Alive. Almost.

So, actually, I could rant quite nicely. Very nicely. But I’ll spare you that. I didn’t have the toy camera for two weeks and most likely won’t have it for some time again. Vienna is definitely photography’s ass. No, no, it’s all that shit that gets stuck in the ass hair – the toilet paper and what the fuck else. That’s Vienna photographywise. A horrendous piece of shit.

Anywho, time some very mediocre photos. Seriously, I said this before but this time it’s true: Skip them. Do yourself a favor. Read a book. Jerk off. Check out the Daily Deviations on Deviantart. Check Flickr. Anything.

Dark. Boring. Neopan1600.

Dreamy eyes.

Dedicated to Florian.

Lady reading newspaper with a loupe at McDonalds.

Next frames taken with the ridiculously bad Nikon FA and the impressively soft Nikon 50/1,8. It’s quite a dream combo for available light photography. Especially the fantastic not illuminated lightmeter that meters only in full f-stops makes it quite top-notch.

Without doubt the only decent frame.

Course, as long it doesn’t move it’s a fine combo.

Focus is off. Impossible to focus in that kind of light. Fantastic camera.

400TX.

“Lame.”

Hairy arms. No comment.

Wer hören will, muss fühlen.

Lots of nice lady photos. For some not so obvious reasons, the scanner decided that the shadows are +fav and exposed for them resulting in rather not pleasing skintones. Well.

What’s my motivation to post these frames? I guess for everyone else except me they are moderately esthetically pleasing. But then again…

Watching the TV-show dirty sexy money.

Because I’m gay and very dedicated I did plenty of focus tests with various lenses (Voigtländer 40/1,4 Nokton, Zeiss 35/2, Leica 35/2 3rd Gen). Frankly, I’m stunned by the performance of the Zeiss. Although there are plenty of reviewers out there claiming the Zeiss is quite soft wide-open I think of it as a solid performer. I used expired Tmax400, exposed at ISO200 and developed for ISO400 – not the best choice but it’s okay for judging focus and – more or less – testing resolution. Anywho, long story short: I’m glad I went for the Zeiss.

Details.

Ok.

Ok. Now it’s getting slightly ridiculous.

Do you know this guy?

University. Mind the scratch. Yes.

The left part of the scan is blurry because the negative was curling. Lovely.

I heart old Viennese people.

The composition! Horror! No rules of thirds. Horrible! Hang the photographer.

Jerk with camera is visiting. Scratchy.

Schaffnerlos. The tram was about to leave so I had to hurry up.

Not sure about this frame. I tend to like it.

It’s hard to dislike the bokeh of the 35/2 Biogon…

Waiting for the tram.

On the tram.

Taken inside a bus! Wow, fantastic stuff.

And waiting FOR the bus.

More waiting. I’d love to have a 50 mm for the toy camera.

Heck, even more waiting. Yes.

Only god knows why I was too retarded for holding the camera straight.

Look, it’s happy Sebastian. Weird tones. I blame the scanner.

Anywho, after a long break I finally posted a quite boring entry. Still, it’s great to have the toy camera back. Snob that I’m I wondering how I could ever take decent photos with the Nikon FA. It’s just one hell of a fucked up camera – the lightmeter is ridiculous at best (no half f-stops, not illuminated). Of course, the 50/1,8 Nikon is a remarkable lens – it’s so soft at f/1,8 that it’s hard to make out the focus.

Anyways, I should work on that wedding album but it’s just a pain in my ass… so I guess I’ll just finish that roll of 400TX and head to the darkroom. Or read some Harry Potter. Or, yeah, course, I could also study. Well. Too many option and it’s still Sunday afternoon despite the fact that it’s pitch black outside. I heart winter.

Take care,

Bernhard