Ecke, Welcome, and gear discussion is welcome. I've learned all I know about Pentax gear here in the last 10 years. :-) :-( Spot metering with 'A' lenses on my PZ-1p got me posting here years ago. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Eckehard Wegner<eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok here comes - you've read the name so I'll skip that; I'm 39 years > old and live in Hamburg, Germany about a 10 minute drive from Pentax > HQ. I make my living as an IT consultant now, used to work as a > translator (English - French - German, call on me if you need help > with anything) and a bunch of other stuff. Our son turned one year old > last Wednesday, August 19, so time tends to be scarce and precious, > and sleep even more so. I like to travel and am an outdoorsy person. > My other interests are my book and cd shelves =] > > Photography wise, I grew up on film and manual focus. I guess it still > shows. I love quick shift focusing and miss a split screen badly. Plus > I still try to get my shots right the first time. I am slowly getting > there again. I like macro a lot but not exclusively. I take a lot of > family pics and have my camera with me on every walk I take. I also > geocache and try to let it take me to places worth a click. > > I started taking pictures with a variety of viewfinder cams as a kid > and my dad picked up a Canon AE-1 program when I was 14 or so but I > wasn't allowed to use it on my own until I was 17. My kit was stolen > in Paris a few years later when I was a poor student and not replaced > until 2 years ago after a long period of traveling light and a few > years of p&s that slowly pulled me out of my hiatus. I am glad I went > back and constantly try to make more time for it. Because of my job, > my computer stays off a lot at home so I have some catching up to do > on photoshop, lightroom, HDR etc. > > Picked my K10D for feel and weather sealing but like any IT guy I am a > gearhead - also to make up for photo time I don't have/make - so I > frequently pick up stuff on ebay to try out and maybe sell again. In > fact I came upon PDML through a Google search for a Kenko 25 mm Pz-AF > extension tube which someone here sold a year ago or so. I was unable > to post then and subsequently lurked happily until I was way overdue > to uncloak. Found a Soligor clone of the tube on ebay eventually. > > Finally, for the gearheads among you, I use a K10D GP with grid > screen, IR remote and R-Strap (love that one), DFA 50, DA 18-250 and > DA* 16-50 lenses and 540FGZ flash. For macro, I also have a Novoflex > Balpro tilt/shift bellows with Proshift+ pano adaptor and 80 mm copal > 0 Schneider Apo Digitar lens plus the Flash Art and Duo Flash for > lighting. Any questions, feel free to ask but I understand this is not > primarily a gear discussion list so I won't expand further. Also, > whole bunch of stuff going up on eBay as soon as people have recovered > financially from their summer holidays. Wishlist: DA* 60-250 and a yet > to choose wide angle zoom. Primes have to wait for now, same as the > K-7. A stiffer tripod is highest on the list right now. Oh and Pentax: > please make a weather sealed flash and add the DA* 11-16 to your > roadmap! > > Well, I'll try to make my posts and mostly pictures interesting and > hope I'll fit in. > > Cheers > Ecke > Lest I forget: Thump! =) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
