My Camera

I sometimes get the question, what camera do you use, and how do you set everything. I will explain that first one here, and in the coming time I will include the data from the exif file with the new photos.

As a little boy, I started out with a box camera, then moved on to a Kodak cassette camera. After working hard during summer break, I had enough money for a Praktica MTL-3.
Back then, I was especially into landscapes and aviation photography. Just using a 35mm camera—an SLR and analog!

When the first digital cameras came on the market I got stuck, no camera was stable enough, so everything was moved, and so I hung up my camera for some years.

As cameras kept getting better and started to include stabilization features, I started to get the itch again. Playing around with other people’s cameras every now and then—it made me so happy!

I started taking underwater photos in 2018. That was a new experience for me, since I’d always been an above-water photographer.
I had a lot of fun with the TG6 and TG7, but I wanted more and better results.
Eventually, I got an Olympus E-M1 with all the necessary underwater gear.

For years, I mainly took photos underwater with the Olympus.

I used it to cut out all the albums with underwater photos.

Then we arrived in 2024. I was diving in Bali, but I didn’t find it fun or exciting anymore.
More of the same, and diving in the Netherlands isn’t as appealing either. Poor visibility and huge crowds just make it less fun.

So after the vacation, I sold everything I had—cameras, houses, flashes, you name it.

But yeah, selling everything is fun, but photography is still a hobby, and I have to let it go.

So I ended up buying two OM1 Mark 2s!
The latest camera OM had available, so I could keep using my lenses.

So, since I had a newer and better camera, I unfortunately realized that the non-pro lenses did lack a bit of sharpness and speed after all.

So what do I have now?

• 12mm standard lens
• 12-40 Pro lens
• 40-150 Pro Lens
• 150-400 Pro lens
• 90mm Pro Macro Lens

And I’m so happy with it!