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The many angles of Cameras, brought to you by Thorsten Pöllath
"I enjoy the huge variety of photography and optics produced over the past 180 years. Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new."
Thorsten’s father was ahead of his time. In the mid-1960s, he was among the first to own a Polaroid camera, inspiring a fascination for photography in his children. As a teenager, Thorsten started experimenting with his own Agfamatic, using 110 cassette film, soon followed by a Fujica ST 801: the first SLR camera with LED technology. In the fifteen years that followed, that camera never left his side – capturing 200,000 km of roads on motorcycle trips across Europe. Thorsten has now been a photographer for 40 years, and a collector for 25. He’s bought and sold camera equipment online and around the world for two decades. His great passions are 35 mm film and his grand collection of M42 mount SLRs and lenses, focusing on the seven open aperture measurement variations. He also has an extensive personal library on camera history and collector's literature. With an additional professional background in sales, Thorsten views the commercial side of his job through a collector’s lens. Combining his theoretical and experiential knowledge, he ensures people can buy and sell with confidence on Catawiki. In his downtime, you might find Thorsten snooping around the Motorcycles category for a Honda XL500S – his first motorcycle which he one day wishes to ride again.
Thorsten’s father was ahead of his time. In the mid-1960s, he was among the first to own a Polaroid camera, inspiring a fascination for photography in his children. As a teenager, Thorsten started experimenting with his own Agfamatic, using 110 cassette film, soon followed by a Fujica ST 801: the first SLR camera with LED technology. In the fifteen years that followed, that camera never left his side – capturing 200,000 km of roads on motorcycle trips across Europe. Thorsten has now been a photographer for 40 years, and a collector for 25. He’s bought and sold camera equipment online and around the world for two decades. His great passions are 35 mm film and his grand collection of M42 mount SLRs and lenses, focusing on the seven open aperture measurement variations. He also has an extensive personal library on camera history and collector's literature. With an additional professional background in sales, Thorsten views the commercial side of his job through a collector’s lens. Combining his theoretical and experiential knowledge, he ensures people can buy and sell with confidence on Catawiki. In his downtime, you might find Thorsten snooping around the Motorcycles category for a Honda XL500S – his first motorcycle which he one day wishes to ride again.
- 40 years’ experience as a photographer
- 25 years’ experience as a collector
- 20 years’ experience as a buyer and seller
- Specialises in M42 lens mounts
- Specialises in analogue systems from 1940s to early 2000s
- Extensive knowledge of digital photography
Thorsten’s father was ahead of his time. In the mid-1960s, he was among the first to own a Polaroid camera, inspiring a fascination for photography in his children. As a teenager, Thorsten started experimenting with his own Agfamatic, using 110 cassette film, soon followed by a Fujica ST 801: the first SLR camera with LED technology. In the fifteen years that followed, that camera never left his side – capturing 200,000 km of roads on motorcycle trips across Europe. Thorsten has now been a photographer for 40 years, and a collector for 25. He’s bought and sold camera equipment online and around the world for two decades. His great passions are 35 mm film and his grand collection of M42 mount SLRs and lenses, focusing on the seven open aperture measurement variations. He also has an extensive personal library on camera history and collector's literature. With an additional professional background in sales, Thorsten views the commercial side of his job through a collector’s lens. Combining his theoretical and experiential knowledge, he ensures people can buy and sell with confidence on Catawiki. In his downtime, you might find Thorsten snooping around the Motorcycles category for a Honda XL500S – his first motorcycle which he one day wishes to ride again.
Thorsten’s father was ahead of his time. In the mid-1960s, he was among the first to own a Polaroid camera, inspiring a fascination for photography in his children. As a teenager, Thorsten started experimenting with his own Agfamatic, using 110 cassette film, soon followed by a Fujica ST 801: the first SLR camera with LED technology. In the fifteen years that followed, that camera never left his side – capturing 200,000 km of roads on motorcycle trips across Europe. Thorsten has now been a photographer for 40 years, and a collector for 25. He’s bought and sold camera equipment online and around the world for two decades. His great passions are 35 mm film and his grand collection of M42 mount SLRs and lenses, focusing on the seven open aperture measurement variations. He also has an extensive personal library on camera history and collector's literature. With an additional professional background in sales, Thorsten views the commercial side of his job through a collector’s lens. Combining his theoretical and experiential knowledge, he ensures people can buy and sell with confidence on Catawiki. In his downtime, you might find Thorsten snooping around the Motorcycles category for a Honda XL500S – his first motorcycle which he one day wishes to ride again.