A FeRTografEr.

I started serious photography in 1974 (yes, that long ago) when I got my first 'real' camera, a Practika Nova 1b with a 50mm f2.8 Domiplan lens. Moved on to a Zenit E with the 50mm F2 lens, a Pentacon Lydith 30mm and a Pentax 135mm.

Sold all that a few years later and bought an Olympus OM1 with 50mm f1.8 Zuiko, a Tamron 28mm and (I think) a Photax 200mm.

Got fed up with photography around 1984 when money became tight and an enforced change of job loomed.

Discovered digital in the late '90s and was immediately taken by its possibilities. I've owned a range of digital cameras over the years.

Toys:

Olympus E-PL5

With:

Panasonic 30mm f2.8 macro

Panasonic 20mm f1.8

Samyang 7.5mm fisheye

Sony A7iii

with:

Sony 28-70mm kit lens

Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG DN MACRO Art

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

Lensbaby Sweet 50 and Sweet 35

Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

Sony A6500

with:

Sony 10-18mm f4

Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 DC DN

Old glass with adaptors:

Nikon fit Sigma 10-20mm

Nikon fit Tamron 70-300mm blah, blah, blah USD

M42 Helios 58mm

I use the following software in various combinations:

Lightroom Classic

Photoshop

ON1 Photo Raw

I post my pics here for fun and for comment. If you feel like commenting, then please feel free to do so. However, if you want to fave any of my images, I think it is only polite to make a comment to say why you think they deserve the accolade. Similarly, if you fave one of my pics or make me a contact, but don't have any pics of your own to share, I'll not hesitate in blocking you. Finally, please don't ask me to join any pool where you post 1 and comment on 27, or where you expect me to award some gaudy sparkly animated certificate, and don't award me one either - they will be deleted.

Possibly you may think these are unfair, but they are my rules.

Allegedly these are my most interesting :o)