Manifattura Ceccarelli, IHSH-33-blk, IH 1955-SLB , Pika the Golden

A few pics from our current stay in Florence + side trip in Siena. I'm experimenting with a couple sets of custom settings (aka recipes), so although those are all straight out of the camera, they were processed by the camera differently.

New camera day. I’ve been getting frustrated with the bulk of my Canon slr and will try a new approach: small body, single prime fixed lens, new ecosystem… The camera itself is very pretty and well made.

Just heard back from MB&F that I was picked for their M.A.D.2 raffle (I have entered the raffle each time). So this should be coming to me in the next few weeks or months. Not too excited to pay 31% tariff on it. Maybe I'll get lucky. Fourth green dial watch...
M.A.D. is the (much!) lower priced small series production from MB&F. It uses a La Joux-Perret G101 movement with a custom jumping hour module.
https://www.mbandf.com/madeditions/mad2

Omega semi vintage GMT with brick road bracelet.

New Indigofera Copeland, in an awesome beige stripe on indigo fabric.

IH flannel & H. Moser….

Grand Seiko released a new iteration of its 37mm hand wound model. What makes it particularly exciting is (1) the bead of rice bracelet, which is amazing, and (2) a soft silver face, which is probably the most ever pleasing dial treatment one can want. I bought the bracelet separately and put it on a different iteration of the same watch and I love it.

https://grandseikoboutique.us/products/watch-manual-37mm-bracelet-sbgw305

I just took delivery of my 2nd Good Wear jacket. I'm lucky enough to live 30mn away...

NWA, the only MB&F I’ll ever be able to afford. Very cool, and fun piece.

In the past, I've found the Czapek to be a bit disappointing, in that the face is bland compared to the back. Well, that's no longer the case thanks to their new release, the 10th Anniversary Time Jumper. It features a double digit time jump based on clear sapphire disks rotating over a blue colored plate. I think it's stunning. Not an everyday watch of course... (Also exists in gold.)

Leicas were my grail cameras, but they might be replaced in my heart by the new Hasselblad X2D II 100C. That 10 stop IBIS is amazing! I've seen examples of handheld shots that were 4 seconds!

(Of course the camera is over $7k, without lenses...)

@Jett129 said in Photograph and Camera talk:

@JDelage Really cool shots. Any insights into the settings you were experimenting with would be appreciated as I’m heading to Venice tomorrow.

Sorry, I missed that as I was traveling. I have a bunch of pics to review from our 5 days in Val Gardena, in the Dolomites. I've been using the recipes from Reggie Ballesteros, whose content on Youtube I found very useful. This is is B&W recipe. I found it super useful both in cities and the mountains, and I think it'd work well indoors too. This is other recipe, and is a color one. It works well indoors and for street photo, but I didn't like the colors in the mountain, esp. the skies.

A few pics from our current stay in Florence + side trip in Siena. I'm experimenting with a couple sets of custom settings (aka recipes), so although those are all straight out of the camera, they were processed by the camera differently.

Omega semi vintage GMT with brick road bracelet.

I'm not sure it's fair to say Rolex manipulates anything. There's a situation where demand > supply. The normal way to resolve that would be to raise prices until supply = demand. Would it be better? Maybe, but it wouldn't change anything for me. They could use a lottery system, or a priority list, etc, but that would require undermining their dealers, which is a big ask of a manufacturer.

I have hi-beat and hand wound. I have 0 interest in the spring drive for some reason.

@louisbosco Will do. I'm just starting to figure out. Those cameras are getting more and more sophisticated and video adds an entire chapter of things to know (or at least be aware of).

Beautiful pictures @Marc2706 , and this young woman's mesmerizing.

New camera day. I’ve been getting frustrated with the bulk of my Canon slr and will try a new approach: small body, single prime fixed lens, new ecosystem… The camera itself is very pretty and well made.