Technic

Preface

In the end getting good or less good pictures does not depend on camera or printing techniques. Nevertheless the different techniques used actually enable the styles or at least simplify them. Thus, it often doesn't depend on expensive or the latest cameras. In fact, my camera and lenses are on average from the 1980s, making them 40 years old. My most recent bought camera was released in 2014. Nevertheless the different techniques used actually enable the styles or at least simplify them. But:

Cameras (digital 24x36 mm)

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Digital Kamera

Nikon* D800, D810

Cameras (digital < 24x36 mm)

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Digital Kamera

Nikon* D3300 Sony* NEX-3 [discarded]

Cameras (digital << 24x36 mm - Low End Camera)

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Low End camera

Sony* Xperia* X Compact (smartphone) Motorola* RAZR i (smartphone) [discarded]

Cameras (analog 135 / 24x36 mm)

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35 mm (135 Film)

Nikon* F4s, FE2, L35AW AF Rollei* 35S

Cameras (analog Medium Format 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9 cm)

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Medium Format

Bronica* GS-1 [added in 2020] Fuji* GX680 II [added in 2020] Linhof* Technika 6x9 cm ("inherited") (YOM ~1957/58) Seagull* 6x6 cm [no more in use] Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521/2 6x9 cm (YOM 1938) [added 2023] Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521/16 6x6 cm (YOM 1938) [added 2024]

Cameras (analog Large Format 9x12 cm, 4x5 '' )

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Large Format

Toyo* Toyo-View* 45G [added in 2021] Frankenstein ZERO (based on Toyo* Toyo-View* 45G) Linhof* Technika* III (9x12 cm) (YOM 1950) Welta (9x12 cm) (YOM ~1926)

Cameras (analog Ultra Large Format > 18x24 cm, 8x10 '' )

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Ultra Large Format

Frankenstein ALPHA (<= 30x40 cm, like 24x30 and 30x40 cm, based on Toyo* Toyo-View* 45G) [Under construction in 2024] Frankenstein BETA (<= 60x60 cm, based on Toyo* Toyo-View* 45G) [Under construction in 2024+]

Cameras ( << analog 135 / 24x36 mm)

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Miniature Format

Mamiya-16 Automatic (10x14 mm) [Added 2024, but not yet used, due to lack of add. equipment]

Polaroid* Cameras (analog)

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Polaroid*

Polaroid* Image (Spectre*) [discarded, film production discontinued]

Lenses (analog 135 / 24x36 mm, digital 24x36 mm)

11-500 mm + 1.4 / 2.0 converter + bellows / extension tubes + fisheye. Since 2012 are the very most pictures are made with Nikon* Nikkor* 20mm, before with a Nikon* Nikkor* 24mm. Nearly no zooms are used. Most lenses are manual Nikkor* AIS lenses.

Lenses (analog Medium Format 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9 cm)

135 (24x36 mm) equivalent: 25-120 mm.

Lenses (analog Large Format 9x12 cm, 4x5 '' and Ultra Large Format > 18x24 cm, 8x10 '')

For 9x12 cm, 4x5 '': 75-400 mm (24x36 mm equivalent: 20-215 mm) Fuji* Fujinon* lenses and others. For (Ultra) Large Format without shutter: 150-900 mm Rodenstock*, Staeble*, Zeiss* Jena and others. The haviest 3 need still a (special) lens board & mount. [Under construction in 2024]

B&W Films (analog)

Fuji* Neopan* 400, 1600 [discontinued], Fuji UM-MA HC (X-Ray) film (>= 9x12 cm) Ilford* HP5 (Plus), FP4 (Plus), PAN F Kodak* T-max* 3200 Foma* Fomapan* 100 Forte* 100, 400 [discontinued] etc. with ADOX* Rodinal* Ilford* Microphen*, ID-11* etc.

Color Films (analog)

Kodak* Kodachrome* 200 [discontinued] Fuji* Sensia* [discontinued] Konica* Chrome 100R [discontinued] Polaroid* etc.

Gelatine Silver Paper

Ilford* Multigrade Foma* Brom etc. with Tetanal* Dokumol* etc.

Pigment Inkjet Paper

HP* Premium Instant-dry Photo Paper etc.

Laboratory

Durst* 138 Dunco* II-66 C Jobo* ATL2 Durst* RCP20 Jobo* Drum Doran* Tank etc.

Analog-Digital Laboratory

Canon* Canoscan F4400 [discontinued] Epson* Perfection V39 Minolta* Dimage Scan Elite* 5400

Digital Laboratory

Adobe* Photoshop* Gimp Google* Nik Collection (today: DXO*) Imadio* Fisheye-Hemi etc. Intel* CPU and Nvidia* GPU based computers with Windows* respectively Linux*. When possible are for the digital TIFF master only raw formats used and processed.

Digital-Analog Laboratory

HP* DesignJet* Z3200 with HP* 70 ink.

Web Site

The website is offline created by an 'creator' application before being uploaded. Pictures are resolution reduced to max. 960 pixel without watermark and 1920 pixel with watermark reduced.

The Web Site uses the following technologies and formats: Perl* JavaScript* PHP HTML 5 SVG JPEG PostgreSQL* ImageMagick exiftool, iptc, jhead, qrencode pdflatex FFmpeg Inkscape

Not Used

Cameras (digital > 24x36 mm)

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Digital Medium Format

At the moment, I do not own a digital camera of this format. But regarding resolution and, starting from about 6x4.5, also due to the optical difference (as with analog), it is almost only a matter of time and price.

Cameras (analog 35 mm (135 Film) / Half Frame)

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35 mm (135 Film) / Half Frame

At the moment, I do not own a half frame camera. But long term, I might look into the a half frame system.

Cameras (analog Medium Format 6x4.5 cm)

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Medium Format

I currently see no real point in using the small medium format between 35mm (135 film) and the larger medium formats ( >= 6x6). Only with 35mm film would it make some sense.

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