Paris Montmartre visit

[filmat]

Hello,

Spent the day at Montmartre with the R-D1. A few pictures.

The first three are shot with a skopar 25, the other three with a uc-hexanon 35

More at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmat
http://streetphoto.free.fr

Philippe


The trio

Hooked

Lonely

The call

Philippe

 

[Krosya]

Nice - i like first and 4th the best. Post more pls.

 

[Johnmcd]

Loved the expression on the faces of the two little girls in the 2nd image. Fantastic work!

Cheers - John

 

[filmat]

more pics

more pics

OK here we go, a few more:

And finally some concrete 🙂

Philippe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmat
http://streetphoto.free.fr

 

[Rob-F]

Great pictures! But . . . it is already that crowded, so early in the year? Looks like the peak of tourist season! Love the one of the kids with guitars!

 

[filmat]

There are always tourists in Paris but February is not the peak IMO and most in the photos are locals (artists).

There is though one simple explanation: we had not seen the big fireball up in the sky for a month (i mean the sun) so you can imagine what people would do on their first sunny weekend; go to the street!

And then this becomes a good time for photographers or amateurs to go hunting with their cameras 🙂

Philippe

 

[Krosya]

Good work - makes me want to go there. One day, one day..

 

[kermaier]

Which Skopar 25 did you use -- the M-mount with RF coupling or the LTM Snapshot-Skopar?

 

[filmat]

I used the skopar 25 M mount, RF coupled (ie new version)

Philippe

 

[Rob-F]

Well, I'll be seeing for myself what the crowd is like is Montmartre in about 5 or 6 weeks. I actually had a sudden impulse to get myself an R-D1 to bring along, but the reports of difficulty in seeing the 28mm frameline with glasses on is giving me pause. One fellow said it's even hard to see the 35mm frame. So I will bring a IIIc and an M7, a brick of Tri-X, a brick of Plus-X, and of course my D-Lux3 for the color shots, and we will see how I do with it. I wanted to keep my outfit compact, so I will bring the little 25mm and/or 28mm CV lenses in screw mount, maybe the 35 f/2.5 as well; and maybe my 35mm Lux ASPH or 40mm CV for the M7. Maybe throw in one wider lens for the M7. No, I won't carry all that at the same time, as I want to have a good time!

Some great shots there. Philippe! Tres Bien!

 

[tajart]

i used to work in the atelier (gravure) that was in the building of your "and finally some concrete."

 

[filmat]

Hello Rob,

Well I wear glasses, I can not see the 28mm framelines without a lot of efforts, straining my eyes - unless I wear contact lenses. No problems with the 35mm frameline even with glasses.

But in reality because of the 1:1 viewfinder I barely care: the camera viewfinder blends with the real view and so I can easily guess what will go inside the final picture - plus for street shots that is faster than accurate framing even with a tighter viewfinder.

Besides the 38mm equivalent of the skopar 25 is already too wide to my tastes so there is room for error: I generally "see" at 50mm and prefer to use the UC-Hexanon 35 (equivalent 53mm) - but I only use the wide skopar to make sure that if I am too close in case of crowded events like the one at Montmartre, I can compensate for framing errors or mistakes later by cropping. With 53mm this becomes more critical.

All in all for the street with the 1:1 viewfinder and some practise to master the lenses, I do not care about the framelines much. I am currently "calibrated" to the Skopar and Hexanon (plus a 50mm canon 1.4 but keep this for special portrait or close ups)

Now if you want to do landscape photography with good framing then yes the problem becomes more critical with the 28mm framelines

Thanks
Philippe

 

[filmat]

i used to work in the atelier (gravure) that was in the building of your "and finally some concrete."

nice area there. you are still in Paris?

 

[tajart]

nice area there. you are still in Paris?

only as an occasional visitor- at the moment at least.

 

[mn4367]

Very nice shots. Which software did you use for post processing? BW looks beautiful.

 

[filmat]

I use PhotoRaw! it is great for processing especially black and white. Reproducing its tonailty and grain from Ps or LR is no easy feat.

So i generally process in photoraw, export to 13.5 MP and then slightly tune>adjust from photoshop (curves, cropping, etc) and print.

Because photo raw is so good for post processing it is difficult to replace it with an all in one like LR

It is a shame that Epson has withdrawn from the camera market, they had a lot of potential with the R-D1. Today I was chatting with the owner of a paris camera shop (photo suffren) and the guy told me if Epson was still making the r-d1, he would be able to sell 2 units per week as there are more and more people asking for this product since his stock ran out!

Philippe