"Calling grandma" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 1250
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When I came back from work, I took Emil out for a walk. The sun was already setting, and with all the clouds in the sky the light was truly magical!  Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/8, 1/180 sec, ISO 160 Continue reading A few landscapes and sunset impressions from today Why, of course you can! While it might sound awkward at first – at least to us spoiled youngsters who grew up with all-automatic cameras -, it is indeed possible, and quite easy, too!  The editor of this blog | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/8, 1/60 sec, ISO 2500 What I did was set the lens to its closest focusing distance, the aperture to f/8 for large depth-of-field, hold the camera at arms length away, pointing to the right of my chin, let the auto-exposure do its job and shoot. The result needed only some minor tweaking (mainly conversion to b&w). Of course taking your self-portrait is much more convenient with an automatic camera with face detection – but it’s much more fun with a rangefinder! “Pitsch-Patsch-Plitsch-Platsch!” Emil having fun with a bucket of water on our balcony! Converted to b&w in Lightroom 3, added some vignetting and grain, applied some burning to the background and some dodging to the water droplets.  "Splish Splash" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/90 sec, ISO 160 It seems summer’s come back for a coda! Today, we had as good as no clouds in the sky, and the temperature came close to 30°C again. So we decided to visit Wetzlar (the birthplace of the Leica camera), which has a beautiful old town and vast shopping opportunities  Wetzlar, Germany | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/2000 sec, ISO 160 |
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August 26th, 2010, 8:57 pm | 
