Roland Barthes
"sleeping on the edge", germany, 2005/2009
23 November, 2009
"A photograph is always invisible,...
...it is not it that we see."
Roland Barthes
"sleeping on the edge", germany, 2005/2009
Roland Barthes
"sleeping on the edge", germany, 2005/2009
"You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. ...
...You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it objectively. Like watching from the audience a play you already know by heart."
George Rodger
"in the kitchen", germany, 2005/2009
George Rodger
"in the kitchen", germany, 2005/2009
18 November, 2009
13 November, 2009
War with the Frogs!
Do you read Karel Čapeks "War with the Newts" ("Válka s mlok")?
I read it and today not the newts but the frogs - ok one frog - attacked me - ok not me, but my photography books! I think that frogs are very strange.
You don't believe it? You think this is a joke? Come on, it's the truth! Here is the evidence:
I don't know how and why he was in my room, but I think he is a real mind jacker photographer!
After the photo session I put him in the garden. Hey, I love animals and he isn't only a frog, he's a mind jacker!
I read it and today not the newts but the frogs - ok one frog - attacked me - ok not me, but my photography books! I think that frogs are very strange.
You don't believe it? You think this is a joke? Come on, it's the truth! Here is the evidence:
I don't know how and why he was in my room, but I think he is a real mind jacker photographer!After the photo session I put him in the garden. Hey, I love animals and he isn't only a frog, he's a mind jacker!
11 November, 2009
"Mich interessiert der Rand der Welt, nicht die Mitte. ...
...Das Nichtaustauschbare ist für mich von Belang. Wenn etwas nicht ganz stimmt in den Gesichtern und Landschaften..."
Sibylle Bergemann
"face study" germany, 2005/2006/2008
Sibylle Bergemann
"face study" germany, 2005/2006/2008
06 November, 2009
04 November, 2009
03 November, 2009
The old Standard.
Today I found on a cemetery an old paper. I was very surprised, because I could decipher the name "Eastman Kodak". Of course I picked it up. At home I restored the paper a little bit, because another layer of paper was in various quarters over the Kodak paper.
I found an interesting link, perhaps it is more or less 100 years old. I don't know, but it is a part of the history of photography.
I found an interesting link, perhaps it is more or less 100 years old. I don't know, but it is a part of the history of photography.
01 November, 2009
"Memory does not make films,...
...it makes photographs."
Milan Kundera
"the cross I & II", brasil, 2009
Milan Kundera
"the cross I & II", brasil, 2009
insane camera-lens-combinations part 2
part 1 is here
Today I bought an old Meopta Opemus IIa enlarger with following accessories:
_ Shinker 3.5/75mm Made in Japan
_ Shinker 4.5/105mm Made in Japan
_ Kodak Enlarging Ektar 4.5/75mm Made in USA
_ Schneider Kreuznach Componon 5.6/80mm Made in Germany
_ 2x adapter for the lenses
_ spare lamp
_ Timer from Kohm
_ 2x Ilford Multigrade Filter Kit (one kit is numbered 00-5 in 1/2 steps and the other kit is numbered 1-5 in 1 steps)
_ 2x red-light lamps
But before I'll use the enlarger, I created some insane camera-lens-combinations and made some trails.
First I screwed an Industar 61 2.8/52mm from the FED 4 and a Helios 44 2/58mm from the Zenit 3M/Revueflex on the Meopta, because one of the lens adapter plates has a M39 thread mount (here with the Helios):
Then I screwed the Shinker 4.5/105mm enlargement lens on the Zenit 3M/Revueflex, but it doesn't work, you won't get a sharp picture:
The next combi is the FED 4 with the Shinker 3.5/75mm. And this combi works, it's a real macro. After this I screwed the Shinker 4.5/105mm on the FED and of course this works, too. The only problem is that the FED 4 is a rangefinder and because of this the focussing is a little bit complicated, but no problem for no problem people:
EDIT 19.09.2010:
Today I made some photos with the FED 4 and the both lenses. But before I measured the distance between the lens and the subject to know the right focussing point. I measured from the front part of the lens:
The distance at the Shinker 105mm is 4,6cm to the subject.
The distance at the Shinker 75mm is 2,0cm to the subject.
To check this, I screwed the both lenses on my Zorki 4. And yes, with the same results.EDIT 08.11.2010:
I'm sorry, but the field test was unsuccessful. The pictures are all unsharp!
The next combi is just for fun. I put the Kodak Enlarging Ektar 4.5/75mm on the Zorki 4, but the screw mount of the Kodak is a little bit smaller than M39.
It's a great pity, because I wanted a combination of the USSR and the USA that works:
EDIT 27.05.2011:
See here an American-Russian combination thats works!
The next combi is really insane. The combi consists of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi and the Schneider Kreuznach Componon 5.6/80mm + the enlarger adapter plate.
Yes the picture seems like a dazed feeling:
The next picture shows the combination of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi with the Canon EF-S 3.5-5.6/18-55mm IS and the Ilford Multigrade Filter No.5:
At last I put the Ilford Multigrade Filter-System on the Elmarit 2.8/35mm from the Leica R4. In the Leica is an Ilford FP4+ :
The pictures with some of this combis are coming soon!
Today I bought an old Meopta Opemus IIa enlarger with following accessories:
_ Shinker 3.5/75mm Made in Japan
_ Shinker 4.5/105mm Made in Japan
_ Kodak Enlarging Ektar 4.5/75mm Made in USA
_ Schneider Kreuznach Componon 5.6/80mm Made in Germany
_ 2x adapter for the lenses
_ spare lamp
_ Timer from Kohm
_ 2x Ilford Multigrade Filter Kit (one kit is numbered 00-5 in 1/2 steps and the other kit is numbered 1-5 in 1 steps)
_ 2x red-light lamps
But before I'll use the enlarger, I created some insane camera-lens-combinations and made some trails.
First I screwed an Industar 61 2.8/52mm from the FED 4 and a Helios 44 2/58mm from the Zenit 3M/Revueflex on the Meopta, because one of the lens adapter plates has a M39 thread mount (here with the Helios):
Then I screwed the Shinker 4.5/105mm enlargement lens on the Zenit 3M/Revueflex, but it doesn't work, you won't get a sharp picture:
The next combi is the FED 4 with the Shinker 3.5/75mm. And this combi works, it's a real macro. After this I screwed the Shinker 4.5/105mm on the FED and of course this works, too. The only problem is that the FED 4 is a rangefinder and because of this the focussing is a little bit complicated, but no problem for no problem people:
EDIT 19.09.2010:Today I made some photos with the FED 4 and the both lenses. But before I measured the distance between the lens and the subject to know the right focussing point. I measured from the front part of the lens:
The distance at the Shinker 105mm is 4,6cm to the subject.
The distance at the Shinker 75mm is 2,0cm to the subject.
To check this, I screwed the both lenses on my Zorki 4. And yes, with the same results.EDIT 08.11.2010:
I'm sorry, but the field test was unsuccessful. The pictures are all unsharp!
The next combi is just for fun. I put the Kodak Enlarging Ektar 4.5/75mm on the Zorki 4, but the screw mount of the Kodak is a little bit smaller than M39.
It's a great pity, because I wanted a combination of the USSR and the USA that works:
EDIT 27.05.2011:See here an American-Russian combination thats works!
The next combi is really insane. The combi consists of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi and the Schneider Kreuznach Componon 5.6/80mm + the enlarger adapter plate.
Yes the picture seems like a dazed feeling:
The next picture shows the combination of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi with the Canon EF-S 3.5-5.6/18-55mm IS and the Ilford Multigrade Filter No.5:
At last I put the Ilford Multigrade Filter-System on the Elmarit 2.8/35mm from the Leica R4. In the Leica is an Ilford FP4+ :
The pictures with some of this combis are coming soon!
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