Rückkehr nach Luftspiegelung

我同事Susan很勇敢，明知道我只拍黑白照，還敢找我去拍她的婚宴。用Leica M拍瞬息萬變的現場真是刺激，手動對焦、手動測光、還沒有閃光燈。現場光線很暗，開到最大光圈，快門往往不到1/4秒，另一個同事看我實在拍得辛苦，從口袋裡掏出一顆鏡頭說：「試試這個吧。」，我一看，靠，Noctilux.....！而且還是第一代雙非球面的絕版品（年份：1966-1976）。

婚宴現場，某方面來說跟記者會場很像，只不過現在不必再跑那種場合了。

Photo Gallery: Susan's Wedding

Finnish death metal band Children of Bodom (aka COB) came to Taipei for their first Taiwan's concert. COB was one of my favorite metal band before when I was teenager. I have not listened to metal music since graduating. At that moment of picture, COB sang their famous song "Silent Night, Bodom Night". Everybody went crazy. --October 22th, 2009.


The person in the picture saw his mobile phone is EDGE. He is 3 years older than me. He came with me to attend COB's live in Taipei. We meet once in a year. --October 22th, 2009.


Under Chou-Mei Express Road near Beitou Incinerator. One sunday afternoon, I went there with my M6. Walked around the park and shot some pictures. In the evening, I went home and developed the film. -- October, 2009.


Near Chun-Cheng Memorial Hall MRT. --October 15th, 2009


Me and Sport Optics product manager Mr. Noack from LC company. This is the first time that I did oral interpretation. We attended Guandu Bird Watching Fair 2009 in Guandu Natural Park near Danshui. He is a nice guy and specialize in telescope knowledge and astronomy photography. --November 7th, 2009.






At the end of Guandu Bird Watching Fair, we went to dinner and drink beers in a local restaurant. The person in pic1 is SK. Pic2 is V. Pic3 is Mr. N. All of them are good at drinking. I cannot. So I got drunk and then rode motorcycle home. I was lucky because I passed three police station. --November 9th, 2009.


Leica M6
Leica M9
Elmar-M 3.8/24mm ASPH.
Summicron-M 2/35mm Pre-ASPH (IV)
Kodak T-MAX 400, D-76
Epson GT-X 970 Scanner

當年紀越來越長的時候，才會發覺自己可以依賴的人事物越來越少，算一算，不過就是一把尼龍弦吉他、一把大提琴、以及一台徠卡相機。

It's not smooth for me since new members joined this group in early August. Here comes three people to our dept.. It looks like nothing else but in fact the amount is more than half. I was surprised that my admirable ex-colleague quitted her 10+ years job just because she would like to take a rest. Her official statement to us was for her parents. But I know that was not the real reason. I suspect that my ex-leader and I advised her on career plan several months ago. It may cause her much thought. And after a while she really did it.

I, (or I should say my fortune), fell into deep valley after that. It does not mean she and I have some relation. Actually I do not think she played a important role here. But it seems that I got a huge mistake. The most important thing in work is personality, not ability. I finally know that. So I need to jump over trouble water.

A nice friend told me a interesting job tonight. The candidate must be required to have business trips to Latin America. It sounds good for me. I have no concern. As I said at first, when getting older, I finally discover the truth. Only a nylon guitar, a cello and a Leica camera accompany me. It seems not to be important for others. Maybe. Am Ende stehen wir zwei.














Leica M9
Summicron-M 2/35 ASPH.

The changeable, overcast sky in KaoHsiung was strange beautiful, just like my mood. After Germany Headquarters announced three new products on September 9th, we followed the stream to hold user experience activities in Taiwan on September 16th, 19th and 27th. The activities are held at Taipei, Taichung and KaoHsiung.

One of the three new products is LEICA M9. This is the best, absolute awesome camera in the world. Even if I do not work for this company, my thought will tend to this. For those who have never used rangefinder camera, they may think it is just a expensive toy. SLR photographers never know how RF photographers love to frame the decisive moment. RF can let you look both inside and outside the frame at the same time. It will help you do some important things that SLR cannot be done. I have said this at launch event. I don't have to repeat the cliche here.

I like RF style. I like my M6. Everyone who often comes here know all my pictures are shot by M6. In fact, I don't like M8, the first digital M. It's not a mature product until M9. 18 megapixels, Full Frame, acceptable high iso noisiness, best lenses, best image quality, smallest dimension, what else do you expect? A dreamy camera.

LINK: All reviews about LEICA M9

I believe professional, semi-professional, and amateur photographers will embrace the old, classical photography style. Time will be back to the beginning.

Here are some casual shots taken by me from September 16th to 27th. It shows funny moments on the backstage. I'd like to thank all of my colleagues for cooperation.



Leica M6
Leica M9
Summicron 35/2 ASPH
Voigtlander Bessa 66 with Skopar 75/3.5 (1933)
RDPIII、160NC、X-TRA 400、Tri-X


．Me & Asia Pacific Director from L company, An admirable man.

It has been a long time since we contact each other. After eating, we went on singing. I carried the brand new digital camera to test in the low-light environment. It's amazing whether shooting color or B/W pictures. It seems that I do not need to shoot with analogue films in the future.

There were Elisa, Iris, Sky, Mr. Wang, and 2 girls in the group. I'm weak at singing. So I only drunk and experience the mood, When E asked me "Do I enjoy current job?", it made me falling into thinking for a while. Actually I do not know how to answer. It is hard to say. Even now I'm under great pressure.




Leica M9
Summicron 35/2 ASPH non 6-bit
All pictures @ ISO 1600, f/2, 1/4s

到底是第幾次到新加坡了呢？我想應該有四次了吧。

這次下蹋在克拉克碼頭（Clarke Quay）旁的Swissotel飯店，晚上在新加坡河邊閒晃，這裡的感覺很好，很像歐洲跟淡水的結合。背著我的M6，連續四天晚上都在這裡探索…



































M6
Summicron 2/35 ASPH
E100VS
X-TRA

● Lacrimosa performing "the party is over."

Farewell, my dear boss.
Hope you have a nice journey!




Contax G1
Carl Zeiss T* Planar 2/35
DNP Centuria 200

2009/01

Some photos from my journey last week or last month.





















M6
Summicron 2/35 ASPH.
Summarit 2.5/50

Landscapes near my home, 2009/06























Leica M6
Tri-Elmar 4/16-18-21
Super-Elmar 3.8/18
X-TRA 400
Reala 500D 電影底片
Epson Scanner

後來才發現，貓很神經質，我也是。

(M6, Summicron 35/2 IV, 電影底片Reala 500D, Epson scanner)