Friday, July 28, 2023

Today is starting out well. For the first time in weeks we have no heat alerts or heat warnings. It'll be hot today but not much hotter than it normally is this time of year. I celebrated by going out for a "traditional" walk. And I took along a Leica CL. Stripped of all accessories.

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How glorious to have a day on which you don't start sweating before 10 a.m. How wonderful to have the air temperature match the "fe...
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I was photographing in black and white this morning but my brain told me that it was okay to make some photographs in color. I was okay with that.

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  I have what seems these days to be a peculiar thought process. If I set out to make black and white photographs with a camera that is capa...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Two Assignments Completed with the new (to me) Fujifilm GFX50S-2. I have coffee with a blog reader. And a new lens gets delivered. Lordy.

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 When we last left our profligate protagonist he has just dropped yet more money into a camera he didn't need. But wanted. It was the Fu...
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Clarifying my position on old film cameras versus modern digital cameras...

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  Former assistant, Renae. Photographed on black and white film with a medium format camera.  Can I pinpoint when I thought film was the mos...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Changing gears for a day. After the studio shoots I'm cycling back to a smaller, handier camera for a spell. Blame Robert Frank.

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too many gadgets? The hand grip, the thumb grip.... Here's the "stripped down" version: Less comfortable. But less bulky. The ...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Out of practice. Like running a race you haven't been training for....

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For visual pleasure only. No connection to the written content below... I got a couple emails from a large radiology practice I've worke...
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Sunday, July 23, 2023

Cross format compatibility. Will a Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f1.4 SLIIs Nikon mount lens cover the full frame of the medium format Fuji 50Sii? Let's walk around during the heat of the day and find out...

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  Walking around the West Campus area and walking around on the University of Texas at Austin campus.  At least on campus there is ample sha...
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