Ameya Yokocho

Ameya Yokocho is one of my favorite places in Tokyo. The atmosphere, great food and visual overload is definitely something that is hard to find in North America. More images coming soon.

Back from Japan

It was a great trip to a really amazing place and I hope to post some images soon . In the mean time I will answer all the e-mails I have been neglecting from the visitors to my blog. There is also a post (the previous one) with the start of a brief 25mm SMC Pentax-DA 645 F4 AL [IF] SDM AW rolling review which I hope to update with more content after I get some rest.

SMC Pentax-DA 645 25mm F4 AL [IF] SDM AW Rolling review

The SMC Pentax-DA 645 25mm F4 AL [IF] SDM AW is the widest FOV available lens for the 645D system and Pentax’s most expensive new generation lens costing almost $ 6000 with tax.

Giving a 95 degree angle of view and consisting of 12 elements in 8 groups, it’s a lot of glass weighing in at 1040g (36.7 oz).

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Cheap can be interesting

While cheap and technically good don’t usually mix in photography, sometimes a cheap lens or film stock can surprise us. I ran out of film on my last trip to Poland a few years ago and ended up buying a local brand called Fomapan for $3 dollars per roll. Fomapan is made by the old Fotochema (now FOMA Bohemia Ltd.), a company out of the Czech republic. While they are not new and have a long tradition of making film, they are relatively unknown in North America.

I did not have any development instructions for this film and I ended up processing it myself in good old Rodinal (a very bad choice for most modern films). The grain is huge but I find the tonality quite interesting.

Death Valley Panoramas

I generally don’t shoot a lot of panoramas, but here are two from death valley taken earlier this year.