Took the girl, a beach, the M11, the Summicron 28mm Matte Back Paint Limited Edition – and Capture One. The 28mm cron can do as a portrait lens. Of course needs some cropping. Also, a more controlled environment wouldn’t hurt for closer-up shots. Yet, she’s not looking bad.
Asian love for Leica gear continues unabated. A Hong Kong businessman paid the equivalent of nearly 667,000 US-dollars for a golden Leica special edition at a recent auction in Bangkok, Thailand. For another green version of the special edition combo the businessman forked out further 133’000 dollars, for the total sum of 30 million Thai […]
If you’re interested in the golden Thai Leica M-10 special edition, you’ll have to take part in a Christie’s auction in… Bangkok, Thailand. Altogether 30 kits were manufactured. 10 kits with a gold-plated camera body and yellow crocodile leather, along with each a gold-plated APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH and Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH. And 20 kits […]
This is not the first royal Thai Leica M special edition. In 2016, a golden Leica M6 commemorated the 50th coronation anniversary of Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Now, in collaboration with Thai Beverage, one of Southeast Asia’s largest distilleries, a Leica M10-P limited edition honors the coronation of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn. With probably the […]
Hua Lamphong Railway Station – that’s Bangkok’s Grand Central. A train station with lots of history that was about to be shut down. Replaced by a much bigger brand new train station further north. Well, Bangkok can not be impagined without Hua Lamphong. Even a quick stroll through it is rewarding. Shot with the Leica […]
A few attempts in black and white photography. Might be focusing for a while on the monochrome world around us. Currently being in Bangkok, Thailand, metropolis of colors and wild impressions, this sounds like a nihilist approach. Guess we’ll find out! What’s your take on a world of shades of gray? BTW, would appreciate if […]
Good things don’t always come easy. In my old film days, when digital photography still was a wild sci-fi prophecy, I always had a Rollei 35 in the pocket, occasionally a Minox. Beautiful little, sturdy, legendary cameras, absolutely reliable in whatever task and environment. A Rollei was the perfect partner for the early sturm und […]
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It’s been far and long since the last post. Life is stunning, wild and comforting at the same time. So much to tell, but this is not a confessional site. Here a few recent unedited snaps with the oh-so-easy-to-use iPhone 13 Pro. Simply look around. Life, the world? Breathtaking. So much of everything, all around. […]
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Had a “Baby Fashion Show” the other day at the nearby shopping mall here in Bangkok. While enjoying the eye candy, one couldn’t stop wondering about what’s motivating these girls to behave like, or shall I say: imitate adults. Of course behind every girl there’s a parent applying the makeup and getting the high heels […]
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Hasselblad X1D II 50C Medium Format Mirrorless Camera: $5,750 available preorder Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm F3.5-4.5 Lens: $5,175 available preorder Olympus MC-20 M.Zuiko Digital 2x Teleconverter: $429.99 available preorder
Coming soon, available early August: Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS Lens Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens
Adorama is running a promotion on Sigma lenses. Expires June 24, 2019: Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM ART Lens – $649 (includes dock) – Canon – Nikon – Sony – Pentax – Sigma Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM ART Lens – $529 – Canon – Nikon
They’re a necessary evil: website ads that help content providers monetize their work. Without ads most websites would simply disappear. What if this could be avoided. What if there would be another way to enjoy the Web without having to be exposed to ads. Indeed, there is a new business model to monetize the Web. […]
Let’s talk music for a change. Am not an audiophile person by any means. I just like good solid gear that works, and I can say when a product is good. The new Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones are such a product. Spent hours comparing them to more expensive top brands – and the longer I […]
Joined a tour the other day, visiting CERN where they explore the origins of the universe. It was a random group of people. One young woman, a girl rather, caught my attention. I seemed less interested in the proton accelerator and Higgs boson “God particle.” Is this voyeurism? Did a snap from the hip. Would you […]
Nice deals from Adorama, grab ’em while these beauties are on sale! 15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Intel Core i7 2.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, macOS High SierraRegular Price: $2,399Sale Price: $2,099 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Intel Core i5 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, macOS High SierraRegular Price: $1,799Sale Price: $1,599(also available […]
I have the feeling it’s been years that we have been talking about the paradigm change in serious photography, with the change from the good old pentaprism and its reflex mirror to fully electronic mirrorless systems. World’s two biggest camera makers (apart from Apple of course), Canon and Nikon, for years tried to avoid the […]
First you think, wow someone hijacking a good old name of the camera industry! Yashica. Some of you younger readers never heard of the name. Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, founded in 1949. In December 1965, Yashica introduced the world’s first commercially successful electronically controlled 35mm camera, the Electro 35, a popular rangefinder […]
December 24, 1994. Christmas Eve, in a suburban New York mall. Digital photography is nowhere yet. It’s all Kodak and Polaroid, yet film’s doom days are closing in. There is no future for this camera store. The two elderly employees, store manager Ray (John Larroquette) and his loquacious, liquored-up partner-in-sales Pinky (John Rhys-Davies), arrive for […]
For ages Canon’s and Nikon’s snobbish pro-DSLR argument has been that mirrorless simply isn’t yet there and likely will never be there. Well, that’s a dinosaur argument since the announcement of the Sony α9, a true challenger to Canon’s and Nikon’s long-held last bastion, the high-end pro market. The announcement of the α9 both marks […]
The storytelling power of images. Here is a beautiful example of the marriage of words and visuals, conveying a story that is above both words and images. Johanna Nordblad holds the world record in free-diving under ice. For 50 meters she lets herself glide through the ice-cold water, without oxygen, wearing only a neoprene suit. […]
Quick shout about Fundy Designer, a professional photography software company known for its design software / workflow, Album Builder and Gallery Designer, with in-person / remote sales tools. Fundy just launched it’s revamped All-in-One Suite for professional wedding and portrait photographers. Fully integrated are Pro Enhancements that include Fundy’s very own Design Proofer, once-click retouching […]
It must be true. Read it on the Internet. And I quote: “The quickest way to tell an amateur with a fancy DSLR from a pro before they even begin shooting is to watch where they hang their strap (…) Amateurs put it over their necks, like the woman in the photo: Must be the […]
Well the photography revolution started with digital photography. Wait, with the iPhone and subsequent smartphones. Wait! With the Internet’s democratization of access to information and anyone’s ability to produce and share content. Or wait: with images’ increasing ability to “communicate.” Writes Snap in its IPO documents: “In the way that the flashing cursor became the […]
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You can agree and you can disagree with liberals and conservatives alike. For heaven’s sake, just start thinking for yourself again! Doesn’t mean something they say must be real. Doesn’t mean it can be fake either. Just ask yourself: is it relevant? Does it matter? Why they say it? And most importantly: does it make […]
Photos document a timeline, are a snapshot of body and mind at certain times along our lives. Photos allow for time travel. Looking at an image from the past might explain moods and things and connections that were not obvious at the time. This might have a therapeutic effect. Looking for clues in how I […]
