PW's web pages - Photography

Equipment

Canon Powershot G11 - always with me
Canon EOS 5D MkII - digital 35 mm SLR
- Canon EF 24-105/4.0 L IS USM
- Canon EF 70-200/2.8 L IS II USM
- Sigma 15/2.8 EX DG Fisheye
- Walimex (Samyang) 14/2.8 ED AS IF UMC (Testreport, german)
- Canon EF 24/2.8
- Canon EF 35/1.4 L USM
- Zeiss Distagon T* 35/2 ZE
- Zeiss Macro-Planar T* 50/2 ZE
- Sigma 150/2.8 EX DG Macro
- Canon EF 300/2.8 L IS USM
- Canon EF 500/4 L IS USM
- Canon TS-E 17/4.0 L Tilt-Shift
- Canon TS-E 24/3.5 L II Tilt-Shift
- Canon TS-E 45/2.8 L Tilt-Shift
- Canon MP-E 65/2.8 Macro 1-5x
- Selfmade 100/2.0 Softfocus M42 (photo, testphotos, sample photos)
- Selfmade 85/4.5 "Lensbaby" (photo)
- Canon Teleconverter/Extender 1.4x III and 2x III
- Set of macrorings from Soligor
- System flashes Canon 580EX II and 580EX and selfmade diffuser, Macro Ring Lite MR-14 EX, Metz Mecablitz 28 AF-3 digital, Canon ST-E2
- Canon TC-80N3 timer remote controller with adaptor for EOS 350D, JJC TM-A remote controller, JJC WR-100 wireless controller, Eltima photoelectric relay
- Canon right angle viewfinder C
- some Cokin-filters
- Photobag Tamrac 5612 and photobackpack Lowepro Trim Trekker
- Tripod Benro A-358EX with Manfrotto #115, monopod Benro MA-91EX
- Light tent, blind, and many more
Garret studio
- 2 Richter Star Light 500 studioflashes with accessories like softboxes, reflectors, etc.
- Selfmade background clamb (photo)
- 2 Walimex lightstands and some reflectors for the system flashes
- Selfmade repro table (photo)
Rollei MSC 310 dissolve slide projector 35 mm
Liesegang Fantax 600A medium format projector 6x6cm (used)

History

I begun photographing when I was about 12 years old when my father gave me his old camera for medium format rollfilm. A view years later he gave me his old Praktica IV 35 mm SLR with two lenses. From now on I made more than souvenir-photos.

~1974: Old camera for medium format rollfilm from father
~1976: Praktica IV 35 mm-SLR from father photo
1977: Praktica EE2 35 mm-SLR from first money from holiday-job photo
1982: Nikon FM 35 mm-SLR with series E 28/2.8, 50/1.8, 75-150. Later macrorings, 100 Macro, 300/4.5, Nikon FE, etc. (Later parts mostly used.)
1984: 35 mm-slideprojector Leitz
1986: 35 mm-slideprojector Rollei Twin
1987: Bronica ETRS medium format SLR 6x4.5 with lens 75/2.8 and accessories photo
1992: Canon EOS 100 35 mm-SLR, Canon EF 28-80 USM, Canon EF 100-300 USM. Later flash 420EZ, Cosina 100 Macro, etc.
1994: Medium format slideprojector Liesegang (used)
1998: Olympus C-1000L digitalcamera 1024x768 with zoom
1998: Microtek ScanMaker 35t plus slidescanner
1999: 35 mm-slideprojector Rollei Twin
1999: Nikon Coolscan LS30 slidescanner
2000 - 2004: Minolta SRT101 35 mm-SLR with Rokkor MC 35/2.8, Rokkor PF 55/1.7, Rokkor MD 135/2.8 (all used) for die astrophotography
2003: Canon EOS 10D digital-SLR. Later Canon EF 100 Macro, Canon EF 17-40 L, Canon EF 70-200 L, etc. (Many parts used.)
2006: Canon EOS 5D digital-SLR. Later some lenses.
2010: Canon Powershot G11.
2010: Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital-SLR.

About photography

I am mainly active in "artistic" photography (nature and experimental photography) and I have a present collection of more than 12,000 slides 35 mm, more than 800 slides medium format and more than 25,000 digital photos. I use photography commercially by selling existing photos for publications. I'm also working for Imagebroker (www.imagebroker.net), Waldhaeusl (www.waldhaeusl.com), Panthermedia (www.panthermedia.net) and Fotolia (www.fotolia.de).

Since 2003 I'm photographing exclusively digital. There are clearly more advantages than disadvantages. And the technical evolution from the Olympus C-1000L (1998) to the now used EOS 5D II was really impressive. Photography now has a new dimension.

At the moment I am scanning my slides with a film-scanner to store them digitally (see computer-page). For 12,000 slides and an average of 10 - 20 slides per day I think I will be busy for some time.

My wife also uses a Canon SLR-camera (EOS 600 with Sigma DL 28-300/3.5-6.3) but doesn't use it any more.

I also made a bad experience with mold: Although the slides were not mounted behind glass, a few hundred slides were destroyed by the mold and about 4,000 are affected. There is no hope to save them! If someone made the same experience and has tips or needs some, so contact me.

A small selection of my photographic "masterpieces" can be found at the Photogallery.
Astrophotos can be found at the Astrophotogallery.
A list of all published photos, pictures and articles can be found at Publicationes.

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