The PENTAXIANS YEARBOOK 2019

Welcome to the third edition of the PENTAXIANS YEARBOOK. From now on we can say it is a series and no accident! We received more contributions than ever, of overwhelmingly high qual- ity, both technically and artistically. This large number of contributions led us to the point where it’s no longer possible to include all of them in the printed edition. Thankfully, the digital version suffers no such physical or cost limitation, so we have been able to include all contributions online. The digital version also benefits from far wider distribution than the print, with more than 15,000 downloads.

This year, we also celebrate 100 years of Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. – the mother of our beloved camera brand. So Happy Birthday – this is our gift to you! Thank you all for being part of it and for being such an awesome community of great photographers from all around the world.

Yours Béla & Stephen



We want to thank our sponsors

Ricoh Imaging Title Trophy


We congratulate Michele Marcolin for the title shot - a phenomenal shot, taken in the motherland of our beloved cameras. The title shot is this year rewarded with a RICOH GR III, sponsored by Ricoh Imaging Germany. A big thankyou goes to Wolfgang Baus and his team.

RICOH IMAGING Germany

KASE Landscape Trophy


We congratulate Annabelle Schwesinger for being selected for the KASE landscape trophy. A big thankyou goes to Matthias Conrad from KASE, for sponsoring a Kase Wolverine Magnetic Circular Filters 82MM Pofessional Kit.


KASE DE/AT



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The contributors of the PENTAXIANS YEARBOOK 2019

AARON MARTINEZ • ADAM SCALES • AGOSTON ZACS • AKHMAD ALJOHAN • AKSHAT CHAND • AL BURKUN • ALAIN BLAIS • ALBERT DE VILLIERS • ALBERTO BASSI • ALBERTO VICENTINI • ALEX ROSE • ALISTAIR DUNLOP • ALLAN COBB • ANAR SILLAKIVI • ANDREA BIDOSSI • ANDREAS KRETSCHMER • ANDREAS WEYERMANN • ANDREI ORGAN • ANETA BERNACKA • ANGELA RAMSDORFER • ANGELO PETROZZA • ANNABELLE SCHWESINGER • ANNE M. ERDOGAN • ANTONIO LEOFREDDI • ANTONIS MIMERINIS • ARITRA MUKHERJEE • ARNO BRINKMAN • ARTEMIS CALLISTE • ARUNAS GRICIUS • ATHANASIOS KOKKINIS • AUGUSTYA SHRIVASTAVA • BENJÁMIN CZÉTÉNYI • BRAYDEN BISE • BRIAN BARRETT • BRIAN EDWORTHY • BRUCE WALKER • CAROLYN TOLEMAN • CECIL THOMPSON • CESAR FLORENCIA • CHARLES EDINGTON • CHER SIANG FOO • CHETHAN DHRUVA • CHRIS BEESLEY • CHRIS HEWGILL • CHRISTIAN GOW • CHRISTIANE WELTZ • CHRISTOPH ESCHER • CHRISTOPH TRAUGOTT COULTER • CHRISTOPHER STADLHOFER • CLAUDIO BEFFA • CLAUDIUS MACHATE • COLIN BARR • CONRAD SCHMIDT • COREY BOYETTE • CRAIG HUNTING • CSORDAS GABOR • DAMIANO STANZIAL • DAN VIDRI • DANIEL GONZALEZ AGUILERA • DARIO BONAZZA • DARIO TOLEDO • DARIUSZ RENKE • DARRELL RAW • DAVID BENITEZ • DAVID CHOONG FYE LIH • DAVID GAVIN • DAVID PARBERY • DAVID RYLAND • DAVID VAUGHAN • DELANO BROWN • DETLEV PIEL • DONALD MCKERNAN • DONATAS KARDOKAS • DÓRA HIBA • DUONG FAN • EBERHARD PHILIPP HECK • EDDY SUMMERS • EIMAR KULL • ERIC CLARK • ERIC WETHINGTON • ERNEST GODWARD • FANIS PROKOPAKIS • FEDERICO TOMASELLO • FELMIN BETOY • FERENC WEISZ • FILIPPO BARBARIA • FLAVIEN DAUSSY • FLORIAN HARTMANN • FLORIAN NOEVER • FRANK ENGELSBERG • FREDERIC LE PON • GABOR CSORDAS • GABRIEL ALVAREZ • GABRIEL STANCIU • GARTH BAILEY • GARY SIMPSON • GEBE GEBE GEBE • GEERT VAN PUYVELDE • GERGŐ KALMÁR • GERGŐ KESERŰ • GIDEON DIGBY • GIUSEPPE GALLI • GRZEGORZ BANACH • GYÖRGY BÁRDOS • HARIZ RAHAMAN • HARVEY SPIKOL • HAZIM ALDUJAILI • HEINRICH BEUKES • HELGE PETERS • HENK ELSHOUT • HOLGER WINKELMAN • IAN CLARK • IAN COLONNA • IAN MORGAN • IGNAS VALKAUSKAS • IMRE SZŐKE • ISTVÁN SZALATNYAI • JACOB SMITH • JACQUELINE WENHER • JAMES WAFER • JANEK KAMJA • JASON DAVIS • JAY RICHARDSON • JEFF HINTE • JEFF SCOTT • JEROEN GEST • JESPER SEIRUP • JILDOU VAN OOSTEN • JO TAGHIPOUR • JOHAN VERHAEGEN • JOHANNA BERTALAN • JOHN COYLE • JOHN KING • JOHN OBRIEN • JOIE SANDOY • JONATHAN HANSEN • JORDY WUBBELS • JÖRG MÜLLER • JORRIT DE. JAGER • JOSEPH GRUNSKE • JOSHUA SCHWALBE • JÓZSEF NÁNAI • JUERGEN MAYER • JULIEN LEGAY • KAITI PILK • KEITH SCHRECENGOST • KEN LEE • KEN WESTPHAL • KENN CHANDLER • KIERAN COUGHLAN • KIRÁLY GYŐZŐ • KJELL VIKESTAD • KOBIE MERCURY-CLARKE • KONSTANTINOS MALKOPOULOS • KOSTIS KANARAKIS • KUSTOS JANOS • KYAW HTOO HLAING • LADISLAV BODNÁR • LÁSZLÓ MAYER • LEWIS THOMPSON • LIBUSE JINDROVA • LONESOME CROW • LUCIA PETROZZA • LUIS CASTANEDA • LUKAS TIETGEN • ŁUKASZ WILCZYŃSKI • LUKE BECRAFT • MAGDALENA WEINHEIMER • MAJA KUPIDURA • MANFRED JABS • MANI SRIGANESHAN • MANOHARA KAMATH • MANUEL VELASCO • MARC DESIMPELAERE • MARC GEBEHENNE • MARC WIELAERT • MARCEL DE ROZARIO • MARGARET SMITH • MARIUS RADU • MARIUSZ OLINKIEWICZ • MARK ROEDER • MARK SMITH • MÁRK TURÓCZI • MARKUS BRANDSTETTER • MARTIJN VERHOEVEN • MARTIN YATES • MASSIMILIANO SERCI • MÁTÉ TÓSZEGI • MATT PERRY • MATTIA FUCILI • MAX MOLENAAR • MAXIME DE MOOR • METTE MAREN MALTHA • MICHAEL BOWDEN • MICHAEL PECK • MICHAEL THIELE • MICHAEL WACHT • MICHAEL ZWEIFEL • MICHELE MARCOLIN • MIHAI TOMA • MIKE MUIZEBELT • MINDAUGAS GRYBAUSKAS • MIROSLAV JINDRA • MITCHEL KELLER • MOULAY AHMED KASSI • MOURYA CHINTALAPATI • NELSON OKANEKU • NENAD KRBAVAC • NILS BERNHARD • OGUN CAGLAYAN TURKAY • OLIVÉR SÁNDOR • PÄÄRO METSAND • PARINYA EKPARINYA • PASCAL WILLEM • PAUL DALLIMORE • PAUL ELLWOOD • PAUL JOHNSON • PAVAN KUMAR T S • PAWEŁ NAJBAR • PETER HERMAN • PÉTER KUKUSIK • PETER LAUER • PETER PUSZTAI • PETER WEST • PHILIP MARSDEN • PIOTR KRASKOWSKI • RAJA BASHIR AHMED • RALF PRIEN • RAY TAROL • RAYMOND CLACK • REBECCA ENGEL • RENATO MAFFI • RENÉ FLINDT • RICHARD DERMODY • RICHARD OUDE EGBRINK • RIGOR NERPIO • RIKE CAPITO • ROB ONNIS • ROB STUDDERT • RÓBERT MÁRTA • ROBERT SCHILD • RONIE ADHIRAAJ GHOSH • SALVATORE CATALANO • SANDEEP TRIPATHY • SARAH AINSWORTH • SATOSHI INOUE • SEBASTIAN ROITZSCH • SEBASTIÁN. ARIAS HERNÁNDEZ • SINCLAIR NEWEY • SINISA LUDAS • SIVAKUMAR SS • STEFANO GIARETTA • STEPHEN FRAMPTON • STEPHEN LONG • STEPHEN MCLEAN • STEPHEN SLOAN • STEPHEN WHITLOCK • STEVE BROADBENT • STEVE HAYWOOD • STEVE PRANKE • STEVEN KOVICK • STUART STEPHEN • SUGATA BANERJI • SUTHEE SOMBUTWONGKAJORN • SZABOLCS MAROZSY • TAKE HUAT TEH • TÁLAI VALÉRIA • TAMÁS FARKAS • TANJA FILONI ZANTOP • TAREQ AHMED TAJ • TAYLOR ALLCOCK • TED WILSON • TERRY MARTIN • THOMAS BUCHTA • THOMAS DEINZER • TIBOR OLTEÁN • TIINA MUST • TIINA RANNAÄÄR • TIM ZELKO • TIMON TAMAS • TINA DIPPE • TODD MOYA • TOIVO HOLLO • TORSTEIN ROENAAS • TREFOR HAZLEWOOD-JONES • URS HAUENSTEIN • UWE RUDOWITZ • VALERIO CLEMENTI • VERONICA SORLEY • VIOREL SCURTU • VOJTECH HRUZA • VOLKER EHRMANN • YOUNES GOUSSYRA • YRJO KERANEN • YUNG-HAN CHANG • YUTO HIRASAWA • ZOLTÁN GAÁL • ZOLTÁN KARANCSI • ZORAN RUDEC • ZORAN TOLDI • ZSUZSANNA ERÉNYI • MATEUSZ ŻUROWSKI • BAURZHAN UTEBAYEV • PUNEET GAUR • PETER REHBERG • VYTENIS MALISAISKAS • ARSEN ALABERDOV • ALEX ROSE • ROGER BRADSHAW • KYAW HTOO HLAING • MOULAY AHMED KASSI • STEPHEN OBERMEIER • HENRY TORRES • KAUR KANGUR • MICHAEK THOMAS • JEFF LOITZ • CSABA HEGEDŰS • JOHN ROMANOWSKI • WAYNE LARSON

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