Life is too short, to have never experienced a rangefinder camera.
If you’re a photography enthusiast, and you’ve never had the pleasure, do yourself a favour and shoot with a rangefinder (Leica, Zeiss, Mamiya, Voigtländer, Contax, Nikon, Epson, Fuji, Yashica, or whatever).
It will change you.
—Peter.
↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Color Skopar 35mm @ f/2.5.
↑Leica M9 and Leica 75mm Summarit @ f/2.5.
Introducing the Voigtländer Color Skopar F2.5/35mm P II.
I’ve been experimenting with this lens for the last 24 hrs and, so far, I like it. Small, sharp, smooth. Its strength is in daylight shooting, not just because it is limited to a maximum aperture of f/2.5, but because of the way it holds highlights.
Images will follow — maybe in a few days — so you can judge for yourself.
Voigtländer always delivers great lenses, so I shouldn’t be surprised at the results.
In the meantime, feel free to re-visit my report on one of my favourite lenses, the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4.
—Peter.
“Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.”
—Socrates (470 – 399 BC)
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“At least I know that I don’t know
Question is are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid…”
—Eminem, Berzerk (2013)
↑Leica M9 and Leica 24mm Summilux @ f/2.
↑Leica M9 and Leica Noctilux @ f/0.95.
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“What I want is to capture the natural, something quirky, insignificant or ordinary in the eyes of everyone, but something that eventually becomes emotional or surreal once transcribed to a photo.”
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35 yrs old, originally from Budapest, Hungary. Moved to Switzerland as a child, where he currently resides. Works for Philip Morris.
“A Leica M7 with my 35mm Zeiss Biogon. I also have a Nikon FM2 as a backup solution in case my main camera breaks down!”
“We only live once, but if you play it right it is enough. ”
“I was in the army in Switzerland, and security was at a maximum during the 9/11 era. Part of my duties included patrolling the US embassy and many others in the capital of Bern. Nowadays, I much prefer to patrol the streets with a camera hanging around my neck rather than a machine gun.”
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Today I am very pleased to present the work of Tibor Budai, whose photography I’ve enjoyed for several years.
Mr. Budai has an uncanny ability to “see”, and a gift for pressing the camera shutter at precisely the most interesting/poignant moment.
His seemingly quirky compositions belie a masterful photographer at work, whose intelligence is both playful and incisive. Moreover, he accomplishes all of this within the challenging medium of film.
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What motivated (and still motivates) you to pick up a camera?
“The motivation for me is to record an instant which will disappear forever as quickly as it has appeared, just a moment ago. It’s my life’s passion I think, discovered late, but as we say: “better late then never!” I just love taking pictures with the imagination process that begins soon after having taken it and this same process continuing on until the film development, with the gradual excitement going with it. And I simply like to look and appreciate the result of the successful photos after all the effort made. ”
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What do your images “say” about you?
“We say that pictures reflect one’s personality. Perhaps this is true. What I want is to capture the natural, something quirky, insignificant or ordinary in the eyes of everyone, but something that eventually becomes emotional or surreal once transcribed to a photo. To say the least, this is not an obvious thing to do!“
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How have you evolved as a photographer/artist over the years?
“[I’ve evolved] a lot if I look back when I started 3-4 years ago. I’ve learned from others’ work in forums or social media, and turning the pages of grand master’s photo books countless times, over and over again .”
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Any further comments about your work you’d like to share?
“I started doing mostly street photography. But now I tend to run some personal projects. I think change can bring benefits especially when one feels that particular subjects may have been overdone. It also allows me to come back to previous subjects, but with a different refreshed perspective. ”
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Once again, I wish to convey my gratitude to Tibor for participating in this series.
If you’d like to see more of his work, please visit Tibor’s website here.
—Peter.
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I am pleased to announce that Kevin Ng is the winner of the Prosophos Film Contest.
Mr. Ng created this beautiful image using a Mamiya 645AFD II loaded with Tri-X 400 120 film:
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Kevin, I can post mail you the 50 rolls of Tri-X 400, or I can deliver them in person (Toronto) with a cup of coffee :), as promised.
Congratulations!
A sincere thank you to everybody who participated, and congratulations again to the Top 10 Finalists.
—Peter.
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I was surprised to see that above is still the most popular post on Prosophos.com, given I posted it three months ago.
Yes my friends, I guess the CCD vs. CMOS sensor debate rages on… for many.
Not for me though.
—Peter.
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Related posts:
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On Monday, I will be featuring the outstanding work of Mr. Tibor Budai.
—Peter.
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Past Featured Photographers on Prosophos.com include:
↑Nikon V1 and Nikon 18.5 @ f/1.8.
Just over a month ago, I announced my little Film Contest.
Many beautiful and diverse images were submitted, and for the last couple of days I’ve been reviewing them.
As you may recall, I asked each contestant to show me, in a single image, why he/she loves the medium of film. Almost all of the entrants fulfilled that request, but — alas! — I can only choose one winner for the 50 rolls of Tri-X 400.
Before I do that, however, I wanted to honour the 10 Finalists by displaying their images below:
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Please join me in thanking the talented photographers who created these 10 images.
I also would like to sincerely thank all of the individuals who participated in the contest.
—Peter.
Real, but surreal place.
↑Leica M9 and Leica 24mm Summilux @ f/1.4.
The Stephen Bartels Gallery is currently putting on a two-week exhibition at the Leica Mayfair Store in London, and all of the the photographers under the auspices of the SBG are being featured.
Mr. Bartels kindly sent me the above snapshot of one of my images, as it appears in the exhibit.
—Peter.
↑Nikon V1 and Nikon 10mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8.
Part of The Beautiful Game.
This was taken using one of the best lenses in the current Leica line-up: The 75mm Summarit (f/2.5).
—Peter.
↑Leica M9 and Leica 75mm Summarit @ f/2.5.
Moment of Zen.
↑Leica M9 and Leica Noctilux @ f/0.95.
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