Is Assen een stad van Dromen? Of is het eerder een geval van ‘yeah, dream on?’
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A Brutalist water tower in France
This image I shot during our 2021 holidays in France. I took a Pentax 6×7 with the terrific 105mm 2.4 Takumar lens with me and a pocketfull of 220 films. This Brutalist water tower from the central France countryside fits into a little series of brutalist structures. I have been working on this little series for more than a decade.
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Een nieuwe plek, een nieuwe missie. Assen in analoge en artistieke fotografie. Sinds oktober 2021 is uw Asser Stadsfotograaf aan de rand van de Asser binnenstad eenvoudiger te vinden. Houd rond de Kolk een oogje open voor de bordjes, bekijk gerust de fotografica die ik uitstal in de vensterbanken!
Taxatie, inkoop en verkoopbemiddeling
Taxatie, inkoop en verkoopbemiddeling van historische camera’s en fotografica.
Met mijn kennis van historische camera’s, fotografiebenodigdheden en fotografica help ik u graag om een realistische waarde vast te stellen en uw objecten verkoop-klaar te maken.
Continue reading “Taxatie, inkoop en verkoopbemiddeling”shooting microfilm in a Leica IIIc
Black and white photography is about contrast with me. Sure I like nice grays in an image but certainly not too much. I need whites and blacks. Recently I lucked into a stash of perforated 35mm Fomamures microfilm and set to shooting it in a Leica IIIc. Let me tell you the story and show you the shots.
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Theater De Kolk in Assen sloot zijn deuren (in afwachting van sloop en nieuwbouw) op 31 januari 2006.
Op 1 februari meldde ik mij om 10 uur bij de ingang van het (voormalig) theater om foto’s van het interieur te maken, nu alle lichten aan waren. Desondanks had ik een paar flitsers meegenomen.
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Minolta Hi-Matic 7S, the all-in-one rangefinder
Some say that the Minolta 7S is lacking. It must be, since there’s a Minolta 7S-II, right? And in the eyes of many, newer is better so a model II should have improvements.
But I’m telling you, the Minolta 7S is the most complete rangefinder I ever encountered. It fits my bill 100% and to me it’s the all-in-one rangefinder camera!
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Priceless fun with cheap gear: the Zenit 3M
While I truly enjoy my screw mount Leicas, it took me a long time to find their SLR counterpart. While essentially it really shouldn’t have been that hard, once you think about it.
I know Leica built some truly terrific early Leicaflexes, but they are more related to the M series rangefinders than to the earlier screw mount cameras.
Same time, the Russians copied the early Leica II and went on from there to produce a Single Lens Reflex camera. Enter the Zenit line of SLR cameras from the early 1960s! Incredible fun for petty cash!
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Medium format 6×7, all your 2018 options
Medium Format is the bee’s knees for film shooters. It’s where you can shoot film and rival the image quality from digital files, while retaining the signature lower contrast film look. And did you know that 6×7 is the designated press and artist’s format! This article extensively discusses your 6×7 options!
History of the screw mount Leicas
This article contains a list of the screw mount Leica models, from the early 1913 Ur-Leica to the Leica Ig from 1960, the last screw mount model. Brief descriptions and images from official Leitz brochures are included.