"While the Pacemaker SG/AE does not make it substantially easier to take excellent pictures,
it does make it substantially more difficult to take terrible ones"!   



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'Never before in photographic history has been written so much about one lens to so few '

I wrote the quote above, about 2 years ago, when I met David Burnett in Amsterdam and became interested in the Aero Ektar and decided to write about this lens.
I could not have guessed at that time, the Site grew to what it is now. In the beginning, most of its content concentrated on the mounting of the beast.
A lot of problems were solved in between. Eventually I started to write about my experience with the combination in general.
By doing so and writing about it, it led to writing some more on history, formulas, gadgets, phototechnique, technical details and some.

Looking at our Table of Content, it is not difficult to guess some time was involved, constructing the Site alltogether.
As I am quite experienced writing pages for the internet, there was also the challenge to make nice product images accompanying the text.
Nice to hear from our readers that the images were and are as addictive as they come. I'm really proud with a compliment like that.
It is also very rewarding, to hear visitors get inspired and learn from each other. You can join our usergroup in case you did not apply already.
I'm quite convinced, if you have digested the complete Site, you've found something you did not know already...

Now you know the rest of the story....
When the shutter curtain rushes down behind its hot lens and light explodes against the film, I'm pretty sure you will know what to do next!.

Enjoy,

John D. de Vries.


The MasterSite for the larger Camera:
>300 Htm, Html, Js files
>1400 images (Jpegs) and >300 supporting jpegs.




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"Beauty and perfection, it is all in the eye of its beholder"

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E V A L U A T I O N

What next?

When the job is finished, controversial thoughts are trying to get in place of the creative thoughts and actions. First there is the relief and the knowledge all has been written. Secondly, there is the doubt if it was worth all the efforts. Do my readers appreciate the job, why is it so difficult to tell and give some feedback from time to time? Making a Site like this is not quite a sojourn or armchair adventure, you have to get your hands dirty.... Well, better not to let these thoughts in.

First of all, I have made this site and dedicated to a few friends and secondly I've enjoyed the making altogether. Moreover I'm not left empty-handed, there will be something else for sure.
Actually behind every closed door there will be more things to discover.

It happened to me more often.....

I have lived on the lip of insanity,
wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door.
It opens, I've been knocking from the inside!

Jalaluddin Rumi [1207 - 1273]


Until then....Relax now.
Take 2 aspirins, plenty of rest and a cool beer won't hurt :-)


Yes, the works are safe....
Got all my files on my Cruzer Titanium :-)

BTW, looking at the image of my backup, this was not an easy shot...
but more likely one of the latest for this Site!



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I do hope and wish

You will enjoy the site as much as I did during the making.
Don't feel shy to tell me if you did, we love feedback from our members and especially from our guests.
If you're ready to send feedback, you can do it from here

Take care for now.

Webmaster JohnDesq

P.S The business card was done in Photoshop CS3.




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For now.....

I'm playing with my digital stuff in between.
On the left, a self portrait with help of a wireless remote control (Phottix), while testing the equipment. I have sworn long time ago never to touch my 35mm stuff or equivalent(be it APS or full-frame digital) again, instead using medium and large format exclusively....well I guess "never say never" is the appropriate saying which holds true in my case for sure.
The word "convenience" starts to play an important role in many photographic sojourns. The number of Nikon glass I owned, suddenly increased due to the low prices on Ebay for MF lenses. Demand is low for superior glass when it is not AF!! Cameras are auto allover today, who knows how to measure light these days? I do own many MF Nikon lenses and enjoy them a lot....
However, when working with SLR, DSLR or digicams for fast jobs the greater the joy and fulfillment, when I can pre-visualize and finally compose an important image on the GroundGlass of a 4x5 or 8x10.
I notice some quickening of the blood, when in the end the film has been exposed. (one or maybe two exposures, definitely no bursts!) Then, and only then, I get that special feeling what real photography is all about...