60km/h

TG-4, f2.8, 1/15, ISO 1600, RAW, 25mm

The Road

GR, f6.3, 1/125, ISO 400, RAW

Another photo in my attempt to change up the perspective of my motorbike photos.

Stacked 12/3

OPO, f2.0, 1/17, ISO 3200, JPG

The Van

GF1, f1.8, 1/60, ISO 3200, RAW, 100mm (Canon f1.8 50mm FD)

After the sunshine from yesterday, it's been a grey and rainy day today. I didn't go out much or take many photos. When I looked out the window in the evening I saw this van parked across the street through the blinds and thought it would make a great photo. I liked the light reflected from the raindrops, the blinds obscuring part of the view and just the big white van next to the street light.

Working

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/930, ISO 200, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

Just a simple picture I took on my way to work today. I liked the red in between all the grey and the shadows.
Looking at the last two pictures maybe I should keep my theme for this week at St. Paul's and no people.

Taxi

GXR A12-M, f1.4, 1/810, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Maybe not the most exciting picture but I still quite like it, it was playing around with the polariser filter and trying to shoot the Nokton almost wide open during daytime.

Late Night Coach Journey

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/9, ISO 3200, RAW

A test in a way to see how the high ISO looks and how efficient the IS is.

Alfresco

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/125, ISO 250, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm)

Velo

GXR S10, f3.5, 1/153, ISO 100, RAW, 50mm

Another stop-over in Zurich on my way back to London thanks to the strike at Frankfurt airport. Zurich is great for a stop-over since it's quick to get into town and back to the airport and security is very efficient.

I already took a picture of this bike last time but was not happy with the result, this time I think it's better.

Steel and Glass Canyon

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/68, ISO 200, RAW, 18mm (Voigtlander Heliar f5.6 12mm L)

Red Bike

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1 sec., ISO 400, RAW, 18mm (Voigtlander Heliar f5.6 12mm L)

Yesterday, I received my 12mm Heliar L lens but did not have too much time with it so I could only really use it today.

First impressions are very good, it is very nicely built and the quality is very good so far.
I really like the focus stops so you know when you got to infinity, 1m, 0.5m and 0.3m, this is great and I wish more lenses had it. Makes it in use a bit like the adjustable Snap AF on the other Ricoh cameras. Not that you need to worry about focusing much here anyway since at f5.6 and focus to 1m everything will be in focus anyway.
The field of view is great and despite the wide angle it is well corrected and very sharp, it also handles flare very well and has no visible CA or fringing. At f5.6 it is not super fast but you can easily handhold it at 1/30th and even lower without problems so this kind of makes up a bit for the slower aperture.

I can see this becoming my favourite lens in the summer when it's longer light outside. Need to find out if this can replace my CV 15mm, complement it or whether the 15mm is the better choice.

Taxi

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/48, ISO 3200, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

At the Museum

GRD, f3.5, 1/250, ISO 400, JPG b&w

Windowshopping

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/143, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)


The great thing about using legacy lenses and M lenses in particular is that each has a different look and characteristic, the Nokton lensess for example render reds completely different while the GR lens does this with greens and blues.

Cool and Wet Britannia

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 238, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Goodbye Vietnam

It has been a great two weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia but tomorrow morning it will be time to leave and move on to Hong Kong for another few days.
I will miss Vietnam, the people here are fantastic and I like the country so will surely be back soon. There is also a lot more to see and it would be nice to have more time in some places rather than having to rush.

Water, Lots of Water

Woke up this morning without power in the hotel and water almost in the reception area, the good news was that it stopped raining.
By the time I finished breakfast the water levels went down a bit although it was still not possible to leave the hotel without getting wet feet.
Rather than stay longer in Hue we decided to stick to the plan and leave for Hoi An, for this we had the hotel arrange a car for us. we took some pictures along the way.

The weather was nice and sunny although the flood waters were visible everywhere along the way.
Once we arrived in Hoi An we found out that half of the old town was flooded, not getting discouraged we decided to go out and take some pictures anyway even if it meant wading through more water.

This is a series depicting the day and focusing on scenes with water in them (not that I have a lot of pictures without water in them). It is a longer series but I wanted to give a good overview of the situation we have been in.

I have a lot of respect for the Vietnamese people who despite all this flooding and having no electricty at the hotel were always friendly and managed to help us out with everything possible. Even the people we saw who had their houses flooded anyway had a smile and made the best out of the situation. Live just goes on here without too much fuss. I hope my pictures can show this.

Parked on the Street

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/570, ISO 200, JPG, 75mm (Leica Sumicron f2.0 50mm L)

Went around the little village in Romania to take some pictures, the weather was really nice and great for walking around and taking pictures. Nothing too exciting since the place is not very exciting so no series but just a single picture.
I like how the Leica renders light, it also produces a very warm and soft image compared with the more contrasty and sharper Nokton or the GR lenses in the A12 modules.

Walking Together

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/540, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtländer Ultron f1.7 35mm L)

Waiting Taxi

GRD, f2.4, 1/125, ISO 1600, JPG b&w