"what about us" 17th September 2010 from benedict chen on Vimeo.

abolute sharpness is overated.

I am starting to fall in love with old leica glass specfically mandler era glass. My mentor prefers even older leitz glass.
Basically pre asph lens allow a continuity of vision across planes. This is prefered since i make pictures with multiple subjects often counter-balancing each other. Some might describe it as painterly.

Modern lens have the of kind of sharpness that calls attention to itself. When accurately focused it can create out of world kind of imagery. But if inaccurately done it screams error.

These problem are often at large aperture say 2.8 and wider.

Another thing is that when viewing on LCD it seems that sharpness is magnified. When on matte print it is less the case.

KISS printing.

Its a horror to print your pictures. Color incorrect argh..
Its ok if you are the expressionist but for protraits family shots it a pain.

Black and white you might face color cast warm/neutral you never quite sure

Suggestion: BW
USE specialize ink
http://www.inksupply.com/bwpage.cfm

A3+ you can use Epson stylus office 1100 (asia)IE workforce 1100 for (north america)
For better sharper detail print you can get Epson R1900 better as the droplet size is smaller.
But workforce 1100 with MIS ink doesn't seem to need to deal with as much software work.

Hi craig, Contact sheet.

Just for fun here is a "contact sheet". I been shooting less fromm 3 rolls to the current half roll.

Its always nice to meet someone who loves the rangefinder way.

bene123

bene123, originally uploaded by chiif.

If you are wondering how I look like ....

L1005746

L1005746, originally uploaded by bene123.

Making pictures

Its easy to take good pictures.
Its managableble to make excllent photos.
But excellent photos that are yours and only yours and true to yourself well that is difficult.