Camera and Coffee

Is lens and coffee ok? Here are two. One with the new lens of the old lens, one with the old lens of the new lens. Both at widest aperture (f/1.4 or f/2) and closest distance (.7m). Shots were handheld and the f/1.4 one received less exposure. I think this was because the summicron one was shot at the flash sync speed (1/50th) and the lux was shot at 1/60th...as you may know, the shutter speeds are not stepless in the M's before the M7...Anyway, I am looking forward to finding real targets for the Lux ASPH -- it is astonishing. Good bokeh and blisteringly sharp wide open (well, not so much in this shot, but in others I have taken). The difference in color balance and brightness is due to the exposure and the scanner's difficulty with underexposed negs (even slightly underexposed). On the slides, the lux ASPH is actually the more saturated image with a slightly warmer cast...this might also be due to the underexposure.
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CVBLZ4 said:
and if you tell me that's your ride parked at the curb, I'll just be too jealous to ever speak to you again!! ;)
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Ha! No thanks. My last bike was a BMW R80-GS. Funny how scooters have been rediscovered in the last year or two. But, not for me.
 
*real* coffee.... go to any Vietnamese Place and order a Ca Phe Sua Da (Cafe' Sooah Da)... for you guys up here in the Great North Wet, i recommend "Simply Saigon" in Bellevue; "Pho Tic Tac" in Seattle; "Pho Hoang" in Federal Way

For You guys in the SF Bay Area, there is a little Vietnamese Deli on the corner of 6th and Santa Clara in San Jose...

for you guys in LA... try Wok & Roll in Pasadena on Colorado.

if anybody has suggestions for Phoenix or Denver i am ready to take notes...
 
To quote Chairman Kaga... "if memory serves me well..."

Ca Phe Sua Da makes Brazil's Cafe Zina seem like water. If I have the right coffee in mind, it was tres strong and served with condensed milk. Very rich, high octane even. You don't expect to sleep for a while after one of these.

Might be worth a trip to one of the neighborhood Pho shops with a camera (or two) in hand.

There's only one thing I enjoy more than a Gibson or a Vodka Martini-- A good cup of the bean.
 
Fedzilla_Bob said:
To quote Chairman Kaga... "if memory serves me well..."

Ca Phe Sua Da makes Brazil's Cafe Zina seem like water. If I have the right coffee in mind, it was tres strong and served with condensed milk. Very rich, high octane even. You don't expect to sleep for a while after one of these.

Might be worth a trip to one of the neighborhood Pho shops with a camera (or two) in hand.

There's only one thing I enjoy more than a Gibson or a Vodka Martini-- A good cup of the bean.
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thats the stuff... before i started drinking Ca Phe Sua Da i used to eat chocolate covered coffee beans.... this Vietnamese treat broke me of that habit...

hmmm... it's late nite but i will get my toys to pose with a Ca Phe Sua Da tomorrow... since i havee to go to Bellevue to find a yellow filter for the Bessa R i will stop at Simply Saigon...

i see you are in San Diego..got any suggestions for down there?
 
I once took a ferry across the Bosporus to Istanbul and was introduced to Turkish coffee. I cannot tell you the bean, how it was roasted, or the details of its preparation. But I will tell you that after two cups, small, similar to the expesso coffee in Italian restaurants, I had a caffine rush that is probably illegal in some states. I haven't found anything like that stateside. At my age now it would probably give me a heart attack. Sure wish I could find some here.
 
Most Middle Eastern restaurants I have been to serve Turkish coffee or similar styles. Sometimes it isn't on the menu, but if you ask, they will have it. This helps, however, only if Enid, OK has a Middle Eastern restaurant. I know nothing of the town, so I can't really help there...
 
Nice gear nemjo. Very nice. And does the grinder fit in the bag with the rest of it? ;) I've been keeping my eye out for a case that will accomodate cameras AND coffee press. :cool:
 
Definitely not. But I prefer to find nice coffee shops (and similars) when out with gear...
Cheers,

nemjo
 
tekgypsy said:
*real* coffee.... go to any Vietnamese Place and order a Ca Phe Sua Da (Cafe' Sooah Da)... for you guys up here in the Great North Wet, i recommend "Simply Saigon" in Bellevue; "Pho Tic Tac" in Seattle; "Pho Hoang" in Federal Way

For You guys in the SF Bay Area, there is a little Vietnamese Deli on the corner of 6th and Santa Clara in San Jose...

for you guys in LA... try Wok & Roll in Pasadena on Colorado.

if anybody has suggestions for Phoenix or Denver i am ready to take notes...
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Help me out here in Hailey, ID, too :D
 
StuartR,
Thanks for the head's up! I did not think of those restaurants as a source for Turkish coffee.
Now I need to load the Leica IIIc with some FPr4 and get in the mood. Question, how do you handle the shakes?
 
Contax II, 28/8 Tessar and Original Hood

Contax II, 28/8 Tessar and Original Hood

Contax II, 28/8 Tessar and original Zeiss hood for this lens -- the hood was tough to find.
 
No cafe sua da in Little Rock. Hell, the one VN restaurant here used spaghetti in pho. :eek:

BUT, the Asian grocery stores here stock Trung Nguyen, and even the little aluminum filters for those so inclined. Simply the best-tasting shelf-bought coffee I've had in the states. There's one type they have, oh god, I love it, but I don't think there's much of an export market for it. It used to be called chhon or weasel, but with the ill response the back story usually brings, I think they're trying to make it slightly more appealing by changing the animal name. Legendee isn't available here, but you can get TN's house blend nonetheless.

Besides, there's always an Asian grocery at least every 50 miles in the states, and in the less populous areas like Little Rock, where people drive 50 miles just to stock up on food, shipment day is a photographer's dream.
 
HH -
Nice Contax... yep the hood and VF definately agree with it. Like it says on the can, "Classic."
 
stet said:
No cafe sua da in Little Rock. Hell, the one VN restaurant here used spaghetti in pho. :eek:

BUT, the Asian grocery stores here stock Trung Nguyen, and even the little aluminum filters for those so inclined. Simply the best-tasting shelf-bought coffee I've had in the states. There's one type they have, oh god, I love it, but I don't think there's much of an export market for it. It used to be called chhon or weasel, but with the ill response the back story usually brings, I think they're trying to make it slightly more appealing by changing the animal name.
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Stet: What? I would think that in AR any foodstuffs with the name "weasel" would be in high demand. The premium version would be "roadkill weasel".

Trius, ducking and running for cover
 
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