3rd Gay Theatre Awards, Votanikos, Athens, June 2014
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July 7, 2014
December 7, 2013
January 5, 2013
Pretty little bastard I
January 2013, Athens
Well that's embarrassing. And to think I had the nerve to bitch about microscopic and practically invisible specks of dust on the glass of used lenses that I tried... Sorry, love!
January 3, 2013
Nikon D5100 and company
Words are wind
In 2009, I boldly declared that (camera) size matters, and smaller is better, mmmkay? And I can't be bothered to carry a bulky SLR everywhere I go. Hence, the Lumix DMC-LX3: compact, light, small, in my purse and off we go.
In 2010, I loudly complained that ISO-400 or higher sucks big time, that this isn't grain, its goddamn noise, and "...I think I need a better camera. Crap." I didn't do anything about it, I just nagged from time to time.
In 2012, I had the chance to fool around with a Nikon D7000 and a prime 50mm 1.8 lens for about twenty minutes. During these twenty minutes, I was SO happy and excited, that the fate of my trusted Lumix was sealed there and then: it was doomed to become a secondary camera.
So, in 2013, I'm finally upgrading to a DSLR, because (sensor) size matters, and bigger is better, mmmkay? And because a fast prime lens is what I should have been working with years ago, and I didn't, and now I really, really want to.
Greedy motherfucker
The upgrade was rather radical, and it goes like this:
Body: Nikon D5100
Nikkor 35mm F/1.8 G AF-S
(equivalent to the standard 50mm prime, simple and fast)
Nikkor 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 AF-S G VR
(all purpose zoom, from wide angle to short tele)
Nikkor 55-200mm F/4.0-5.6 G AF-S ED VR
(big mean tele, though on the slow side)
I don't know how this happened, I swear I was going to get a body and a 35mm prime for starters and wait months or years for secondary lenses, but I got greedy. And very very excited. And I'm not done yet.
In the long run, I'll definitely get a fast 50mm prime, too. I have my eyes on the Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 D, and I'm waiting for a decent one to appear in the used market. (Everything I've gotten so far is used.) F/1.4, I say. It will be glorious.
Until then, I got plenty of stuff to play with, so beware: new camera and new lenses (plural!) means there's a learning curve ahead. Yay for me, groans from the audience. :)
P.S. I'm not getting rid of the Lumix, mind you. I got to love the pretty little bastard. Image quality notwithstanding, it's a great tool, especially for street photography. I'm not (yet?) comfortable to point a big DSLR to people's faces, and I'm still very fond of stealth mode, so the Lumix stays, proudly.
P.S.S. Thanks, Santa!
October 20, 2012
May 7, 2012
March 21, 2012
My head is my tripod...
December 2011, Exarcheia, Athens...I shall not want.
The whole gang. Minus the boxes.
Kiev II
December 2011, Exarcheia, AthensYou imagine the tic tac
of the clock behind your back
You imagine the click clack
of the Hasselblads in his bag
~ The Dead Brothers, "Tic Tac"
Kiev I
December 2011, Exarcheia, AthensKiev-4. Possibly the most beautiful camera ever made. A copy of Zeiss Ikon Contax III, actually, but hey, the logo is so much prettier.
November 27, 2011
February 23, 2011
February 18, 2011
"Give me an old Pentax..."
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIt's addictive...
Also: borrowed tripod FTW.
Also: borrowed tripod FTW.
Flagship
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIt was a black night
When the black woman came
Through my dark room
With a dark dress
Darker than black
~ The Hormonas, "Black Goddess"
February 10, 2011
Retinette III : Pennies from Heaven
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensSome people buy cameras. Others just stand there, and cameras fall on their lap. Like pennies from heaven. There Ain't No Justice...
January 16, 2011
Frontbox
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIn a box made of pine
lays the sweet love of mine
~ William Elliott Whitmore, "Pine Box"
Little Boxes
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensThere's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
~ Pete Seeger, "Little Boxes"
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