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.