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Picture of the day (January 9, 2011)

Whoever has written this onto this pedestrian bridge, they obviously were in a philosophic mood … But isn’t this the essential question behind everything?

"Love or hate?" | Leica M8 + Ultron 28/1.9 @ f/1.9, 1/500 sec, ISO 160

Still nothing from the SWH 15/4.5, but I’ll take it along next week. We’ll see!

A photographic review of 2010

So 2010 is over. And as it is with things past, we tend to forget them through the daily work that occupies us. 2010 was quite a year, though. Many things happened. I’ve learned a lot of stuff. I have so many great and some not so great memories. I can’t do justice to all of them. So, here’s a little photographic review of 2010. One picture for each month — except for April, since I’ve lost all my pictures from April due to a harddisk crash in late 2010. (This is one of the not so great memories …)

January: Emil watching the snow fall through our balcony door. (This picture was featured in Steve Huff’s “Daily Inspiration” column.)

Olympus E-P1 + OM Zuiko 50/1.8

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New toy: Voigtländer Super-Wide Heliar 15/4.5

Isn’t it great when the postman (woman in this case) rings at the door and brings you something you’ve been eagerly waiting for? Well, I just had this christmas-like sensation today, when I received my new Voigtländer Super-Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical II VM lens, the new version of Cosina’s well-respected super-wide rangefinder lens which now comes in M-mount (instead of M39 screw mount), rangefinder coupling and finally a filter thread.

The SWH (as it’s generally abbreviated) is very small and light, wonderful to walk around with. Mine came with the Voigtländer 21mm brightline viewfinder, which works very well for use on the M8, where the 15mm lens acts like a 20mm. I’ve never had a lens that wide, so I’m not quite sure yet how to use and what to shoot with it. Sadly I couldn’t take any pictures yet, as it was raining and this is definitely not a lens to be used indoors without a tripod.

I hope I’ll get to shoot it a bit tomorrow!