For a change, decided to go old school today. Fired up the Leica M9 complete with corrosion ridden sensor. It was a low contrast day with lots of mist and fog everywhere. So Chose to go with the even older school Leica 5cm Summar.
Nice to get back to basics. Manual everything. Slowed down and just enjoyed the moment.
Old school digital cam. Leica M9
Even older school Leica Lens. Leica Summar 5cm
Misty
Somewhat behind in posting these up. But here we are. Out and about in the lovely town of Stamford, armed with my then (and still) very new Ricoh GR iiix. This is really a nice piece of kit. Yes it is the same as the 28mm in all other areas, but the 40mm perspective is really resonating with me.
I am only shooting in RAW these days and converting to jpeg in post.
For a long time my process was no processing. Am I really processing now? Perhaps yes and no.
What is displayed is what was captured by the chip. The information is there in the file. So cropping in if needed or mildly lifting the shadows. Is that processing?
Then again, I have converted some to black and white, so that makes them processed. Right? Does it matter? It is the final image.
Anyway a few pics from Stamford walk about.
It's a sign.
Took these a month ago so forget the settings. Using the Ricoh GR iiix. Either right down the close focus end or macro. As ever I was just piddling aboutwith no thought to the end game or if I would do anything the shots. Used too slow a shutter on reflection. Hand held. Bit of motion blur. Bit of missed focus as breathing. So minor movement in and out. So no pin sharp shots. But hey.
Out with the Ricoh GR iiix again. Have to say really liking the 40mm perspective. Bit of filter work, bit of close up, but not macro. Depth of field play.
Nice view
Near
Zorst
Car park
