Camera and Coffee

[agentlossing]

That small Lumix rig can produce many mightily impressive photos in the right hands and using RAW.

As the happy user of a now ancient Lumix GF1, I'm amazed as the quality that 14-42 zoom turns out. It's one of the secrets of the Lumix range - or maybe it's well-known and I'm still living under a large rock, as I ofttimes think I do.

Mine often goes with me on my outings to photograph 13th century temples in East and Central Java. I keep it ready for fast and easy candids and it never disappoints or fails to impress with the results I get.

Someone recently told me the Lumix zooms were rebranded as Leica glass for their smaller cameras. Unsure if this is accurate or not. Someone here can please advise.

I also have the Lumix 50-150 zoom but after six years, I've never used it. I should and I will, soon.

Micro 4/3 lenses are almost universally excellent. It's a really undersung aspect of the format. For as small and (mostly) relatively inexpensive as most of them are, they are really very impressive.

I believe the Panasonic lenses which have Leica design input are all marked as such, and typically referred to as "Pana-Leicas" by users. Quite a few of their lineup bear the Leica tag, going as far back I believe as their original 25mm f1.4.

 

[p.giannakis]

Black coffee ...
in a black mug ...
from Black Rifle ..
with a black M5 ...
in a black Mr. Zhou case ...
with a black strap ...
preparing to shoot black and white ...
and process in a blackened room ....

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Thumbs up to all except the black mug. I can't judge if coffee is the right strength.

 

[chuckroast]

Thumbs up to all except the black mug. I can't judge if coffee is the right strength.

That's why God gave you a taster 😉

 

[38Deardorff]

That's why God gave you a taster 😉

 

[JeffS7444]

Thumbs up to all except the black mug. I can't judge if coffee is the right strength.

I was under the impression that it was always somewhere between Zone 0 and Zone 1.

 

[petronius]

D700, Stanley cup, Bialetti Moka Express and me reflected in the stovetop

 

[santino]

Very cool, at first I was looking for the NHL trophy (Stanley Cup)😂

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[petronius]

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Maybe the most beautiful SLR ever made!

 

[p.giannakis]

Maybe the most beautiful SLR ever made!

I will agree. Together with the Nikon F4 my favourite cameras. The OM4 is also good looking.

 

[38Deardorff]

Maybe the most beautiful SLR ever made!

I beg to differ.... 😉

 

[chuckroast]

I beg to differ.... 😉 View attachment 4891247

@38Deardorff

The infidels are at the gates! They come with preposterous ideas and claims.

What we - the true Nikon faithful - know is that there has never been and never will there be a better, more durable, and more functional SLR than the original Nikon F, or it's Apollo replacement.

 

[Taipei-metro]

Panasonic mFT GF3, 14mm F2.5,
Keurig
Arcadia, Los Angeles County, USA


Img by Taipei-metro

Canon APSC T4i,
Canon Lens 18-55

 

[rbiemer]

Most beautiful SLR, you say?
Well, honestly it's not this one.
But I like it anyway. 🙂

 

[38Deardorff]

 

[38Deardorff]

 

[chuckroast]

Black coffee ...
in a black mug ...
from Black Rifle ..
with a black M5 ...
in a black Mr. Zhou case ...
with a black strap ...
preparing to shoot black and white ...
and process in a blackened room ....

View attachment 4891184

MIssion Accomplished. Bravo Zulu, etc. The Room Of Blackness has produced some very nice M5/35mm Summicron negatives for the enlarger to deal with tomorrow.

Today's exercise was to dilute Pyrocat-HDC more than usual (1.5:1:300), but EMA process it longer (60 min) with Fomapan 200. It appears it hit box speed without issues, the only question is how the grain and edge effects look when I print.

Film at 11 ...

 

[Taipei-metro]

Coffee; Dallmayr Prodomo...made in Germany ( $4.99 in TJ Maxx, $11.66 Amazon USA )

Fujica AX1...

Arcadia, Los Angeles County USA

Img by Taipei-metro

Fujifilm APSC XT100,
Super EBC Fujinon 15-45,
Neewer nTTL Speedlight fired

 

[38Deardorff]

MIssion Accomplished. Bravo Zulu, etc. The Room Of Blackness has produced some very nice M5/35mm Summicron negatives for the enlarger to deal with tomorrow.

Today's exercise was to dilute Pyrocat-HDC more than usual (1.5:1:300), but EMA process it longer (60 min) with Fomapan 200. It appears it hit box speed without issues, the only question is how the grain and edge effects look when I print.

Film at 11 ...

Prints @ 11 ?? 😉

 

[RWP]

Bravo Zulu reference……..