tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37891808591760801452024-03-13T18:30:38.871-05:00The Leica M4-2Photographic experience with a Leica M4-2, equipped with a Konica Hexanon 35/f2 and a nice Leica MR black meter, and my other Leica cameras.Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-8695397071596021362019-03-27T23:00:00.000-05:002019-03-27T23:00:19.120-05:00Sunny Avila, then Salamanca<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Toledo we made our way to Avila, via Madrid. By train, Avila is a couple of hours away and on the way to Salamanca. It's a beautiful walled city, relatively untouched, but sophisticate enough to offer to a traveler bits of history, folklore and enjoyment. We enjoyed a remarkably sunny weather, which helped created these images (again, Leica M4-P with an Elmarit 28mm f2.8).</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legs, sunny <i>Plaza Mayor</i> in Avila (cropped)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selfie in the <i>Plaza Mayor</i>, Avila</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the <i>Mercado</i> in Avila</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lady back from shopping and walking across the <i>Plaza Mayor</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bar, near <i>Plaza Mayor</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tourists in front of the Avila cathedral</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo above... from a café in Salamanca that was next door to our hotel (this place served excellent food). Not a whole lot in terms of privacy, but then, during the summer and eating at a restaurant terrace, privacy is rather hard to get. More with the same rig, but this time from the college town of Salamanca, some distance away from Avila and far more populous and active. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ATM line in Salamanca. Almost only women...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Popular place for a <i>bocadillo</i> or snack: <i>Viandas de Salamanca</i> offers <i>bocadillos de jamón</i>, <i>queso</i> and both. Their answer to American fast food... but faster and better.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am really happy this image turned out. So much that I may have posted it before. Dancers in Salamanca's Plaza Mayor. In case you care, the exposure was 1/8 at f2.8 on Kenmere ISO film. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way to the river Tajo, one finds this corner that tends to create a dramatic contrast at almost any time of the day. I wonder if this building existed in the <i>Lazarillo</i>'s day...</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we are for now. If I don't find any more images from Spain, I promise to post something new, be it local (from DeKalb) or from any other trip. Who knows, I still have a nice inventory of images from the M4-2 and its Hexanon. In the meantime, feel free to comment, share, gossip or guffaw. </span></span><br />
Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-90393500310962086902019-03-14T11:57:00.000-05:002019-03-15T09:58:09.413-05:00Back to Toledo, Spain<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just for the sake of posting... and because I like looking at my photos in this blog (hopefully, some of you too). Later edit: all these photos were taken with my Leica M4-P and an Elmarit 28mm f2.8 lens, unless otherwise noted.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Map reading woman</span></td></tr>
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By the way, the last image shows two friends who remember us every time we return to Toledo. On the left, the owner of the store "Aladin" (across the street), and next to him, in white, the owner of a small souvenir bazaar who sells great t-shirts and small crafts (cannot recall the name of his store). They're both nice people, who make our lives in Spain pleasant and enjoyable. And on that note... I leave for now. Soon, new photos from Avila and Salamanca! </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-13536749542629815072019-03-04T15:13:00.002-06:002019-03-04T15:13:24.843-06:00Two Days in One Roll<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During our last stay in Madrid I was a bit more cautious with film. From experience, I have seen that the more I return to the same places, the more I take the same photographs, and there's only so many shots of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid one can take, no matter how eerie the light effect. In past visits, I had burned two, or even two and a half rolls in a single 10-hour day. This time—summer of 2018—I felt a lot less generous and more selective, as you can see here: here are some selected photographs from one single roll of film (Kenmere ISO 100), spanning two days in Madrid. As you may have surmised, the camera used was a Leica M4-P, with an Elmarit 28mm f2.8. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not too early, not too late... at the post stamp market in the Madrid Plaza Mayor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The market actually offers a vast array of used or antique items, and browsing can be fun.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-69118481081894805802019-02-21T16:20:00.000-06:002019-02-21T16:24:47.617-06:00Spain through the wide angle<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am back from Spain, from surgery, from a long hiatus... and ready to post some photographs taken with my Leica M4-P, and an Elmarit 28mm f2.8, in Spain, during the summer of 2018 (quite a while ago!).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It turns out that in October or November 2011 we spent a weekend in Chicago. Of course, I took with one of my Leicas, the one that got out the least, a nice M3. However, I also included (just for the heck of it) my then newly acquired Canon 50mm f1.2. After a Saturday of sights and meals and visiting <a href="https://centralcamera.com/" target="_blank">Central Camera</a> in Wabash St., my wife and son wanted to take a rest, but I went out for a walk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All these folks were congregated around the LaSalle street area, which is still the financial center in the Loop. But their activities were largely pacific; they weren't vociferous or even loud. Besides, it was late in the evening. The lens helped, though, and it was interesting to shoot with shutterspeeds as fast as 1/125 wide open. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are we back where we started? Will it get worse? At this point there have been far more demonstrations (and for different reasons) than after Obama's inauguration in 2008. The passage of time is very evident now... even in this blog! But we'll hang in there, because life is too beautiful to ignore it, and photography still offers an outlet when everything else fails. </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-21702276510187721752018-03-04T14:08:00.002-06:002018-03-04T14:10:56.786-06:00Montmartre, Rive Gauche... neighborhoods or theme parks?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the time I spent in Paris in 2017, I went to Montmartre, the quintessential Parisian neighborhood, home to renegades, artists, and renegade artists. While I walked there (as much as I could, considering my impaired ankles) I wondered to what extent is the survival and identity of this area turned it into a kind of theme part about Paris in the 19th century. Any ideas? Take a look...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Selfie takers at the <i>Ponte d'Arcole,</i> whose presence and attitudes only contribute to turn the place into a weird theme park... of sorts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the <i>Café Courcelles</i>, in the boulevard of the same name, at a place where two more streets meet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The reason for the flags is that here, at the <i>Passage des Ateliers</i>, there's a flag making store (in addition to a wine bar and restaurant, and a few artists ateliers).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever the answer, the city's charms remain unquestioned. Perhaps it is always appealing because of its size, which seems adequate to human proportions and never overwhelms its visitors (no matter how large its museums and other places may be). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In any case, as if it were necessary to say but I still want to add it, all the images above were made with a Leica M4, a Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2 lens, and a Sekonic L-208 meter in hand on Kenmere ISO 100 film (and, if not, Ilford FP4). </span></span><br />
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<br />Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-58418757682667625512018-02-08T22:05:00.001-06:002018-02-08T22:10:11.377-06:00Paris and the 35mm Zeiss lens<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the summer of 2017 I had foot surgery, but before going in the hospital I spent some two weeks in Paris, and a few days in Germany afterwards. All that time I had with me two cameras: my Nikon D700 (with my AF 24-120 f4 zoom), and my Leica M4, with a Zeiss 35mm f2 and a 90mm f2.8 lens made by Konica. For metering, I took a recently (back then) acquired Sekonic L-208 that can be small, discrete and accurate. Film? A mixed bag, but mostly Kenmore ISO 100 and Ilford FP4 (exposed at ISO 125). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Place des Vosges. Girl reading. For this one, I used a Konica Hexanon 90mm f2.8 lens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not all the photographs I have show this "slice of life" quality. Some are deliberately more architectural (or perhaps environmental), because... Paris offers everything everyone may want. I wanted to do this trip and take a Leica I used to own (an M3), with a collapsible Summicron 50mm, but I sold it before anything happened. I am now glad that I was able to take this M4 instead, as I have always found the 50mm focal length a bit too narrow for my taste. Needless to say, I want to return, and I want to do some night photography like I did in Madrid. But enough of that. I'll return with some street shots (literally, photos of streets) that I liked because... I think they're a good representation of the charms of Paris.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bientôt! </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-24241481838925740262018-02-06T22:29:00.000-06:002018-02-06T22:36:39.470-06:00Second and last: The Leica Typology<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's
continue with my, shall we say, profiling of Leica M film bodies. Since I packaged the M4 along with all its
variations together, and finished my last installment with the M5, let's
continue from there.</span></span><br />
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the M5 is the best known secret operative, how could Leica improve on it? Easily: they just dropped it like the
proverbial hot potato, and went back to the drawing board to produce the
M6. This is a jolly camera, a jovial,
quick to laughter guy, who enjoys work, rolls up the sleeves and gets down and
dirty whenever needed, but then, at the end of the day, will go to a pub, a
bar, a tavern, a restaurant or a café, or any place of human companionship, and
sing a good set of tunes. Yes, the M6 is
one of those who works hard and plays hard.
Nothing in the world is better for this camera than a good work day,
then a shower, and then a nice, long evening nursing a drink (or series
thereof), belting out a few drinking songs. Maybe that's why there are so many different
editions of the M6: they knew these cameras wouldn't stay in their boxes. That's probably the explanation for so very
few "mint" or "collector-condition" M6 bodies in the
market. They're all out there, having a
good time. </span></span></div>
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no nameplate like the previous Leica bodies.
It says only M7, like a secrent agent code, as if that were enough. Based on this, the M7 is just… an M7, a
letter and a number. It's a bit joyless,
bland, robotic body. Sure, it works and,
of course, produces <b>always</b> perfect exposures. But then, what does it do afterwards? What does this camera like? Which songs are its favorites? Does it have a preferred place to hang out?</span></span></div>
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is the typical <i>metro-boulot-dodo</i>.
Up with the sun, out to work, clicketty-click and clicketty-clack… job's
done, collect paycheck, let's go, see you tomorrow, head back home, make some
quick supper, watch the news and hit the sack… And repeat again the following
day. Why does it convey this image to
me? Is it because of its electronic
guts? Is that because of its apparent
perfection in terms of metering, gauging film ISO, opening and closing the
shutter at perfectly timed intervals?
Frankly, I don't know, but that's the reason I've stayed away from
it. In fact, I barely touched one. I know… that's extreme. </span></span></div>
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all, I must admit that I fell in love with it.
Oh, what a softness to the tact, what a delight to the senses, what a
flawless, precise engineering… It was
like an M6 on steroids (and I had already my M6TTL bodies by then). Then, at the same time, holding the camera
feels as if one had an M4 in hand: a reliable, solid instrument that can also
understand the whims of the creative mind. </span></span></div>
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end. I have nothing to add about the
digital bodies (and there are too many) mostly because I lost interest on them
after the M9 storm with the sensor problems.
Hence, I'll return to posting photographs. In fact, soon enough I will come back with
more results of my stay in Spain with my M2, and from my other sojourn in Paris,
during the summer of 2017, with my silver M4. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take care and leave a comment with your opinion or information about the Leica digital bodies. Who knows... may be one day they'll deserve a typology too!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One very last note: the photographs used in this post came from flickr, and I have acknowledged their authors. I should add that I am very grateful that they did not block their work from any third-party use, and that is why they appear in this entry, just as illustration. Thanks, gentlemen! </span></span></div>
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</span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-44013202078498751022017-08-12T11:14:00.002-05:002017-08-12T11:21:22.747-05:00Digital and Film: Lima, Perú<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am aware that I'm interrupting my intended project of the Leica typology, but these images came to me as a result of a trip to Lima, Perú (professional conference). I took with me a Fuji X-Pro 1 with a 23mm/f1.4 lens, and my trustworthy Leica M4-P with an Elmarit 28mm f2.8 (third version). As the TV show says, "these are their stories..." Let's begin with the digital material.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guard change at the Palacio Nacional (in front of the Plaza de Armas). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facade in Jirón de la Unión (street between Plaza de Armas and Plaza de San Martín); mostly commercial, but still may have a few interesting scenes (you will see below). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Sandwich restaurant near Parque Kennedy. They have a cute ode to the potato on the board right above the counter, and it's no small matter: Perú has a lot of different potato varieties. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Miraflores Church, late at night. It's in a nice park, always busy with people. Peruvians live in the streets... a lot!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A very fine, gourmet restaurant called "Haiti," near Parque Kennedy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chess players behind a traditional Peruvian fast food joint ("Salchipapas"), on a cool night in Lima. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Street seller (candy, snacks, cigarettes) in Jirón de la Unión. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Money changer. They are perfectly legal and operate in the streets of Lima. They're dressed in such a way that they advertise the currencies they handle. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Young indigenous woman selling traditional candy near San Francisco. She agreed to pose for me after I purchased three packs of her stuff. It wasn't bad... BTW, this is the only shot I made with the Konica 90mm f2.8 I had with. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There we go. Soon enough, before returning to the Leica typology project, I'll share with you some of the images I managed to make in Europe this last May-June 2017. In the meanwhile, feel free to comment below!</span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-46474872857652136342016-10-05T17:36:00.002-05:002016-10-05T17:52:24.655-05:00Just to break the monotony... A Leica typology!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Of course, all this is in
jest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">For some reason, one evening
it occurred to me that each of the different models of Leica M camera reveals
its own psychology. There's something in
the design and consequent modifications that tells us what each body is all
about. Hence, without further ado, let
me begin with the very first Leica M model.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">The Leica M3. We're in front of a stoic, stern
laborer. This camera exudes discipline,
speaks about duty and work, does the job, and doesn't suffer fools too
well. Its lines are straight and direct,
and even if there's a very slight ornamentation around the frontal viewfinder
window and the rangefinder small eye (see those diminutive frames), this camera
commands respect, speaks with a firm, loud voice, and either it doesn't get
jokes or has no sense of humor. But boy…
can it work? Non-stop, 24-hours per day,
7 days a week and all-year around. And
if the M3 takes a break it won't be for a beer, no siree… It may be for a nice,
cold glass of mineral water <i>mit Kohlensaure</i> (although this camera will
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were the Leitz people thinking?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
silly little rewind crank… Why tilt it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It simply shows irresponsibility, flirtiness, light-headedness, some
very irrational and unjustified <i>joie-de-vivre</i> that doesn't belong in a
Leitz product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But let's reconsider… how
bad can that little crank be, even tilted?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Horrific!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like a slanted
beret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heck, it looks terribly… <i>gallic</i>!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There it is!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Granted, its lines are clean, pure and straight, it has more framelines
that both its predecessors, it's easier to load with film, but then, it has…
such a shallow attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's the camera
that says "let's go places and have a ball!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, indeed, once in place, it'll grab
anything ethylic and get itself pretty happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not thoroughly drunk, mind you, but joyfully sloshed nonetheless, but never
(and let's not forget this) compromising the high standards of function and
design behind it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In short, this camera
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and the M4-P) offers a stark contrast with the next in the line-up: the Leica
M5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This camera has all the Leicas
wanted to have: its own sense of style, a slick layout, a unique design,
flawless performance, and a particular brand of seriousness that also suggest
some kind of mischiveous streak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
short, this camera is… James Bond!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Serious at first, very clever, quite surprising, full of tricks, it has
the proverbial stern looks of the perfect instrument, but nicely combined with
an idea of enjoyment, of some discreet and wholesome fun… not without pushing
the limits whenever possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here's a
camera to have next to a nice mixed drink, or cocktail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a silly, pink- or fruity-colored drink,
but rather something elegant and classy, like a Martini or an Old-Fashioned. And the Leica M5 will be unobtrusive and
quiet, sipping its drink modestly and silently. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think George Clooney here… and that'll give you
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BTW, the M<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">photograph's is <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m3.htm" target="_blank">Ken Rockwell's</a>, the second—Leica M2<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">—</span>came from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vidargrov/8460324055/in/album-72157622787832386/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vidarp</span>hoto</a> from Flickr. The M4 belongs to <a href="http://lavidaleica.com/content/overview-m-system" target="_blank">La Vida Leica</a> and the M5<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s m<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y own.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"> </span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-12257038241894176122016-09-28T00:41:00.000-05:002016-09-28T14:55:16.293-05:00Toledo, adventures in light, or what I did with a hand-held meter<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's begin with a little technical note about my meter. It's nothing fancy, but it's quite reliable: a <a href="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sekonic_L-86" target="_blank">Sekonic L-86.</a> It was made for about 15 years, and it was only replaced by a less reliable (I speak from experience) but fancier looking: the L-158, a battery dependent thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus, armed with my M2 and my Zeiss 35mm lens, I proceeded to wander in the Toledo streets, and capture images like the one below. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As any astute reader will imagine, I metered on the wall (or a similar light-reflecting surface) in order to make the light stand out. I cannot remember the exact exposure, but I do recall using a lot of small apertures (I was shooting at 1/125th), so it's very likely that I used f5.6-f8 here. A similar situation came up here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for the sake of emphasizing the beautiful Toledo light, I metered on the walls. If I remember well, this is a view of the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">same</span> street above, which leads to the beautiful <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Calle Santo Tomé</span>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, the street</span> pictured below<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is</span> behind the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, which is where my students were staying and taking some classes. The man you can see coming up was patient enough to greet me when he reached the corner from which I photographed him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since I had been standing at this corner for a while, I managed to take a quick reading on the wall to my left (which isn't a lot brighter than the ground). This image still needed a bit of correction in Photoshop (levels only), but not a large slide of the indicator. The figure in the distance gives the photograph an old air, as if this shot had been made decades ago. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the sunny 16 I shot this landscape at f11 (or perhaps at an even smaller aperture); I was hoping for a darker sky, but a yellow filter cannot perform miracles.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lately I've been using my M5 with other types of 35mm lenses (one f2.8 and an f1.4), and despite their being metered bodies, or perhaps because of their meters, it takes me longer to shoot. The meter in both cameras is a bit distracting, and when metering is added to the whole operation (compose and focus) it definitely adds time and substracts fun. However, as soon as I get the results of my last experiment I'll try to post them here to see what it is to shoot with a Leica metered camera. But it'll take time because I'm not really good at developing. Before I do all of this, I can always offer the results of another trip with my black M5 or my silver M5. Both are decent cameras and I really like using them...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite their built-in meters. </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-25963853559387286812016-09-18T01:25:00.001-05:002016-09-18T14:21:39.223-05:00Toledo and Avila, sun and shadows<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are some street shots from Toledo and Avila... or rather streetscapes. Again, the tools were my Leica M2, a Zeiss 35mm f2 lens and my reliable Sekonic L-86 meter. Most of these are from July 2016, while we were in Spain with a remarkably nice group of students.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Girls in a swing in <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the playground of Plaza Juan de <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mariana,</span></span> in front of my favorite café.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I seem to remember that this photograph represents an area near the Plaza Tendillas in Toledo.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Calle Santo Tomé was always intensely lit by a strong light. It's an interesting place littered with small stores and eateries, and leads to the church that houses El Greco's <i>Entierro del Conde de Orgaz</i>.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Smaller but just as proud, Avila boasts a singular Jewish neighborhood. This photograph comes from a spot on the way there.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's when I made these photographs. Most of them shot at 1/60 or 1/30, lens wide open.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coming up soon, more Madrid images (night and day), along with photographs from Toledo and Avila, another medieval city. These are all images that came from my most recent stay, this summer of 2016. Some of them needed just minimal level adjustment to hike the contrast up. This means, to me at least, that my meter and my own eye-meter have been working fairly well... which is a reason to be happy. I will return soon!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The beauty Spain offers is its light... Some may call it strong or harsh, but it's also a challenge, and it offers a lot of situations like the one above, in which one wonders where to meter and what to do. Since I wanted to show the contrast and still reveal some detail in the shadow areas, I metered on the sunny spot, then on the dark, and negotiated a comfortable middle ground... only to give it a little more aperture. The result is this (which still needed a little tweaking with Photoshop): a nice corner in Salamanca, with an unsuspecting pedestrian to offer the human dimension. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a contrast of old and new, very often done and overdone... but I liked it and here it is. I was after the great display of clouds in the sky. </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The odd effect of the sun on old stone appears here on this detail of the cathedral of Salamanca. Again, a metering challenge (which zone is brighter?). I ended up taking a reading off the wall in the center of the frame, as I figured it'd be the most prominent in the final image. </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The inside courtyard of the Salamanca cathedral. There's a number of small chapels and rooms around it, but the light creates a particularly inspiring effect in the corridors. </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salamanca Plaza Mayor. We were there a bit too early for the local "marcha", which explains the chairs unused and still piled up. I like this image simply because it offers a certain geometry in the interplay of straight and curve lines, light and shadow, and an inevitable touristy or post-cardy look to it. Who cares! I saw it, liked it, photographed it and now I'm considering printing it and framing it and hanging it. </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I began with the interplay of light and shadow, and so I end. This is Salamanca, a street on the way to the famous bridge over the Tormes river. I was walking lost in thought, lifted my head and saw the shape of a house cut on a corner. "Why not photograph it?" I thought. So, here it is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the next post I may dig some images from previous trips or experiences, whether local or abroad, done with my M4-2 or any other Leica. There's going to be a theme: metering. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BTW, even though I don't find it absolutely necessary, these images were all done with my faithful friend, my Leica M4-2 and my Konica Hexanon 35mm f2, on Kodak BW400CN film. No longer made, alas, but then, I'm switching to other choices and exploring other possibilities. </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-25683123348667864102016-08-22T22:37:00.001-05:002016-08-22T22:37:40.411-05:00Cartagena in 2010 with a Leica M5<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back in 2010 I went to Cartagena, Colombia, to a conference, and brought back some six rolls of film with a number of images. Here are some of them...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At nights, life doesn't stop, and people get hungry and buy food from street vendors like this lady.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If I remember correctly, this spot is called Plaza Bolívar, and it's one of the many in which dancers of African music gather to display their skills. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the day, right after the rain, the streets show a particular brightness... and the air is still as humid as a thick, damp towel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I checked out a few maps and they showed this alley having the suggestive name of "Callejón del Orate" (something like "Madman's Alley"). However, in this last visit I noticed it having a name plate that said "Callejón del Nuncio Viejo"... because it ends in the "Calle del Nuncio Viejo." Talk about disappointment! I really liked the initial name a whole lot better but facts (and names) are facts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Street light in the corner of "Plaza Granada" and "Calle de la Sinagoga" in Toledo. Actually, the medium grey of the lower half of the wall is a very vivid red. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Would anyone believe this window is part of the "Callejón del Orate" shown above? It's part of the wealth of Toledo, in terms of light, and shadow plays that abound in the city, not to mention the contrast between very old structures and relatively new constructions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I should spend more time in the Plaza de Zocodover, which is the main hub of commercial, social and human activity in Toledo (at least for those of us non-residents). Lots of stores prey on tourists and offer overpriced junk, alternating with legitimate businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies. This dress was for sale at a place run by Chinese folks; they offer the noisiest, funkiest, loudest and not necessarily prettiest junk in town... to their own.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time I will keep posting shots from my Toledo excursion of June-July 2014, done with (as you imagined) Leica M4-2. I will also alternate them with photographs from other places and other times, while I wait for my newer shots from my most recent trip. Stay put and bookmark this blog if you haven't done it. </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-26812189416261535292015-08-17T19:07:00.004-05:002015-08-17T19:11:10.682-05:00Mixed Bag<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time we'll go for a few photographs from different rolls, different cameras. Let's begin with an obvious choice...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you guessed it's the M4-2 with a Hexanon 35mm lens... you have a good eye! It also helps that this is the view of the Ayuntamiento de Toledo, during a time there was an art installation in town that was supposed to do precisely what I managed to photograph: a reflection. I have no idea about the exposure, but I feel kinda proud of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the street where I live, on a very foggy fall day. The camera... is a challenge now, but suffice it to say it's not any of my Leicas but the Nikon S2 with its 50mm f1.4 lens. I no longer do much in color since the only reliable lab (oddly enough, in Walgreen's) closed shop. I probably would have tried to keep it in business, but the corporate forces chose to remove it from our midst. However, one never knows... I may try to do some photographs in slower film like Ektar, instead of the usual Kodak or Fuji ISO 400 (used here).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">BTW, the camera used above is now in California, in the hands of another photographer that will take care of it better than I did. Now, however, I do have yet another M4, as announced in a post below. It came in late May, and I used it to make the images below (with a Summilux 35mm or a Summicron 50mm)...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One final note: I didn't develop the last four photographs (something I had intended to do). Instead, I sent them to a place called <a href="https://thedarkroom.com/" target="_blank">The Darkroom</a>, all the way in California. Judging from the results, I can recommend most enthusiastically. They do a nice and careful job with your photographs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot recall whether I used a filter for this series. It's likely that I did. In any event, I'm not only happy with the shots themselves (they're not too bad), but also that I was able to scan them without any dust. That's enough to make one's day. Soon, coming to a theater near you, some gear porn... Have some harmless fun in the comments section! </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-57021164710925396662015-05-17T14:06:00.001-05:002015-05-17T14:15:29.436-05:00Toledo Medieval Fest, June 2014<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These images from Toledo (some sections and one of the June Medieval Festivals) are brought to you by:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">View of Toledo, from a street that goes down to the Puerta Bisagra (Bisagra gate). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The arches under which one walks to exit the city through the Bisagra gate. This one leads to a small courtyard in which there's a statue of Alfonso VI (I believe). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This very jovial man serves up churros and chocolate in the Kiosko Katalino, right outside the walled city, across from Puerta de Bisagra. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lamps inside the Chicago Lyric Opera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am fully aware that these are not breathtaking views, but they were all done with my M4-P and an Ultron 28mm f2. I think these two are made for each other... even though very recently I split them. Why? I have a star-of-the-show Elmarit 28mm f2.8 eternally attached to one of my M6TTL bodies (which haven't seen much action ever since I got my unmetered ones), so it went to the M4-P. I haven't exposed any film with this combination, but we'll find a way soon. In the meanwhile, all for the sake of sharing images here instead of using any social media, have a ball looking at these ones and stay put. I may have some surprise around the corner. </span></span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-40698304782425621092015-05-12T00:21:00.001-05:002015-05-12T00:28:31.930-05:00A wider perspective<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes it's easy to forget things... like other lenses. So, this post is meant to remember them. In this case, a nice, wide and fast lens I happen to have: a Voigtländer Ultron 28mm f2. I had it with me on February 2014, when I went to Chicago and made these images with my Leica M4-2 and this lens. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first image is "The Zebra Zone." A man crossing the street on Wabash Avenue, followed by "Under the L" (also in Wabash). Then comes "The Downward Spiral," a photograph inside the Chicago Cultural Center, of the staircase near their main exhibition hall. At the end, "Benches Horizon," a man sitting in the row of benches close to the walkway that goes from Millennium Park to the Art Institute of Chicago. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is there a substantial difference between a 28 and a 35? I tend to shoot with the latter, it simply comes natural to me. About 10 years ago I acquired a 28mm Elmarit, and used it occasionally when I went on trips, but never quite bonded with it. When I got this one (which I really didn't need, but wanted a companion for an M4-P I purchased some time ago), I decided to challenge myself and "learn" to see the world through a wider perspective. I think I managed to succeed... but only because I learned to get closer. That's the odd quality of this focal length: at the same time you can get closer to your subjects, it still gives a lot of foreground and perspective. In short, a "wider" closeness... Strange? Sure, it is, but you'll have to allow it this time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To think I was wearing a heavy coat when I took these photographs...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming soon, photos made with my M4-P. And also coming soon: the arrival of a new Leica M4, and the return of the prodigal Leica M2, this time in black paint. Of course, what really matters is the photographs one can make with tools like this one (taken by the seller of the camera):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some day in September 2014, Edmund, my son, and I, managed to catch a rehearsal of the Huskies Band in front of the NIU Art Building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were on our way to the NIU lagoon when we saw them arrive to the lawn in front of the Art Building. There's Edmund watching them go by. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Big brass is always fun to photograph. Here, I metered on the tuba, but opened one stop to compensate for the brightness of the sky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The conductor leading the band. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and quite agreeable in terms of temperature. Here ended my roll (this is exposure 35, I think), and I think it was a good end to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, the camera was my M4-2, and the film was Kodak chromogenic BW400CN, recently discontinued. </span>Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-11369409104649651312015-03-03T23:49:00.000-06:002015-03-03T23:51:46.139-06:00Shameless Plug<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm talking about the stuff I use, that helps me do what I do, at least when it comes to photography. Hence, I'm going to plug (shamelessly) some products, with the only authority I have, which is that I own them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First, my cameras. But then, if you're reading this post, you're in the choir and there's no need to convert you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used (and still use what's left of it) Agfa stuff. I liked it because I found the tonal range quite satisfactory, the grain was extremely fine, and it allowed me to push it even three stops (and I did this a few times). When Agfa folded, then I bought the Arista II stuff, which was supposed to be leftovers from the big red-and-blue German A. But all good things had to come to an end, and Agfa-Arista flew off the shelves... That was bad...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, I switched back to the manufacturer that got me started: Ilford. Since I was looking for a fast type, I picked HP5 to try. It wasn't bad... Comparable to the Agfa-Arista in my eyes, just a tad less... something (like less contrasty, but then, developing also has to do with that). I chose to stick to it, given that APX was history. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That was fun, I'll say. Shortly after all the lamentations and regrets were old news, I found something out: my idol of silver emulsion has feet of clay because it curves like an <i>art nouveau</i> design. By that I mean that after developing, while drying, it won't remain flat, it picks a very curvy profile. I remember having scanned some negs years ago, with an HP scanner I used to have, and got some very nice photographs that were simply unprintable because of all the Newton rings on them. Now, after being forced to choose the home developing route, I wasn't feeling like dealing with more of those nasty things again... But what to do then?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, I scanned a small batch of Arista-Agfa that I had developed some time ago. Not even after being in the negative storage leaves had they learned the lesson... They were just as curved as... as curves. However, I followed the directions in my Epson V500 (yes, I know, old model) and, <i>voilà</i>! There we are: nice scans, without Newton rings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, here's where I finish plugging my (unavailable) film, to promote my scanner. Sure, it's old, and according to the <a href="http://www.filmscanner.info/en/EpsonPerfectionV500Photo.html" target="_blank">ScanDig</a> site, a relatively modest machine. But this humble scanner worked on my curvy negs and gave me nice images in return, so, praise the Lord and thank him for <a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?oid=-16223&BV_UseBVCookie=yes" target="_blank">Epson film scanners</a>, even if they're old!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But in the end, the film story takes an unexpected turn. Remember how my favorite film had this undesired curve profile? And how afraid I was about scanning because it would give me artifacts? Guess what about the replacement stuff, the HP5?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I checked and double checked some 24 hours ago. The </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sleeved</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> negatives in Agfa-Arista look like they were molded that way, while the ones from Ilford stock aren't that bent. In fact, some are nicely flat. Well, to me those are good news, and that also means that <a href="http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=7" target="_blank">Ilford films</a> deserve a nice plug here, there and everywhere. What else can I expect? They're not terribly grainy, and they have a nice range... and, it seems to me, they can be push-processed also... Heck, looks to me I'm going to stock fairly nice amounts of HP5. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, right now, I'm a happy guy, ready to continue developing and scanning film. There's a huge backlog, but now I know there's an end to it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PS. All the photographs above were made, like the ones in the previous post, with my M4-2, a Zeiss Biogon lens, and finally curved Arista II film. The meter I used was a Sekonic L-208. Location? Sure: Madison, WI, on early October 2014. </span></span><br />
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Francisco Solares-Larravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669300996188833637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789180859176080145.post-12240140606559612692015-03-01T13:39:00.000-06:002015-03-01T13:39:32.965-06:00Home developed and scanned<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My experiment on independence finally came to fruition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In October 2014 I went to a conference in Madison, WI, and took with my M4-2, and a newly acquired Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2, with lots of Arista film. I developed the film later that month, and had to deal with the ugly curving that results from lack of humidity in the bathroom where it dries. Then, I had to overcome my reluctance to scan (bad experience with Newton rings with a previous scanner). However, I had to face my demons and scanned a few frames... and here's the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The night I arrived I went for a walk, looking for a place to have dinner. Found it in this old establishment on State St, called... yes, State Street Brats (1/30, f2.8 on ISO 400 film).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For my last day of the conference, I walked all the way to the Capitol and decided to perambulate the area. When I looked up, the intense blue sky, architecture and curvy lamp post hit me... and decided to hit back (1/1000, f5.6). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Part of the charm of Madison is the Saturday Farmer's Market, for which people of all walks, colors and persuasions congregate around food, strolls and street shows. Here are some musicians setting up shop not too far from the capitol (1/1000, f5.6-8)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been scanning some more film, so you'll get to see other photographs, in luminous black-and-white, from my M4-2 with the Zeiss or Konica 35mm, and from my M4-P with the CV 28mm f2 I got earlier in 2014. </span><br />
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