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Welcome to my Homepage!


About photography

I'm not a professional photographer, nor do I pretend to be one. I simply like using my camera and wanna share the few pictures that I think are worth to be shown.


About music

I started playing guitar when I was 14. With 17 I got piano lessons. Although I'm a passive musician for years now (with horribly, horribly rusty fingers), listening and making music is still a passion with goose bumps potential.
As a great movie and soundtrack fan I'm trying to fit into this genre, so the title is part of the respective piece and gives a hint to the basic emotion the song is build upon.
I sincerely hope you enjoy it - but ANY honest opinion is welcome!


About me

You won't find too much information about myself here, but if you are curious feel free to contact me or write me on facebook (private), linkedin or xing (both professional).

Have fun!


mail

info 'at' nico - kocks . de


Photo Equipment

Olympus FE 200 (2007, all Australia pictures). A really good camera but f***ing slow. *sold*
Ricoh Caplio R7 (since 2007, first use in Switzerland). The best compact camera available at that time. *R.I.P.*
Sony Alpha 200 (since 2008)
Sony Alpha 57 (since 2013)

Lenses:

- Sony 18-70mm f3.5-5.6 (Yuck! Sold!)
- Sony 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 (alright, lots of CA at the longer end, replaced by its ancestor)
- Sony 16-50mm f2.8 SSM (the Titan!)
- Minolta 35-70mm f4 (sharpness˛ + macro, replaced by the Sony SSM)
- Minolta 24-85mm f3.5-4.5 (best allrounder for that price)
- Minolta 50mm f1.7 (more light!)
- Minolta 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 (dubbed 'Ofenrohr'- stove pipe. Fair quality, little CA beyond 200mm)
- Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX (more angle!)
- Sigma 50mm f2.8 1:1 Macro (the old version, not the EX, yet awesome)
- Danubia 500mm f8 (dubbed 'Wundertüte' - lucky bag. For 35€ remarkably good. Google it.)
- Tamron 1.4x tele converter (get me closer!)
- Metz mecablitz 48 AF-1 flashlight

Various image enhancement tools and camera gadgets.


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