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Amateur Photographer

Peekskill, New York USA (Hudson Valley)


Favorite Subjects:

   Botanicals, wildlife, landscapes,

   abstracts, macro


DSLR Camera:

   Canon 5D II


Digital Lenses:

   Canon L 24-105mm f/4.0

   Canon 70-300mm DO f/4.5-5.6

   Canon 100mm f/2.8

   Canon L 400mm f/2.8

  

Film Cameras:

   Minolta Autocord (120) camera

   Zone VI 4x5 wooden view camera

   Bush Pressman D 4x5 camera

   Harman Titan 4x5 pinhole camera

   AGFA 5x7 wooden view camera

   Zone VI 8x10 wooden view camera


Film Lenses for Field Cameras:

   Schneider APO Angulon 90mm f/8

   Schneider Symmar 150mm f/5.6

   Schneider - K APO Symmar 210mm f/5.6

   Caltar SII 240mm/f9

   Caltar 300mm f/5.6

   Caltar 360mm f/5.6

   Baush & Lomb 5x7 Rapid Rectilinear in Kodak shutter

   Bausch & Lomb 5x7 Rapid Rectigraphic in Gundlach shutter


Film Lenses for Pressman Camera:

   Wollensak 75mm f/3.5

   Wollensak 90mm f/3.5

   Schneider - K Xenar 135mm f/4.7

   Wollensak 210mm f/6


Gear:

   Canon Speedlite 430EX II

   Manfrotto732CY tripod and 322RC2 grip ball head

   Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with 393 bracket

   Manfrotto 685B monopod

   Slik Mini Pro III

   BushHawk

   Cotton Carrier

   Hoodman loupe

   Spyder Cube

   YongNuo wireless remote

   Pentax Spotmeter (1 degree)

   Gossen Ultra-Spot light meter (1 degree)

   Weston Master IV Exposure Meter

   BTZS Focus Hood

   f64 8x10 view camera backpack

   Really Right Stuff backpack


Digital Tools:

   MacBook Air

   Xrite i1 monitor calibrator

   Epsom 800 Scanner

   Photoshop

   Lightroom

   Topaz Plugins

   Luminar Plugins


Darkroom:

   Beseler 4x5 enlarger with color head

   Delta 8’ sink

   11”x14” print washer

   DLG temperature compensating timer

   Thomas Duplex Safelight


Preferred Films, Papers and Developers:

   Ilford FP4 Plus 125 black & white film

   Iford HP5 Plus 400 black & white film

   Ilford ID-11 film developer

   Ilford Papers

   Harman Direct Positive Paper ISO 1-3

   Ilford PQ Universal paper developer


Preferred Digital Print Lab:

  www.mpix.com


Favorite Links:

   www.largeformatphotography.info

   www.dpreview.com

   www.keh.com