NEW YORK NEW YORK – A street vendor who sells enameled signs on Sixth Avenue caught with my Leica Monochrom and a Carl Zeiss 15mm ZM lens.
Day 2111 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 285): The Metropolitan Club.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETS – Here for client meetings. Still posting in abbreviated format.
Day 2069 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I periodically go out to dinner with a group of friends who call themselves the Outer Borough Dinning Society. This evening we went to an Egyptian place in Steinway, Queens called Mombar. It turns out that Steinway Street is called “Little Egypt” – a really interesting area. I got to Steinway Street a bit early to soak up some local color through my lens.
Day 2058 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1328): Citigroup.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Tough day to edit. I have a lot of plausible images from today so I’m putting them up here, with apologies for the crowding.
Day 2057 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1692): Street
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m in the process of rediscovering my 35mm F1.4 Summilux FLE lens. I’ve worked wit a number of 35s, including the version 4 Summicorn (known as the “bokeh king”) and the current Summichron. the FLE is wonderfully sharp corner to corner and has a look that is a good balance between contrast and acutance. I had drifted away from it because it has some tendency to flare, but of course if you know that you take steps to mitigate it. Here it is showing off on Third Avenue, three frames stitched.
Day 2056 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this say four years ago (day 595): Empire State and Flatiron. As I said four years ago this is a twofer in terms of iconic structures.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Continuing to work on alleys.
Day 2055 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 229): Seagrams
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A new camera today. The new version of the Leica Monochrom arrived in my life this morning. I’ve been shooting the original Monochrom for just over three years now. Remember that the Monochroms produce black and white only files; the absence of a Bayer filter over the sensor (which is how cameras see in color) doubles the effective resolution; and the absence of color information leads to a simpler “de-mosaicing” step in in-camera processing, which results in smoother, deeper files. This works for me because I shoot only in black and white.
The old Monochrom produces lovely film-like black and white renderings; based on limited initial experience so does the new Monochrom (which is referred to as Model 246 to distinguish it from the older camera). The new camera doesn’t offer much in the way of resolution improvement: 24 megs without a Bayer filter (up from 18 with the current Monochrom), which produces the equivalent of 48 meg resolution, solidly in medium format land. Based on initial impressions the files are even more flexible than the original Monochrom in terms of ability to bring out shadow detail.
I got the new camera because of some minor sensor issue with the old one and because although it looks exactly the same it just a better camera with improved weather sealing, quieter shutter, better rangefinder, more useful frame lines, faster start up and frame to frame speeds, better high ISO performance and better battery life.
From this point on assume that the images you see on this site are taken with the Leica Model 248 Monochrom. I spent the day shooting familiar scenes to begin to get a feel for the camera.
Day 2038 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1308): Basil our Norwich Terrier, breaking my “no photographs of cute pets” rule.
