NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another day with my Sony, getting OK results shooting the native 50mm lens. I took a ton of images, which result in a ton of work in post.
Day 2497 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 671): flatiron.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another day of shooting in color with my Sony camera and translating to black and white. I take 30 to 60 images on an average day and the whole process of converting images from color is actually time consuming, causing me to get further behind in posting images. Today I’m shooting with a good Canon wide zoom on the camera. The subject of course is our construction in the country
Day 2496 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2496): Boulder field.
WASHINGTON and NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT – More work with my SONY, including a visit to the Harts Gallery in New Milford.
Day 2495 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1399: Park Avenue
WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – We had dinner tonight at the home of friends who have built one of the best gardens in Connecticut. Shot with my Sony A7rii and converted to black and white.
Day 2494 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2129): Fixer-upper.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Day two with my Sony, converting to black and white. Nothing great here but it’s not the camera’s fault.
Day 2493 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 667): Manhattan in good light.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m shooting with different equipment for the next week. I’ve become very concerned about Leica service, particularly through their New Jersey service center. In April I sent Leica: my 50mm Summicron Asph. lens for cleaning, lubrication and adjustment (after three years of hard, daily service – this why I’m shooting with different 50mm lenses now); my 135mm for “six bit coding” (a routine Leica service); and my new second Monochrom body to have the frame lever replaced because it had fallen off. Here we are in mid-August and these items still haven’t been returned. Only pro-forma communications. They don’t return email. You can’t leave a voicemail message because their voice mailbox is full. This is frustrating enough that I’m considering alternatives to Leica.
Starting today for a week I’ll be shooting a Sony a7rii, the current leader among mirrorless “SLRs”. The terrific thing about it is that adapters exist for almost every type of lens ever made, so it opens a broad range of legacy glass. It has a good 42 meg sensor that delivers resolution comparable to the Leica Monochrom. I own this camera for the occasions when I absolutely need to shoot color, when I really need autofocus, for odd legacy lenses (like my rangefinder Carl Zeiss lenses from the ’30s and ’40s) and when I need a backup. I’ll converting images to black and white.
Here is my first day’s effort with the Sony, starting in the kitchen as I defamiliarize myself with the Sony’s overly complex controls.
Day 2492 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1763): Classic.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – This is a little more like it. My mojo is close to resurfacing. All shot with my Leica Monochrom and 1962 legacy “rigid” Summicron lens.
Day 2491 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 665): Manhattan
