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As I saw Orlandos Dreams and reality :cool: I though it wolud be a nice idea, to show my cam I am dreaming about, too. But this year I bought already a brand new cam, the one I was dreaming about! :D Lucky man, but not so lucky with the nice idea for my blog! :wink:
So I decided to show you my last dreams standing on a shelf above me.

My first SLR was the brand new Minolta X-500,


I bought it when I was 15 years old. With the 50mm 1:1,7 lens. I was so proud. I felt as the king of photography! This one took pics in half Europe, from Moskow to Portugal. You have to choose the aperture and the cam got the speed and of course you have to focus manually. At the wedding of my friend the shutter broke. awww For a few years I´ve had no SLR. Then came the golden years of ebay. Every new cam had AF and the old one were very cheap.

My first dream I captured at ebay was one of the greatest cams in the 80th.
The Olympus OM2n with the 50mm 1:1,4 (!!) lens.



The next one I had to buy was the cam I wanted to buy when I was 15; before I saw the prizes!
My very black Minolta XD7 with the 135mm 1:2,8 lens.

With this cam I took pics at my first Tour in Namibia in summer 2007. It still works even without batteries!! Thats so great!
But of course I noticed, that digital is more comfortable, faster and cheaper (maybe).
So I get the Fuji S 5600

A very nice cam with 10x optical zoom and low needs of energy. With this cam I made a lot very nice and beautiful pictures and of course it is still working. But this winter I thought it was already time for a new SLR and this one should be a DSLR. The cam had to have 2 features - small and not too expensive. First I wanted a new Olympus but then I saw this one:

Here with my favorite lens, the 70mm ltd. This summer there will be the first big test for us, visiting Namibia again. I hope for some good shots!!

But I got another new cam, a present from my beloved wife:

It is made out of paper. A camera obscura! I tested it and in a few days maybe I show some pics... :happy: :happy:

Stolpersteine

There are 2 Stolpersteine in my hometown wuppertal since Feb 2008! I don´t knew before.


Alex Berger and his mother in law were killed in 1942/43. His wife died before the deportation.
But their children Ruth and Margot escaped to England. Ruth Berger and the children of Margot Berger visited Wuppertal a week after the installation and met young people to tell about "living history".

Me too!

alone - alone

I need your help! :D :D My wife is on a short vacation. She left me with the sleeping cat!
Without her chatter it is so lonely - even the colors fade away! :wink:

I definitely have to party!!
I´ve a lot of shiny glasses and a lot to drink! So, please come join us!!!!! :D :D :D

Hattingen by bike - new album

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Stolpersteine

Arene de Nimes - new photoalbum

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Visit of a grey heron

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This morning we had a short visit from a grey heron and I was lucky to have a cam in my hands...









New header

Today I maked my first steps in CSS and changed the header of myopera. After a first round with tulips from nl I wasn´t very delighted.
So I searched my old pics until I get the right one. I found some nice I made in Namibia:

green desert on a way from swakopmund to solitaire


namib desert near hidden vlei


oryx in the dawn a few seconds before sunrise


after all the oryx won and I am pleased about my new header. Hope you like it, too!

Tulip fields - new album