Now it's almost turning into Spring but I'll leave the title now just like that.

The first semester is almost over and I now enjoy some weeks of free time until the next term begins.
In this time I hopefully find an answer for my problem of the Pentax 105mm f/2.4 lens (leaves a bad yellowish color fault). Until now I used Kodak Portra films (which create a "warm" look), so I now try some Fujis (more bluish/"cold" colors). Maybe this helps to "neutralize" the yellowish color.

I really would like to show you some of my pictures I have taken in the past months. But as I have to respect the rights of the people I photographed I just can refer to the ones I uploaded already: Hello, Moin, Abfackeln! and Ce soir. More will come though, but I didn't make it to scan them all, yet. You see, the university where I study strongly enforces the use of film and chemicals and stuff.

In the second semester some fellow students and me are going to head over to Budapest (Hungary) for 10 days, I think it will be in April. Tracing the marks of Moholy-Nagy, Besnyö and Capa. I strongly hope I'll avoid to travel there by a flight. I'd prefer InterRail. ^^

Okay, that's all for now.
I do hope you still feel good, are more active than me here and can share your work!
See you soon,

David

— Tue Feb 7, 2012, 9:10 PM


//////// UPDATE March 2012:

CAMERA-RELATED
- the yellowish color fault on the lenses inside the 105mm f/2.4 turned out to be radioactive, due to some elements they used in the 1970s in the production process
- though, Fuji and the 105mm f/2.4 work very nicely together. Scans will follow in the upcoming week. Gotta order a bunch of new films, I fear.
- bought a 55mm f/4 (the one of 1986) in mint condition for a very good price in Frankfurt am Main (Hesse, Germany), used this weekend to fill some films, color and bw
- planning to buy a Leica R6 or R8, depends on the offers; additionally the successor to my MF camera Pentax 67 II has been offered to me to a truly fair price

UPCOMING TRIPS
- Budapest: May 7 to May 17, maybe I'll stay there a bit longer; travel by train
- kind of a road trip: it has been a dream for me for quite a few years now and I think I'll make it come true in this half of the year, finally. In times of rising prices for fuel I would do well to do it before the summer when the prices explode again... Starting in Bielefeld and crossing the motor ways to the South of Germany, passing the Schwarzwald (Black Forest), waving to France, and make my way through the Alps...

– Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:50 AM