Spring is coming and days are getting brighter. After using 400 speed films almost exclusively I have made the switch to 100, to see what it’s like. Not only that, I am trying out the Neopan SS film, which is only sold in Japan. After a raving review by a top Hawaiian wedding photographer, I thought I should test it out and see what comes out. Anyone... 

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Q: Do you find that you are putting less in the frame now, with the new lens? GW: I don’t really know; I just take pictures, and they look almost the same to me. I really don’t know how to answer that question. The only real difference is, with a 28, racking it out as far as it’ll go, let’s say in terms of a face, there’s... 

svgallery=zeissplanar50ZM Entrance to Udon noodle shop, Kashiwa [ Leica M6, Zeiss Planar 2.0/50 ZM ] The above was a comment on a French site linking to the last set of pictures I had here. Not that it changes the validity of that statement, but I have redone things and properly scanned a series of shots taken with the new 50mm last Saturday.... 

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It must be months since I last bought a photo magazine, and this is the first time I bought a Japanese one. I saw Natural Glow mentioned on the web somewhere and decided to check it out. It is a bi-monthly, well-printed and well-designed publication, completely dedicated to black-and-white photography. There isn’t much talk – and no ads.... 

I went to Kashiwa today to try out the new lens and to have a look at the Bic Camera shop which has opened there this week. I was contemplating about a new 50 for a while, since I had sold the 50/1.4 USM for the Canon which I used for Two Sundays a long time ago. So when I saw the new Zeiss in the shop after just having read about it in a magazine,... 

Umbrella, a can of beer, rice cracker snacks, a magazine and the new Zeiss Planar T* 2,0/50 ZM with hood.I just couldn’t resist – now how to explain to the wife? ...