Ku’damm shadows
The first film from out of the 0-series replica Leica has been developed and I’m pleasantly surprised by the results. So, here are some shots I took with it in Berlin, on and around the Ku’damm. All on Kodak Portra 800.
In a hurry. So was I, not properly focussed, camera shake. Like it for it’s errors.
It does look Barnack-ish!
First impressions on a new, old lens.
Leica Summaron-M f/5.6 28 mm
It comes with a historically correct, humongous hood that I will keep in the presentation box in expectation of appreciation. The lens is deeply recessed into it’s pancake housing, anyway.
Leica did something left-of-center with this lens. It is a reissue of a fifties screw mount lens, this time with coated lenses, M bayonet, 6-bit-coding and slight updates in the engravings. The optical formula they left alone! So it renders like it’s 1955!
Heavy vignetting at f/5.6
I’ve fallen into the fisheye trap. There is a long-standing fascination with these lenses.
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Diffraction stars at f/3.4. Wait, what?
Uh-oh!
En route to a workshop in Neuss, I went by the Leitz-Park again.
In the Leica Store on the premises, they had a used Summarit-M f/2.5 50 mm that I couldn’t resist buying. (more…)
GAS in the kitchen!
If you forego the current version of Nikon’s 24 – 70 mm f/2.8 Pro zoom and instead get the version before that, you can save a lot of money. I did when I got a used Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24- 70 mm f/2.8 G ED the day before yesterday. Been putting it to the test since, here are some first results:
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“There are fields, Neo, endless fields where plants are no longer born …”
A photographer I know and trust recommended mirrorlesss system cameras and criticized Nikon and Canon harshly for not being on top of their game. The two DSLR giants are lacking attractive offers in this market segment dominated by Sony, Olympus, Fujifilm and Panasonic. Even Leica and Hasselblad have interesting, though expensive EVIL cameras (electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lens) on offer!
On the other hand, (more…)
The little camera that could… dwarfed by it’s lens
Pensive at the Fast Food Restaurant
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