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Last weekend, we visited the Louwman Car Museum in the Hague. I really had no idea what to expect of this museum, but I was surprised in a very positive way. The building is new, and filled with cars from the late 1800's till today. Including most (if not all) the classics.
If you're in the vicinity of the Hague, you should visit this museum (even if you're not a petrol-head).
Normally, I would have posted the following video in the Leica diary section, but that section is about totally serious Leica subjects only ;-). What the guy in this video is demonstrating (I hope) to the videographer, is that it's easy to forget that you put the lens cap back on the lens. With (d)SLR's you don't have this problem, since you're looking through the actual lens (unless you're blind or shooting in pitch black).
Fairness to say that I've had it happen to me a couple of times, but I notice my mistake at the moment I press the shutterbutton (+3sec exposure in broad daylight?? Must have forgotten something...).
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After I bought the Leica M9, I was in the market to get a new camera bag for the M9. The bag had to be small, versatile, and not scream '(expensive) PHOTO GEAR HERE!!!!'. Since I owned a Billingham bag before, my eye quickly fell on the smaller Billingham bags. Especially the Hadley Small looked very appealing. After checking the internal and external dimensions on the website I purchased the bag (Black FybreNite version) through Robert White in the UK. They had the bag in stock, and it was cheaper (with shipping included) than ordering it in the Netherlands. I also included the SP50 Shoulderpad, for additional comfort.
This weekend, we had a little outing with the camera club in Drenthe (NL). During the weekend we visited Orvulte, Camp Westerbork, Dwingelderveld, and Groningen.
Barbed Wire @ Camp Westerbork
Iconic rail track @ Camp Westerbork
Nice autumn colors during the walk to the camp
Waiting for the bus
Red, White and GreenThis was the first (photo)trip without my Nikon dSLR gear. Leica only, which was kinda challenging at times (not having zoom-capabilities etc.), but I survived.
Over the last couple of years, I've been storing my photos online @ Flickr. But I fear that time has come to move forward. Forward to another service for the next couple of years. The main reason for moving is that Flickr doesn't seem to innovate. No innovation basically means going backwards, in these days.
Flickr is a WYSIWYG environment. What you see is what you get, and not in the way this term is usually used on the Interwebs. There's no way of changing the coloring or appearance (white only). No way of integrating into another website (e.g. changing the URL).
A nice (impression) review of the M9 by someone (Darren Rowse) who uses a dSLR in real life.
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Panasonic G3The title says it all. Nuff said.
I entered a photocontest a couple of weeks ago @ fotowedstrijd.nl, and totally forgot about it... until today. I received a phonecall from the organizer stating that I had won. At the time I had no idea with which photo (I had to ask....).
The Leica M9 has no means of determining foreign or old lenses. The newer Leica lenses have a 6-bit (visual) coding mechanism for determining the lens. Problem is that this is only for (relatively new) Leica lenses. There is the possibility to manually select the lens in the menu of the M9, but that's only limited to the Leica brand lenses. No option for Carl Zeiss lenses.
For certain characteristics, and in-camera processing of the RAW image it's handy to manually select a Leica lens even though you've attached a Zeiss lens. This can be automated by coding the lenses yourself (or have Zeiss do it for €100 a lens).
All this is nice, but it still generates photos with faulty EXIF information, because you shot the photo with a CZ C-Sonnar 1.5/50mm and not with a Leica 1.4/50mm Summilux ASPH....
After I acquired a Leica M9 with peripheral equipment, I decided to document my M9 learning experiences on a seperate blog on my website. I don't know if I'll keep it like this. I might move the content to this blog. Don't know yet. Time will tell.
Anyway, in the mean time I've added some content to the new Leica blog. Check it out. I hope you'll find it usefull.
Today was one of those days with a typical dutch sky; blue with clouds (and the occasional raindrop). Perfect conditions for doing some (HDR) photography. Location: Papendorp, Utrecht.
This location has lots of really great buildings, and the funny part is that I go there (almost) every week on my way to work for the last three years......