WARREN CONNECTICUT – Still shooting with old lenses. I went out today with my Carl Zeiss Jena 13.5cm f4.0 Sonar, an antique from 1936. Here’s what it looks like mounted on my Leica Monochrom:
Day 2278 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1548): Francesca.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – More images with my Carl Zeiss Jena 5 cm (50mm) f1.5 sooner lens, an antique from 1936. This lens, which has many limitations and is a major POA to shoot with, does render beautifully. The second image is six frames stitched in Photoshop.
Day 2277 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 86): Drifts Taken with a digital Hasselblad, which I subsequently sold in favor of more compact Leica gear. Originally posted in color. The black and white conversion is a much stronger image.
NEW YORK NEW YORK and WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’m shooting today with an antique lens, a Carl Zeiss Jena 5 cm f1.5 Sonnar from 1936. Both of today’s images are stitches from multiple frames.
Day 2276 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1180): Santa Monica
NEW YORK NEW YORK – More new images with old lenses.
Day 2275 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1179): Santa Monica
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Not much happening image wise today. Here’s another bit of New York street with the 50mm 1936 Carl Zeiss Jena lens.
Day 2274 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 83): Empire State Building.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still shooting with the 35mm Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar from the 1930s.
Day 2273 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1543): Long view
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out again with the old lenses. Today I’m shooting with a Carl Zeiss Jena 3.5 cm f2.8 Biogen from 1937. Pre-war Zeiss lenses quote focal lengths in centimeters, rather than millimeters – this is a 35 mm lens. It was about as wide as things got back then. I have 28mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar from 1937, but its maximum aperture (f8.0) and tendency to flare make it a bit of an odd ball. The 3.5cm lens that I’m using today is uncoated so it’s prone to flair but produces lovely transparent shadows. A real winner in the high contrast world of Manhattan. Today I found myself on Lexington Avenue in the 50s with Citicorp Center acting as a gigantic reflector.
Day 2272 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1542): Looking up on 94th Street
