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Je suis anti-militariste a la base mais j\\\'ai un interet pour les monuments dedie aux hommes et femmes qui se battent pour notre pays. Il y a toujours une atomosphere un peu particuliere qui m\\\'attire.
I’m anti-military but I have an interest for monument dedicated to the men and women fightying for our coutry. There is always a special atomosphere in these place. This is a detail from the “Monument aux morts” in Nice.
Pas facile de trouver du temps en ce moment pour mettre de nouvelles photos en ligne. Mais quelle recompense !! Regardez tous ces artistes a la maison! Bientot on va pouvoir monter un spectacle !! Nicolas au piano, Manon a la danse, Leo a la guitare ... Papa au chant et maman fait des tours de magie !!!
It’s tough finding some time posting some pictures nowadays. But look at the reward!! Pretty soon I’ll have a show at my place with my 3 kids!! Piano, dancing, guitar … Maybe I could sing as well and my wife could do some magic tricks!! 
Enfin un post sur 400iso !! Ca faisait un bout de temps. Mais j'ai une bonne raison. Nous venons juste de rentrer definitivement en France et nous sommes loin d'etre installe. Par contre dans ma nouvelle boite il y a un club photo !! Chouette ! Theme du mois: Formes et contours. J'ai pris cette photo a Nimes ... Elle me fait pense a notre vie du moment ... On l'on prend un grand virage, beaucoup de changement. J'essaierai de poster le plus possible ... Mais franchement, on a pas beaucoup de temps !!! :-)
Finally we’re back in business at 400iso.com ! It’s been a while since I have posted anything but I had a good reason. We’ve moved
back to France and as you know, it takes time to settle in. In my new company, there is a photo club ! You can imagine my interest for it and I’ve started to participate. Topic of the month was: Shapes and outline. Took this one in Nimes. It reminded me of what’s happening to us … Changing life … taking a curve …
I’ll try to post as much as possible in the futur. But bare with me … We’re far from settled !
Mon entree pour le theme de cette semaine a PhotoFriday : Masterpiece
This piano might have been used to play some masterpiece … Needs to get fixed though … This is my entry for this week PhotoFriday !
Le IIIf et son Summitar 50mm f/2 etait de sortie ce week-end charge avec de la Neopan 400. Cette optique vous transporte vraiment 30 ans en arriere. Elle a un je ne sais quoi ...
I’ve finally taken the Leica IIIf and its summitar 50mm f/2 out of the closet this week-end and shot a roll of Neopan. The fingerprint of this lens is pretty amazing. It take you back 30 years back in time. There is something about it that I can’t describe. It feel just right …
mmm .. Mais qui cela peut il bien etre ?
mmm … I wonder who that could be … 
Trop de couleurs sur ce blog ! Un peu de noir et blanc ne ferra pas de mal !! Voila un peu de mode au Japon !!!
Too much color on this blog !! I had to post some black and white … Some fashion samples …
Ne pas prendre de moutons en photo en Ecosse, c'est pas vraiment serieux. Alors j'ai pris des moutons en photo :-)
Going to Scotland require to take pictures of some sheeps. This is exactly what I did !!!
Je suis alle a l'anniversaire d'Antoine ce week-end avec mon Canonet qui n'avait pas vu beaucoup le jour depuis un moment. J'ai regle l'exposition un peu a l'arrache sur cette photo et je suis tres content du resultat. Le Canonet a encore de beau jour devant lui !! :-)
Went to Antoine’s birthday this week-end with my Canonet QL17 … I haven’t use it in a while. It was a good occasion. I’ve guesstimated the exposure on this one and I was very happy with the result !! My Canonet never fails me …
Cette photo a ete prise a Nara et plus precisement dans le parc qui rejoint la maison du Daibustu :-) qui est la plus grosse structure en bois du monde. Il y avait plein d'ecoliers qui etait surement en sortie. Ca donnait une atmosphere vraiment sympa au lieu
This was taken in Nara while visiting the huge park leading to the Daibutsu Den (the largest wooden structrure in the world). There were plenty of school kids our for the day for what it seems was a school trip. They were everywhere ! It gave a very nice atmosphere to the place. These three were resting and chating.
Je n'aime pas trop poster des photos de moi sur mon blog. Mais j'aime bien celle la !
I don’t really like to post pictures of me on my blog … But I kindda like this one 
.. Leica IIIf + Canon 50mm f/1.5 - Neopan 400 pushed at 800 in Microphen.
Je me suis pris un Rollei 35S et j'ai enfin pris une peloche de test. Je sois me faire a faire le point avec la distance mais l'objectif est vraiment genial ! Je peux emporter ce petit appareil photo partout avec moi !
I picked up a Rollei 35S and shot one test roll. I need to get used to the scale focusing but its lens is pretty amazing ! Really nifty camera that I can bring everywhere !
Ma fille Manon avec son petit frere ... Elle a tellement grandit depuis quelques jours ...
My daughter with one of the twin (probably Leo 
) … She grew so much in the past few days …
Voila l'arrivee tant attendu ! Leo et Nicolas sont nes le 19 Decembre. Tout s'est bien passe et tout le monde revient a la maison vendredi !! Joyeux Noel a tout le monde !
Well, this is it folks. The family has been extended to 5 ! Leo and Nicolas were borned December 19th as planned. Everything went fine and they both come back home tomorrow with my very courageaous wife. Something different is about to begin, very exciting !!
Happy Christmas all !!
J-7 avant le lancement ! Je ne peux m'empecher de vous montrer la photo en detail ... Oui il faut qu'ils sortent maintenant ! :-)
Well, we’re D-7 before the launch 
and I can’t resist to show you a closer look. Yes, they’ve got to get out ! 
Un peu la flemme de traduire sur le coup .. Ben oui .. Ca arrive ... :-)
Medium format photography has never been for me on the top of my list. I mean, I’ve read about it, about the larger negatives you get, the better contrast, but never gave too much thought. Oh these twin lens reflex look nice of course but they seemed a bit odd to use, not very convenient. And well, I was playing with my rangefinder anyway and very happy about it. Last week, a member on dslreports.com (cwnorris) offer to give his old Yashica Mat 124 to whoever is willing to pay shipping. This was on the Digital Imaging forum and not a lot of people are interested in film photography so the offer was there for me to grab. I thought to myself: "Oh boy, another old stuff which will end up in a box …" but I took on the offer. I received the package a few days later. To my surprise, this was a very nice setup ! The whole kit was in an old red steel box. The camera was in pristine condition ! I mean, no scuff anywhere to be seen. Lots of small accessories, leather pouch, a big flash from the old time, old battery, old lens cleaning solution and old cleaning paper !! Everything old but in perfect condition. I thought … Wow … This is nice !! But I really thought the camera would have a problem … Either a stuck shutter, slow speeds, some haze in the glass … I don’t know … Something wrong. Well I had to try right ? So I bought some 120 black and white film at my local store, read the manual, mount the camera on the tripod and shot with a release cable my 12 exposures (with Neopan 400 pushed at 800). Mostly of my pregnant wife and my daughter of course. They’ve been very patient by the way 
… I spent something like 30 minutes to learn how to load a 120 film on my reel (what a pain in the neck !! I’m getting better though) and developed the film as usual. I was getting pretty serious about the whole things since the speeds on the camera seemed pretty accurate from the sound of it. I took the roll out of the tank. First I had something on the negatives which was already surprising … But then they looked stunning !!!!! Actually, these were my best negatives ever ! Lots of contrast and details everywhere. Exposure was spot on (I didn’t use the camera meter, which is functionning, but my more reliable Sekonic …) … It was a pleasure to look at ! I told my wife I didn’t even want to scan them (was affraid to be disapointed …) but just frame a couple !! .. Anyway tonight I’ve spent some time scanning them (Epson 4490). Wow. This is what they were talking about … So much freaking details !!! Everywhere !! It’s unbelievable. Contrast is gorgeous ! I didn’t need to touch a thing !! I left the orange cast (I scan my black and white in color mode, just like everybody else I guess …) because I thought it added a "je ne sais quoi" touch … It’s difficult to really realize the details you get with the picture I’m posting. I’ll write some more on the experience some other days. But I wanted to share with you this new adventure ! The whole experience reminds me of the pleasure I got when I first handled a Leica. Some kind of mystiscm around the whole thing. Of course, I bought some more films. I won’t use this camera on a daily basis. But I think I’m gonna have a lot of fun to use it with my twins (due in less than a week !! Stay tuned !) and will try to produce some nice pictures … The whole experience is really refreshing for me !!!
A big THANK YOU to cwnorris on dslreports.com. I think you’ve started something !!
Ingrid, la meilleure copine de ma femme, est venue durant le week-end pour une surprise pour la babyshower. J'ai essaye de capture un peu de la complicite qu'il y a entre ces 2 meilleures amies. J'aime beaucoup cette serie de photos, tres tendres. J'ai utilise mon nouveau (oui encore un appareil ...) Yashica Lynx 14e et son 45mm f/1.4. Assez surprenant pour un appareil de 1968 ! La peloche etait de la Neopan 400 poussee a 800 developee dans du D76 stock. Ma nouvelle combo pour les photos en lumiere faible.
My wife’s best friend Ingrid (you know, my Japanese’s guide ) came for the week-end as a surprise for my wife’s babyshower. I’ve been trying to capture some of the intimacy going on between these two as Ingrid was trying to see the twins moving … Very touching series of pictures in my mind. Taken with my newly acquired (yes another new camera, when will it end ? 
) Yashica Lynx 14e from 1968 and it’s 45mm f/1.4 huge lens. Surprisingly sharp ! Film was Neopan 400 pushed at 800 developed in D76 stock (my new low light combo)
Durant mon voyage au Japon, nous sommes bien sur alles au quartier des Geisha a Kyoto. J'etais un peu decu pour etre honnete ... Je m'attendais a quelque chose d'autre je pense. Enfin, c'etait une autre occasion pour quelques photos sympas. En voila 2. Tri-x poussee a 3200.
During my trip to Japan, we of course ended up in Kyoto in the Geisha area … We didn’t see that much and to be honest I was a bit disapointed … I guess I was expecting something else … But anyway, it was another opportunity for some interesting shots. Here are 2 of them. Tri-X at 3200.
J'essaye toujours de trouver la combinaison parfaite pour prendre des photos en lumieres failble. Cet apres midi, j'ai pris une peloche de Neopan 400, poussee a 800 et developpee dans du D76 stock pour 8.45 minutes. Excellents resultats ! Tres bonne tonalite et grain tres faible !! J'en ai profite aussi pour utiliser mon nouveau Canon P et mon CV 90mm f/3.5 que je n'utilise pas assez souvent ... Une excellente combinaison qui va faire des ravages dans le futur ! :-)
I’m still trying to find my perfect low light combo before my twins arrive in December. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to shoot indoor and I want to be ready (assuming I have a bit of time for shooting and developing … Yeah right .. ) This afternoon I shot a roll of Neopan 400 pushed at 800 and I’ve developed in D76 Stock for 8.45 minutes. I’m really, really gl;ad with the result. Scanning is a dream, noise is very low !!! I’ve also took the opportunity to shoot with newly acquired Canon P and a lens I don’t use that often, the VC 90mm f/3.5. Excellent combo !!! The Canon P is definitely a keeper !!!
Je viens juste d'essayer NeatImage 5.0 avec une peloche d'Ilford 3200 et je dois avouer que je suis bluffer par ce logiciel !! J'ai ecris un petit article sur l'experience: http://www.400iso.com/?page_id=91 ... J'ai bien sur utilise une photo de ma fille pour le test :-)
I’ve just tried NeatImage 5.0 on some of last week Ilford 3200 rolls and I have to say that I am very impressed by this piece of software ! I wrote an initial write-up on my experience which I thought could be useful to some people. HERE
I’ve used one of my latest daughter picture for the experiment
Bientot de nouvelles photos de bebes sur 400iso.com. Ma femme acouchera en Decembre de 2 (DEUX) superbes garcons. C'est amusant d'essayer de garder quelques souvenirs d'une grossese and j'ai un bonus ! Ma fille s'amuse beaucoup a faire tout comme maman ! Et papa s'amuse aussi bien sur ...
You might see some new pictures of babies on 400iso. My wife is due in December and should give birth to 2 (TWO) beautiful boys It’s always fun to document the pregnancy and I have the double bonus of my daughter having fun as well. She is pretending that she is expecting as well and wants to do everything like momy … Dad has fun too
Ma femme qui travaille sur mon Canonet. J'aime beaucoup les photos de petites mains travailleuses :-)
This is my wife working on my Canonet. I like these kind of pictures, just showing hands.
J'ai realise durant mon voyage au Japon conbien il etait difficile de visiter le pays sans guide. Tout est en Japonais bien sur et ils ne parlent que tres peu l'anglais. J'ai eu la chance d'avoir le meilleur guide de tout Tokyo. Notre amie Ingrid a pris une semaine de conge et m'a fait visite Tokyo et les environs ! Elle parle tres bien le Japonais, connait la region et possede une moto qui est parfaite pour la visite d'une metropole comme Tokyo. En resume, un super guide !! Cette photo a ete prise a Nara dans un pub typique. On a fini bien bourre et passe une excellent soiree !!!
I’ve realized that visiting Japan without a guide could be quite a bit challenging. Japanese is of course the main reason if you can’t read/speak it and most people don’t speak english. I was fortunate to have the best guide in town ! My good friend Ingrid took a week off and took me everywhere ! She speaks fluently and knows the area pretty well. And have a motorcycle which is perfect to visit Tokyo. Anyway, this was the best guide I could dream of ! 
This picture was actually taken in Nara while we were enjoying a nice evening in a typical Japanese pub. I thin we ended up drunk though
I’ve posted some black and white shots (XP2) taken with my Canon f/1.2. As you can see, results are on par with color: Great bokeh and acceptable contrast. This one is a shot of my good friend Alex from califoto.com who is playing with his newly acquired Canon QL17 (I sold it to him ! But don’t worry, I have another one )Other pictures can be seen in the review here
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) The next morning, we were able to attend their daily ceremony where they recite mantra during 30 minutes. It was a real magic moment. Their voice, the atmosphere, the light … Everything was perfect. I’ve tried to capture a bit of this moment … Light was very dim but I was able to get a few decent shot. Here are two. 
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… But I do find them photogenic. It’s very difficult to miss a picture of a cat. So, here is mine. From my old collection of pictures. Taken with my Elan 7e and the great Canon 85mm f/1.8 
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) but they will be up soon ! 
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Anyway, I kind of liked it and thought she deserves a space on this blog. So here she is ! 
