Inspiration

Test Image: Leica 35mm Summicron, Version 1 (8 Element).

2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summicron V1 (8 element) LTM conversion to M Mount, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point

Another window light portrait, in front of my “famous” window.

However…

Test Image Leica 35mm Summicron 8 element

–

…this time I offer a twist on an old theme:  this image was taken with a recently acquired (and adjusted, in Japan) Leica 35mm Summicron (8 element) lens, otherwise known as Version 1 of the legendary 35mm Summicron.  My lens was made in Germany in the early 60s.  It’s an example of the relatively less common screw mount (LTM) version, but mine was subsequently converted to M mount by Leica.

The lens arrived today.  I mounted it on my Leica M9P and fired off the above “test” shot, wide open at f/2.

Here’s what the lens looks like:

–

Prosophos 8 Elements

–

It’s tiny, light, and another jewel in the Leica crown.

—Peter.

Can’t see the forest for the trees.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point
—

Definition:  An expression used of someone who is too concerned about the details to see the “big picture”.

–
–
Recent pixel-peeping-type comments pertaining to my film images (by a minority of individuals), and a text from a friend who asserted that the output from his M Monochrom is superior to the output out of a Rolleiflex, prompted me to remind people of the above expression.

And I leave you with one question:  Why would you pixel-peep a film photograph?

(we don’t do that for a painting, even though an iPhone can “out-resolve” it)

—Peter.

Ah, film.

Inspiration, Q&A

I shot a second roll of Kodak Portra 400 on my Mamiya 7II last week.

Why haven’t I posted any photographs? 

The lab accidentally exposed the film to light.  Every image was lost.

Today, I dropped off more film.  I’d taken some casual shots from a family event this weekend.  I was told that the processing machine was down.  Apparently this is a rare occurrence.

There’s no time estimate for when I’ll get my film back.

—Peter.