tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43315559796794485782024-02-07T10:43:10.405+02:00Softer ReleaseLassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-13614942328876384082011-09-26T22:18:00.003+03:002011-09-26T22:41:26.166+03:00Gaze upPhoto opportunities, especially some rather weird ones, may sometimes catch you by surprise. Such as the time when glancing up while buying some groceries put me face to face with Spiderman. Bad news, Spidey, Leica M shoots quicker than you move.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3T_Q_sNRB7Lg_jeuh3Ct-Q9Kl9iwSrxCuajl5noxTXpbNcUOkFAtj7lkTKqRm22CauvUszQ7WBLng403TsNa4aF6pbaDogxG0K7Mhj8JsFUHrkEWxW90bLFftfDVi-8S4uCwly-396ePO/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3T_Q_sNRB7Lg_jeuh3Ct-Q9Kl9iwSrxCuajl5noxTXpbNcUOkFAtj7lkTKqRm22CauvUszQ7WBLng403TsNa4aF6pbaDogxG0K7Mhj8JsFUHrkEWxW90bLFftfDVi-8S4uCwly-396ePO/s400/Spidey-hanging-around.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">2011 - Leica M8, 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 160</span></div><br /><br />Pretty heavy contrast and saturation adjustments were applied in Photoshop to give this photo a more cartoony look. The lens used was the <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica Summicron-M 50/2</span>.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-74870259392652074592011-08-22T18:29:00.003+03:002011-08-22T18:35:43.000+03:00One more Invader<a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2011/05/seeing-invaders.html">Seen any Invaders</a>?
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqt0bINp0KvBFFhwmQh7yEPBVvuLbEroFwRRNbVqGEA27h9fchnFxpxUt_yxMGukrncP6kkUBZcgH8-QmsK6bp6Dq4jTGW_6h-EuTtIR9wFhWmybJNXZI4V18sKctvZDeP0UQteYzQ-8J/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqt0bINp0KvBFFhwmQh7yEPBVvuLbEroFwRRNbVqGEA27h9fchnFxpxUt_yxMGukrncP6kkUBZcgH8-QmsK6bp6Dq4jTGW_6h-EuTtIR9wFhWmybJNXZI4V18sKctvZDeP0UQteYzQ-8J/s400/invader-librairie-du-temple.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/750, ISO 160</div></span>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-16150596568752984412011-07-27T13:17:00.006+03:002011-07-27T16:28:49.098+03:00No sports zoneAs everyone who has ever touched a rangefinder camera has heard from several sources, you cannot shoot sports with a rangefinder. A big DSLR with a long tele or a zoom lens is indeed the usual weapon of choice in sports photography even for rangefinder users like myself. For sports, you often want to use long lenses as it is otherwise difficult or even impossible to get close enough to the action, and you want to have quick autofocus and a high frame rate to track your subjects and not miss the action.<br /><br />With all that in mind I went and shot some sports equipped with a <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica M8</span> and a <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 50/1.1 Nokton</span> lens. And I made things worse by using the lens mostly wide open. Number of shots missed due to shortish focal length? Probably about a zillion, give or take two. My approach however is not thinking in terms of what cannot be done; always think what can be done and have some fun instead. (And I had a DSLR with a tele lens with me, too, which really makes this a moot point to begin with.) Number of shots missed due to manual focusing at f/1.1? Basically zero. One was clearly off but useable, and a few others missed the critical focus by a small margin. The AF on my Canon failed much more than that.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Let's see some pictures then</span><br /><br />The event is the Disc Golf European Open 2011, held in Nokia, Finland. This is the first round of the tournament, with scenes from three holes featuring <span style="font-style:italic;">Nikko Locastro</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Jeremy Koling</span> of U.S., <span style="font-style:italic;">Ilari Tuoma</span> of Finland, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Mats Strömgren</span> of Sweden. Locastro entered the tournament as number one in the world; <a href="http://www.pdga.com/WorldRankings">see the PDGA World Ranking System here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVVODx-YmNuF66UKumgqtAbuBNigpyXdAoLGWzFTdqP4G0ZiLuhGioQ66J7DmCtU_USU8yz63l_jgpihvbs72Xm23FvBd3X5qqoUnXDgSZbWteD6KwoZKflz1GfSupkQCyoHv-tS79fvX/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVVODx-YmNuF66UKumgqtAbuBNigpyXdAoLGWzFTdqP4G0ZiLuhGioQ66J7DmCtU_USU8yz63l_jgpihvbs72Xm23FvBd3X5qqoUnXDgSZbWteD6KwoZKflz1GfSupkQCyoHv-tS79fvX/s400/Euro-Open-Koling.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/1000, f/1.1, ISO 160</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMBR-vc1DfEajly1LfN3BDxuCpflXK5CaILDVljDtw3vEaWPwb68uuu6_IE3YfI2a1TqEMZtYvM6LfVL97tE9J4pvbHtfYa-VFineeVuINjTmqIjOG0mbiDoORpYhCm3LYuKYemnPuXhL/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMBR-vc1DfEajly1LfN3BDxuCpflXK5CaILDVljDtw3vEaWPwb68uuu6_IE3YfI2a1TqEMZtYvM6LfVL97tE9J4pvbHtfYa-VFineeVuINjTmqIjOG0mbiDoORpYhCm3LYuKYemnPuXhL/s400/Euro-Open-walking.jpg" height="226" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 160</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4QBoQIwCeE2ZHaIMBzuNsN1kHhKVyPNrjuwfpQPcqETHKmpUv8WB8cORepnnwdFqoFFr__UcSykatBMJgX299suVSSfIYd8HFQUybybS0aS8wgz9dm_iq0G202aoq0wrDem_YBMor-Pr/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4QBoQIwCeE2ZHaIMBzuNsN1kHhKVyPNrjuwfpQPcqETHKmpUv8WB8cORepnnwdFqoFFr__UcSykatBMJgX299suVSSfIYd8HFQUybybS0aS8wgz9dm_iq0G202aoq0wrDem_YBMor-Pr/s400/Euro-Open-drive-Locastro.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/360, ISO 320</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWWYtWRINInTsivVpdN02bzYJB44WH-JJ15VOm71tNtfGkq0OZGxX8lbO-TNpblt80D0AEz9knx9p4QzmCbTrPYxVvtLhsEA5ygGoWX2x0Sf_m6NFDTk5hB2GO4ctaf_bWddX1ZMkhAkW/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWWYtWRINInTsivVpdN02bzYJB44WH-JJ15VOm71tNtfGkq0OZGxX8lbO-TNpblt80D0AEz9knx9p4QzmCbTrPYxVvtLhsEA5ygGoWX2x0Sf_m6NFDTk5hB2GO4ctaf_bWddX1ZMkhAkW/s400/Euro-Open-to-next-hole.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, f/1.1, ISO 160</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzl_ZgUq8eYPrmGPTMVM2eKFyxayw6eTn4xcLuZgEyfOkd4ACzTUG2Hun3LVTwioC3u4sB5Y9NoDxSXYnl4lqx8KvRC5cRRVprefZ9f7JeSCWPgxZqRkRy6cvHq9B_SCPi1ydnOshkJai/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzl_ZgUq8eYPrmGPTMVM2eKFyxayw6eTn4xcLuZgEyfOkd4ACzTUG2Hun3LVTwioC3u4sB5Y9NoDxSXYnl4lqx8KvRC5cRRVprefZ9f7JeSCWPgxZqRkRy6cvHq9B_SCPi1ydnOshkJai/s400/Euro-Open-waiting.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/360, f/1.1, ISO 160</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOR_e5b4Qd-plMVt25TIJapIwf-71jJBuyTsxK0bcOzXHBEQ_PcqsF6_87vNvwop2n2VdktPnY5qqc2OuOg_93b4m4O5qE9ukpb25eN-JlBJnsPQI6TuT8DinM5nG4sPgEeApskSw3Tdo/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOR_e5b4Qd-plMVt25TIJapIwf-71jJBuyTsxK0bcOzXHBEQ_PcqsF6_87vNvwop2n2VdktPnY5qqc2OuOg_93b4m4O5qE9ukpb25eN-JlBJnsPQI6TuT8DinM5nG4sPgEeApskSw3Tdo/s400/Euro-Open-drive-Tuoma.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/500, f/1.1, ISO 160</div></span><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG3MGnUP61ypuZwjE-l0zlH_hE4nolHxUwqoYv1ejsQFbtwe_IkNtw9LeK6ME8wxljyWZwerRUpxh0amCqCob72XT-8PDnab-3An4qzxCgfjjrOhT6sl-7R75uNi2v-jiJl9PlS4-UOM0/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG3MGnUP61ypuZwjE-l0zlH_hE4nolHxUwqoYv1ejsQFbtwe_IkNtw9LeK6ME8wxljyWZwerRUpxh0amCqCob72XT-8PDnab-3An4qzxCgfjjrOhT6sl-7R75uNi2v-jiJl9PlS4-UOM0/s400/Euro-Open-Locastro-shaking-hands.jpg" height="321" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: center;">European Open 2011 - Leica M8, 1/3000, f/1.1, ISO 160</div></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Back to camera talk</span><br /><br />High frame rate is close to mandatory — while good timing <span style="font-style:italic;">really is</span> mandatory — in sports photography. With a measly 2-fps rate the M8 sure is lacking in the frame-rate department. This is not necessarily a problem in all sports, but for disc golf the rate is clearly too low. The throwing action is quick, and two consecutive frames at 2 fps fail to catch the visually most interesting moments around the release of the disc. Sure, with good timing you can capture one of these moments, but you miss two or three equally interesting frames. In terms of focal length, you probably want to be at least around a 100-mm equivalent to shoot the action, preferably between 150 and 500 mm. A big lens on a big camera makes certain things much easier.<br /><br />The moral of the story however is that you can shoot sports with pretty much any camera, you only need to adapt your style to the equipment and the environment. With a relatively short lens, you either need to get closer or you end up with pictures of tiny people in distance (see above for a couple of examples). Just think what you want to achieve. Turns out I liked many of the Leica shots for their mood much better than the closer and more action-oriented DSLR images from this outing. Perhaps I need to post a few of those for comparison.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-16188006457742871972011-06-29T19:12:00.002+03:002011-06-29T19:20:23.535+03:00Past time paradiseLamai beach is a nice resort area with white sand and a bit more peace and quiet than Chaweng, the main tourist area on Koh Samui. Parts of this laid back beach are perhaps a tad too laid back:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhALJiuyaVS1mTZKu1zVXG6d7JUr4Gzjdr8JLktJXAil8pwjXGWxF-NcCA-Nk8dBuyZN8C24jgONP8xLdYTlS9ypqHdcQrM3DLYwGrShfC3dmXvO9W8zMLF1xlqX7V3uNaWcL0wblTiKO/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhALJiuyaVS1mTZKu1zVXG6d7JUr4Gzjdr8JLktJXAil8pwjXGWxF-NcCA-Nk8dBuyZN8C24jgONP8xLdYTlS9ypqHdcQrM3DLYwGrShfC3dmXvO9W8zMLF1xlqX7V3uNaWcL0wblTiKO/s400/past-time-paradise.jpg" height="267" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lamai Beach, Koh Samui, 2011 - Ferrania Solaris 100</i></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-88008189746521081952011-06-15T08:51:00.003+03:002011-06-15T08:56:31.274+03:00All aboard!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniNfdbg9n5eONJ8n9GcJ6HeUMlJg7QY3_5nAHs7bVF_2ADeANhZQhYrRaHORzNng2_aGPxBwS0l9bneo78wDpF1LSUmJEWHi3YZ2d2WFjto1vbormamIov2J_VtBK6nKwlMnKzUIeB1gu/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniNfdbg9n5eONJ8n9GcJ6HeUMlJg7QY3_5nAHs7bVF_2ADeANhZQhYrRaHORzNng2_aGPxBwS0l9bneo78wDpF1LSUmJEWHi3YZ2d2WFjto1vbormamIov2J_VtBK6nKwlMnKzUIeB1gu/s400/all-aboard.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hua Hin, 2011 - Ferrania Solaris 100</i></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-22713284486809806802011-06-13T12:29:00.006+03:002011-06-13T12:48:10.394+03:00U can't touch this!Hammertone Special Edition, <a href="http://leicarumors.com/2011/06/09/the-first-leica-m9-p-hammertone-limited-edition-is-already-out.aspx/"><em>Leica M9-P</em></a>.<br /><br />Rumour, or leicarumors.com to be exact, has it that the Leica M9-P will be released later this month with the first special limited edition already made public. Of course, this piece of news has the Leica fans and foes of the interweb buzzing. What I personally find most interesting is the potential effect on second-hand pricing of the original M9. I guess I am not in the target group of this cool new U-Can't-Touch-This edition, although I would gladly use one.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-32956830593102931542011-05-28T11:20:00.004+03:002011-05-28T11:50:17.809+03:00Seeing InvadersBrowsing through some of my Bangkok photographs I came across one with a mosaic Space Invader character. These little creatures are the work of a French artist (you can read more in a wikipedia article about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_(artist)">Invader and the characters inspired by the Space Invaders game</a>), although I assume there are some copycats, too. I remember seeing many an invader during my travels and often photographing them. Here are some I could find from my archives.<br /><br />Let's start with Paris, where the Invader started his project in 1998. These two photographs were taken with the excellent Sigma DP1 camera, which I have since sold.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35QTzx4k0AOLgl_80CZAzwhU1B0Bp4yhLVKS3Fh0elhQ-CSJeIlI2B35VOEteOxzdIgfEHAjeIrghj-8671_df5cUJbhGxjeFmvuV80KR2CQ23t5q0X3d_Vk-JAH5a7nydjlXkH1yBsy-/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35QTzx4k0AOLgl_80CZAzwhU1B0Bp4yhLVKS3Fh0elhQ-CSJeIlI2B35VOEteOxzdIgfEHAjeIrghj-8671_df5cUJbhGxjeFmvuV80KR2CQ23t5q0X3d_Vk-JAH5a7nydjlXkH1yBsy-/s400/space-invader-Paris2.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paris, 2008 - Sigma DP1, 1/500, f/7.1, ISO 200</i></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Kw6dsDWfXXlHsNgcMCNt_qIfHyM04EURB2-j1BP_miYUOKAp9mrt8LrNzLjmaEGTFkTIFuLJjaBivxHdd5UxvVYIu5B-f9xwpjG0aYAU7LMni_2jNIDlJ8F5BWIz8JhsT4l2hvQrH0m/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Kw6dsDWfXXlHsNgcMCNt_qIfHyM04EURB2-j1BP_miYUOKAp9mrt8LrNzLjmaEGTFkTIFuLJjaBivxHdd5UxvVYIu5B-f9xwpjG0aYAU7LMni_2jNIDlJ8F5BWIz8JhsT4l2hvQrH0m/s400/space-invader-Paris1.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paris, 2008 - Sigma DP1, 1/160, f/8, ISO 100</i></div><br /><br />The next two photographs I composed with some colour repetition in mind. The first one connects the invader to the person walking the road below via repeating colours. The second photograph is the one from Bangkok that inspired this blog post. The yellowish orange colour of the wrist band is repeated in the mosaic. In addition, the pattern of the legs is repeated in the tentacles of the invader. Not the greatest framing, but I quite like it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kETgds5WtHLqAu1-GR-m8cc1vO_LG5Td5tmTKlauyJMo7WyjE006IxQD8tlhiBUN10PcPH_au1xbzkk3jrNT_MZFouhKJWAlJ4v5ELM8DxK3WB9Rw7ufMcAsHUE6hBGVAt9vj23D2bg6/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kETgds5WtHLqAu1-GR-m8cc1vO_LG5Td5tmTKlauyJMo7WyjE006IxQD8tlhiBUN10PcPH_au1xbzkk3jrNT_MZFouhKJWAlJ4v5ELM8DxK3WB9Rw7ufMcAsHUE6hBGVAt9vj23D2bg6/s400/space-invader-Lausanne.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lausanne, 2008 - Canon 30D, 1/640, f/4, ISO 100</i></div><br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxJDiOlcT09nHChLZ9Y2-AEVEPFYn2OaP3OYv22t5M4IeWIQ4il4FKL-Y1SDVxEQk_l7mE37mzfZPfQaWlMZFaOudfLYihh8skuW4XbiuQaibypero6cPs1uO_WJdh5LPKjvy7-4GstZP/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxJDiOlcT09nHChLZ9Y2-AEVEPFYn2OaP3OYv22t5M4IeWIQ4il4FKL-Y1SDVxEQk_l7mE37mzfZPfQaWlMZFaOudfLYihh8skuW4XbiuQaibypero6cPs1uO_WJdh5LPKjvy7-4GstZP/s400/space-invader-Bangkok.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bangkok, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 160</i></div></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-19635130047781553432011-04-26T18:37:00.005+03:002011-04-26T18:50:58.838+03:00Bangkok transportationSome photographs from the busy streets of Bangkok:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2X5YGAYAkO9ytHzwsmMyDgWXzQlb5ZiXftSzR8QEmlp6bpO9VQz9BErYqS0msj9okd5ssoHCwmF2toIxgrroEmYDLwvijnsPa0WNmGJqhc_D3vZvv71V32Q0hUG3Kcn66nz0CeYITmYg/s800/texting-on-bike.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2X5YGAYAkO9ytHzwsmMyDgWXzQlb5ZiXftSzR8QEmlp6bpO9VQz9BErYqS0msj9okd5ssoHCwmF2toIxgrroEmYDLwvijnsPa0WNmGJqhc_D3vZvv71V32Q0hUG3Kcn66nz0CeYITmYg/s400/texting-on-bike.jpg" height="287" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bangkok, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 320</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA-NqWKsKWMlGePYPVN5dG6QjocBbP1o8f3Q1zr2Uyyj8fv04RKnOAd2BzZqOHMPcPlB0RH5p7kSsSZ6bRQsN17uBIeH_MOeRors4OtvW9j-k1PUM-oOqOauulNZRakYAMA-Rb5LkKp7G/s800/on-Bangkok-bus.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA-NqWKsKWMlGePYPVN5dG6QjocBbP1o8f3Q1zr2Uyyj8fv04RKnOAd2BzZqOHMPcPlB0RH5p7kSsSZ6bRQsN17uBIeH_MOeRors4OtvW9j-k1PUM-oOqOauulNZRakYAMA-Rb5LkKp7G/s400/on-Bangkok-bus.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bangkok, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 640</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVpKXoBFL33M7cKbr1sSk9evZHf5sQE1m5C8PL6kDaUh9bdh_MitUc01tM77pxPqyFc73k4Cs76ZBC9PcsKAP2aX6l20F3RUVukAnrRMCCo2MJHOFDgYi8HpkFfH7rAtpeFqjeQtHQCxq/s800/getting-off-Tuk-Tuk.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVpKXoBFL33M7cKbr1sSk9evZHf5sQE1m5C8PL6kDaUh9bdh_MitUc01tM77pxPqyFc73k4Cs76ZBC9PcsKAP2aX6l20F3RUVukAnrRMCCo2MJHOFDgYi8HpkFfH7rAtpeFqjeQtHQCxq/s400/getting-off-Tuk-Tuk.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bangkok, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 640</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR6GfXFyATmGjUhS8Pi3-rFtYWaE-jFhdr0mTwC5Lcyxnqhx03pPG5bpmbgmsCLlcmYnugsQutE5D7zV9nGA4eimO8yse3fLrKCkDvm6sqArTbsPZOOHkPUCZ2AKqOCoNv00yZL9XsgJm/s800/waiting-for-green-light.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR6GfXFyATmGjUhS8Pi3-rFtYWaE-jFhdr0mTwC5Lcyxnqhx03pPG5bpmbgmsCLlcmYnugsQutE5D7zV9nGA4eimO8yse3fLrKCkDvm6sqArTbsPZOOHkPUCZ2AKqOCoNv00yZL9XsgJm/s400/waiting-for-green-light.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bangkok, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 320</i></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-11414736652181169512011-03-31T08:05:00.003+03:002011-03-31T18:49:23.222+03:00It rains on Koh SamuiWhile the unrest in North Africa and Middle East as well as the earthquake, tsunami, and the resulting nuclear crisis in Japan understandably grab most of our attention, Thailand is also facing some severe problems. The heavy rains in the south of Thailand have resulted in flooding that has so far killed at least 15 people, and already some 80 districts in eight provinces have been declared disaster areas. Last year about 200 people were killed in the floods in the south of Thailand.<br /><br />One of the areas that has been hit the hardest is the popular holiday destination, Koh Samui, where more than 10 000 tourists are currently stranded. What western media usually fails to mention is that there are also about 50 000 local residents on the island. Having left Koh Samui about two weeks ago, this was the worst of rain I faced. A fortnight later things have changed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DkrG9Q5lXmL3FSzF2FeXWrcR8i5y75Euax-sFfuyuTBGRwb0bm8rga0dproFrfiU6SRukHX6XMsPueEjAnpG8-QITRCIj9EZ3iC5h3dC2qNPztz1Uu0Ky7LeCCso8oKeUmj5ZEtapID7/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DkrG9Q5lXmL3FSzF2FeXWrcR8i5y75Euax-sFfuyuTBGRwb0bm8rga0dproFrfiU6SRukHX6XMsPueEjAnpG8-QITRCIj9EZ3iC5h3dC2qNPztz1Uu0Ky7LeCCso8oKeUmj5ZEtapID7/s400/raindrops-on-lines.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bo Phut, Koh Samui, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 160</i></div><div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHJiSrD7QodzOK4PSuRJsSqGViQH14jSVJj_-0PWlNNYjakM1Ktq48vS_WeAKm8csyrqZJ18OCk2y5HDflD6Pu9E-9Usll1dplAuzsuS2uVn5jE_LkBgi8WMwy4ilmxaEmDbWEMwYMSVT/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHJiSrD7QodzOK4PSuRJsSqGViQH14jSVJj_-0PWlNNYjakM1Ktq48vS_WeAKm8csyrqZJ18OCk2y5HDflD6Pu9E-9Usll1dplAuzsuS2uVn5jE_LkBgi8WMwy4ilmxaEmDbWEMwYMSVT/s400/raining-in-Chaweng.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chaweng, Koh Samui, 2011 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 160</i></div></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-69611053259302539742011-03-22T18:06:00.005+02:002011-03-23T13:10:44.722+02:00CV 75/2.5 at the Bangkok Grand PalaceAs you have perhaps seen <a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2011/02/voigtlander-7525.html">in my latest post</a> I have planned on using the <em>Cosina Voigtländer 75/2.5 Color-Heliar</em> telephoto lens on the <em>Leica M8</em>. The goal was to have fun with this lens and especially test its usefulness for travel photography. The playground for this little experiment is Thailand, and below you can find a small set of photographs at the Bangkok Grand Palace.<br /><br />A short telephoto lens is often seen as a portrait lens. Certainly, the CV 75/2.5 fits the part. For someone looking specifically for a portrait lens, there is a another good Voigtländer alternative: the new <em>75/1.8 Heliar</em>. While the CV 75/2.5 is sharp across the aperture range, the CV 75/1.8 is said to give a softer look wide open. A razor-sharp portrait is seldom appreciated. You don't want your portraits to look like this:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUczLrRd0CwOhaqydlSO_PsXtPhZ0sPbk1z8klWOk-m94IH-OSX5P76xB45STiTRISMdUQ9AKsq0Shfu60R8YpqQuJ3SlqB64jOHYuMqh4d9cTAu_w323-Ja73sb78RMJAytimYqLfmLKu/s800/statue-portrait.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUczLrRd0CwOhaqydlSO_PsXtPhZ0sPbk1z8klWOk-m94IH-OSX5P76xB45STiTRISMdUQ9AKsq0Shfu60R8YpqQuJ3SlqB64jOHYuMqh4d9cTAu_w323-Ja73sb78RMJAytimYqLfmLKu/s400/statue-portrait.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2011 - Leica M8, 1/500, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CV 75/2.5 as a travel lens</span><br /><br />Few of us enjoy a large and heavy kit for travel. The CV 75/2.5 is only 64.5 mm long and weighs merely 230 g. The newer CV 75/1.8 is hardly that much bigger at 73.8 mm although at 427 g it weighs almost twice as much as the tiny 75/2.5. For travel any reduction in bulk or weight is however warmly welcomed.<br /><br />In addition to portraits, a telephoto lens is useful for excluding unwanted distractions from your photographs, photographing details, and compressing landscapes and distant views. Below you can find examples of all three. It would have been difficult to avoid the crowds of tourist in the first photograph with a wider lens. Much the same is achieved with a telephoto lens in the third photo. More importantly, the scale of the buildings is better perceived due to the compression effect. I have included 100% crops of both <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_p7dYKn6yWsyckuk7GWv-KJK14tpz6uiUjxbz83gCa8F7ipmqcLEJzuWr9l6SytcMd9Zd2UtZO9W7kHOB1RsCZ3SeBFb_YSZ-Us1D20BpvGrw4gCftHKE-7G4UQxgkl4jVvx0-pgKR9Q/s800/CV75-25-100pros-01.jpg">close</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JlP4uZptRObeI00Phyphenhyphen44nERn8e9GVR-FhKMC1cFbZ0n-7dsfNTn4B4FWQ-f7amoxuF6jpNTZE6k2Dg1B7CcFD5nz1Y2Vq8ZrhxaaT3L8RHT5rXqzSMrOG2VVUlgi14Vio1w61TfN2Rxl/s800/CV75-25-100pros-02.jpg">more distant</a> details to give some idea of the lens sharpness (see the links). I can say this is one sharp lens even wide open.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccv8Bj96cpP-UA940H9jFdxatDq7whHA7em8WQmuGmr75meQGng_ZQMBaOBFtArebZNUNluUIK0wdMq3Kh1N9nbTasOg2r6gPResJKSaP7yuZK9nJVT6wnPb7TEWkoKZ3DS4F7n341kon/s800/roofs-at-Grand-Palace.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccv8Bj96cpP-UA940H9jFdxatDq7whHA7em8WQmuGmr75meQGng_ZQMBaOBFtArebZNUNluUIK0wdMq3Kh1N9nbTasOg2r6gPResJKSaP7yuZK9nJVT6wnPb7TEWkoKZ3DS4F7n341kon/s400/roofs-at-Grand-Palace.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2011 - Leica M8, 1/1000, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-QTmpziOwn5laXyoKD_Di6zRE5PHPKzNowCaL20pbfgvbCY8njxnztnweAEkRvMTrzEbFpr5YL_uTr8kwA0yqV-zqutexiBH_4Je784KSzEEIpnFoctvexPZ_5qi3qSS7z_pZT2lhqyb/s800/roof-details.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-QTmpziOwn5laXyoKD_Di6zRE5PHPKzNowCaL20pbfgvbCY8njxnztnweAEkRvMTrzEbFpr5YL_uTr8kwA0yqV-zqutexiBH_4Je784KSzEEIpnFoctvexPZ_5qi3qSS7z_pZT2lhqyb/s400/roof-details.jpg" height="321" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2011 - Leica M8, 1/750, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceyd74ZM2-9yPfXwYV0xVRJaOGrppI0VvfGptrrKQ3G6dJca_0HU65VtXXkV6DJFTyGYhGvMm23C9sORgWBjunt7e1Q0av_XBoAFZtpOpgJ6l37PhY7bAsqWYQYUhhv3esZT0qUcD4wBJ/s800/couple-at-Grand-Palace.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceyd74ZM2-9yPfXwYV0xVRJaOGrppI0VvfGptrrKQ3G6dJca_0HU65VtXXkV6DJFTyGYhGvMm23C9sORgWBjunt7e1Q0av_XBoAFZtpOpgJ6l37PhY7bAsqWYQYUhhv3esZT0qUcD4wBJ/s400/couple-at-Grand-Palace.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2011 - Leica M8, 1/1000, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br />Perhaps the only minor gripe I have about this lens is its close focus distance, which is unfortunately limited to 1 m. A 0.7-m limit would make it much more useful, especially for travel when you wish to get by with as little gear as possible. The CV 75/1.8 focuses down to 0.9 m, so it is only slightly better in this respect.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW881knOdNiIDztBEPsZ9nhH-6Y1XLoMdJoK83kUeZl48XpTUd2AqxOOJGcUVck5TMYtsAazgGkzjsYWBcTjJGUvuUJbhgmzAiEUVQJhhv4zoD8xHlyfIRIpmYLEtgIYparZrIu8nLbywV/s800/coins-on-elephant.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW881knOdNiIDztBEPsZ9nhH-6Y1XLoMdJoK83kUeZl48XpTUd2AqxOOJGcUVck5TMYtsAazgGkzjsYWBcTjJGUvuUJbhgmzAiEUVQJhhv4zoD8xHlyfIRIpmYLEtgIYparZrIu8nLbywV/s400/coins-on-elephant.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2011 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 160</i></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-70730149403757854522011-02-26T15:25:00.006+02:002011-03-23T13:11:23.446+02:00Voigtländer 75/2.5The next couple of weeks, I will be mostly using the <em>Voigtländer 75/2.5 Color-Heliar</em> and a couple of other lenses with the <em>Leica M8</em> and <em>Voigtländer Bessa R2A</em>. The Voigtländer 75/2.5 is the new lens on the block for me and the first 75-mm lens I will be using on a rangefinder camera. Based on its reputation, I don't think I will be disappointed. So, I hope to share some photographs taken — and some user experiences — with this tiny tele in March.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuS7lp1m3Ib1ExmuQAKj_J00M0xqmx6Mhm5KIGW7k3c3Yggwrcq7Xdq1gGiUq7j4Tpr4UsQjPda8PxzHnTd_9vcagKZ2aFfthcUGK-kiC7Go2YIy_L44Y9ihtrlUu75LO_z-NZD49gCfY/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuS7lp1m3Ib1ExmuQAKj_J00M0xqmx6Mhm5KIGW7k3c3Yggwrcq7Xdq1gGiUq7j4Tpr4UsQjPda8PxzHnTd_9vcagKZ2aFfthcUGK-kiC7Go2YIy_L44Y9ihtrlUu75LO_z-NZD49gCfY/s400/Color-Heliar-75mm.jpg" height="400" width="255" /></a></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-9794210431953151592011-01-29T11:08:00.006+02:002011-03-21T22:00:14.259+02:00Photographic déjà vuAlready seen, already photographed. I sometimes hear the argument that everything has been photographed. Why would you then take a picture of the same scene, building, flower, bug - or even person - which has already been photographed a million times before? To see how it looks when you click the shutter yourself I guess.<br /><br />Sometimes you know that not only has a similar photograph been taken before by many others, but you have taken it yourself at least once. This is often the case with scenes close to home or your favourite destination, even more so with pets and portraits of family members. Sometimes it's however something mundane far away from home, like this scene in Rethymnon, Crete, which I photographed twice. I have to admit the second image was simply a snap that I quickly took, when witnessing a moment of photographic déjà vu.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fjfcTg0BQK8zkfNUBlgNRX5NixsTbnoEeHCn-DMyVb5N3yi8BMKSCIpblMy-eoLVueLriVMI7iohVgA3V_0Wn7rtuqmx7xw_qyPTYRP4zeyd32mqM_T4XXvvEOPJzAVV7nnpAw7en_rW/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fjfcTg0BQK8zkfNUBlgNRX5NixsTbnoEeHCn-DMyVb5N3yi8BMKSCIpblMy-eoLVueLriVMI7iohVgA3V_0Wn7rtuqmx7xw_qyPTYRP4zeyd32mqM_T4XXvvEOPJzAVV7nnpAw7en_rW/s400/newsstand-Rethymnon-2008.jpg" height="269" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rethymnon, Crete, 2008 - Canon EOS-30D, 1/500, f/7.1, ISO 100</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuZpCNXIlX-BQJ71dwgVEPM376SPucoIiyp0yV9SXLz9aZNLuM9-iLnANPgkHtjlZ3Fkzo7KWJqdUx7MBRzgY9AoBIGeaUXWI6lVN19yPyRFKY5AjCUsqQiLZwYpWte7g0caqSPGg1eWJ/s800/newstand-Rethymnon-2010b.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuZpCNXIlX-BQJ71dwgVEPM376SPucoIiyp0yV9SXLz9aZNLuM9-iLnANPgkHtjlZ3Fkzo7KWJqdUx7MBRzgY9AoBIGeaUXWI6lVN19yPyRFKY5AjCUsqQiLZwYpWte7g0caqSPGg1eWJ/s400/newstand-Rethymnon-2010b.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rethymnon, Crete, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br />The lens on the Canon 30D was the <span style="font-style:italic;">Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM</span>. On M8, I believe it was the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span>. Note the difference in quality of light. Neither is excellent, but the difference is huge. The photo from 2008 was taken in late morning light, the photo from 2010 in the middle of the day beneath the hot Mediterranean sun.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-5127179322025907532010-12-26T11:11:00.003+02:002010-12-26T11:28:41.697+02:00Cats through lensesIn my <a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-cats-from-islands.html">latest post</a>, there are five cat photos from Amorgos and one from Crete where I could not previously identify the lens used. I went back to them, studied them, and now have some conclusions. The photograph of a cat lying on a concrete wall was taken with the <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica Summicron-M 50/2</span>. The same lens was used for the cat fight photo (on Superia 200) and for the cat sitting on ground. The photographs of the cat with the man fishing and the cat on the roof of a car were made using the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span>. I believe this is the case also for the photo of the cat walking behind a fence, but I may be mistaken there.<br /><br />Anyway, here is one final cat photograph for this year (with the Leica 50/2):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25dG7kiHso8GFv-JGi_mq_jIU9nvhHRFtACGe6H8TlrfJhQKVZUiVyKRUQRwDLeKDxtkt-bExhl3EzcENRUJ2_XYfUrun7TC5Hfc8bS1xcZrzywSQ5gX_mZ6zCpkCGaKX0Abejn-wE0P6/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25dG7kiHso8GFv-JGi_mq_jIU9nvhHRFtACGe6H8TlrfJhQKVZUiVyKRUQRwDLeKDxtkt-bExhl3EzcENRUJ2_XYfUrun7TC5Hfc8bS1xcZrzywSQ5gX_mZ6zCpkCGaKX0Abejn-wE0P6/s400/cat-in-restaurant.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - 1/4, f/2, Kodak BW400CN</i></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-20319694217475682042010-12-14T08:19:00.003+02:002010-12-26T11:31:13.727+02:00More cats from the islandsNothing more than a bunch of random cat photos from the Greek islands.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdtR5bFQMEN8V0VhEbJdc5-Pz-dINxXjjJfVJb7F_2Wyq4eLaAxBiImU_qA2j2OenA_0t2QSq5bvq_t6uAuoCG8uTtCag7_YqpuX5L8wI6aD9GkJ7TgzZgKL99kSMFiY5faBbLDFBxpbP/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdtR5bFQMEN8V0VhEbJdc5-Pz-dINxXjjJfVJb7F_2Wyq4eLaAxBiImU_qA2j2OenA_0t2QSq5bvq_t6uAuoCG8uTtCag7_YqpuX5L8wI6aD9GkJ7TgzZgKL99kSMFiY5faBbLDFBxpbP/s400/Santorini-cat.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oia, Santorini, 2007 - Canon EOS-30D, 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 400</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L6eNZS95oNZhaO5pP0roI1K_NtE1qHjwFMGOmlc8Utsw_tAFhVsRKzlLsuJ7Ee7cNz41QWIFJpTS1_-3RAbnVacpliNlSjXPYljuzUbplhOPPB-3rHpkBI0babJfRFzXL-jWrz19SK9m/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L6eNZS95oNZhaO5pP0roI1K_NtE1qHjwFMGOmlc8Utsw_tAFhVsRKzlLsuJ7Ee7cNz41QWIFJpTS1_-3RAbnVacpliNlSjXPYljuzUbplhOPPB-3rHpkBI0babJfRFzXL-jWrz19SK9m/s400/just-relaxing.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RKcMBQz9dbqe9Fb1B3fVvJjtJhTMJ6hMX81Q79sCcv2ShO5TLeLyZ1YHnmbd6WaEZUHBgmQl30Hw5nY7hI_YI1NoyUJzccjREMGn4NpOF5Jy2FtdPby8mE3HXNdiWRzkGadsHGTqVDgp/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RKcMBQz9dbqe9Fb1B3fVvJjtJhTMJ6hMX81Q79sCcv2ShO5TLeLyZ1YHnmbd6WaEZUHBgmQl30Hw5nY7hI_YI1NoyUJzccjREMGn4NpOF5Jy2FtdPby8mE3HXNdiWRzkGadsHGTqVDgp/s400/fishermans-friend.jpg" height="400" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/500, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTgZzTWBXNtBj-6wwVhQcye4IhyFDi2XdstEB5ZwmJOdc2h2CnAvxBfwVPmTcxEmP9pmNvUHJ-RPcdSAWXRUgmbwsQSNfr5AUIXV3uaaP9fLIx6NEMV1flOrR2KiVjbXKHuvddEp-gBkt/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTgZzTWBXNtBj-6wwVhQcye4IhyFDi2XdstEB5ZwmJOdc2h2CnAvxBfwVPmTcxEmP9pmNvUHJ-RPcdSAWXRUgmbwsQSNfr5AUIXV3uaaP9fLIx6NEMV1flOrR2KiVjbXKHuvddEp-gBkt/s400/Amorgos-cat.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWsjN_8FTbke-tgo3o7VD65jmmyBBhHAsAMfSaKkiFlJE24iKj071DZR1TMnyIPoyc2WTun3RJXM9GdGS-_whoB60oSrDaVAwA-nNQ35BMKUor1wFqkc-C4dwFskryhMWVWl5ck0iURuq/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWsjN_8FTbke-tgo3o7VD65jmmyBBhHAsAMfSaKkiFlJE24iKj071DZR1TMnyIPoyc2WTun3RJXM9GdGS-_whoB60oSrDaVAwA-nNQ35BMKUor1wFqkc-C4dwFskryhMWVWl5ck0iURuq/s400/Amorgos-catfight.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0Pgs6gkXIMkOkUVxWB8_isQpkttSR7fHgvRkMMI97WQHP44FOToDQdoZikp8f2LhXefzsRcjbmcJlLo5qBblaSIBe6t8u69GpwE_tPmkQwbX81rZbB9RilmoA7EH4UuSBz7QwwL6zwmm/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0Pgs6gkXIMkOkUVxWB8_isQpkttSR7fHgvRkMMI97WQHP44FOToDQdoZikp8f2LhXefzsRcjbmcJlLo5qBblaSIBe6t8u69GpwE_tPmkQwbX81rZbB9RilmoA7EH4UuSBz7QwwL6zwmm/s400/cat-in-shadow.jpg" height="320" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amorgos, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/360, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><br />And finally a more urban cat:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1Ej4KNsQ6FxxLMja5IKpIgxoc7VP-n9hIuLLON4cG3Dm3a0etuDikgjjBATEP7faNLETylRv0pMBijUW9Ia4D2KVRZvYQCaMRR0yRMhYqHj_mSSF9kNOH6OsD4bE7jADSOH5bqlsqdhF/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1Ej4KNsQ6FxxLMja5IKpIgxoc7VP-n9hIuLLON4cG3Dm3a0etuDikgjjBATEP7faNLETylRv0pMBijUW9Ia4D2KVRZvYQCaMRR0yRMhYqHj_mSSF9kNOH6OsD4bE7jADSOH5bqlsqdhF/s400/cat-on-car.jpg" height="301" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Iraklion, Crete, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/90, ISO 160</i></div><br /><br /><br />The photograph with the Canon was made with the <span style="font-style:italic;">Canon EF 70-200/4L</span> lens. The rest? Your guess is almost as good as mine. I think I see at least the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span> there. The film shot is a pretty heavy crop.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-24280834681882624142010-11-15T17:20:00.009+02:002010-11-15T18:56:20.654+02:00Super wide anglesWide-angle lenses can be a lot of fun. Super wides are super fun. I liked the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 15/4.5 Super Wide Heliar</span> the moment I tried it, and it has since become one of my favourite lenses. It's tiny, sharp, and gives that extremely wide view on film — or a full-frame digital Leica. Using a wide-angle lens is however often quite challenging. They are pretty much the worst enemies of simplification, which is an important tool of good photography. If you have a single point of interest in your scene, a wide-angle lens can easily make it too small and distant. Let's look at a few photographs fresh from the scanner.<br /><br />In this following photo, the temple entrance is very distant and occupies a rather small part of the resulting photograph. It is however the pseudo-symmetry of this image, the reflections on wet ground, and the leading line of the people that still make it work fairly nicely. I don't know if I like the helicopter in the sky, but I didn't want to remove it as it seems the people are looking at it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XgBJj04UZIf9_i8n1qvOcLL5es7h-OjHaDT_D_gj-eQv-ecmT8pRjQGFoORYSz6QD7cCZmRvLGZAbAgv4p5ManHeM0GThU77RXuMl1pY4TfDNv-rYlZ71soN5N6NyodfGnH3aGSGaqfK/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XgBJj04UZIf9_i8n1qvOcLL5es7h-OjHaDT_D_gj-eQv-ecmT8pRjQGFoORYSz6QD7cCZmRvLGZAbAgv4p5ManHeM0GThU77RXuMl1pY4TfDNv-rYlZ71soN5N6NyodfGnH3aGSGaqfK/s400/Meiji-temple-Harajuku.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tokyo, 2010 - Kodak BW400CN</i></div><br /><br />In the next photograph, I wanted to show the size of the fortress. It gets somewhat cluttered, however the clutter is created by repetitive shapes. That's not a no-no in my books.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc7p5dt5l_clkNoi7_30IVM3kBBTdCupUpxN-5SJDUOvPtvSbqY_bog8e9ZixyXutu9hxN_fVcDxBpVF1AQkO7LmYADKrYJ6FlOcW6WzSwII7SeRdHAxBrSsrolycAjc8jOYOhgAWHxVw/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc7p5dt5l_clkNoi7_30IVM3kBBTdCupUpxN-5SJDUOvPtvSbqY_bog8e9ZixyXutu9hxN_fVcDxBpVF1AQkO7LmYADKrYJ6FlOcW6WzSwII7SeRdHAxBrSsrolycAjc8jOYOhgAWHxVw/s400/Iraklion-fortress.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Iraklion, Crete, 2010 - Kodak BW400CN</i></div><br /><br /><div>Wide-angle treatment can be effective for close-ups, too. You can either put some distance between your main subject and the background, or you can play the clutter card to your advantage. In this photo, I wanted to show the large pile of Hello Kitty's inside this UFO catcher.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDNR7RVo9HaGVTiMqWCm-YdNdK4IPr27-ivzbbxnMBFWXrPJnnLfmUgCq9DDgJCuBERhaB_Hcyf23nv4umos_4wUu6R1FA5ZHs8aeWBvmhuSl-cjrnmoWioCNYY13xkpYNI6wsNOJSeVR/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDNR7RVo9HaGVTiMqWCm-YdNdK4IPr27-ivzbbxnMBFWXrPJnnLfmUgCq9DDgJCuBERhaB_Hcyf23nv4umos_4wUu6R1FA5ZHs8aeWBvmhuSl-cjrnmoWioCNYY13xkpYNI6wsNOJSeVR/s400/Hello-Kitty-UFO-catcher.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tokyo, 2010 - Kodak BW400CN</i></div><br /><br />This is a nice lens on the digitals, too. Here's a <a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2010/10/markets-street-vendors.html">past post</a> featuring a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TeYZ6r3fI_1UeIWYCpHCQZGYkSbfH76h_-nMisKHiA_IZ4IOW64N5f4MJqiX3fBannXpax2U-jl09irPUk7R48fOk8fneTGWRVfJkPacm_FQCSGjk2SMxSIzSJ9O52wZdabi3VArr28f/s1600/nectarine-orange-and-lime.jpg">photo</a> with the Leica M8.</div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-21853575489534236222010-10-29T18:31:00.005+03:002010-11-01T10:24:10.849+02:00The colour and the shapeThree cities, three cameras, three photographs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_fV0W2qfzJ2QfFYbfNRqa_r6MCLwUIjAqm6OpwmMVPuepW1LXr_eUFProMbU-Tk802uTeK_5JVtR7mFgB8dmeIj6gmy-vbvsMEjMmwMqaCK7ngWlHTigsm3cbQK3V5O9rK6zPmQ8GJy5/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_fV0W2qfzJ2QfFYbfNRqa_r6MCLwUIjAqm6OpwmMVPuepW1LXr_eUFProMbU-Tk802uTeK_5JVtR7mFgB8dmeIj6gmy-vbvsMEjMmwMqaCK7ngWlHTigsm3cbQK3V5O9rK6zPmQ8GJy5/s400/yellow-boots.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Hamburg, 2009 - Epson R-D1, 1/450, ISO400</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8qM5hyyEn4Nesxkntz2aw_XMpd1_K1-bBNVCmba7ZxHSyEa83tLem6ok2EF9bJlhh9ArFv3DBdkb8DXqbsY4Jx2Wn3nn2HNnp0JbPgGpyLMTJoC1sBGU080nLzSlCuzeGqWKC3Yl1qzs/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8qM5hyyEn4Nesxkntz2aw_XMpd1_K1-bBNVCmba7ZxHSyEa83tLem6ok2EF9bJlhh9ArFv3DBdkb8DXqbsY4Jx2Wn3nn2HNnp0JbPgGpyLMTJoC1sBGU080nLzSlCuzeGqWKC3Yl1qzs/s400/tables-and-chairs.jpg" height="270" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/360, ISO160</i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5SI9New_4LGjLyICC2KQut2Bcncywsl7ZccN_vceNoliAh1Tll5amrbQeO0Tkqfy0yWz-YZsZAXfnwM7xbUmdG-Otvn8DeOGPq1AsW9oUPsE4SXb15IsdUGv9TCSxlhYSSyUQ-n_ojsW/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5SI9New_4LGjLyICC2KQut2Bcncywsl7ZccN_vceNoliAh1Tll5amrbQeO0Tkqfy0yWz-YZsZAXfnwM7xbUmdG-Otvn8DeOGPq1AsW9oUPsE4SXb15IsdUGv9TCSxlhYSSyUQ-n_ojsW/s400/one-got-out.jpg" height="400" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tampere, 2010 - Kodak BW400CN</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-35221200596372868622010-10-19T19:17:00.009+03:002011-03-21T22:02:14.896+02:00Amorgos CityFollowing the visit to <a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2010/08/film-shots-from-naxos.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Naxos</span></a> it was time to see Amorgos. This small island, the easternmost part of the Greek Cyclades island group, has a population of perhaps 2,000 or so. Amorgos is a great destination for some peaceful beach life and nice hikes. Here are a few pictures from and around the town of Amorgos (or Chora).<div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3VsYHWlIrqbVkyybuAPvBgWgDMYEBQ7_3zmcOD1eIDeFoQ0TXQ5d47CMujgZ-J13Ku4vuNZurpHYt03mfkwXxapQJeRAbBAnhqJCLiyJav3L3oVqzzMZyWNuA9DU_-a9KWX83d5hE9HZ/s1600/flowers-find-their-way.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3VsYHWlIrqbVkyybuAPvBgWgDMYEBQ7_3zmcOD1eIDeFoQ0TXQ5d47CMujgZ-J13Ku4vuNZurpHYt03mfkwXxapQJeRAbBAnhqJCLiyJav3L3oVqzzMZyWNuA9DU_-a9KWX83d5hE9HZ/s400/flowers-find-their-way.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529794204916040290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Amorgos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6Zhgq6JdqJNv0WNZUjwA_9TGYTtdJadi14jhJpTHbX2CfOLmUP8rSEEriv6mCgPXcHjSbbvJmIUn-PxuTNPvK6nrDl3NJXQbUhOkWU62DgswSG0VtJPU95lLhI0YXP3-4bmt3hKUjV-B/s1600/cat-and-green-fence.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6Zhgq6JdqJNv0WNZUjwA_9TGYTtdJadi14jhJpTHbX2CfOLmUP8rSEEriv6mCgPXcHjSbbvJmIUn-PxuTNPvK6nrDl3NJXQbUhOkWU62DgswSG0VtJPU95lLhI0YXP3-4bmt3hKUjV-B/s400/cat-and-green-fence.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529794199753013682" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: center;">Amorgos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</div></span><div><i><br /></i></div><div><br />There are cats everywhere on the Greek islands. This one was a bit annoyed after an invading photographer ruined a perfect moment of relaxation.</div><div><i><br /></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2Ep7ZJSxK58pFluSPqQOdsi2jB11FL8-7wcC7WCVx-2HFUWXa9im0E8Rh-ZK8JcYK7mtqMIk-ehKA0WIxNthHm4iuA_8AjqsKMe_b8rFUKx5jCXU2MnnaF1IHb3pm4K9jQJzG_uuugEM/s1600/chora-Amorgos-alley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2Ep7ZJSxK58pFluSPqQOdsi2jB11FL8-7wcC7WCVx-2HFUWXa9im0E8Rh-ZK8JcYK7mtqMIk-ehKA0WIxNthHm4iuA_8AjqsKMe_b8rFUKx5jCXU2MnnaF1IHb3pm4K9jQJzG_uuugEM/s400/chora-Amorgos-alley.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529794213947908290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Amorgos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I believe the alleyway above is pretty much downtown Amorgos. This is however not the peak business hour. During the peak hour you may actually see the cat above walk through here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgW02Fw2ZQSKowSoYuPWlYX7pWff7kfHEBsHP1GWHBl-JtAChSp9mTonNxBMkO6iIclPEIkuWXrImMjX22amQbQfRHLeQkPrSjc9VimBS5VR8LDCRGzU2DlScg4vXdPtWrBmoaEl5Mi4-c/s1600/chora-Amorgos-blue-and-white.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgW02Fw2ZQSKowSoYuPWlYX7pWff7kfHEBsHP1GWHBl-JtAChSp9mTonNxBMkO6iIclPEIkuWXrImMjX22amQbQfRHLeQkPrSjc9VimBS5VR8LDCRGzU2DlScg4vXdPtWrBmoaEl5Mi4-c/s1600/chora-Amorgos-blue-and-white.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Amorgos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">All these photographs were scanned from the negatives using the <span style="font-style:italic;">Epson V700</span> scanner. Not much was done in terms of post-processing, basically just some straightening and removal of a few dust particles. No cropping, as you can see from the uneven borders.</span></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-60217165557972194782010-10-08T17:53:00.004+03:002010-10-08T18:16:18.481+03:00Markets, street vendorsMarkets are often great places for street photography. Or is that market photography then? Anyway, with people interacting with each other and going on about their business, the photographer is often ignored. The markets are also full of colour and interesting shapes. Sometimes too full which easily makes photographs too cluttered if you don't simplify them enough. Often you however don't have the choice if you really want the shot. It's also worth hanging around street vendors. They are basically small, simple markets, which helps remove some of the movement and clutter while providing good opportunities for interesting photographs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TeYZ6r3fI_1UeIWYCpHCQZGYkSbfH76h_-nMisKHiA_IZ4IOW64N5f4MJqiX3fBannXpax2U-jl09irPUk7R48fOk8fneTGWRVfJkPacm_FQCSGjk2SMxSIzSJ9O52wZdabi3VArr28f/s1600/nectarine-orange-and-lime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TeYZ6r3fI_1UeIWYCpHCQZGYkSbfH76h_-nMisKHiA_IZ4IOW64N5f4MJqiX3fBannXpax2U-jl09irPUk7R48fOk8fneTGWRVfJkPacm_FQCSGjk2SMxSIzSJ9O52wZdabi3VArr28f/s400/nectarine-orange-and-lime.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525691603311300050" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 160</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMhxW3S18nNN7vXHf3qO4ZI3D0cwy3H95qiQ1YZNKx1bh0O2RNain3CYqc8fJyy1Sg_av5Pn3L_BjDQ-o9nboN3BlDfbwUM4LAOr2z0_JdVSeQRgB_Wr8iJPcHur8CAE4JeOpwSUL1kwj/s1600/even-money.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMhxW3S18nNN7vXHf3qO4ZI3D0cwy3H95qiQ1YZNKx1bh0O2RNain3CYqc8fJyy1Sg_av5Pn3L_BjDQ-o9nboN3BlDfbwUM4LAOr2z0_JdVSeQRgB_Wr8iJPcHur8CAE4JeOpwSUL1kwj/s400/even-money.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525691591909852482" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Helsinki, 2009 - Epson R-D1, 1/2000, ISO 200</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7JP7Wxa_PUhnJLuZYkvxBvLkejxNZar9hfQrMjdPgtYtxDFKR6e0rXwRzBJ9vK8O1gZhGR134ohzfol7bmJvhzOv_4xV6AVktrfRR7zXnC-K70_oi5jOOuG3YVOgcAyXC132a-gHkGO5/s1600/flea-market-ponderings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7JP7Wxa_PUhnJLuZYkvxBvLkejxNZar9hfQrMjdPgtYtxDFKR6e0rXwRzBJ9vK8O1gZhGR134ohzfol7bmJvhzOv_4xV6AVktrfRR7zXnC-K70_oi5jOOuG3YVOgcAyXC132a-gHkGO5/s400/flea-market-ponderings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525691593454519442" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tampere, 2009 - Epson R-D1, 1/450, ISO 400</i></div><div><br /></div><br />Sometimes it's the advertising that catches your eye:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRu4jO1KXB0mIpk8SlquU0VQVE_SJz9Eyi65GcXG1C_er5c7BPW4sZmPGBy9kEF2vCCg8qGY-kaBpViShyphenhyphen-QyEnV_6Hu7RxKugudukKVLoWwK_i1iWISSyBQfOrcubpuZdhUow1n5qaVtD/s1600/only-1050-yen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRu4jO1KXB0mIpk8SlquU0VQVE_SJz9Eyi65GcXG1C_er5c7BPW4sZmPGBy9kEF2vCCg8qGY-kaBpViShyphenhyphen-QyEnV_6Hu7RxKugudukKVLoWwK_i1iWISSyBQfOrcubpuZdhUow1n5qaVtD/s400/only-1050-yen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525691605782408818" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tokyo, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 320</i></div><br /><br /><div>The Leica M8 photos were taken with the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 15/4.5 Super Wide Heliar</span> and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span>, respectively. The Epson R-D1 photos, on the other hand, were with the <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica Summicron-M 50/2</span> and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span>.<br /></div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-50478354513821935712010-09-22T18:22:00.006+03:002010-09-22T20:03:11.557+03:00Windows in photographsI often find myself photographing windows and doors. They are the kind of architectural details you will find practically everywhere with many details of their own: locks, knobs, decorations. They also bring a strong human element to photographs with people looking from windows deep in thought or hurriedly coming and going through doorways. Windows and doorways make simple frames and provide lighting. They can essentially be the subject, frame the subject, or light it. And they are everywhere around us in the urban environment providing endless possibilities for interesting photographs. Actually, I think I don't find myself photographing windows and doors anywhere as often as I probably should.<br /><br />Here are some photographs with windows I chose for this post. The first two pictures feature a window as the main subject. The first one is really about the humorous balance between two halves of the window: one side advertising the store with the text "now open" while the other side suggests the store is under renovation. The second photograph features a window in a lighthouse.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFMu3M9zbXsjKD1UGMQsu1luCb2YKqjiU9HQBhV6dH6yTkH60CE1I8SVlSO5WgKoopyb8KTfCZbMui7893_KVeI6oOTKTWVsikG5v_IX18w96uE_Efx-VW9-35J-zNDo06ykS6-7nbcEB/s1600/now-open-honest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFMu3M9zbXsjKD1UGMQsu1luCb2YKqjiU9HQBhV6dH6yTkH60CE1I8SVlSO5WgKoopyb8KTfCZbMui7893_KVeI6oOTKTWVsikG5v_IX18w96uE_Efx-VW9-35J-zNDo06ykS6-7nbcEB/s400/now-open-honest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780236833997666" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2007 - Canon EOS-300D, 1/125, f/8, ISO 200</i></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJfXahnQcThHwirVFdQ_n004R5rphsX0_LdIHeGo2m7lDKKcsMh5oyUFT1saLXhXKuvKMPid9RGXfMmFPuNwQpxtlLbQxW9Ne1dZnDgpQOINyVxiMuKniFaMP0r0NLRpJpdyuiYi-3Xz9/s1600/lighthouse-window.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJfXahnQcThHwirVFdQ_n004R5rphsX0_LdIHeGo2m7lDKKcsMh5oyUFT1saLXhXKuvKMPid9RGXfMmFPuNwQpxtlLbQxW9Ne1dZnDgpQOINyVxiMuKniFaMP0r0NLRpJpdyuiYi-3Xz9/s400/lighthouse-window.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780223278539666" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2009 - Sigma DP1, 1/200, f/8, ISO 100</i></div><br /><br />In the next two shots the window acts as a frame. The first of the two I took in the same lighthouse as the previous photograph.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsUKSLXmFJSWgUDm8CXvcuw5g6PZ3cNPHh-HvZUFesIx0tVgf84d6u41U_655ksniaZ0TiEHzLFdbMSGPxSI1JDaRTFl7J2xmabuY2zq0HlpQFC-gIRJQESBq6qkjjnoUWKhWNRXVvrlI/s1600/people-on-cliffs-Bengtskar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsUKSLXmFJSWgUDm8CXvcuw5g6PZ3cNPHh-HvZUFesIx0tVgf84d6u41U_655ksniaZ0TiEHzLFdbMSGPxSI1JDaRTFl7J2xmabuY2zq0HlpQFC-gIRJQESBq6qkjjnoUWKhWNRXVvrlI/s400/people-on-cliffs-Bengtskar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780375498661410" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2009 - Epson R-D1, 1/2000, ISO 200</i></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15dZuyg9H8KrD2RyE1eBbITgV02yrJ7AFnYRlAmOK5UhitjP93pNf_Q51A1oENaXkwdbmKenQy8vh_vWd9GlQSW6P2snkS22DskBw_3Bllz48zX2vzz4qkZiq689xhgoRd5v9dnz1Zilw/s1600/VSOP-flora.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15dZuyg9H8KrD2RyE1eBbITgV02yrJ7AFnYRlAmOK5UhitjP93pNf_Q51A1oENaXkwdbmKenQy8vh_vWd9GlQSW6P2snkS22DskBw_3Bllz48zX2vzz4qkZiq689xhgoRd5v9dnz1Zilw/s400/VSOP-flora.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780380417602642" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2009 - Canon EOS-1D, 1/3200, ISO 250</i></div><br /><br />In this next photograph I really liked the window frame. However, with its nasty reflections the window alone does not make for a very pleasant subject. The man sitting on the bench gives it both a context and scale.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQGoG-NpRj2JEX23Ebk_GFGgHYQyvFAg4N3zEB1tzu2G7BT5KMsnNDlQ6e1OuLNqOJLutO0TlJQRamyE7LYfYh5_zQ1Q1RtISXNI3BapCbyJ8K3c0o84CFO9QLbTPe1l0ZlyTYBy2infP/s1600/man-on-bench-Ribeira_Brava.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQGoG-NpRj2JEX23Ebk_GFGgHYQyvFAg4N3zEB1tzu2G7BT5KMsnNDlQ6e1OuLNqOJLutO0TlJQRamyE7LYfYh5_zQ1Q1RtISXNI3BapCbyJ8K3c0o84CFO9QLbTPe1l0ZlyTYBy2infP/s400/man-on-bench-Ribeira_Brava.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780234131932994" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2009 - Sigma DP1, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 400</i></div><br /><br />The last image features an open window, which breaks the pattern or repetition of closed windows. Emphasis is given to the open window by using a tilted lens (essentially this just gives a very shallow depth of field in this example).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfxSDo5X0NVj3rYMRP33gDHtGZGQu8Ih9w2SfOoRgfJP6DXkn4NDYfRo3nbinIjCE_tRfVvmYw4a2YwhlW1uei2Tgn5Uh28V4oD63x1HsxCfrZcBFiQ4o4Yi3_TXtcjzrRewXX_tvRw4h/s1600/open-window-Kristiinankaupunki.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfxSDo5X0NVj3rYMRP33gDHtGZGQu8Ih9w2SfOoRgfJP6DXkn4NDYfRo3nbinIjCE_tRfVvmYw4a2YwhlW1uei2Tgn5Uh28V4oD63x1HsxCfrZcBFiQ4o4Yi3_TXtcjzrRewXX_tvRw4h/s400/open-window-Kristiinankaupunki.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519780246274044210" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2009 - Canon EOS-1D, 1/8000, ISO 320</i></div><br /><br />I used a <span style="font-style:italic;">Carl Zeiss Jena 80/2.8</span> lens on 1D, a <span style="font-style:italic;">Sigma DC 18-50/3.5-5.6</span> lens on 300D, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica Summicron-M 50/2</span> on R-D1 for these photographs. The 80/2.8 lens was used with a tilt adapter.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-91047359776500091852010-09-20T12:52:00.004+03:002010-09-20T13:27:48.163+03:00The almost-a-digital-rangefinder is hereI haven't been this excited about a digital compact camera since the Sigma DP1 launch. This time it is Fujifilm's turn. Only a few days ago did we hear the news about their new GF670W medium-format camera, and now their latest announcement is here: <a href="http://www.finepix-x100.com/">the FinePix X100</a>. This is a 12.3 megapixel camera with an APS-C size CMOS sensor and all that. Forget all that. The really interesting thing is the viewfinder technology: this new baby sports a hybrid viewfinder that combines the brightline optical viewfinder used in many film cameras of the past and digital rangefinder cameras (such as my Leica M8) — and an electronic viewfinder used in most compact digitals!<br /><br />Okay, most compact digitals only have the LCD on the back and lack a proper viewfinder altogether, but some good ones probably have electronic viewfinders. Think about the not-quite-so-compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 and its viewfinder. That's what I mean. Trust me, this hybrid thing is big news.<br /><br />According to Fujifilm's marketing material, both the optical and electronic viewfinder in their hybrid system should be of high quality, and you should be able to switch between the views without much effort. If it works anywhere near as well as advertised, this will be great. Kudos, Fujifilm!<br /><br />I have waited for this to happen for a long time, and soon it may very well be a reality. This camera is basically a digital rangefinder camera without the actual rangefinder focusing.<br /><br />The FinePix X100 should be available from early 2011.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-65054977186491949132010-09-08T20:21:00.004+03:002010-09-08T20:32:45.593+03:00Going undergroundTwo photographs away from the sun light, two photographs of decay. One is from the Jaurés metro station, the other from the Catacombs of Paris.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13vmeTEmk-0J3psyN6Ei4d2ckXRVEewIqTV9CVzLWeanEkfcTDcbGj5pY3uvLe3CBcmKTZTMPTTaNESuIN41OX2nzOsGGEC4JA37Q0z4fEn9tHe-i5SGZH25FgvvQ5kLDWdfr-y1JW6RQ/s1600/Paris-metro-Jaures.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13vmeTEmk-0J3psyN6Ei4d2ckXRVEewIqTV9CVzLWeanEkfcTDcbGj5pY3uvLe3CBcmKTZTMPTTaNESuIN41OX2nzOsGGEC4JA37Q0z4fEn9tHe-i5SGZH25FgvvQ5kLDWdfr-y1JW6RQ/s400/Paris-metro-Jaures.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514595001127604322" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2010 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 640</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-fIm6x9JcxblOnzfBRy_Cvu4GIdKU8qwuKspgrGFvFi4UTV6GgTw4Tc63hMmvYNABrNM-gRtb9cdKyF-Ogcn8m9LTeHrlDNd5kcJoLa1IgC9aaEsRAl9LpoPkTY9GuK1fkPZJnd6OW2F/s1600/Catacombes-de-Paris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-fIm6x9JcxblOnzfBRy_Cvu4GIdKU8qwuKspgrGFvFi4UTV6GgTw4Tc63hMmvYNABrNM-gRtb9cdKyF-Ogcn8m9LTeHrlDNd5kcJoLa1IgC9aaEsRAl9LpoPkTY9GuK1fkPZJnd6OW2F/s400/Catacombes-de-Paris.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514594914165808850" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2010 - Leica M8, 1/20, ISO 1250</i></div><div><br /></div><br />I used the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span> lens for both of these photos. The shot from the Catacombs was taken wide open and pushed 2 stops in <span style="font-style:italic;">Apple Aperture</span>. No noise reduction was used. I believe the metro station photo was taken at f/4, but it could be f/2.8.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-44774521606189579282010-09-01T18:15:00.008+03:002010-09-02T16:52:50.978+03:00Subdued colours of summerIt's September and the summer is pretty much over. Well, here anyway. So, let's look at some summer colours while they are still fresh in our minds. I took these photographs to test an old Leica screw mount lens, a <span style="font-style:italic;">Canon Serenar 85/1.9</span>, on the Leica M8. It's a reasonably sharp lens that however produces images that have rather low contrast (which is typical for old lenses). This can be beneficial in harsh light, but usually you need to add contrast in post processing. I believe all these photos were shot wide open at 1.9.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz-6_ahSRvV0LqyNgvjppRmAUPRUCdXsy2UeRX5tpcfs9VOiPR7z-clzHexTbd_gDBUtF0OYfgDH3uD2R5jkXqMmD-pAoOvj6zNSkncidkbP4zPJ94hqeZareFbpxYHDbLZ5ijt4rRB7K/s1600/chimney-and-sky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz-6_ahSRvV0LqyNgvjppRmAUPRUCdXsy2UeRX5tpcfs9VOiPR7z-clzHexTbd_gDBUtF0OYfgDH3uD2R5jkXqMmD-pAoOvj6zNSkncidkbP4zPJ94hqeZareFbpxYHDbLZ5ijt4rRB7K/s400/chimney-and-sky.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968084216794850" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2010 - Leica M8, 1/4000, ISO 160</i></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yChpmjASsOnme0DhIyXufjlYRWFWZ-NI2U6TZpPMi9Q4sE1SZPpPYoLfLoZ0ZrjKDtvHHtYM18tdVnJIyJr6lu3FUUx_R44oN2LycNi73Ms959vMgsm112usLnzc1iWiHQstXo4kqNnD/s1600/dry-reed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yChpmjASsOnme0DhIyXufjlYRWFWZ-NI2U6TZpPMi9Q4sE1SZPpPYoLfLoZ0ZrjKDtvHHtYM18tdVnJIyJr6lu3FUUx_R44oN2LycNi73Ms959vMgsm112usLnzc1iWiHQstXo4kqNnD/s400/dry-reed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968089794621410" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>2010 - Leica M8, 1/750, ISO 160</i></span></div></i></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOtX_GnYA6bns-M2CfOEZvhuS7v5javHeMGqoRkuC0kk4NWozUsMeZELEUCS3Cc7y8tiLVN6yd8KR_Zah3Ri44z3_EA7OljYQQlgmsps25ayPtwo0G9IXYVajmG9eNfdnr_XX6IVNNYnq/s1600/old-broken-darts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOtX_GnYA6bns-M2CfOEZvhuS7v5javHeMGqoRkuC0kk4NWozUsMeZELEUCS3Cc7y8tiLVN6yd8KR_Zah3Ri44z3_EA7OljYQQlgmsps25ayPtwo0G9IXYVajmG9eNfdnr_XX6IVNNYnq/s400/old-broken-darts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968100498252770" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>2010 - Leica M8, 1/2000, ISO 160</i></span></div></i><br /><br />There are several old, fast 85-mm Canon lenses. Internet legend has it that the best of the group is the 85/1.8, which I have never seen myself. If you find one, grab it. The 85/1.9 and 85/2 are supposedly pretty close in quality and both are considerably cheaper than the 1.8.<br /><br />I like the overall rendering of this lens. It has a round aperture even when stopped down, which should help to produce some pleasant out-of-focus highlights. I have however mostly used the lens wide open or very close to wide open so far. Unfortunately, my copy does not focus quite correctly, which is why I'm not using it that much. It has considerable back-focus issues that I need to look into. I hope I can fix it. In the above picture of the reed I have compensated for the back focus.</div>Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-45654788305305431972010-08-28T14:44:00.005+03:002010-08-28T15:24:30.953+03:00Pictures from ParisIt has been a couple of weeks since my last post, so let's follow up with some recent photographs. These pictures are from Paris. There is no central theme covering them all, but each three sets of two photographs have something in common: street scenes, kids reacting to their surroundings, and people sleeping. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRexTo_rAMI8dP2VDw5UAhffAOh4HDcN5g_1Xu2UB4UJI3QchSs7ZpWMZfXDnZOVXPOetXjrKXWycOEkLM1GAa3Tlc4_LeMaL8JT2E4c_rc4x9ewE-kXT6pxIEifdL7DPcIoEktbeEsZ_-/s1600/woman-and-her-dog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRexTo_rAMI8dP2VDw5UAhffAOh4HDcN5g_1Xu2UB4UJI3QchSs7ZpWMZfXDnZOVXPOetXjrKXWycOEkLM1GAa3Tlc4_LeMaL8JT2E4c_rc4x9ewE-kXT6pxIEifdL7DPcIoEktbeEsZ_-/s400/woman-and-her-dog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510426992140957634" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 160</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzouzBNA3Cltc5ad-17zCBdIw0aNkYEpXuoJkdwaETJtcODC8WjELZhUfWBptPIKwDWKravUZyd_qYJ1TBvI-jpHjrBb36TWmzUhyphenhyphen1-cv78WNoqvBSgIExpc59f2zkYMXXxR-VRo7lgUO/s1600/frames-in-transit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzouzBNA3Cltc5ad-17zCBdIw0aNkYEpXuoJkdwaETJtcODC8WjELZhUfWBptPIKwDWKravUZyd_qYJ1TBvI-jpHjrBb36TWmzUhyphenhyphen1-cv78WNoqvBSgIExpc59f2zkYMXXxR-VRo7lgUO/s400/frames-in-transit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510427002910266738" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/250, ISO 320</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW1tW8Bx1CL3cO0U4TnI3ScGUYucdLyUKdYBXQsRjRLIHycj7H7fUhR3HQd948OUmgyt4zj0rYPtF033wle43c3UABF_vxMw9yNFb44AsETO8DMGwib_PkTFOm55GQny96MQVrfzCZnv8/s1600/Christian-wants-one.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW1tW8Bx1CL3cO0U4TnI3ScGUYucdLyUKdYBXQsRjRLIHycj7H7fUhR3HQd948OUmgyt4zj0rYPtF033wle43c3UABF_vxMw9yNFb44AsETO8DMGwib_PkTFOm55GQny96MQVrfzCZnv8/s400/Christian-wants-one.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510427004147424786" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/180, ISO 160</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9Q_d_ZpIXUHaM6CQRevHqPMo7lWvHvbT22uFxWEpxv7aaa7nLH294m2aa4-XEDIB8L1hv4MVacqjkJStVY5juOiGbtAw8KRvleRoOJZq4tQhCRLAb5BVMIqxISzwGmpUTxunQPScjZkz/s1600/boy-chases-a-pigeon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9Q_d_ZpIXUHaM6CQRevHqPMo7lWvHvbT22uFxWEpxv7aaa7nLH294m2aa4-XEDIB8L1hv4MVacqjkJStVY5juOiGbtAw8KRvleRoOJZq4tQhCRLAb5BVMIqxISzwGmpUTxunQPScjZkz/s400/boy-chases-a-pigeon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510427017455930114" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Epson R-D1, 1/450, ISO 400</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTC9gaq8idrCesRd6XDiBbMKfdrYZDVc6d9iPbnIkguj4FjsovOZjMLLYRH2_-Zc4NcJJCDsCF1uOP-pLhYbDtLCmZFjmnZlujyW0b5wnA4pLAUsSeMQjYwU9H4-2bvxM1CMdBD6YkQ4R/s1600/sleeping-man-at-Louvre.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTC9gaq8idrCesRd6XDiBbMKfdrYZDVc6d9iPbnIkguj4FjsovOZjMLLYRH2_-Zc4NcJJCDsCF1uOP-pLhYbDtLCmZFjmnZlujyW0b5wnA4pLAUsSeMQjYwU9H4-2bvxM1CMdBD6YkQ4R/s400/sleeping-man-at-Louvre.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510427020549065330" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/500, ISO 160</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yPz75Ux8kyiDdKzEPh238TGogCbQaPlON3Jx3sCuU1CG6Lr_AU8ibc20ZBiBjhYRJjdKoqTZKiqy9p4LlaCK4kPrF2H7YTz2fJbye9Sae-3KMPOBZ_fjpqrHBNTcMk0dDyKrvT_Eb6ON/s1600/two-ways-to-enjoy-the-sun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yPz75Ux8kyiDdKzEPh238TGogCbQaPlON3Jx3sCuU1CG6Lr_AU8ibc20ZBiBjhYRJjdKoqTZKiqy9p4LlaCK4kPrF2H7YTz2fJbye9Sae-3KMPOBZ_fjpqrHBNTcMk0dDyKrvT_Eb6ON/s400/two-ways-to-enjoy-the-sun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510427125786802242" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paris, 2010 - Epson R-D1, 1/600, ISO 200</span></div><br /><br />All these pictures are pretty much uncropped except for the one of the boy chasing the pigeon, which I found best to crop to a square format. The lens I used for all the Leica M8 pictures is the <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer 35/1.4 Nokton SC</span>, while both Epson images were taken with a <span style="font-style:italic;">Leica Summicron-M 50/2</span> lens. These focal lengths correspond to about 45 mm or 50 mm for the M8 and 75 mm for the Epson in 35-mm equivalent terms.<br /><br />By the way, the Epson re-covering job mentioned in a <a href="http://softerrelease.blogspot.com/2010/07/paradise-snake-bessa.html">past post</a> is still upcoming and definitely not forgotten.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-57383240350324750022010-08-12T08:00:00.006+03:002010-08-12T08:29:56.935+03:00Film shots from NaxosSome more pictures from Naxos. These are all unedited, uncropped, almost straight from the scanner. The obvious tweaks are removing of most dust spots and resizing for web. That's it. I used an <span style="font-style:italic;">Epson V700</span> flatbed scanner for scanning. It is a fairly affordable option for film scans and it sings with larger film sizes. These images were made using 35-mm film in my <span style="font-style:italic;">Voigtländer Bessa R2A</span>, so for optimal quality one should use a dedicated film scanner. For medium size prints, a good flatbed such as the V700 will do. For web images like these, it is even seriously overkill.<br /><br />Less talk, more pictures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTCam_rwes1DtzPBW5ulEB6kwqvz8b8ZikR-qrWN_JkDHkiJApI8J77pHpvcsv0hd4_ipY7jW4tv59xHo-4A8MoJwS1nTeQqmYQZGpJWONqVgRJoU7cKarHU3GWiDqChLny_HtjCqtQN5/s1600/boat-in-Naxos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTCam_rwes1DtzPBW5ulEB6kwqvz8b8ZikR-qrWN_JkDHkiJApI8J77pHpvcsv0hd4_ipY7jW4tv59xHo-4A8MoJwS1nTeQqmYQZGpJWONqVgRJoU7cKarHU3GWiDqChLny_HtjCqtQN5/s400/boat-in-Naxos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504387009562623602" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>Naxos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</i></span></div></i><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6W1NoNH1dLqQeUoVlYnxoov4wvI2vD94uLpq3yuYHpspH3U0JldOubBWQU0OycPJQmcFntA2HF5faFiBxTUE2JCsfZF0az51N-nQSWwvyJ4RiIQ9gFTbOk75_TuE9if6tECbj9H3IS1P/s1600/rent-a-bike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6W1NoNH1dLqQeUoVlYnxoov4wvI2vD94uLpq3yuYHpspH3U0JldOubBWQU0OycPJQmcFntA2HF5faFiBxTUE2JCsfZF0az51N-nQSWwvyJ4RiIQ9gFTbOk75_TuE9if6tECbj9H3IS1P/s400/rent-a-bike.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504387007459505506" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>Naxos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</i></span></div></i><div><br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEepJBHIP6LFN2PGlqlVqv89MN_aZrWuTVFk_xn-5xnyan6wgUqWWu6sy_tQD-kfWdIIFulb1QH3MLW1qvmDKgA5U9-IVvZnFVU5bXRkyI72IrwwDnzx3IkxT8uaaHDCXzGy_bjogvSEH/s1600/corroded-fan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEepJBHIP6LFN2PGlqlVqv89MN_aZrWuTVFk_xn-5xnyan6wgUqWWu6sy_tQD-kfWdIIFulb1QH3MLW1qvmDKgA5U9-IVvZnFVU5bXRkyI72IrwwDnzx3IkxT8uaaHDCXzGy_bjogvSEH/s400/corroded-fan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504387002619567554" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>Naxos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</i></span></div></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06jyrMvF7zQ0Aj1I_q22I7d1lt6yewW5R_sOI16MTdND3iHSTE3OBCv9sMKx2uRbHcoyxcMWjQVS0nCUmH7zjokcjqpJXAi58jzUvNo5Aa3hmj2Y1vMlffu64l0gWccq98DjRPUnImqoJ/s1600/Naxos-Waffle-house.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06jyrMvF7zQ0Aj1I_q22I7d1lt6yewW5R_sOI16MTdND3iHSTE3OBCv9sMKx2uRbHcoyxcMWjQVS0nCUmH7zjokcjqpJXAi58jzUvNo5Aa3hmj2Y1vMlffu64l0gWccq98DjRPUnImqoJ/s400/Naxos-Waffle-house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504386997914144898" /></a></div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Waffle house, Naxos, 2010 - Fujifilm Superia 200</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><br />Did someone tell you film is dead? Perhaps they meant some other film.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331555979679448578.post-63793007221623197642010-08-06T18:58:00.011+03:002010-08-12T08:26:45.699+03:00Room with a viewCountless movies present a view of a famous landmark from the bedroom window of an apartment or a hotel room as if yelling something like "Look, we are in Paris! Check out the Eiffel tower!" In the real world many of those views cost quite a lot, nor are the hotels always located in the most photogenic neighbourhoods. Sometimes you can get lucky, though.<br /><br />The balcony door in the bedroom of this 30-euro-a-night (at the beginning of the high season, no less) apartment hotel in <span style="font-style:italic;">Naxos, Greece</span> gives a calming, unobstructed view of the sea with the island's most famous landmark, the lonely temple entrance, <span style="font-style:italic;">Portara</span> reflected on the glass:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJopdM6Hl8Yj5xdo8ZfPY_0-otYhfnrt_OdyEq_yLBmrk1BHhjou4G8iQ2gc79ZwivhCgr2O_loNm2-RJ6pnYEhd6lByIFbHuRDUC41Co6T5M77xOqA3NEbKAH036NsPH8oVO_WUcCgZV/s1600/Naxos-room-with-view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJopdM6Hl8Yj5xdo8ZfPY_0-otYhfnrt_OdyEq_yLBmrk1BHhjou4G8iQ2gc79ZwivhCgr2O_loNm2-RJ6pnYEhd6lByIFbHuRDUC41Co6T5M77xOqA3NEbKAH036NsPH8oVO_WUcCgZV/s400/Naxos-room-with-view.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502336292169633058" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Naxos, 2010 - Leica M8, 1/125, ISO 160</span></div><br /><br />Close to the centre of Naxos town, this hotel offers not only a nice sea view but all the restaurants and other services within a walking distance. If you are looking for nice and affordable accommodation, I can highly recommend <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.magicview.gr/">Magic View Studios & Apartments</a></span> for your stay in Naxos.<br /><br />Stay tuned for some more, probably film, images from Naxos.Lassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984496744857226543noreply@blogger.com0