HeyJaredPhotography Diary
Gentleman in Training. Photographer by passion, lens collector by obsession. Rare glass is my weakness, bokeh my love language. Editing? Only if I really have to.
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55 – Why I Switched to the Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 IV (opens the original)
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For a long time, I did not care about the Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton.Not Version I. Not Version II. Not any of them.Then Leica announced the 35mm f/1.2 Noctilux.That changed things.I went online and looked at Leica’s sample images. I wanted to get a feeling for what this new Noctilux could do and, perhaps more importantly, what an f/1.2 aperture actually brought to a 35mm lens.Somewhere along the way, I started looking at photographs made with the Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2.And some of them were
54 - I bought three mystery Phase One lenses for €375 (opens the original)
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There are listings you scroll past. There are listings you save because they look interesting. And then there are listings that sit in the back of your mind because something about them does not make sense.This was one of those.Some time ago, I found a listing on Kleinanzeigen, the German online marketplace. Someone was selling a bundle of three Phase One lenses. At first glance, that already had my attention.The description said something along the lines of:Three Phase One lenses. 35mm, 45mm an
53 - The Colors and Look I was looking for and how I found them (opens the original)
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The question I have heard most often over the past few years is simple:“Tobi, why are you still shooting with fifteen-year-old cameras in 2026?”It is a fair question.Modern cameras are faster. Their autofocus systems can follow an eye through a crowded room. They offer more resolution, wider dynamic range, cleaner files at high ISO, and countless functions we could only dream of fifteen years ago.So why do I keep returning to cameras that are technically obsolete?The answer is not the camera its
52 - Dear Poland, please stay ugly forever (opens the original)
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Until this summer, I had only visited Poland once.That had been in December, when we travelled to Gdańsk for a short winter trip. We liked the country, the people, and the quiet streets near the old shipyards. Before we had even returned home, we were already speaking about coming back.This time, we wanted to see more than one city.The plan was simple. We would travel across Poland by train, starting in Warsaw, continuing to Łódź, and ending in Kraków
51 – Is the Nippon 35mm f1.8 Nikkor-W the best classic 35mm lens for Leica M? (opens the original)
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After two weeks away, I am back.The break was not planned in much detail. I had been travelling almost without pause. Europe was trapped beneath a hard summer heat, with temperatures above forty degrees for days. The houses became hot. The bedrooms became hotter. Even the nights offered little relief.At the same time, I had increased my training. I kept running and exercising through the heat, which was perhaps not the most intelligent decision I have ever made. For a while, I felt empty.Now the
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