Street Photography by Guido Steenkamp

peruvian photo magazine published some of my pictures

Guido — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:31:25 +0000

The Seconds2Real website has more details

Nikon F5, F100 and F6

Guido — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:34:18 +0000

Just a size comparison of the Nikon F5, the Nikon F100 and Nikon F6.

The F6 succeeded the F5 as the top Nikon film camera, which makes the F6 the world’s top 35mm SLR (IMHO). I always liked the F100 better than the F5 – the F6 feels like an upgraded F100.

bad weather & tri-x

Guido — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:34:29 +0000

some pictures i took yesterday during bad weather. Leica M7/35mm Summicron and Kodak Tri-X

Bad Weather Boredom

Guido — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:06:39 +0000

Bad Weather Boredom – I just set up a flickr gallery dedicated to umbrellas

M9 Firmware 1.138 released

Guido — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:41:16 +0000

The improvements in the Firmware Version 1.138 are described on the Leica Blog

Poor man’s Summilux

Guido — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:37:27 +0000

Since i bought my first Leica M, i have always been torn between using a focal length of 35mm or 50mm for my street photography. I own both, the Leica 50mm Summicron and 35mm Summicron ASPH but have been thinking about upgrading to Summilux lenses (f 1.4) lately. Instead of spending a huge amount of money on two Summilux lenses, i decided to give the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f 1.4 a try.

This lens only costs a fraction of what a Leica lens would cost. At least on the paper, the Nokton 40mm looks like the perfect lens for me. It was in the mail only this morning so i haven’t had a chance to try it on the streets, but as you can see, it looks nice on the M9. I will post a couple of pictures taken with this lens as soon as i have some time. What i found out so far, is that focussing is a bit stiff (compared to a Leica lens) and that the build quality seems to be ok but not even close to Leica standards.

BERLIN NEUKÖLLN – 2010-07-30

Guido — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:07:16 +0000

early morning sun – Berlin Neukölln

Guido — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:41:13 +0000

Some images i took today before i went to the office. I should do that more often. Early morning sun makes street photography quite easy as even the most banal situation looks spectactular.

color street photography slideshow

Guido — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:42:26 +0000

I put together a slideshow of color street photography images that i took over the last 12 months. I am not quite sure if color street photography is what i want to do in future. I am really looking forward to see what the responses to this slideshow will be.

The video is also available on youtube and, in much better quality, on vimeo.

Andreas Herzau – Istanbul and New York

Guido — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:39:00 +0000

I bought these two books by Andreas Herzau yesterday. Both books are a wild mix of black&white and color images. This is something i never thought i would like but actually it works out pretty well. Visit the website of Andreas Herzau for further information. Also make sure to check the blog he is doing together with Stefan Falke.