New York International Auto Show: More Leica M 240 PART 2:

I ended up with a lot of photos from the NY Auto Show.  I had a lot of fun taking photos of the cars with my Leica M.  I said this before but I’ll say it again; the new M is just so much more refined than the M9.  Plus the image quality is superb…it’s way better than I thought was possible.  I really wish I could post full resolution, uncompressed photos up here but unfortunately, I can’t.  Do I have any regrets trading in my M9?  Not one bit.  Don’t get me wrong; the M9 is still a great camera that many will enjoy for years.  But Leica really did a great job this time with the new Leica M. [continue reading…]

New York International Auto Show: Some More Leica M 240 Photos:

I know I said I was going to post some stuff from the NY Auto Show yesterday but when I got home, I just crashed :).  I was so tired from walking all over the city yesterday.  Good news is that I got some stuff today for you all :).  All these photos were taken with the Leica M, and the 35 Summicron ASPH.

I have to say that I am quite frankly surprised at what the Leica M can produce.  I might get hate mail for this but IN MY OPINION, I haven’t seen anything this good except maybe from something produced with an S2.  In general, you all know that I try to be pretty neutral on my blog but this time, I quite honestly don’t care what anyone else says about the new M because I am one happy customer lol :).  I WISH I could post full resolution, uncompressed files up here but I can’t.  Sorry.  I know getting a Leica M demo is pretty much impossible but if you ever get the chance, take it out for a few days, and try it.  The files are ridiculously good.  And since I’ve only had the Leica M for a couple of days, I haven’t even really begun to push this camera yet. [continue reading…]

Snowstorm Nemo comes to New York City:

New York has finally received its first real snow storm of the year, Snowstorm Nemo.  It’s a great feeling waking up to a snowy white morning.  It reminds me of the days I use to go skiing when I was in college.  It even felt good doing a little shoveling believe it or not :).  I didn’t get to take as many photos today as I wanted to because I’ve been feeling a little under the weather.  I really wanted to go out to Manhattan, and see if there was anything out there to shoot.  But I did take a walk around my neighborhood here in Bayridge Brooklyn.  If you want to see a huge snowstorm we had a couple of years back where cars, and buses were abandoned in the middle of the street check out my Leica M9 post.  It was the biggest snowstorm I experienced here in New York City. [continue reading…]

Some X100 Photos of The New York Public Library:

I went to the New York Public Library to help my girlfriend with some research, and wow, it is pretty amazing.  I think I went to it on a school trip when I was in kindergarden but I definitely did not remember much of it because seriously, I was quite surprised at how cool it was (and I take the bus home around there all the time).  Luckily, I brought along my Fuji X100 with me because I just had to photograph some of the amazing stuff that I saw.  It goes to show you that you should never ever be without a camera.  Great thing about the X100 is that it really does offer some outstanding image quality yet it’s completely portable enough to carry around all day without being a nuisance.  I’m going to miss this little guy when I get my Fuji X-E1.  The bad news?  Well, I forgot to empty my memory card so I was limited to only a few photos.  I will definitely be making my way over there again very soon…maybe with the X-E1 when I finally get my hands on one.  It should definitely be a great test for the new kit zoom. [continue reading…]