PAD #85 | “Nighttime phone booth”

On my way back home from the department’s annual christmas party. I hadn’t had a chance to take a picture all day, so this sparsely illuminated phone booth came just right. I tried to develop it in colour first, but found it didn’t work so well.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/60 sec, ISO 2000

PAD #82 | “HOTEL”

Hotel Marburger Hof, Marburg, Germany. We visited the christmas market in Maburg today, but it was terribly crowded, so we decided to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate in the legendary CafĂ© Vetter instead. Should you ever visit Marburg, don’t miss their marvelous cakes! This picture was taken on our way back to the car.

Olympus E-P1 + Revuenon 50/1.4 @ f/1.4, 1/100 sec, ISO 400

The Revuenon 50mm is one of the lenses I got with my dad’s old Pentax SLR, and since I can’t afford the new M.Zuiko 45/1.8 at the moment, this’ll have to make do as a portrait lens / short tele. At f/1.4, it shows loads of spherical aberration and very low contrast, but sharpens up considerably from f/2 onwards. The “glow” wide open can have an interesting effect, though — especially in portraits.

PAD #81 | “17”

Today, I was looking for textures. This old fence had lots of.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/640 sec, ISO 200

Also today, my wife had her final exam for her oncology qualification, which she passed of course. Congratulations!

PAD #80 | “Powerful light”

Some powerful light was hitting the old university building just when the traffic lights across turned red, so I quickly snapped this one out of my car. Rarely ever got a picture this perfectly com- and exposed by just pointing and shooting …

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, 1/640 sec, ISO 200

PAD #78 | “Holger Schaumann”

Somebody lost their black, “Holger Schaumann” (probably a local business) labelled cap, on a hedge next to the daycare place where Emil has been going this week. I noticed it when I picked him up today. Only a few meters away, somebody had lost their gloves, which were all dirty and wet and had probably been lying there for some days.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/500 sec, ISO 200

One thing I like about my E-P1 is how great its JPEG output is. The colours are simply brilliant and extremely accurate, and with a little tweaking of the settings and careful exposure you get pictures that need no further processing. In fact, I have rarely been working with raw files from the E-P1 lately.