Welcome Eckehard!
Gear discussions are fine, and a new voice in that arena is a plus.
I too would like a weather-sealed flash. I've frequently had to remove
my 540 and tuck it under my shirt when rain has interrupted my shoot.
Paul Stenquist
On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:52 AM, Eckehard Wegner 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.
