078/365: At home XV (in the garden) - a photo on Flickriver

            New spring daffodils amongst old dead montbretia, again misfocussed.

I’m starting to wonder if there’s actually an issue with the calibration of the rangefinder, given how consistent the misfocussing seems to be: always slightly in front, but only really obvious when shot wider than about f/2.8, below which the increased depth of field starts to render the intended subject sufficiently sharp that any slight softness might be more readily blamed on user error. The problem becomes most noticeable in close-ups, of course, even when not taken wide open (both yesterday’s and today’s examples were stopped down, just a little, to f/1.7), but it’s significant enough in those photos that were made at f/1.2 to be apparent even at longer focus distances (19th January and 12th February in particular stand out to me, as I can remember exactly where I was trying to place the focal point on both occasions, and where it ended up being definitely isn’t quite where I wanted it). I probably should’ve put a test roll through the camera before embarking on this year-long project with it, shouldn’t I? But it never occurred to me that an Ebay seller’s “Top Mint” designation might be only cosmetic, and not also functional! Well, I’m an idiot...

And I still haven’t explained how I ended up snoozing away the afternoon in a chair whilst waiting for the wind to die down and the sun to move off the garden, which is how this picture ended up being quite so dusky, and with unanticipated bokeh from a neighbour’s fence-mounted fairy lights.

TLDR: multiple fuck-ups result in shitty diary entry.

PS: Happy tenth birthday to my eldest nephew.

19th March 2021 — GBR, Nottinghamshire

Ilford Delta 3200 Professional (pulled to 1600)
Voigtländer Bessa R3M
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 VM aspherical
B+W 022 medium yellow filter

Taken on: May 30, 2022

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