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Hi all...
Mike here, from Co. Durham in the North East of England. I'm an amateur photographer with the emphasis very much on "amateur"... but what I lack in artistic vision, I make up for (somewhat) with decent technical knowledge. I shoot both digital and film with a wide range of gear. I process my digital photos in RawTherapee and GIMP, develop my B&W films at home but have my colour films lab-developed, and I digitise them with a DSLR and convert the negatives using Darktable and GIMP. I'm a big fan of the so-called "hybrid workflow".
My main digital setup is APS-C DSLR, which I like because of the optical viewfinder and size / weight - but I also shoot full-frame occasionally using mirrorless equipment. All of my gear is quite old now (I bought my newest DSLR in 2015), but it does what I need and I'm happy with it. In film, I have various old cameras in half-frame 35mm, APS, standard 35mm and 120 medium format - none of them high end, just cameras I enjoy using. I love lenses and own way too many of them, both AF and manual focus, including a pretty extensive (but, currently, little-used) collection of Soviet glass that I typically adapt for use on mirrorless full-frame.
Thanks for having me, and I hope I can contribute something of use to discussions now and then!
Best wishes to all from the North East
Mike here, from Co. Durham in the North East of England. I'm an amateur photographer with the emphasis very much on "amateur"... but what I lack in artistic vision, I make up for (somewhat) with decent technical knowledge. I shoot both digital and film with a wide range of gear. I process my digital photos in RawTherapee and GIMP, develop my B&W films at home but have my colour films lab-developed, and I digitise them with a DSLR and convert the negatives using Darktable and GIMP. I'm a big fan of the so-called "hybrid workflow".
My main digital setup is APS-C DSLR, which I like because of the optical viewfinder and size / weight - but I also shoot full-frame occasionally using mirrorless equipment. All of my gear is quite old now (I bought my newest DSLR in 2015), but it does what I need and I'm happy with it. In film, I have various old cameras in half-frame 35mm, APS, standard 35mm and 120 medium format - none of them high end, just cameras I enjoy using. I love lenses and own way too many of them, both AF and manual focus, including a pretty extensive (but, currently, little-used) collection of Soviet glass that I typically adapt for use on mirrorless full-frame.
Thanks for having me, and I hope I can contribute something of use to discussions now and then!
Best wishes to all from the North East
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