We’re heading off to Austria for vacations tomorrow morning, so I wanted to present you with one last potd before I’m absent for two weeks. I might or might not have internet access in Austria, so I might not be able to post any updates during that time.
This shot is actually an older one, from our visit to the zoo early last month, but I only got to processing it today.
 "Ingoti" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 45-200 @ 45mm, f/4, 1/500 sec, ISO 200 I’ll take with me my complete camera gear, i.e. the E-P1 + kit zoom, 20/1.7, and 45-200, the M8 + Biogon 2/35, and my Yashica film rangefinder, loaded with Ilford HP5+. I’ll be shooting the Biogon also on the E-P1 (via adapter), and will write a guest article about the lens on the M8 and E-P1 for Steve Huff’s website, so stay tuned for that! So, see you in two weeks then!
Via ePHOTOzine.
After presenting two monchrome instant films for Polaroid 600 and SX-70 instant cameras earlier this year, The Impossible Project now announced two more instant films, the PZ 600 Silver Shade for Polaroid Image, 1200 and Spectra instant cameras, as well as the PX 70 Color Shade for Polaroid SX 70 instant cameras.
According to the press release, PZ 600 is already available, while PX 70 will be available by July 29th. For more information, visit The Impossible Project.
The decision’s been made, I’ve made up my mind and will once again swap lenses for my M8.
Having been using the wonderful Zeiss Biogon 2/35 for several weeks now, I came to realize more and more that I need (want) a faster lens, as I do a lot of low-light shooting with frequently moving subjects (i. e. my son inside the house  ), where fast shutter speeds are needed. Technically, I could resort to ISO 2500 in b&w, but I don’t always want b&w. So, the Biogon has to go.
Enter the Voigtländer Nokton 35/1.2, the fastest 35mm lens ever built. (Or is it? It’s the fastest around, for sure.) It’s also quite a brick of a lens, but it has an outstanding reputation, said by some to rival even the legendary Leica Noctilux 50/1. As a 35mm lens becomes a 47mm effective on the M8, the Nokton is the ideal Noctilux substitute for the less wealthy among us.
Depending on whether I’ll be able to find a used one at a good price, I might additionally acquire a second, smaller walkaround lens, which would ideally be the Minolta M-Rokkor 28/2.8, and less ideally a Voigtländer Color Skopar Pancake 35/2.5 – although I’d rather have the 28, as I think having the same focal length twice would be a bit boring.
So, my Biogon is up for sale, and I will place ads at the common classifieds sections as well as eventually an auction at eBay. If you’re interested: it’s in as-new condition, used for only two months so far, black, and available with or without fitting UV/IR filter for the M8. I’ll be asking 750 € without and 775 € with filter.
UPDATE: And here’s the reason why I think I might actually eventually need a 28 more than another 35:
 "Water fun" | Leica M8 + Biogon 2/35 @ f/2, 1/750 sec, ISO 160 I couldn’t back up further and thus didn’t get the whole scene into the frame. Had I had a 28 with me …
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The update first: I reprocessed picture #1 in b&w, as I found it’s an ideal candidate. Indeed, I now like it better.
The new picture is from today. When I was about to take the shot, the bikes owner stepped out of the building in the background and looked a bit baffled. I explained to her I was taking a shot of the bike being parked in a no-parking-zone, as I liked the contradictoriness of the situation. She smiled and replied that she wouldn’t even have noticed, hadn’t it been for me. That’s what I was talking about: Things that seem so ordinary we normally wouldn’t even notice them, but that might turn out to have an extraordinary reading for someone.
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