The reason I photograph is because I can't draw, paint or play a musical instument. I just admire those people who can and I try to bring my artistic side into my photographs. I think a lot of people are like myself, they want to do all of these things but they just don't have the ability for it.

Simply great.

I'm still finding some great graffiti in Frankfurt.

NT

This is one amazing piece of technology. Very sharp with super rendition. If you can live with the 35mm lens then this is a camera for you. One thing is a little annoying for me is the external viewfinder (a must for me) but you get used to it. I've also added a grip for better holding. Really a nice camera and one that will teach you how to use a 35mm lens. I'm still learning.

About the second imahe the I made with the X Vario. Love the blues.

Because I purchased this camera second hand, the following two posts are the first two images I made with it. You can see that the image numbers are quite low. I was actually quite impressed with them, the rendition is very much Leialike probably because it's a Leica. I'm still getting used to the camera and I'm sure it's going to take a few thousand exposures to get to where I'm comfortable with it. Just keep on making pictures.

After a long wait and keeping my eye on the market, I actually got a very good offer on a display piece so I jumped on it. I didn't purchase the Leica EVF because I have the Olympus model. Works great and is cheaper. I use it too on my Olympus cameras. It's not the fastest focusing camera on the planet and the lens isn't the brightest on the planet but I do like the build quality.

For years now, actually ever since I can remember, I wanted to own a Leica camera. A genuine Leica that they developed and built (not a rebranded Panasonic). On the other hand I didn't, or wasn't prepared, to pay the premium they're asking for the top models on offer today. Not to mention what they expect to get for their lenses! When the X Vario came out I also wasn't prepared to pay the premium they wanted so I just sat back and waited, and waited, and waited.

For those of you who haven't seen this system, I thought I would just post an image of the X-T1 with the Zeiss Planar 50 f2 ZM T* mounted. This is one of the best manual focus systems I have ever had the pleasure of using. No wonder that everybody (well nearly everybody) loves this camera. I will be posting some more images from thsi system as I get the time to process them. It's a system that will get used quite a lot in the future.

For those interested, it was taken with a Panasonic GX7 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8 lens. A system I still have to use extensively.