Around Borough

I joined a few photography meetup groups in London but don't always get to go to the meetups and with my travels I haven't been in a while. So it made sense to go to the 'We Shoot People!' meetup and exhibition visit of the London Photography Festival near Borough.

R-D1 People

It has been quite a while since I used my Epson R-D1, or any other camera beside the GXR A12-M for that matter, so I dusted it off and took it out for a walk equipped with the Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm lens. The lens surely looks more at home on the larger R-D1 than it does on the GXR A12-M but what I found very interesting is that the pictures look like it was a completely different lens that I used. The character seems different to a degree and it shows a higher degree of fringing next to the usual vignetting.

Framing and focusing on a rangefinder is not the most accurate or easiest thing, especially in low light and after being used to Mode 2 on the GXR. I still enjoy using the R-D1 and it's almost like going back in time.

This is a series of pictures I took at the Tate Modern and Borough market, I do like the crisp images from the R-D1 and the noise character but they are more rough and not on the same level as the GXR A12-M.

Fried Green Peppers

GXR, f3.2, 1/80, ISO 1600, RAW, 50mm

Most people want a big sensor to have less noise at high ISO but to be honest, the difference is not that much between the GRD III and the GXR with the APS module in terms of noise at ISO 1600. The biggest difference is more the dynamic range, at least for me.

Borough Market Goes Spanish

GRD II, f2.4, 1/30, ISO 183, RAW, 40mm

GRD II, f3.5, 1/500, ISO 400, RAW

The weather got better and we had a very hot and sunny day today. With the weather my pictures also got better ;). On my way home I stopped by the Tate Modern to take some pictures and then on the way to London Bridge there was a Spanish festival at Borough Market. This was a great opportunity to take pictures and also enjoy some of the free Paella and Sangria they had there.
It was pretty crowded so at first I had the 40mm lens on the camera but switched to 21mm and later to only 28mm for better shots.
Since my recent pictures were not so much to my liking I decided to post 2 pictures from today.