Equipment used by Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski
The first camera Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski used in his life was a simple Kodak rollfilm-camera which he got at the age of 8 as a present from his father.
Later he was allowed to use the Voigtländer Bessamatic 35 mm reflex-camera of his father, who was a photo-amateur with his own darkroom at home.
At the age of 18, Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski bought his first camera: a second-hand Leica M3.
This camera was used while studying at the two art-schools he attended.
He purchased several lenses for the Leica M3 camera: a 135 mm, a 90 mm and a 28 mm.
Early 1970 Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski switched to Nikon.
Until today he uses Nikons.
Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski started with Nikon FE’s, later used among others F 3’s and F 800’s.
As of 1998 he worked with two Nikon F 5’s and 3 zoomlenses.
For his “VISTA”-pictures he used a Rollei 6006 camera with Zeiss 45, 80 and 150 mm lenses.
Also he used a Horseman 6 x 12 cm camera with a Rodenstock 50 mm lens and a Rodenstock 90 mm lens.
This Horseman camera was also used for the photo-project “World of energy”.
To work in cities, crowded areas and dangerous places, Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski used a Contax G2 camera with a Zeis 28 mm lens.
From 1968 on, he always had a darkroom. He started printing his black and white pictures with a Durst enlarger. Since 1974 he printed with a Leitz Focomat 2c. In 1998 he stopped printing in his darkroom and sold all the equipment. As of that time his black and white prints and color pictures are printed by specialized laboratories.
All of the photography of Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski is now produced and delivered digitally.
For this he used initially a Nikon Coolscan 8000 EX scanner, an Umax Astra 1200 S flatbed scanner and an Epson Stylus Photo printer. In combination with an Apple Macintosh G4 computer.
As of December 2005, when the life as a permanent pilgrim started, Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski worked first with a Nikon D70 for stock photography and “The PS-series” and a Fuji 6×9 camera for the project “The most beautiful people in the world”. A Canon G2 videocamera was used for his conceptual videos in combination with an Apple iBook.
Currently he has only one camera: a Nikon D 300. With a 16-85 mm lens and a 80-400 mm lens.
His photography is handled by two Apple computers: a MacBook Pro and a MacBook.
All production work, like scanning and printing, is in the hands now of a company called Het Lab of Mr. Peter Paul Huf based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.