by Reinhold Graf
After Christmas A.D. 2017, with all its wonderful and exhaustive meals, we found time to hike along the small river Waldnaab.
Waldnaab / Flutkanal, Ricoh GR II
This time I collected a handful of black&white bark images — made with the Ricoh GR II — from trees lined up along the small river — or better, along … Read the rest
The last day of the year A.D. 2017 we made a short trip to the Burg Flossenbürg.
The small town is know for one of the KZ (Concentration Camp) during the darkest era in German history — the Nazi Era. This time however, we did not visit the KZ, but hiked down to the small lake — the … Read the rest
On we go with a Canon A‑1, a Canon FD 1.4/50mm S.S.C. lens attached and an Agfa Vista 200 loaded.
The next days hopefully will bring a little bit sunshine as it would make so much more fun. My first impression while playing around with the A‑1 … solid … very solid. Somehow it reminds me on the Pentax LX… Read the rest
Hiking in South-Tirol for a week in May should bring some beautiful days with perfect light and tons of amazing sceneries … so far was the plan. What came out was a quite cold and rainy week in the Dolomites, which led to the decision using the OM-2sp not in the mountains, but during the city trips.
Using the newer Olympus … Read the rest
Well, this time I planned taking the Olympus OM-4Ti with me in on a hiking trip to South-Tirol — besides my workhorse, the Olympus OM‑D E‑M1. Planned it and prepared it and … while testing if finally everything works fine … the OM-4Ti refused to fire.
Olympus OM-4Ti with G.Zuiko Auto‑S 1.4/50mm (yep, not the correct lens)
Olympus … Read the rest