NEW YORK NEW YORK – I bought a cheap, fun lens for my Leica, a 7 Artisans 50mm f/1,1. Very fast and solidly built in China, but optically odd in the extreme. As I reported to a Leica online forum: Take your choice of one of the following characterizations:
– a lens of unique character that provides highly atmospheric images, or
– the worst lens I’ve every had. The outer third of image is blurry even at f16. I’ve got an uncoated 1938 Zeiss sonar that does a lot better (albeit at f1.5 not f1.1!).
Today’s image is on the street with this “lens” ( I happened to have the right sized neutral density filter so I was able to shoot it on the street at f 1.1). I no longer own it. Experimenting with gear is part of the fun of this project.
Day 2,954 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2,954): A Boston Park taken in lovely light
