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Statement: 

"I am Deviant (Asperger Syndrome),  but not an Artist, more of a gatherer of prime lenses of the analog era then an amateur photographer, the by-product of using them on digital body 's are called the photographs in this gallery".

Bio:

I am Len, born on the 10th of November 1957 in the Netherlands (Dutch father, English mother), married with Caro who was born in Cambrai (France) in March 1960. We have 2 sons one of 34 and one of 42 years of age , and only 1 cat (Putty) left that shares our household, and 1 part-time cat called Tutty, who lives 2 houses further.

In the first half of 2020 i retired myself from work (resigned) 5 years  before my retirement age, since there were enough funds for living  and to bridge the 5 years. The general idea was to have more time to visit festivals not only in the Netherlands, but across Europe, but due to corona most was cancelled last 2 years.

I started with  the photography hobby at the age of 9, including developping the film, enlarging as required and developping the photo's.

Started with a Zeiss Ikonta 6 x 6cm and Voigtlander Bessa CRF 6 x 9cm on 120 spool film and a Durst enlarger, later in adult live switched to the Leica IIIf , Leica M3 and Leica R (SL)  35mm analog Camera's from Wetzlar.

About 14 years ago started with digital photography, started with a Lumix LX2, Olympus E600 ,Canon 60D and now Fuji XE3 and still don't like autofocus and zoomlenses, I still  prefer using the legacy Manual Focus prime lenses from a forgotten Era's (mostly from 1920's till 1980's).

These older lenses have no electrical contacts on the back, so there is no communication between lens and digital body, so i have to focus, decide which aperture to choose ( love full open), versus shutter speed, and decide if EV correction is needed.

I decide, not the digital body with the "build in average photographer"!

Like the prime lenses of : Ernst Leitz Wetzlar/ Leica, Carl Zeiss, Hugo Meyer Gorlitz, Voigtlander, Asahi Takumars, Vivitar series 1, Helios, Jupiter, Industar , Tair, Mir, Volna among others.

Lately also using a lot of Chinese prime lenses of 7Artisans & TTArtisan & Pergear.

What I don't like:

 -The use of programs like Photoshop,

-Autofocus & zoom lenses

-and last but not least the so-called self-proclaimed "professional" photographers.

Personal Quote:

"The outcome of the Photograph depends largely, on the chosen subject and how it was taken, the camera body itself is just a medium to register your idea's about the subject, the used lens by design makes it like the type of brush/pencil that draws with its own caracter, the reflected light from chosen subject through the lens onto the film or sensor"

greetz Len.