This site is dedicated to photography, especially to Bokeh. The japanese originated term Bokeh describes the look of out of focus areas in a photo.
Autumn is the best season for hikers. It's not too warm anymore, so you won't suffer a heat stroke nor will you have to carry several liters of water uphill, to compensate for the loss of body fluids. Also it's the colorful season, which makes it even more appealing to all those that love to... Continue Reading →
The career of becoming an Altglasoholic is a long process, at least for me it was and still is. Usually you get into vintage lenses at a price point of about two beer crates, maybe you got an Auto Revuenon or Vivitar lens or a 50mm from Minolta or Canon. You try out many of... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I saw this beautiful old car in my neigbourhood, standing under an alley of chestnut trees no less. The shadows of the trees and the overcast sky reflected on the surface of the old Mercedes. In my book that's the recipe for some powerful 3D pop. Also it made a nice... Continue Reading →
As much as I am happy that spring is finally here, albeit still not with as much warmth as I'd like, I'm also sad that the time of Christmas lighting is over. Sadly I only shot with 8 lenses back then and I feel unable to repeat the same thing now with all ten lenses.... Continue Reading →
In this part I want to show more of the rendering qualities of each lens. It's still about how they render up close. This time color will play a big part, also how the rendering creates a painterly quality. Speaking of which, in this part of the review I added the RE Auto Topcor 1.4/58,... Continue Reading →
I've decided to split this part up into several chapters, providing and analyzing one batch of images in each chapter. This batch "Book & Bokeh" is meaningful in several ways. It will show you the close up performance of each lens at the important apertures and how it makes your subject stand out. Since each... Continue Reading →
From my own point of view, this part of the review is for you. I don't care too much about the sharpness of the lenses at each and every aperture setting. For portraiture or for shooting moods or details it's not important, because they're all sharp enough in the center. For landscape or architecture however... Continue Reading →
Introduction to a few review articles about some high end, mostly vintage, manual fullframe lenses, made by Canon, Konica, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and Zeiss If I had to own just one lens, it would likely be a fifty, mostly because it provides the best compromise for what I shoot, the optimum in versatility. Also,... Continue Reading →
A few thoughts about the freedom and satisfaction of using a camera and several lenses in times of a worldwide pandemic and about choosing and presenting only your best work. My headline is a bit provocative, but for me it's true. While life is becoming more and more frustrating and hard to tolerate, when one... Continue Reading →
Photographer's blues and some bike and hike with the Rollei Zeiss HFT Distagon 1.4/35 and HFT Planar 1.4/85 as well as the Kuribayashi CC Orikkor 2/50. I think many people undergo pretty much the same development as a photographer, the same stages, sometimes certainly in a slightly different order or with other priorities. Some may... Continue Reading →
The other side of Bokeh 