Depth of Field Markings on Leica M8

An interesting article here, scroll down to the bottom.

Leica M8 & SD Card Speed Test

  • I need extra memory cards...
  • Using fully charged battery
  • SD cards formatted prior to test
  • From first actuation to fully written to card (red light stops blinking)
  • Time for one actuation (RAW + JPG Fine)
  • Time for ten actuations (RAW + JPG Fine)
  • Delkin PRO SDHC 8GB Class 6 = 9s/73s
  • Sandisk Ultra II SDHC 2GB Class 4 = 8s/68s
  • Sandisk Extreme III SDHC 4GB Class 6 = 7s/67s
  • Current Price for 8GB cards on Amazon:
  • Delkin - £16.33
  • Sandisk Ultra II - £12.49
  • Sandisk Extreme III - £20.00
  • Conclusion - I can live with Sandisk Ultra II speed and price combination

ACPP: Promenade Notes

Book: The Kingdom by the Sea - Paul Theroux (1983)

Photography in Film: Blow Up

  • Michaelangelo Antonioni
  • Italian Neo-Realsim
  • Antonioni's leisure - too much time to think
  • Realisation of time passing
  • Looking at Blow Up (1966)
  • Next week - Screening
  • Week after - Seminar

London Street Photography Festival 2011

The Human Condition





Documenting the Real: Photography & Conflict

  • Sontag - Regarding the Pain of Others
  • Trachtenberg - Classic Essays
  • Henry James/Virginia Woolf/Walter Lippmann
  • Critically engage with what they are trying to do
  • Next Week - Stuart Griffiths
  • Photojournalist Motivations
  • Change/Naturalism & Realism/Lifestyle
  • Don McCullin
  • James Nachtwey
  • Notion of Artistry
  • Jeff Wall - Dead Troops Talking (1992)