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ajcarr

I'm a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at University College Dublin, Ireland. I used to be an active amateur photographer until the mid-late 1980s, with a couple of pictures published in photographic magazines. In those days I wielded a Zenit-E, an Olympus OM-1n (gorgeous camera), and an ancient Agifold 6x6 folding camera which, optically, knocked the spots off the 35 mm SLRs.\ \ In the past couple of years I've acquired a succession of digital cameras, and I now carry a Kodak V705 everywhere with me (even in a case, it slips into a trouser pocket, with space to spare for keys, change, and bus pass); the 23 mm equiv. lens is wonderful. I've only just acquired a Pentax K100D, which feels clunky compared to the OM-1n, but feels way superior to a friend's Nikon D50. And the in-camera shake reduction actually works. I'm hoping to try out some of the lenses from my Zenit-E via M42 to K adaptors -- a 35 mm f/2.4 Zeiss Jena Flektogon, a 58 mm f/2 Helios 44-2 (basically a Russian-made Zeiss Biotar), and a Pentacon 135 mm f/2.8. Watch this space.

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