NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still shooting infrared. This was a crowded day so I only managed some rushed shots around the Seagrams building.
Day 2308 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 482): Seagrams Building shot with film. Same place, much different image.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – So my Sony A7ii is back from being converted to infrared light. Its bandpass is designed to let in some visible red light which converted to black and white produces a fairly subtle infrared effect. Adding an R72 filter in front of the lens cuts out all visible light and leads to extremes looking effects. I’m shooting today with legacy Leica lenses and an R72 filter.
Day 2304 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1939): Jodhpur
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Caught on the fly.
Day 2303 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 113): Leon Lascoff
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Not much happening image wise today. Here’s another bit of New York street with the 50mm 1936 Carl Zeiss Jena lens.
Day 2274 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 83): Empire State Building.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still shooting with the 35mm Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar from the 1930s.
Day 2273 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1543): Long view
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out again with the old lenses. Today I’m shooting with a Carl Zeiss Jena 3.5 cm f2.8 Biogen from 1937. Pre-war Zeiss lenses quote focal lengths in centimeters, rather than millimeters – this is a 35 mm lens. It was about as wide as things got back then. I have 28mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar from 1937, but its maximum aperture (f8.0) and tendency to flare make it a bit of an odd ball. The 3.5cm lens that I’m using today is uncoated so it’s prone to flair but produces lovely transparent shadows. A real winner in the high contrast world of Manhattan. Today I found myself on Lexington Avenue in the 50s with Citicorp Center acting as a gigantic reflector.
Day 2272 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1542): Looking up on 94th Street
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A busy day of running errands and shopping. I tucked a few images on side streets into my itinerary but nothing great came of it. Shooting with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Dual Range Summicron lens from 1958.
Day 2258 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1162): Zeiss Jena lens work This is another old lens story – in this case a Zeiss Jena lens from 1945 in an aircraft alloy Leica screw mount version – quite rare actually. A lovely performer, particularly given its age.
