Jardine's Lookout 渣甸山

Quarry Bay Gap 大風坳

Crepusuclar 7am

7:30am 2016 Shek O

Shing Mun River

Mount High West

EOS-M2 Dynamic range test and wide angle EF-M11-22mm test

Canon M2
EF-M11-22

Lion Rock Peak

Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS

Seiko LandMaster セイコープロスペックス SBDB005

セイコープロスペックス SBDB005
スプリングドライブ キャリバーNo.5R66
ケースコーティング
ダイヤシールド
ガラス材質
サファイアガラス
ガラスコーティング
スーパークリア コーティング
ルミブライト
あり（針・インデックス）
精度平均月差±15秒（日差±1秒相当）
防水（10気圧）
耐磁
サイズ  縦49.40mm×横46.70mm×厚さ14.20mm
重さ140g
その他特徴
スクリューバック
ねじロック式りゅうず
耐メタルアレルギー
ケース裏部パーソナルデータ刻印可能
ダブルロック中留
24時針（デュアルタイム表示機能）
カレンダー連動時差修正機能
石数 30石
秒針停止機能
パワーリザーブ表示機能
350,000円

Nissan Leaf

Lantau Peak

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Jesse Owens

Aka: Phoenix Mountain
GPS: N22.249769° E113.921303°
Elevation: 934m
Free map from Lands Department

Notes on Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm f/2.0 ZF & Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 P

Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm f/2.0 ZF
f/2.8 Center 80% of frame is very sharp.
Slight peripheral softness.

f/4.0 as sharp as any Nikkor can get.

f/8.0 sets the perfect golden standard.

Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 P
f/2.8
60% of the center frame is already rendered quite sharply.
However the extreme left and right frame is soft.
Peripheral softness is visible.

f/4
Strangely the four corners are distinctively soft.
Whereas the center of the frame is very sharp.
Acceptable portraits at f/4.0, maybe.
Must position subject in center of the frame.

f/8.0
This lens is almost totally primed.
The entire frame is extremely sharp.
Large improvement on the peripheral sharpness over f/2.8.
Good enough for landscape photography.
Near Zeiss performance.

Leica Summaron 35mm F3.5

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Soft Target Test

Lens used: SMC Takumar 135mm
Body: *ist DL2

Zenit Industar-61 L/Z MC lens 2.8/50

Pentax *ist DL2 & 18-55/3.5-5.6

Lens used: smc Pentax DA 18-55/3.5-5.6

Pentax *ist DL2

NIkon FM10

smc Pentax 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL

Lens information:
12 Elements, 9 groups.
Contains one aspherical element.
Smallest Aperture: 22-38
35mm Equivalent: 27.5-84mm
Closest focusing distance: 25mm
Filter Size: 52mm

Voigtander Nokton Classic 40mm F1.4

Images taken with Pentax *ist DL2
Lens used: 18-55/3.5-5.6

Why use older mechanical cameras?

Photographers are equipment lovers, connoisseurs of mechanical minutiae, aficionados of quality lenses, appreciators of fine design. Some cameras and lenses simply "speak to us": something visceral happens when we hold them and use them.

I personally think this visceral hit occurs more often with older cameras. There is something in the heft and feel of older, mechanical cameras that is missing from many of the newer polycarbonate models. Some of these new cameras are superb instruments, to be sure, and are just what the professional needs, but they don't bring the same aesthetic to the table. Call it "design as art form" or even "form follows function", many older cameras are beautiful machines you can enjoy and savor over and over again. Some are not so beautiful, but have a scruffy personality that makes them endearing. And they still take good pictures. And they're cheap (Leicas being a notable exception). So in addition to being a literal description, "Old Beater" is also a term of affection and endearment. If the term bothers you, you can use the more upscale term "Heritage Camera", but "Old Beater" suits me fine.

So, hats off to the fine cameras of yesteryear! Keep 'em snapping and keep 'em alive! Salut!

Nokton Classic MC 40mm F1.4

TST Pier

VM APO-Lanthar 3.5/90

Nokton x BMW

VM Nokton 1.4/40

Star Ferry Ride

Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 4.5/15

Voigtlander Heliar 4.5/15