Umbrellas and reflection September 23, 2017 Hey, it’s raining today. Let’s take the umbrella, load the hasselblad with fast film and play in the puddles outside. You don’t have to…
Cars, cars, cars August 28, 2017 I don’t take the distagon c 40mm f/4 out very often. It’s a really nice wide angle lens but it’s bulky and heavy. The…
Praktica history – chapter three – the BX20s and the 135/2.8 tele lens August 14, 2017 I acquired a Prakticar 135/2.8 with the Praktica BX20s. I haven’t used a tele lens for at least five years and shooting with it…
Praktica history – chapter two – the bx20s August 5, 2017 I started my shopping for Praktica SLR with the KW and an older Tessar 50/2.8. Now I’m going straight to the last model the…
Some more images with the Yashica ML Macro 55mm 1:4 July 14, 2017 Here is a quick follow up to my last entry about the Yashica 55mm/4 macro lens. This time I was shooting Fomapan 400 with a…
How I feel about macro lenses – Yashica ML Macro 55mm 1:4 May 20, 2017 in the old days of film I went out there with my Nikkor 90mm/2.8 macro to shoot flowers and bugs. The slides are sitting…
Polaroid in Bangalore April 1, 2017 There is never much time during a business trip to go out and take photos. This is especially true for trips to India since…
Ilford HP5+ – the expired film page March 6, 2017 The other day I rushed out of my place, grabbed the Konica Hexar AF for the AF and the ‘ease of use’, took a…
praktica history – chapter one – the praktica kw May 7, 2016 the history of the series of praktica cameras is in a way connected to me growing up in eastern germany. I think I got…
my first experiments with the sabatier effect March 6, 2016 When I scanned the roll of fomapan 400 I shot at cannon beach in oregon, I thought about trying something different in the dark…