Roll call + wishes & dreams

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ROLL CALL

Lucien VAN DIEVOET
Amateur photographer sinds 1979. Learned by doing and reading.
Co-founder and responsible of the administrative part of a Business Schoo=
l
sinds 1991.
http://www.ubi.edu

Born in Belgium, grew up in Michigan (1 to 5) then back home ;-(

I'm 42, married (18 years), two daugthers (9 & 12) and 1 Bearded Collie.

Leica user sinds 1984.
Using M6J + M6 black, 21/3,4 + 24/2,8 + 35/2 ASPH + 50/2 + 50/1,4 + 50/1 =
+
T-E 90/2,8
+ Rapidwinder.
Collecting all the M cameras (no special editions),
lenses & accessories etc..(to many, according to my wife)
and Leica books (to many etc..)
Using R8 =3D 24/2,8 + 28/2,8 + 35/2 + 50/2 + 100/2,8 + 40-90/2,8 + 80-200=
/4 +
1.4x APO
extender (useless for the moment), 2x APO extender,
+ Leicaflex standard, SL Mot.
Leica Trinidovid 8X32

If I had to sell everything except 1 camera and 1 lens: I will keep M6J +=

Summilux 1,4
=2E.. maybe I will do it some day :-)

LHSA member sinds 5 or 6 years (?), hope to attend the Annual Meeting som=
e
day.

Photographic prefered subjects: portrait, landscape (travel).

Wishes & dreams:

Leica M : a M6J black (-lack?), a M7 with ttl-syncro-flash 1/250, top spe=
ed
1/8000 and spot meter,
a M-polarizer for 46mm lenses, a silent compact winder with a handgrip
and a 16mm Hologon (from Leica).

Leica R : R8 with AF (like Contax AX), 21/2,8 ASPH, 24/2,8 ASPH, 90/2 or
100/2 APO,
180/2,8 Apo (useable with the 1,4 APO extender), 20-35/2,8 ASPH, 35-90/2,=
8
APO.
A winder with a vertical release.(For Christmas 2005 maybe!)

A another dream is to print B&W myself. (for my retirement maybe)

and also to dare asking more to make portraits of friends or strangers.
I'm working on it.

Collector dream: to find a MP, MP2, Hologon or a Noctilux 1,2 , one Sunda=
y
morning
at the "Marche aux puces" (Flea market)

Also own Nikon stuff : AF camera  + Zooms + F2 Black.
Olympus Mju II (Stylus ??)

Internet with Netscape on Power Mac 7600/120 at work and on Mac Centris a=

home.
Drives AUDI 80 sinds 5 years 1/2 [and wishes to continue] ;-)



Lucien
BELGIUM