WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve had a bit of trouble getting into the moment today, so I’m stuck with this nondescript image of a wall on our property, taken will taking the dog for a quick walk with my Leica M and an 18mm Super Elmar M lens.
On this day last year: Nashville.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I spent part of the day getting to know my new camera, a Leica M, also known as the M240. With this camera Leica dropped the number after the “M” on their rangefinder cameras (so just “M” not “M10”). Marketing genius. Whatever.
I’m starting to get pretty good results from it. It’s operations are the smoothest and quietest of an Leica M ever. There’s not much of a learning curve. Here it is with my f.95 Noctilux strapped onto it with a neutral density filter that lets me shoot in daylight wide open. Below (the yellow tulips) is with a 1939 Carl Zeiss Jena 85mm f1.5 Sonar, a famous lens that doesn’t couple properly with the Leica rangefinder so it requires live view to be focused (the new M is first Leica to offer live view).
On this day last year: Spring. March 30 seems to be tulip day. Mayan wheel of time?
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I continue to get good results from my Leica Monochrom. This may be the most interesting, and in some ways challenging, camera that I’ve ever owned. I’ve been very busy at my day job so I’ve been shooting what’s close at hand – giving the content part of my images a prosaic tilt. Here’s the front of our house.
On this day last year: Construction site.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Out with my Leica Monochrom the day after a heavy snowfall. Images are self-explanitory.
On this day last year: Hell’s Kitchen.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – A slow day tilling familiar soil for images. Leica Monochrom and f.95 Noctilux lens with a neutral density filter to permit shooting wide open in daylight.
On this day last year: rainy night.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – A gray day with freezing rain. I drove to the Washington Club beach on Lake Waramaug to capture the grayness. Still shooting with my Leica Monochrom and f.95 Noctilux lens. The Nocti is not the most obvious lens to use in daylight but it is critically sharp and has a lovely signature. My shots across the lake are not entirely successful. Three frames stitched.
On this day last year: 5 MA.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Still shooting the 24mm Summichron on my Leica Monochrom. Here I’m experimenting with hand holding it in cloud-obscured moonlight at ISO 10,000.
On this day last year: Dinner for two.
