The Equipment
Since more than 20 years I used to take pictures all over the world and
from all the things around me. In the beginning it was a CANON EOS 1000.
I used this camera for the first time during my second visit to the USA
in 1995. I used it with color slides from Agfa and Fuji.
6 years later I started my "digital career" with an Olympus C-2100. But
only 2 years later in 2003 I had my first digital CANON. I started with
the CANON EOS 300D. 2 years later I changed it to the CANON 10D. 2005 I
used to take pictures for my job with the CANON 5D. And in private life I
changed to the CANON 450D and in 2010 to the CANON 500D.
With this cameras I own a wide range of lenses. My always-on-it-lens is
the CANON 18-135mm f/3-5-5,6 EF-S IS. For my Makro-Pics I take the CANON
EF 100mm/1:2,8 USM Macro. One of my favorites for Animals and Moon is
the CANON EF 100-400mm L IS USM. And for my wide-angles I use the SIGMA
10-20mm F4,0-5,6 EX DC HSM. For indoor-pictures like in churches I take
the CANON EF 50mm/ 1,4/ USM .
Since January 2013 I try a mirrorless System-Camera, a Sony NEX-5N. The
quality of the pics are equal but the weight of the camera and the
lenses is less than a third. Time will bring arguments for or against
this camera. I will descripe it here from time to time.
Before I was travelling to New York City in June 2014 I´ve decided to buy for my Sony NEX-5N an "all-in-one"-lens. It should be the Tamron 18-200mm because of its weight and quality. With the 16mm Sony and the Sony Ultra Wide Angle Lens Converter (x 0.75) I had a wideangle lens for special needs like the skyscrapers in NYC with me.
Update Summer 2015:
No more CANON DSLRs. I changed my equipment completely to mirrorless System-Camera from SONY. My new baby is the Sony Alpha 6000. I can use all of my lenses which I used already with the Sony NEX5N.
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