Author: Reinhold Graf

Contax G2 with a Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28mm heading to Lake Constance

The Con­tax G2 — besides its sib­ling G1 — is named the cul­min­a­tion of rangefind­er design.The Carl Zeiss Biogon is said to be one of the best lenses. I’d like to see how things work. Here is the body … the Con­tax G2 … and here is the lens … Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28mm This…… Con­tin­ue read­ing Con­tax G2 with a Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28mm head­ing to Lake Constance

Irelands Southwest and West (Part 6) — The Digital Journey

Part 6 of our 2017 trip through Irleands South­w­est and West. Fol­low­ing the earli­er ana­log series, this part now cov­ers the digit­al jour­ney around Ire­lands South­w­est and West and com­pletes the series finally. After arriv­ing at Dub­lin Air­port, we headed south to Kilkenny … Here at Matt The Millers, I learned that the fam­ous Kilkenny…… Con­tin­ue read­ing Ire­lands South­w­est and West (Part 6) — The Digit­al Journey

Granada, an Andalusian Miracle

This time we made a trip to Granada, the beau­ti­ful old town in Andalus, Spain. As dur­ing sum­mer time tem­per­at­ures are quite high — around 40 °C, we choose March to start, as there tem­per­at­ure is still mod­er­ate — around 18 °C. All images were made with my work­horse Olym­pus OM‑D E‑M1 and the won­der­ful…… Con­tin­ue read­ing Granada, an Andalus­i­an Miracle

The Calendar Files … 2020 … Südtirol — South Tyrol

Well, just to recap … we’ve reached 2020 and this is the cur­rent cal­ender — show­ing our trip to the South Tyr­ol region around Brix­en and the Plose. The full image series is still to come … soon.   Detail in the Fran­zens­feste Fort­ress, built between 1833 and 1838 by the Aus­tri­an Emper­or Ferdin­and I…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2020 … Südtir­ol — South Tyrol

The Calendar Files … 2019 … Ireland

Well, just to recap … we’re in 2019 and we are vis­it­ing Ire­land this time dur­ing a trip around the its South-West. Enjoy! The full series can be found here. Streets of Dub­lin   Kilkenny   The Bur­ren   Near Gal­larus Oratory, Kil­malke­dar, Ire­land   Around Muck­ross House and the Muck­ross Lake, Ire­land   Trin­ity…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2019 … Ireland

The Calendar Files … 2018 … Northern Spain

Well, just to recap … we’re in 2018 and this is the second cal­en­dar edi­tion — with a col­lec­tion of images from a trip around North­ern Spain. Enjoy! The full series can be found here. Rail­way Sta­tion Bil­bao, Bizkaia   Blue Hour in the Streets of San Sebasti­an / Dono­s­tia, Gipuzkoa   Build­ings in San…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2018 … North­ern Spain

The Beauty and the Beast VI

This time I’ll show three of a kind — three extraordin­ary Twin Lens Reflex cam­er­as — in my tiny series about a beauty and a beast. Well, guess who’s the beauty and who’s the beast. On the left side of the ring there is the Mam­iya C330 Pro­fes­sion­al f View­ing Lens: Mam­iya-Sekor 2.8/80mm Tak­ing Lens:…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Beauty and the Beast VI

The Calendar Files … 2018 … Melbourne Murals

Well, just to recap … now we’ve reached 2018 and we are in Mel­bourne! This time I made two cal­en­dars. One is a col­lec­tion of mur­als from Mel­bourne shot by my daugh­ter. Mel­bourne, to me the most impress­ive city in Aus­tralia — besides Perth —  and a city world fam­ous for its cre­at­ive mood, its…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2018 … Mel­bourne Murals

The Calendar Files … 2017 … Australia

Well, just to recap … we’ve now reached 2017 and we are in Aus­tralia this time! A once in a life­time trip around South-West­­ern Aus­tralia, Tas­mania and … finally Mel­bourne. We care­fully selec­ted our route to avoid the over­crowded east­ern part of this con­tin­ent. A full series of this trip can be seen on my…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2017 … Australia

The Calendar Files … 2016 … Lisbon

Well, just to recap … now we’ve reached 2016 and we are in Lis­bon this time! This time I cre­ated two cal­en­dar ver­sions — one por­trait ori­ent­a­tion and one land­scape ori­ent­a­tion — as there are so many spots worth it in Lis­bon. When you ever vis­ited this city, you have fallen in love with it.…… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Cal­en­dar Files … 2016 … Lisbon