Emil playing the piano – with a little help from his mom! 
"I like Chopin" | Leica M8 + M-Rokkor 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/45 sec, ISO 160
And a few more recent shots: Continue reading Picture(s) of the day (September 14, 2010)
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Emil’s grandfather brought him an eagle-shaped kite, which we tried to fly yesterday afternoon. Sadly, the wind wasn’t all that cooperative, so we didn’t really get the kite to rise higher than a few meters before coming down again. But it was exciting for Emil, and so the kite fulfilled its purpose!  "Letting the eagle fly" | Leica M8 + M-Rokkor 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/3000 sec, ISO 160  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. Continue reading The Minolta M-Rokkor 28/2.8 on the Leica M8  September 10th, 2010, 10:05 pm |  20/1.7, e-p1, emil, jasmin, m-rokkor 28/2.8, m8 |  Archived |  6 comments |  One of the first test shots with my newly acquired Minolta M-Rokkor 28mm f/2.8! I’ve taken a picture of this water preparation facility before, with the Cosmicar/Pentax 25mm f/1.4 C-mount lens on the E-P1. When you compare the two, you can see the significant difference in angle-of-view between a 35mm and a 50mm equivalent focal length!  "The water preparation facility revisited" | Leica M8 + Rokkor 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO 320 I took this in b&w JPEG as I don’t have the fitting 40.5mm UV/IR filter yet – but I hope it’ll arrive by tomorrow. Post-processing consisted solely of some slight tone-curve adjustment and watermarking. I’ll post more pictures taken with the new lens, soon, and I’ll also write a brief report on my first experiences with this 28mm on the Leica M8! One of the many plants on the window ledges in my office. Note to self: Don’t forget to water …  "Office plant" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/90 sec, ISO 160 |
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