Hexar RF, KM Hexanon 50MM F2, Delta 400, Xtol, 7min, 68F If I go too long without using the 50 Hex wide open, I sometimes forget how pretty an image it can make. It isn’t the sharpest lens in the world, but it’s smooth wide open, much like some older lenses. However, unlike many older [...]
Hexar RF, ZM Biogon 35, Delta 400, HC 110B It’s all over the strange web backwater that is the rangefinder crowd; Cosina has a new 35 F1.4. It’s not clear if it’s M or LTM mount or even if it will be available outside Japan. If google translate is to be believed it will offer [...]
The Biogon usually handles flare better than this. Perhaps there was a big, greasy fingerprint on it this day. Keep your optics clean.
A couple of bits of gearheadedness to pass on: Colin pointed out a little propaganda-review of the ZM Biogon 35 over at Zeiss’ website (PDF version here). Jeff Ascough on Cameras and the Desire to Upgrade. Jeff Ascough is arguably one of the best wedding photographers in the world, a dedicated M shooter, and he [...]
Hexar RF, XM Biogon 35, Efke 400 @ 250, Tmax Dev Efke 400 Pulled to 250 In my continuing investigations of Efke 400, I shot a couple of rolls at 250 and developed them in Tmax Developer diluted 1+5 at 70 degrees for 5 minutes with 10 seconds agitation every minute. This seems about right [...]