Picture of the day (October 14, 2010)

This attempt at following the moving car has obviously gone wrong. But nonetheless I like the outcome with that swooshy effect that came from all those objects moving at different speeds …

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/30 sec, ISO 200

Picture of the day (October 6, 2010)

I apologize for not treating you with new pictures lately, but I just didn’t get around to anything since photokina. But as now summer is definitely over and leaves are starting to change colours and fall, the world is so full of colours I just can’t suppress the urge to share some of these magic moments with you. So here’s a little treat from yesterday, and more is to be expected soon! :-)

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

I just went outside, and seeing those trees with their yellow leaves against the blue sky made me think of this post in my old picblog, about a stroll through Marburg’s botanical gardens around this time last year.

Photkina 2010: A report in pictures

As I previously announced, yesterday I spent the day visiting photokina 2010 in Cologne, and I brought back with me a huge load of impressions, pictures of latest models, of prototypes, and other stuff. So without much ado, here’s my report on the fair — by manufacturer, in alphabetic order.

Photokina 2010 south entrance

General impressions from the fair will be posted in a seperate gallery soon.

CAUTION! Massive amount of pictures ahead! Make sure your connection is fast enough, and that you have enough time! :-)

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The Minolta M-Rokkor 28/2.8 on the Leica M8

The Minolta M-Rokkor 28/2.8 on the Leica M8 | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/60 sec, ISO 640

I’ve been writing about this – I decided to part with my wonderful Zeiss Biogon 2/35 in favor of a 28mm and a 50mm lens. Having only one focal length just was too restricting for me. Also, it was only semi-fast, and its angle-of-view was too narrow for a walkaround lens, and too wide for a portrait lens.

My first purchase for my new lens setup was a Minolta M-Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, the wide-angle lens originally introduced with the Minolta CLE film rangefinder back in the 70’s. On the M8 with its 1.33x crop factor, this translates roughly to a 37mm equivalent angle-of-view – the classic, semi-wide reportage focal length, thus.

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Picture of the day (August 31, 2010)

Just when we thought summer was over, the sun and warmth came back – and even some flowers I hadn’t seen before! It’s like spring again …

"Remnants of summer" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200