Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Hello, >all of you at LUG! >(especially Andy, Robert and Randolph!) > >Some days ago I sent a mail, just 2 say hello at LUG. Some people replied a= nd >asked me where I=B4m from and what I=B4m doing. Well, here is short introdu= ction >of myself: > >Born in 1964 (maybe the year most of you got their first Leica) I started u= p >to take picture at the age of 13 with my father's old Zeiss Ikon Contaflex. >The next years I worked with a lot of Canon MF Cameras und lenses between 2= 8mm >up to 400mm during my time as pupil and student. > >In 1991 I got my first Leica R-E. Last year I bought a wonderful M6 after m= y >education was finished at all. I use it with a Summilux 35mm and a Summicro= n >90mm. On the R-system I have 35, 50, 90 and 400mm (Novoflex 400mm) and my >wife, also using a R-E, works with the 28-70mm vario. Also I have an old >Hasselblad 500C/M with 80mm and 180mm lenses. I mostly use slides, but I ho= pe >to get an B&W-Darkroom next time. > >People and landscape are my domain, but I use the camera also for my busine= ss, >this will mean at the parish, cause since 1 year I`m working as a parson / >pastor. I like especially the work with young people and deaf people, and >maybe we are going to start an photogroup in the next time. > >I live in a town called Herne here in Germany. It is in the heart of the >"Ruhrgebiet", the industrial corner of the land. When your are searching He= rne >on our map look between Essen, Dortmund and Bochum. > >Using computers for more then 10 years, now it is a Mac, this are my first >footsteps at the internet, mostly using it to contact my friends around the >world. > >If you like to mail me, please write englisch (I have to brush-up my >school-englisch, which I never had used since I left school years and years >ago), swedish (j=E5g har arbeted i tyska f=F6rsamlingen Malm=F6 for 2= monaden och >prater svenska d=E5lig) or german (Nat=FCrlich :-) ). > >Hoping for good discussions! >Best wishes for all of you at the LUG >Hendrik Hendrik- Welcome aboard. Nice of you to provide such a thorough introduction. Your English is excellent, by the way. Looking forward to postings from you. Best regards, Robert