TTartisan F5.6 28mm M lens / Leica M Monocrom

 

Shown with his little cousin, the Minox

Leica T / TTartisan 35mm f1.4 / $66.40 lens

 Saw this lens on Amazon for $66.40 AND in comes in L mount, which is native to the Leica T. It also comes in various other crop sensor mounts, like Fujifilm, Canon EOS M and so on. It is all metal. The focus and aperture controls work smoothly with aperture clicks at each setting. It needs to be stopped down to about f2 or higher for the photos to be sharpish. It is reasonably small, can get reasonably close (w/i a foot or so) and the build quality is pretty decent. Not much in the way of lens coating but hey, it's cheap. I like it.

Nassau, the Bahamas, local color II

 

Nassau, the Bahamas, local color

 

Ernie's House / Key West

 

Last time in Key West, the line to visit the house was far down the block and I didn't want to waste the day waiting in line. This time I had a bicycle and circled around to see what I wanted and stopped off as an afterthought and got right in with a twenty in my pocket to use ($17 cash only). I took a few pics and am going over them today. I like the large-format-style shot, which I have to cobble together in software from my pocket camera. He lived there in the 30s so I rendered in in monochrome. Fun visit. Lots of six-toed cats with famous names.

The cat's house matches the main house.

The Cat Wrangler w/six toed cat

The cats all have famous names and stay forever.

A little color, for reference

Nassau, the Bahamas, Stares