Tag: helios

SF Bay area: went to a drift event (part 2)

I finally developed all films I took with my analogue SLR (Zenit-E with Weltblick 135mm at full lens opening) at the Infineon raceway drift exhibition. I never took photos of moving objects at night so most photos were taken with a very wild guess: the light meter on the camera did not show anything at…




My Canon EOS 350D camera and m42 lenses got stolen

My Canon EOS 350D camera got stolen last weekend: Someone broke into my home during the night, grabbed two phones and my camera bag and ran off thinking they got some big loot. Instead they got a six year old camera and a bunch of irreplaceable vintage lenses and a backup harddisk containing a lot…




DOTS: snow covered Nissan Fairlady 350Z

A month ago I posted about this Nissan 350Z parked in my neighborhood. Apparently it is a regular or a new resident: I found it parked in the same parkinglot covered in snow! DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z So I quickly took some nice snapshots with my EOS/Helios combo. 🙂 Everything gets more beautiful when covered…




DOTS: Toyota Corolla FX EE80

Nothing much to tell about this Toyota Corolla EE80 except I passed it when I had picked up a Helios 59mm lens just minutes before. So of course I had to try it on the first thing I saw: Toyota Corolla EE80 in rear view mirror Pretty nice, crisp and sharp, isn’t it? 😛