I fine-tuned the focusing on my 58/1.4 lens this evening.
As I suspected, it was off.
I suppose I could be annoyed that it needed a “+15” adjustment, but I’m mostly relieved that it can be corrected easily.
[Edit (November 21): Upon further testing – in daylight 🙂 – it turns out I need to make a +18 adjustment!]
—Peter.
Fleeting expressions like this are rarely seen with our eyes but always perceived by our subconscious.
Photography has the power to suspend such moments for our leisurely contemplation.
It’s one of the qualities of this obsessive pursuit that I enjoy.
—Peter.
A little motion-emotion.
(Technical: 1/30 | f/16 | ISO 64)
—Peter.
Introducing the Nikon D810.
New camera, same outlook.
(Onward and upward.)
Oh yes — the lens.
Another time.
I’ll discuss.
Promise.
—Peter.
What would that look like?
(kidding)
—Peter.
…magnificent.
I did an outdoor photo shoot for a family today.
The colours, textures, and even look that I am able to extract from the D810 remind me of what I was getting with my Mamiya 7 +Kodak Portra 400 film.
—Peter.
I found out from Getty Images today that this image of mine was licensed, this time for a French book:
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For all of us obsessing about Leica lenses, it is worth noting this image was taken with a Voigtländer.
—Peter.
I had an opportunity to handle a Nikon D810, a Pentax 645Z, and a Sony A7RII yesterday.
Previously, I’ve owned a D800E, a 645D, and an A7s, so I was familiar — in a general sense — with each manufacturer’s offerings.
Ultimately, I had abandoned all of those last generation models, for one reason or another.
Care to guess which one of the latest generation offerings I found the most desirable? The least?
—Peter.
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Ouch. This might actually kill the company.
Is there anybody left at Leica doing “reality checks” during company meetings?
—Peter.
Yes, I did it.
I managed to burn a hole in my M3 shutter curtain.
After all of these years… this is a first. I had read about it but never really worried about it.
As far as I can tell, it was caused by not having the lens cap on while I was outside in intense sunlight (at the Blue Jays game). My uncapped lens likely focused the rays of light onto a small area of the shutter cloth and — voila! — a hole was created.
This is what the hole was doing to all of my film images:
(iPhone shot of a scanned image on my computer screen)
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Fortunately the curtain can be easily repaired/patched.
Now I have to reconsider my w(hole) modus operandi for shooting. I have been using my lenses with protective hoods and filters but no lens caps.
—Peter.
My M3 took a knock in my camera bag that threw the rangefinder off.
The images from this weekend are all out of focus.
The camera is being sent for adjustment.
Ahhh… rangefinders.
—Peter.
If you have been following along, my last few posts contain photographs created with Undisclosed Lens #3.
So far, I’ve only shot with it on film.
I decided to examine central sharpness, wide open, on the Leica M9.
Here is the original test shot:
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And here is the central crop of the above image, at 100%:
(focus was on the “T” of the word “Teas”)
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Once again, I’m quite impressed with this lens.
—Peter.
For many reasons, I should be jumping on this camera.
Strangely, I’m not even remotely interested.
Am I:
—Peter.
We went to a wedding yesterday, and my wife took this image.
(It’s not often I have proof that I am a part of these wonderful kids’ lives 🙂 )
Incidentally, the camera used was a first generation Sony RX100 and after all of these years, I am still pleasantly surprised by the output of this small (and small sensor) camera. Compared to my Leica M9 images – in this light – you’d be hard-pressed to discern the difference at web-size output, unless you were looking for differences in depth of field. The M9 files are more robust with respect to post-processing, but that’s certainly expected.
—Peter.
My newly-acquired Mamiya-Sekor Z 110mm f/2.8, which was used to take these recently posted images here, here, and here, has fungus in it.
A lot of fungus.
It was described as “mint” by the seller in Japan.
To his credit, he has sent me a replacement lens. It’s not quite as nice cosmetically, but the glass is clean (other than dust, which all of these Mamiya RZ lenses seem to attract in great quantity).
Yet, I wonder if I should keep and pay for the eukaryotic-exotic first lens?
It seems to perform spectacularly.
Myco-graphy anyone?
—Peter.
…but still willing to pose for a test shot.
(test shot #9 of 10, roll #1)
—Peter.
And I’m not talking about our dog, Honey.
(test shot #10 of 10, roll #1)
—Peter.
Prosophos 