"The styles are a lie"

中国

By Zeno de Cock

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Cameras used, past and present:

120:

Proper

Hasselblad 503CW

A12 back

Polaroid 100 back

Carl Zeiss Distagon-C 50mm 1:4.0

Carl Zeiss Planar-C 80mm 1:2.8

Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm 1:4.0

NC-2 45° Finder + WLF Finder

Mamiya RB67 Pro-S (+ Mamiya-Sekor C 90mm 1:3.8 - sold)

Asahi Pentax 6x7 (+ Asahi Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 6x7 300mm 1:4) ruined

Mamiya m645 (+ Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm 1:2.8) sold

Toy

Holga 120CFN

135:

Rangefinder

Hasselblad XPan (+ Hasselblad 45mm 1:4.0)

Leica M2 (+ Summaron 3.5cm 1:3.5 & goggles) owned, slipped, returned after more or less no photos

Leica CL (+ Summicron-C 40mm 1:2.0) sold

Olympus XA4 28mm 1:3.5 dead

Olympus XA 25mm 1:2.8

Canon Canonet 28 40mm 1:2.8 (in need of new light seals, not tested yet)

Yashica Electro 35G 45mm 1:1.7 (resealed but in a rough state overall)

SLR

Nikon F3HP

Nikkor 28mm 1:2.8

Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4

Nikkor 135mm 1:2.8

DW-3 Finder

HP Finder

Minolta 7000AF (+ Minolta AFLens 35-105 1:3.5)

Asahi Pentax K1000

Pentax Super ME sold

Pentax K-mount lenses

Sigma Filtermatic Multi-Coated 24mm 1:2.8

Auto Chinon 35mm 1:2.8

SMC Pentax-M 50mm 1:2

SMC Pentax-M 50mm 1:1.7 sold

Sirius MC Auto Zoom 70mm-210mm 1:4.0

Minolta XG1 (+ Minolta 135mm 1:3.5 and light leaks)

Canon AV-1 (+ Rexatar 300mm 1:5.6, not tested yet)

Instant:

Polaroid Image System

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera

Polaroid 600SE (+ Mamiya 127mm 1:4.7)

Digital:

Konica Minolta Dimage Z3 (doesn't get out anymore)

Pentax EI-100 (kaputt)

Sony Ericsson k750i (wasn't too bad back when it worked!)

iPhone 3GS

Flash: Metz Mecablitz 45 CT-5

Tripod:

Manfrotto 055XPROB/808RC4

Velbon CX 444

Monopod: Manfrotto 680B/234RC

Light meter: My eyes, this, as well as the Light Meter app on my moby, a Gossen Lunalite and a Sixtomat or two.

Enlarger: Durst M605 + CLS305 + Nikon Nikkor-EL 50mm 1:2.8

Scanner: Canon CanoScan 4400F

Software: Lightroom (very limited use - no Photo Shoppery) on a MacBook (what else)

Favoured films:

Slide: Ektachrome/Fuji 64T

Negative: Kodak Portra NC, but preferably even 100T

Black and white: Fuji Neopan

Favoured subjects: Have a look at my stream ;-)

Get in touch if you want to know anything else!