This was photographed tonight.
It’s another colour image taken with my undisclosed lens (well, eight of you now know which lens I’m using — I’m going down the list of people who donated to my site and revealing its identity as my personal thank you).
As you can see, the rendering — even wide open — is impressive.
—Peter.
All of the Summer images from this week were taken last Saturday afternoon with my focus-ring-broken lens.
I’m thinking I will keep it and get it CLA’d.
—Peter.
Birthday Girl.
Background info:
The focus ring on my 55-year-old inexpensive mystery lens seized up yesterday morning and no longer turns (maybe that’s why it was priced so low).
I spent the whole day moving myself backwards and forwards to achieve focus at the the precise distance where the focus ring is stuck. I’m glad I did that for this shot.
I’ll post a few more images in the next few days.
In the interim, I need to make a decision: do I return the lens, or do I send it somewhere for adjustment?
—Peter.
100% centre crop from a 55-year-old lens that costs less than a Leica lens filter!
(the focus point is right at the centre of the dandelion, and this was shot wide open… I kid you not.)
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And here is the original image (ISO = 1250, 1/180 sec, aperture = I’m not telling):
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Pretty cool, eh?
This is a lens that most Leica shooters would likely never consider.
My guess is that it’s due for a massive price adjustment.
—Peter.
The last of the series taken July 1, 2015.
Another from July 1, 2015 (Canada Day).
July 1, 2015.
But oh so happy.
—Brian Wilson, This Beautiful Day.
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This portrait was created less than 48 hrs ago on the evening of June 21 — the Summer Solstice.
The longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere, but it also represents the end of spring.
As you can see, the light was fantastic.
The inexorable march to darkness,
and madness,
begins
now.
—Peter
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