A few months ago I had the chance to buy an old Chiyoko (Minolta) Super Rokkor 45/2.8 lens from 1954, the design is even older from the mid (?) 1940s I guess, designed for a Minolta 35. (further information on this site)
I just thought I might give it a shot, since I was looking for a 50mm lens anyway. Now I got the first roll developed and I’m truly amazed.
The last post is only a few days ago but I was very productive. I wanted to see the pictures from our skiing trip to Damüls, Austria.
YES, the weather was nice and the alps looked unreal 
That was the next morning, ready to ski, so no photographs. I didn’t want to hurt me or my camera. First i loaded two rolls of color film – they are still in the lab.
Walking the dog
So I start a few days later. Jan’s enjoying the mix of snow and sun
The “Tank” (Konica Offroad 28) did a nice job
Jausenstation Sunegg, 1800m, pfiat di!
The skyline of Damüls. A few days earlier this was actually my very first downhill, from the point where the fellow is.
Cat-Tracks – “Ziehwege”, how could you not like that!
Out of the lift
Skiroute, Ragaz 2051m
I felt like in a polar excursion
…and up again
Schuhgröße 48 2/3 
Heißer Apfelmost, down by the little church. That was nice…
I have some issues with the rapidry, or xtol.
….but walking uphill was not so nice.
Sunegg, again
Hohes Licht
Jan is filming me in HD and I burn him in silver :O
That’s me!
Arghhh
Jan’s more elegant but he’s got a cow hat though
That was my first deep powder snow experience
…and it just happens
Apfelstrudel and Tropfenstrudel, our reward!!!
The late afternoon downhills where the best
…well after my deep snow experience…
one of our last downhills 
Returning the ski and having our one and only flying hirsch
Bye bye Damüls, we had a wonderful time!
“Reisen”
On the road to Austria. The Alps look really impressive. I live in the marshland so everything higher than 7m makes me dizzy
We arrived in Damüls, what a scene. I find it almost to tacky but that’s how it looked. Oh I like the mountains!
This was the look out of the window, yay! Perfect conditions for a novice on ski. I took the indestructible Konica Offroad 28 tank with me while skiing. The film is still in the lab…
One late afternoon. Who is gonna live in these houses?
Same scene at night.
Not sure if antifreeze is the right to get boozed
This is the best way to keep the beer cool and do some crossword
Back home, unpacking – always the unfortunate part of the trip.
Happy Easter!
We drove to a nature reserve and there was this sign, i find pretty funny
i all used to look like…
this…
We saw a yellow ballon in one of the trees, with a note on it.
…so i decided to climb it.
hmmm
A few weeks ago, we traveled to Berlin. Here are some snapshots from the Trip.
Burgers!
old roommates having a veggi burger obsession!!
One of my desperate fails in street photography.
Gepflegte Biere
Frank’s Barbershop. Remembering the good days. Haddonfield, New Jersey, 2006
A few frames from July 2012. Click on the pictures to see them “sharp”!
All shots from Cap ‘d Agde, France, 07/2012 // Ektar 100, Leica M6 + Zeiss 35/2.8 or Nikon f80 + Sigma 24/2.8
Last week we drove all the way to the west to the north of holland. I had my new camera (Fuji X100) with me but of course the new camera broke a few days before we left – yay to the sticky blades! so all i could use was f2. the light metering was also more of a guessing game but because it’s digital thats not a big deal. some days i wasn’t in a photography mood so the order is quite messed up.
so we started our trip
we arrived…
yeah the AF from my new camera rocks totally (not), but i still like this picture
yeah that’s what you get from time to time from the awesome focus
On the way back from the beach, we stopped by this “kipenhok”
Working on our trip to Amsterdam
After the walk we had some coffee at one of the beach shacks that actually in the last years turned to restaurants
I should start to surf
It was right there but brrr freezing cold!
Back on the campsite there are a lot of caravans where you see a lot of selfmade stuff, that kids and families tinker. it’s one of the few places without TV and internet, so people actually do enjoy their surrounding.
The next day we went further south, to see how the dunes look there
Klick
We were so tired because of the head wind and wanted some coffee so badly but we only found this… damn it!
i guess they were hungry too
Next day on the way to Amsterdam
i didn’t really was in the mood for photos
wily bird
we spent our eve in a few bars
this was café brecht – nice place!
Next morning, breakfast. i was so tired, i could not sleep… uch
Urban A. on the way to the new north of Amsterdam
Go go Geographers 
The “new north” reminds me of east Manchester
My kind of shopping
Back home!
I guess that’s the craziest caravan on the campsite
