About me
Hi, I am Marek and for those who don't know me, the photography has always been my hobby.
I started off with black & white photography when I was a teenager. I used to develop my own b&w pictures then.
Nowadays, the colour photography leads the way, but I have to say that in my opinion, there are certain emotions that a colour photograph will never express as well as a good black & white one.
I take both colour and b&w pictures and you can see them by visiting my galleries.
Cameras:
I mainly use Nikon D80. It is not top of the market DSLR, but it takes very good pictures and until I become a professional photographer, I don't need anything better.
So it happened that in Dec 2007, in Singapore, an opportunity arose and I replaced my Nikon D50 with Nikon D80. This is my main camera now. It takes high quality pictures.
Full review available here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD80/
You can view a good selection of them on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plaskotki/sets/
Just recently, when hunting for a lense that would be good for portrait photography I have come across this second hand film camera Nikon F801
which had a nice lense attached to it. What made it more exciting, the camera + lens + SB24 flash
gun was more than 50% cheaper than exactly the same lens which was on display in the very same shop. I could not resist it...
Occasionally I use my son's Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX3
It is a very nice compact size camera.
I take it with me when taking my bulky camera bag is not practical.
The 6-megapixel LUMIX DMC-FX3 features 3x optical zoom (equivalent to 35 mm to 105 mm on a 35 mm film camera) f/2.8 LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens housed in a compact body.
The zoom ratio can be extended up to 4.1x in 3-megapixel resolution mode thanks to the Extra Optical Zoom function which gives extra magnification (and minimal image deterioration) by intentionally using the centre part of the CCD.
Full review available here:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0607/06071902panasonicfx3.asp
Lenses:
Sigma 18-200 OS (my main lens)
This compact lens offers a big 11x zoom range in combination with Sigma's own Optical Stabilizer. Just like the 18-50 mm DC lens this one features aspherical and low dispersion elements as well as multi-layer coating to reduce flare and ghosting
Full review available here:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06093013sigma18-200dcos.asp
The super wide-angle Sigma 10-20mm DC lens is extremely useful for both indoor and landscape photography. It is specifically designed to optimise results with most major digital SLR camera manufacturers with APS-C size image sensors.
Full review available here:
http://www.ukoptics.co.uk/sigma-1020mm-lens-f456-ex-dc-hsm-p-619.html
Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 DG MACRO
This telephoto zoom lens provides high image quality. It includes a switch for macro photography between 200mm and 300mm and is capable of a maximum magnification of 1:2. Three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements provide excellent correction of chromatic aberrations. High image quality is assured throughout the entire zoom range.
Full review available here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013106sigma70300hsm.asp