I´ve been always interested into technics. One day, it was a month before my trip to the USA, I bought my first camera together with two kit-lenses. The following month I practiced to get along with my gear. So far so good I thought, but as soon as I entered the Yellowstone NP I quickly found out that 300mm focal length is too short for shooting animals in this huge area. But still I tried to get along with the lens.

2019: After I returned from my trip I knew I had to get different lenses. So to shoot landscapes I use an ultra-wide angle zoom lens, for city-trips I use a regular standard zoom lens and on old Nikon AF 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 (made around 1988) and for shooting animals I use a 600mm lens on a Nikon crop body. And for some old fashioned shots I us my grandfather´s 50mm and 35-70mm Minolta lenses which were produced in the late 70´s  and    don´t forget; old doesn´t mean that it provides poor image quality.

2020: I got a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 and I’m using is it 95% of the time. It’s just an amazing lens for all light situations. In my option it replaces a 18-55mm, 18-105mm and a 50mm for travel purposes. In case I need more focal length I carry a tiny Nikon 55-200mm with me. Only for more exotic photography I slap on my super-telephoto lens or my macro on. By now I owned 3 different versions of the Nikon 50mm and the AF-D is the best one I had. Yet, its AF won’t work with the mirrorless cameras -sadly.