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…
lens talk: the voigtlaender color skopar 35mm/2.5 January 8, 2016 After talking so often about traveling, it’s time for some tech talk again. Today, I just want to write a short entry about a…