This End User License Agreement (hereafter 'the Agreement')

is a legal agreement between you and EIZO CORPORATION

(hereafter 'the Company') of the software product (hereafter

'the Software') specified in Provision 1 of the Agreement.

By installing the Software, you are agreeing to be bound by

these terms and conditions in the Agreement. If you do not

agree with these terms and conditions, please do not install,

1. DEFINITION: The Software in the Agreement includes

a program or a data file made and provided by the

Company, and may include associated media, printed

materials and any online or electronic documentation,

non-exclusive right to use the Software on an unlimited

number of personal computers provided that you remain

responsible for the compliance of each user with the

terms and conditions hereof. The Company reserves

all rights not expressly granted under the Agreement.

3. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

The Company retains all rights, title and ownership to

the Software,and the copyright and any other intellectual

4. COPY RESTRICTIONS: You may not copy the Software,

except that you may make a single copy of the Software

for your own backup or archival purposes only. You

may not use the backup copy for any purpose other than

reinstalling the Software in the computer mentioned

Yin Provision 2. You are held legally responsible for any

copying or copyright infringement which is caused or

encouraged by your failure to abide by the terms of

Software to be used by anyone else through transfer,

rent, lease or any other means, whether with compensation

or not, without the prior written consent of the Company.

6. MODIFICATION AND REVERSE ENGINEERING

disassemble, decompile, modify, adapt, translate,

or create derivative works based on the Software, delete

or modify the intellectual property mark in the Software

without the prior written consent of the Company.

7. TERMINATION: This Agreement is effective until terminated.

The Agreement will terminate automatically, without notice

from the Company and become null and void if you fail to

comply with any provisions of the Agreement. Upon

termination, the Company may request you to destroy the

Software and all copies of the Software. In addition to,

or instead of the request mentioned above, the Company may

request you to destroy the Software and all request mentioned

above, the Company may claim damages against you.

8. LIMITED WARRANTY: The Company disclaims all

warranties, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including

without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability,

fitness for a particular purpose, and nonexistence of virus

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: In no event, shall the Company

be liable for any incidental, indirect, special or damages

consequential damages (including, without limitation,

damages for loss of business profit, business interruption,

loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss)

arising out of the use or inability to use the Software or in

any connection with the Software, except that such damages

are caused by the Company's intention or gross negligence.

10. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION:

(1) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with

(2) Any legal action to enforce or interpret the terms of

this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the

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. 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 ScanWit 2720S Film Scanner (later taken over by and rebranded as Benq) 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.