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Please ask by flickrmail if there are any pictures here you want to use. I almost always allow it, but only if asked. If you want to sell something disgusting with it, even then maybe we can make a deal.

I thought I would follow the lead of a couple of my contacts, and list the equipment I use. The mechanics of both cameras and guns interest me (my Mechanical Engineer side), but generally I stick to cameras, as there are fewer legal restrictions and gray areas with cameras than guns. Of course, the equipment is only one aspect of the photographer, and to a point the least important. I'm an opportunistic accumulator; some of this stuff has been given to me, some of this stuff was included with other things I've bought, and some has been intentionally purchased.

As we say in hard-core bicycling, it isn't about the bike- it's the motor that makes the difference. Likewise in photography, it isn't the camera, it's the artist. I shoot things that amuse me or pique my interest in other ways. I'm especially interested in historical scenes, especially in the interactions of man and nature.

Stuff-

Digital:
-Canon Rebel XTi (uses EOS lenses) Given to my son.
-Canon EOS-60D
-Canon Powershot A590IS
-Canon Powershot G2
-Canon Powershot G11

135 and APS Film SLR:
-Canon EOS 3 (uses EOS lenses)
-Canon EOS IX (APS, uses EOS lenses)
-Canon AE-1 (uses FD lenses)
-Canon FTb (uses FD lenses)
-Nikon FE 2 with Series E 50mm f1.8
-Pentax ME Super (uses K lenses) Stolen from my car
-Pentax MX (uses K lenses)
-Cosina C1s (uses K lenses)

EOS lenses:
-50mm f1.8 Canon
-18-55 kit lens Canon (fits XTi only) Given to my son
-18 to 135 IS (kit lens for the 60D)
-Tokina 19-35 f3.5-4.5
-Quantaray 28-80 f3.5-5.6 (doesn't work on XTi)
-Quantaray 70-300 f4-5.6 (doesn't work on XTi)
-Canon 75-300 f4-5.6 III
-28mm f2.8 Canon
-Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6

FD lenses:
-28 f2.8 Canon
-50mm f1.8 Canon
-50mm f1.4 Canon
-135mm f2.8 Focal

K lenses:
-50mm f1.7 Pentax (2, one with fungus)
-50mm f2.0 Pentax
-28mm f2.8 Focal
-135mm f2.8 Sears
-2x teleconverter Vivitar
-Cosina 35-70 f3.5

135 Rangefinder:
-Canon Canonet GIII QL17
-Yashica Electro GSN
-Minolta Hi-Matic 7s
-Fed 2 (USSR camera, uses LTM lenses)
-Zorki 4 (USSR camera, uses LTM lenses)
-Zorki 1 (USSR camera, uses LTM lenses)

LTM lenses (all are USSR origin):
-Fed 50 collapsible (~50mm f3.5)
-Industar 61 L/D (~50mm f2.8)
-Jupiter 8 (~50mm f2.0, useable, but ugly)

Flashes:
Canon 380EX (used with EOS 3, Powershot G2 and G11, and Rebel XTi)
Canon Canolite D (used on Canonet GIII QL17)
Some old Focal unit (used with everything else)

Other
Yashica Mat (120 rollfilm TLR)
Canon Elph (original) APS compact P+S (Stolen from my car)
Gossen Luna Pro lightmeter with battery adapter and spot attachment
Cable Releases- several types, manual and electronic, for use with all my cameras except the G2
Radio Release- works on the Rebel XTi, G11, and EOS IX
Tripod: Manfroto aluminum 190 with a three way head
Other Tripods- a couple, all inexpensive units.

And a couple of things that are totally unuseable at the moment.