This has been an ongoing thing since I got my Leica IIIa. It’s a wonderful camera and I like carrying it with me and using it, but as I already said, the viewfinder is downright crappy, at least when you have to rely on glasses to see anything, like me. Continue reading “The Quest for the Ultimate Viewfinder”
Yes, it’s a street, it’s got a name (‘Dem Honn Hannen’ in luxembourgish – literally ‘the dog’s ass’).
Nice name for a nice street.. or streetlet.
Starts with a VERY narrow passage between two old buildings, then it ‘widens out’ as it runs along between old garden walls set with old gates.
All pictures done with my trusty Olympus XA2 Continue reading “The Narrowest Street in Luxembourg”
I just wanted to share this picture from the past, from a peaceful, good life in Luxembourg in the early sixties. Continue reading “A lovely Picture from the Past”
No, this is not about the fabulous group around Jim M.
This is just about Doors, real doors, mostly old ones. Doorways into forgotten homes, into lives long past. Continue reading “The Doors”
I am a photographer, if you extend the definition not only to professionals, but to anyone who likes to make pictures.
But am I an artist? Continue reading “The Photographer – The Artist?”
I once more bought a cheap pack op 3 Fuji Superia 200 films about a month ago, and I got the negatives back today. Well, what do you want me to say… you won’t see any color photos here!
By the way, all pictures are taken with a crappy Canon SureShot AF7 that I sacrificed shortly afterwards to recover the wonderful, big, bright finder that’s in it. More of that later…
I scanned them and treated them to a round of Lightroom….. and I converted most to black and white! Continue reading “Why I’ll buy no more color films”
Leica IIIa – Industar 50 Continue reading TRP – Today’s Random Picture
Fifty millimetres, the so called ‘normal’ lens in 35mm photography. It’s a well known term, even in Inch-Countries.
Where does it come from? Apparently it’s the normal field of view of our eyes, but that’s just plain stupid. If we had a field of view of 50mm, we would be quite embarrassed and would have constant neck spasms from balancing our heads from right to left, up and down to scan our surroundings. Continue reading “A Tale of Fifties”
Had a stroll in town today and brought back some photographs. This time the Summitar 50mm f:2 and a roll of Fomapan 400 came along. I definitely begin to like those Fomapan films!
And by the way, I’m slowly adapting to that squinty viewfinder. At least the framing is not too bad (not too many crops) and I manage to get the horizon quite straight, something I failed at with digital cameras and artificial horizons in the finder.. strange. Continue reading “The Leica IIIa… at it again”
Took a walk this morning with my Leica IIIa and the Jupiter 8 I just got off eBay – for once a nice surprise from a russian seller. An utterly nice lens without any flaws (apart from those inherent to these lenses). Continue reading “A walk with my Leica IIIa”
Frank Lehnen Photography 