About Me (Us)

Lonnie DeCloedt
My name is Lonnie DeCloedt, I live in Southern California (Palmdale, to be precise), am 44 years old, and I share my apartment with Minnie, a seven-year-old Corgi, and three cats: a nine-year-old female calico named Crystal (nicknamed Little Foot), a nine-year-old male black tabby named Tupper (nicknamed Squeaks) and a five-month-old (as of May 2008) female kitten who has yet to be officially named (I'm calling her Kitteh for now). Shortly after I adopted Kitteh, I discovered she is pregnant, so I will soon have a few more cats for my collection. My interests, as can be surmised from this web site, are photography, hiking, traveling throughout California, Nevada and Arizona, and spending time in cemeteries, primarily in ghost towns. I work as a Senior Computer Operations Tech at a large hospital in Burbank, but would like to find a job working as a photographer professionally. I use the name Thomas Canty online because I'm a big fan of Mark Twain. I used to go by the name Thomas Sawyer, but when I got on the Internet (as opposed to local BBSes) I kept finding that name already taken when I tried to sign up at a new site. So, I switched to a more obscure Mark Twain character. Tom Canty was the poor kid in his book The Prince and the Pauper.
Ashley
Ashley passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at the much too young age of nine. I have removed her mini bio from this page since there is now a much longer and more detailed one on her memorial page.
My Camera Equipment
Cameras:
    Film:
    • Asahi Pentax K1000 (mostly used for infrared film photography)
    • Two Canon EOS Rebel 2000 bodies
    • Canon EOS Elan 7E body

    Digital:
    • Canon PowerShot S330 2.0 Megapixel (kept in the car's glove compartment, just in case)
    • Olympus C-8080WZ 8.0 Megapixel (my hiking camera)
    • Canon EOS 10D 6.3 Megapixel body, converted to infrared by Life Pixel (Please mention my name -- Lonnie DeCloedt -- in the referral field, if you place an order with them.)
    • Canon EOS 20D 8.2 Megapixel body
    • Canon EOS 40D 10.1 Megapixel body
Lenses and accessories:
  • Pentax 50mm f/2
  • Tokina K-Mount 70-210mm f/4-5.6 (for Pentax)
  • Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
  • Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
  • Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM (FOR SALE -- email if interested)
  • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
  • Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 USM Compact Macro
  • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
  • Canon EF 1.4x II Extender
  • Phoenix AF 2x Teleconverter for Canon
  • Kenko Extension Tube Set DG for Digital (12mm, 20mm and 36mm)
  • Canon Speedlite 420EX Flash
  • Canon Speedlite 580EX Flash
  • NatureScapes FX-3 Better Beamer flash extender
  • Canon Off-Camera Shoe Cord 2
  • Canon BP-200 Battery Pack (for Rebel 2000)
  • Canon BP-300 Battery Pack (for Elan 7E)
  • Canon BG-ED3 Battery Grip (for 10D)
  • Canon BG-E2 Battery Grip (for 20D)
  • Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip (for 40D)
  • Olympus B-HLD30 Battery Grip (for Olympus C-8080WZ)
  • Canon RS60-E3 Remote Control (for Rebel 2000 and Elan 7E)
  • Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller (for 10D, 20D and 40D)
  • Olympus B-300 1.7x Teleconverter Lens (for C-4040Z and C-8080WZ)
  • Custom Brackets QRS-35-H flash bracket
  • Stratos Model #1135 flash bracket
  • Bogen Manfrotto 3021 Pro tripod legs
  • Bogen Manfrotto 3021 tripod legs
  • Bogen Manfrotto 680B compact monopod
  • Bogen Manfrotto 486 compact ball head
  • Bogen Manfrotto Monopod Support Bracket
  • Bogen Manfrotto 3265 ball head
  • Bogen Manfrotto 3047 pan head
  • Bogen Manfrotto 724B Digi Compact Tripod
  • Tamrac Expedition 7 backpack
  • Canon Deluxe 200EG backpack
  • Various other bags and cases
  • American Recorder SIB-101CS Photo Studio-in-a-Box
  • La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower battery charger
  • Lexar 40x 1GB Professional Compact Flash card
  • SanDisk 2.0GB Compact Flash cards (2)
  • SanDisk 4.0GB Extreme III Compact Flash cards (2)
  • pqi 100x high speed 2.0GB Compact Flash cards (2)
  • SanDisk 512MB Compact Flash card
  • Various smaller Compact Flash, Smart Media, Secure Digital and xD Picture cards
  • Various filters
Other lenses I've rented or borrowed or previously owned:
  • Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
  • Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
  • Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8L USM
  • Canon EF 20-35 f/3.5-4.5 USM
  • Canon EF 35-350 f/3.5-5.6L USM
  • Tamron 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 Aslpherical (FOR SALE - email if interested)
  • Tamron 80-210 f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical
  • Tokina 35-300 f/4.5-6.7 (FOR SALE - email if interested)
  • Promaster 19-35 f/3.5-4.5 (FOR SALE - email if interested)
Other digital cameras I've owned:
  • Casio QV-30 0.08 Megapixel (still own, no longer use)
  • Sony Mavica FD73 0.3 Megapixel
  • Ricoh RDC-4200 0.75 Megapixel (still own, no longer use)
  • Olympus C-3000Z 3.34 Megapixel
  • Olympus C-4040Z 4.1 Megapixel (still own, no longer use)

(Just kidding...)