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Ghost in the machine

efix — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:51:38 +0000

My Contax T recently decided to act up, exposing only every other frame properly. The rest of the time the shutter would either not open or not close, yielding overexposed shots or frame not exposed at all. (It needs to be sent in for repair, and I found a small company in Germany who will be able to fix it.)

When I put in a roll of that rather expensive Kodak Ektachrome E100G, sometime late October, I wasn’t yet aware of the problem. Only while shooting it I noticed that the sound the shutter made sometimes wasn’t what I [...]

Picture of the day | September 6th, 2011

efix — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:43:59 +0000

Wowzers! It’s already September? Well, fitting the rather gray and dull early autumn weather we’re currently experiencing, here’s a recent shot taken on Lucky 100 b&w film.

"Piece o' cake" | Yashica Electro 35 GT + Lucky 100 SHD

Picture of the day | August 5th, 2011

efix — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:02:09 +0000

This morning, a helicopter landed right in front of our house, on the lawn of the police station on the opposite side of the street. You can imagine how exciting this was for Emil!

Emil watching the helicopter | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200

I also made a video of the helicopter landing, which I will later upload to YouTube.

Out and about with the E-P1 + Cosmicar 25/1.4

efix — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:52:20 +0000

As I already mentioned, I’ve slapped the little Cosmicar/Pentax 25mm f/1.4 C-mount lens onto my E-P1 again — and what can I say, I’m as thrilled again by this lens as I was the first, the second, the third and all consecutive times I used it. On the E-P1, it’s simply magical!

There’s something about the colours the way the lens renders them combined with the way the E-P1 reproduces them that make this special combination so unique. From all the lenses I’ve used on the E-P1, this is the one I enjoy the most — and yes, its [...]

Picture of the day | July 6th, 2011

efix — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:02:25 +0000

Gummy bears. And the joy of a little boy is complete

"Yummy gummy" | Olympus E-P1 + Cosmicar/Pentax 25/1.4 @ f/1.4, 1/100 sec, ISO 400

Picture of the day | July 3rd, 2011

efix — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:03:55 +0000

Emil has found a new favourite activity: climbing and lying down on top of the backrest of our sofa!

"Resting" | Olympus E-P1 + Cosmicar/Pentax 25/1.4 @ f/1.4, 1/125 sec, ISO 2000

I’ve put the little Cosmicar/Pentax 25/1.4 TV lens on the E-P1 again — this lens is just pure joy! I love its soft colour and contrast, the crazy bokeh, the inherent optical shortcomings … but I think I said that many times before already

The Film Chronicles | Ilford HP5+ & Provia 100

efix — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:29:20 +0000

Hello everyone, sorry for the slow news recently, but I’m rather occupied at the moment and rarely find the time to work on my blog. Anyways, it’s time to resurrect a long-neglected column, The Film Chronicles!

Yes, I’ve finally acquired a film scanner (Epson Perfection V330, to be precise) and spent the last three evenings scanning two rolls of film I shot in the past months: one roll of Ilford HP5+, a very popular and reputable 400 ISO black-and-white film (which I started to shoot last summer and finished only this spring …), and a roll of [...]

PADs #55 & #56 | “Pushcart” and “In the cage”

efix — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:39:04 +0000

PAD #55 — Saturday | The warm and sunny weather continues … bad for the plants, but good for us We took the bikes and went for a trip, and on the way came by the university’s main cafeteria, where the complete two-level entrance area is being rebuilt.

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1/4000 sec, ISO 160 | Color Efex 3 @ Fujichrome Sensia 200

PAD #56 — Sunday | This day was spent in the garden almost entirely, with friends visiting in the later afternoon. Emil decided to go and visit the rabbits [...]

PAD-Project: Week #7, Pictures #6 and #7

efix — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:16:34 +0000

We spent the weekend at my father’s, as he was celebrating his birthday. I had no internet access there, so I couldn’t post my PAD pictures for the last two days in time.

All pictures I took this weekend are family snaps and party scenes. So here are two shots of Emil, which I liked very much and thus decided to make my PAD pictures for week 7, days 6 and 7. Both were processed in Nik Silver Efex, #48 with the Neopan ACROS 100 preset, and #49 with the Ilford Delta 100 preset.

PAD #48 [...]

“Happy birthday, Opa Tommy!”

efix — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:06:53 +0000

"Ha-iii Opaaa!" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/200 sec, ISO 200