In truth, I’m the one with a new toy. I picked up a Voigtlander 15mm from UncleScarMT last week. It arrived today and I ran right out to take pictures.

I wasn’t out long before I ran into Eric on his motorbike. I asked if I could take his picture and he said sure. Turns out his sister is a photographer that travels the world. He helped build a “black room” up in her attic so she could do all that stuff. Eric’s plan is to ride his new bike to Florida. Next summer, after back surgery. He’s getting some sort of titanium implant! I asked if he was just taking it out for a spin, but no. He still needs to get his license, and a helmet. He showed me where one of the shift levers should be, he’d just put a vise grip on. They wanted five hundred bucks for that part, Hell, he paid three for the whole bike. But, lord it did sound good when he gunned her. Good and loud. But, soon it was time to put her away. The thing with those manual transmissions is they don’t have reverse, so he had to turn it all the way around and head back into the garage. I told him if the picture came out okay, I’d drop by with a print. He said he’d like that. I told him to take lots of pictures when he goes to Florida. He said he’d bring his video camera.

The photo of Eric is on Arista Premium 400

Developed with HC-110 Dilution B

Here’s the Voigtlander. I thought I’d have problems using the external viewfinder but it feels very natural. I think I’m going to have lots of fun with this! Here’s to new toys, Eric’s and mine.