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This one was a 20-minute wait after sunset watching the clouds and colors develop. I know some cameras have scene modes for sunsets, but even when I use a camera that has those, I've found I get better results just waiting and shooting a few, and occasionally the light and texture just pop on their own. I cropped it vertically where the sky…[Read more]

The battery did have light use for at least 3 days, so taking 629 flash photos after that was spectacular I thought.

Amazingly tough battery! Or inaccurate indicator? I do like the treadmill-generator theory though. 🙂

Portraits in the Coffee Shop:

f2.8, 1/6 sec. handheld burst, ISO 200.

f2.8, 1/60 sec. handheld, ISO 800.

Two perspectives of historic St. Philips church in Charleston SC:

f5.6, 1/1000 sec. handheld, ISO 200.

f5.6, 1/1000 sec. handheld, ISO 200.

Leica X-E, f5.0, 1/2000, ISO 200.

Leica X-E, f5.0, 1/25 sec. handheld, ISO 800.

Leica X-E, f5.0, 1/25 sec. handheld, ISO 800.

Leica X-E, f5.0, 1/30 handheld, ISO 800.

Leica X-E, f5.0, 1/2000 handheld, ISO 200.

Fashion Display, f5.0, 1/25 sec. braced against window, ISO 800.

Inventory day, f5.0, 1/100 sec. braced against window, ISO 800.

Inventory day, f5.0, 1/50 sec. braced against window, ISO 800.

Two more – the famous bridge from a distance at night, f2.8, 1 second, ISO 400. I cropped 10 pct. from the left and 5 pct. from the right, but there is still noticeable coma on the lights. On the left side, I masked out the coma somewhat. Still, it's no worse than the Noctilux lens shooting it at widest aperture. The second item are the Irish…[Read more]

Two more – the famous bridge from a distance at night, f2.8, 1 second, ISO 400. I cropped 10 pct. from the left and 5 pct. from the right, but there is still noticeable coma on the lights. On the left side, I masked out the coma somewhat. Still, it's no worse than the Noctilux lens shooting it at widest aperture. The second item are the Irish…[Read more]

Thanks! Shooting JPEG-only has its disadvantages of course – with the bridge photo, I abandoned realism so I could turn an out-of-focus image into some kind of “art”, so no hope there. I'll get a better one eventually.

I had not heard of the X-E camera, thanks, good to know they're continuing a fixed-focal lens model.
I like your clean interiors, well-lit, nice tonality. And the sunset of course has a great sky. The bridge photo seems to need something more, and the greens don't look, well, “green” enough! Maybe some magenta in there dulling the color?

Best wishes
Doug

These images are from the Leica X-E, also (first 4) posted in the ‘X' camera section.