Camera body
Photos on this website taken before 2002 are from slides made with a Contax 139 Quartz 35 mm manual focus single lens reflex camera body bought in 1986 which is still functioning without any problem. As from July 2002 photos were made with another camera body: the Contax Aria. The Aria is a 35 mm compact manual focus, lightweight, multi-mode automatic exposure single lens reflex camera. It is a perfect camera for travel and wilderness exploration.
Under the brand name Contax, Kyocera (Kyoto Ceramics) has launched excellent cameras with Carl Zeiss lenses on the market for many years. Many Contax owners regret that Kyocera had decided not to continue these since April 2005.
Camera lenses
Most slides were photographed through a Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 standard lens while others were taken with a Tokina AT-X M 90mm f/2.5 macro lens also used as a short tele or a Yashica ML 28mm f/2.8 moderate wide angle lens.
Filters
For corrections and special effects Cokin filters were applied of which a polariser filter was the one most used. To have total control on the depth of field and on the effect with some of the Cokin filters, the cameras were almost always used in the aperture-priority auto exposure mode.
Film material
All the slides were exposed on Fuji RD 100 and later on Fuji Sensia II (100 ASA) film.
Film scanner
The slides were digitised with an Acer (called Benq these days) ScanWit 2720S Film Scanner in combination with the multi-vendor scanner software VueScan from Hamrick Software for better quality scans and more scanning flexibility than with the original supplied MiraPhoto software. The scanner and software were profiled with an IT 8.7 scanner calibration slide from Wolf Faust for optimal colour reproduction.
Scanning technique
A few scanning tips by Wayne Fulton is recommended for those who are interested in improving their own scanning technique.

Camera body
In July 2007 the Myanmar (Burma) - Photo Gallery finally made the switch to a complete digital photography workflow with the purchase of a Canon EOS 5D digital single lens reflex camera. This camera has a 12.8 Megapixel full-frame sensor with the same size as 35 mm film.
Camera lenses
The Canon EOS 5D camera body is used in combination with a Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM moderate wide angle lens, a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM standard lens and a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM macro lens which is used as a medium tele lens for portraits most of the time.
Filters
The only filters used on the digital camera are B+W Clear UV Haze MRC filters for front lens protection and a B+W Slim Käsemann Circular Polariser MRC filter. The polariser filter effect cannot truly be imitated by digital software filters like all other effect filters.
Digital camera technique
No matter what your knowledge level there will be plenty to learn from the interactive electronic book the 123 of digital imaging Interactive Learning Suite by Vincent Bockaert. It's a digital photography tutorial and reference for beginners to professionals.