NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m really liking the results that I’m getting from the Noctilux and the LeiCA M9. Life is good. I took a walk in the financial district in the morning, went to a rehearsal of the James Beard Foundation awards in the afternoon, and to the awards and a gala in the evening. I’m posting a mini-gallery of the day.
On this day one year ago: This again. I’m so embarrassed. I took the same picture on April 15 this year. Spring is running three weeks early in 2012.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve given up trying to make my Noctilux work with my Sony Nex-7. Back to the drawing board – this time with my Leica M9.I spent an our making a minor adjustment to infinity focus on the M9 – it had gotten slightly out of whack. I expected the worse. I’ve been having trouble using the split image rangefinder because my right eye, my shooting eye, has gotten fairly astigmatic. So I switched to shooting with my left eye. Bottom line – focus is right on. I’m having no trouble focusing the lens on the M9 at f.95. Here are some samples:
On this day last year: anti foie gras protesters. No kidding.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Breakfast. More work with the Leica Nocti and the Sony Nex-7. focusing is painfully slow with this setup.
On this day one year ago:Local color.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I got a new lens today. A Leica Noctilux – affectionately known as a “Nocti”. Further evidence of my infatuation with exotic gear. The Nocti has been backordered for a year or more. At f.95 it’s the fastest still camera lens around. Big and heavy. The point of this lens is to shoot it wide open so I also bought a neutral density filter which permits shooting at f.95 in daylight. I clamped the Nocti onto my Sony Nex-7 and took a walk up Broadway. The focusing with the Nex-7 was a little disappointing. F.95 demands very accurate focus and the Nex didn’t deliver – only about half of the images from the day were technically good. Here is a sampling.
I ended up at the James Beard Foundation Media Awards:
On this day one year ago: Rain.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – The site of a gas explosion six years ago. Still a vacant lot.
On this day one year ago: Library at home.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – On Third Avenue on a rainy day with my ever-present Sony Nex-7 and a Leica 24mm Summilux lens.
On this day last year: Poker game breaks up.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – On our way to a Pen benefit Maria studies the guest list. We are deeply in the heart of the spring gala season. Taken with my Sony NEX-7 and a 24mm Summilux lens.
On this day last year: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.