Work – always in progress

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Finding my mojo in photography again

A holiday, 2008. Nikon F50, AF Nikkor 35-80mm F/1.4-5.6D. Fujifilm Superia 200.
A holiday, 2008. Nikon F50, AF Nikkor 35-80mm F/1.4-5.6D. Fujifilm Superia 200.

When I was young I didn’t have a camera. My father had a camera but I didn’t dare to touch it and he never let me try it. I remember a Olympus half frame and a small Rollei. In the mid seventies I got a 126 cassette film camera but I can’t remember the brand, I think Agfa. That summer we traveled for the first time to Spain and I did feel like a real photographer. Proudly showing my camera that I carried in a small etui fastened at my belt I felt great!

After that I visit every camera store I did see and I looked at the camera’s in the shop window and get inside for all the leaflets of brands as Hasselblad, Nikon, Pentax etc. With the little money that I had as a 14 year old kid far out of reach!

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A photowalk with the Pentax MV and the pancake 40mm lens

The Erasmus bridge, Rotterdam. Pentax MV, Pentax-M 40mm F/2.8
The Erasmus bridge, Rotterdam. Pentax MV, Pentax-M 40mm F/2.8. 2021
I loved the Pentax MV series from the moment that I got one in my hands back in 1979! And when I got the chance a few years back to buy one I hesitated not one second. And it didn’t end there, every time I saw one and the price was right, I bought it. So I own several now. The MV and the MV1. I like the simplicity and the design, small and ‘pro’ black 🙂

Recently I took one of them for a few photowalks paired with the Pentax 40mm pancake lens. Here a few samples of the roll.

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A roll of film in a Nikon F50 starting in 2018, ending in 2019

Hole in one, tree nill. Pompenburg park, Rotterdam. Nikon F50, AF Nikkor 35-80mm F/1.4-5.6D
Hole in one, tree nill. Pompenburg park, Rotterdam. Nikon F50, AF Nikkor 35-80mm F/1.4-5.6D

I bought this camera in 2008 while camping. During a visit to a pittoresk town I always scan for camerashops. Most camerashops nowadays sell only digital but this one had a few old film cameras among which this Nikon F50 with a lens! A quick buy for about 15 Euro with a battery in good working order.

I photographed during this holiday with the F50 and was very happy with it. But years passed by and it was only in 2018(!) that I picked up the F50 again. These are a few examples of the film I did shoot during 2018 – 2019…

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City steps with the first camera I owned, the Praktica B200

Find your way in cameraland! I found Praktica!
First published on Ottodocs.nl – june 23, 2017

Taken with the first camera I ever owned, a Praktica B200 with a Prakticar 50mm F/2.4 lens, loaded with Kodak Portra 400. Awaken after almost 15 years and working flawlessly. I decided to walk towards the river and back to home, city center. Early morning, nice light and a bit hazy.

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