Harry van Gastel
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Harry van Gastel

New Member, Male, 71, from Antwerp, Belgium

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    Gender:
    Male
    Birthday:
    Jun 9, 1952 (Age: 71)
    Location:
    Antwerp, Belgium
    Occupation:
    retired
    Equipment:
    EOS6D, EOS80D, EOS M,17-40mm, 24-70mm II, EF-S 10-18mm, EF-S 55-250mm, EF-M 18-55mm, EF-M 22mm, 90mm TS-E, Samyang 135mm, Sigma 35mmA, 50mmA & 100-300mm f/4 APO, 90EX, 430EX, 580EXII
    .Started at age 10 or so with a box 620 Kodak something.
    .Used my dad's Canonet 28, what a difference.
    .Got married and bought a luxury Minolta 110 camera.
    .Worked at a camera store and acquired a Nikkormat FT2, some basic primes, and later a Nikon F2S Photomic that I could not even begin to challenge. What a beast ! And then I dropped it, twice. Ouch.
    .Got divorced and into AF with a Nikon F501 and then an F801. Nice. By then I was carrying a load of lenses and accessories and not taking too many pictures.
    .First hand at digital, Minolta Dimage X. Talking about pocketable. Talking about new tech : 3 to 5 minutes to save a 2 mpx RAW.
    .Time to start over : sold everything, for a small, light and cool Sony DSC-F828. Ok for about 2 years...
    .Then : The venerable Sony DSC-R1 with that incredible Zeiss optic at the front end of it. And that slow processor inside...so...
    .Back to DSLRs : an eye-opening experience called EOS 40D. And the legions of Canon optics. It was only a question of time for the upgrade to FF.
    .THE EOS 6D : worlds most underrated camera. Still in love with it.
    .Next : ? NOT the mkII (too expensive now) but its smaller predecessor the EOS 80D ; nervous little devil.

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