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Hi everybody My name is Sebastian, I'm from Germany and an amateur, but enthusiastic photographer. It all began in the 80's - when I was very young - I started with a Minolta X-700 film camera and an old Sigma SR 70-210mm manual lens. Well, I didn't shoot much at that time of my life... film development was very expensive for a young boy at the age of 10 to 12 years. I returned to photography in 2005 when I went to a rock festival and wanted to catch some memories. I bought a pocket cam (Canon Digital IXUS 30) and thus I recovered my love with photography. Unfortunately... as a student you still don't have much money to buy some good equipment. But: not knowing anything about photography this was a good start over all. In 2007 I bought my first DSLR: Canon EOS 400D (in the US its name is "Rebel" I guess). I've had two lenses: the kit shit (sorry) and a Tamron 70-300mm - not the SP version, not stabilized etc. Not a bad lens at all. I've had this combo for 6 years until I broke my camera accidentally while cleaning it by myself. In 2013 I bought a Canon PowerShot SX50 HS as an interim solution. I wasn't with that thingy. Not at all. Though the zoom range was pretty impressive. I decided to go for full format. And so a long period of research had begun. Coming from Canon I first checked out that ones. A EOS 6D could be good... or... well, I only have two lenses, so why should I care to change the whole system? So, what does Nikon have...? D610... D800... hmmm... more tests and videos please. Wait... there's a Minolta legacy here... I loved that camera. And daddy got a lot of stuff... (that he wasn't willing to share with me - I didn't know that by that time ) - what is ist that Sony got here... oh... uh... that's nice. Why haven't I ever heard of it? Well. In 02/2014 I bought my Sony Alpha A99V and a Tamron SP 24-70mm Di USD (because the Zeiss lens is much too expensive for no weather sealing and such a small range of better image quality, in my opinion). After a few months I was going to search on eBay and forums for legacy lenses. There's so much wonderful stuff out there!! Minolta AF 70-210mm f/4 ("beercan") Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 ("beercan" version) Minolta AF 70-200mm f/2.8 G HS Minolta AF 100 f/2.8 Macro ("beercan" version) About a month ago I decided to improve myself in shooting portraits. I've bought a mobile strobe: Priolite MBX 300 (wonderful stuff!!). Well, that's it for the moment. Hope to have fun here and make some friends. https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/ https://500px.com/seelenpfluecker https://www.facebook.com/2wielicht PS: I apologize for my bad English.

Sony A99V, Minolta AF 80-200mm f/2.8 G HS Black Forest (Schwarzwald) in Southern Germany https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/ https://500px.com/seelenpfluecker https://www.facebook.com/2wielicht

Sony A99V, Minolta AF 80-200mm f/2.8 G HS My profiles/pages https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/ https://500px.com/seelenpfluecker https://www.facebook.com/2wielicht http://www.eyeem.com/u/seelenpfluecker

Here's one of my favorite shots I've done last week in the forest near my hometown Weinheim, Germany. You can see the others here, if you want to https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/sets/72157649019699648 Shot with: Sony Alpha A99V, Minolta AF 80-200mm f/2.8 G HS Feel free to add me as a contact - I am always happy getting to know new people with the same hobby https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/ https://500px.com/seelenpfluecker https://www.facebook.com/2wielicht

Sony A99V, Minolta AF 80-200mm f/2.8 G HS, 135mm, Priolite MBX 300, 9'' Reflector Sony A99V, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4, Priolite MBX 300, 9'' Reflector Sony A99V, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4, Priolite MBX 300 Sony A99V, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di USD, Priolite MBX 300, 9'' Reflector Here are my profiles, I'm always glad about new contacts Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/seelenpfluecker/ 500px: https://500px.com/seelenpfluecker Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2wielicht