Emil and I accompanied Jasmin to her riding lessons this evening. On the way, we saw this. I could swear the egg wasn’t hanging there at Easter!
 "Egg, hanging from tree" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, ISO 160 In other news, my Biogon 2/35 doesn’t seem to focus to infinity correctly. Apart from my M8’s rangefinder being ever so slightly off (but accurate anywhere else, at least in combination with the Biogon), I don’t get anything distant sharp with the Biogon at the wider apertures. In a recent f/2 shot, it seemed like the in-focus area went up to about ten meters, and from thereon things got blurred. This must be a problem inherent to the lens, as the lens itself was set to infinity. At smaller apertures this is less of a problem (none whatsoever at f/8), and it doesn’t bother me much as I rarely focus to infinity at all, but I wonder what causes this and if less distant focal settings are off, too. Gotta post this to one of the forums …
Especially with the artificial light in our living room! After finally receiving a filter for my Biogon 2/35 – I had initially purchased one via an online seller, but they had to order it themselves, first, and it wouldn’t have arrived before next month, so I now got a used one from eBay – I took some quick comparison shots to see how much difference adding the filter actually makes. And it makes a huge difference!
 Without UV/IR cut filter | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO 640 | JPEG from camera Continue reading What a difference a UV/IR filter makes!
I took this yesterday in the evening, across our neighbours’ backyard. The skies looked quite dramatic, and I did some heavy post-processing to further enhance this look.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/4, 1/90 sec, ISO 160 The Biogon is sharp already at f/2, but it’s incredibly sharp at f/4! And not only in the center – it’s sharp throughout the frame! Really a marvelous lens.
EDIT: I don’t know why, but this sky reminds me a bit of The Langoliers … they’re coming …
Funny flowers! Never seen them before and have no idea what they are called, but I like them  Taken this weekend on a walk through my in-laws’ neighbourhood.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/3000 sec, ISO 160
Emil playing with his “Winnie Pooh” helium balloon that we bought him yesterday after visiting the zoo. The b&w is straight from camera, with only some slight contrast enhancement and resizing for web.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/90 sec, ISO 2500 Even when viewing at 100%, the M8’s output holds up pretty well at 2500 ISO in black-and-white (and even in color with proper denoising).
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June 14th, 2010, 9:03 pm | 
