev88 C with Biometar 4/50, Biometar 2.8/80, Kaleinar 2.8/150

Fuji X100

Panasonic GF1 with LVF1 and hacked firmware

Panasonic f2.5/14mm

Panasonic f1.7/20mm

Olympus f1.8/45mm

Canon EOS 5D mark II

Canon EOS 5D classic with Sigma f1.8/24mm, Sigma f1.4/35mm, Canon EF f1.4/50mm, Sigma f1.4/85mm

Canon EOS 550D + Sigma EX DC HSM f1.4/30

Kodak EasyShare Sport Camera C123 (waterproof point and shoot)

Flexaret VI

Zeiss Ikon Maximar

Zeiss Ikon Taxona with Tessar f3.5/37.5mm Tessar lens

Zenit ET with Helios-77 f1.8/58mm M42 lens

Zenit ET with Mir-1V 2.8/37mm M42 lens

Zenit 12XP with Jupiter 9 f2/85mm M42 lens

Kiev IIA with Jupiter-8 f2/50mm Kiev/Contax Mount lens

Fed 2 with Jupiter-12 f2.8/35mm M39 LTM lens

Zorkij 4K with Jupiter-3 f1.5/50mm LTM lens

Zorkij 1 with Industar-22 f3.5/50mm collapsible LTM lens

Smena 8 (Yeeeehaaaah! My first cam!)

Kodak Brownie

I plan to get my hands on:

 

Fed 5C black version with Industar 61L/D f2.8/55mm M39 LTM

Zorki 3M black version

Russar f5.6/20mm M39 LTM Lens

Helios-40 f1.5/85mm M42 lens

Nikkor f1.2/50mm lens

Kodak Aero-Ektar 178mm f/2.5

 

All pictures are copyrighted unless otherwise stated. If you would like to use any of my pictures then please contact me. Thank you!

 

Interresting quotes:

 

"If after a portrait shooting someone comes up to you and complains about how the sky is terribly blown out, turn around and smack them and tell that I told you to.

You’re shooting a portrait of someone, obviously the main focus of the photo is of the person, pet, or animal, yes? YES!!!!! A thousand times yes!"

Chris Gampat / The Phoblographer

 

"Everyone believes that their reality is the "real" one. Except the Jedi Knights.

They knew that your focus determines your reality. And my focus is locked at ten feet."

Kirk Tuck / The Visual Science Lab

 

"The cameras of the late eighties were definitely more plastic & more automated and then came autofocus and the end of civilisation!"

Paul Winter / NRIPN

 

"So why do I say I'm mentally ill, if I've bought only 3 lenses?

Because I DON'T EVEN HAVE any camera that can use them!

I don't suffer of any insanity. I just enjoy every moment of it!"

retnull / getdpi forum member

 

"Don’t lick metal camera parts out there in the cold!!"

Boooo! / 43rumors reader

 

"Success happens when preparation meets opportunity."

Author unknown

 

"Photography is the Art of Being Prepared to Be Lucky"

Ryan Brenizer / ryanbrenizer.com

 

"Zoom with your feet and suck the light in with your fast lenses"

Jon Falk / photographer

 

When you have to use f22 with sunny 16:

"Are you at the beach or on the top of a mountain with snow and it’s sunny as all hell?

Is there a shitload of glare that makes your eyes want to burn out of their sockets?

Are you on the sun itself? Corresponding f-stop: f/22"

Eli Koppel / everydayaperture.com

 

"HDR is like alcohol. You need to get horribly drunk a few times to understand what’s wrong with that."

Christian Bloch / hdrlabs.com