http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens a swiss geek in Athens 2013-05-01T10:03:06Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1314 Am 19.4. sind wir mit dem Zug und Bus nach Patras gefahren, weil am Abend die Vernissage der Ausstellung " GR€€CE No Probl?m " stattfand. In der Ausstellung geht es im weiteren um den Zustand Griechenlands in der Krise. Diese Ausstellung hatte schon ... photography betabug 2013-05-01T10:03:06Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1293 Never mind that I'm slacking at photography. Never mind that I have a huge backlog of stuff to scan. Never mind that I have even a huger (is that even a word?) backlog of pictures to post process or that I can't even call my printing backlog a " back... photography betabug 2012-12-18T13:07:56Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1268 There's not only work in life. Being on Naxos gives me the chance to go for a nice swim when work is done. The weather is fine for swimming, though the kite surfer dudes are probably fuming in their campers and rented rooms: almost no wind means no p... life photography betabug 2012-06-05T14:24:18Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1267 Here I am again in Naxos, arrived yesterday evening with the afternoon boat. The boat was full, but few foreign tourists, Greeks had a 3 day weekend. For once, I didn't much move around on the boat, neither much enjoying the air and the see. Instead ... travel photography betabug 2012-06-02T21:49:34Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1244 I've been loading 35 mm film (aka 135) for ages, but it wasn't until a short while ago, that I read somewhere a tip about how to do things differently. While I always had loaded my film from the left side of the camera, this guy (whose site I've unfortunately forgotten) claimed that it's better to load the film from the right side. Well, he's right. I've improved a bit on the system with the Canon F-1N and this is how I get 39 pictures from a normal "36 frames" 35mm film now.... photography betabug 2012-03-23T20:54:07Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1238 Yesterday I've been scanning some film for the first time in a while. The films from my recent trip aren't developed yet, but I still have some older (and lots of really old) stuff to scan. So I scanned some cross processed slide film, which always gets funny results... photography betabug 2012-02-19T11:42:47Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1230 Yesterday, we were out hiking in the Parnitha mountains with a group of people from ΕΔΑΣΑ (E.DAS.A. Volunteers Of Forest Fire-Watching Of Attica). We took the gondola lift up to the casino, complete with plush carpets and gilt framed mirrors. Then we went out into the cold... hiking fire photography betabug 2012-01-09T19:53:24Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1176 In the true spirit of Tokyo Camera Style, I was going out for walks today with the Canon F-1N (with film, for those who don't know that camera) in the city of St.Gallen. That's where I'm right now. In difference to Tokyo Camera Style, mine was the on... photography tourism betabug 2011-05-08T23:02:51Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1172 This morning I took a little detour to get off at the Akropolis Metro station and walk to Petralona from there. I took the nice pedestrian area that passes by the Akropolis and the ancient Herodion theatre. This is really tourist area and having my F... athens photography betabug 2011-04-13T13:09:00Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1164 A few months ago I discovered the photoblog square tokyo through a link-from-a-link from tokyo camera style. I was stunned. Ever since, " square tokyo " had been an inspiration to me. Not in the sense that I wanted to make the same pictures, but in t... life photography betabug 2011-03-16T10:11:20Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1160 Two weeks ago I embarked on my weekend fun hacking project, at the end of the last week it went online. It's my image blog. Well, I'm posting images in this blog too, but the new one is about the images only. When there are images that need a long st... photography betabug 2011-03-01T15:23:25Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1157 A couple of weeks ago I bought this little accessory, a tiny pair of levels to put into a camera's " accessory shoe " (often mis-labelled " flash shoe " ). What are the levels good for? Why, to make better pictures, haha! Of course that's not really ... photography betabug 2011-02-18T10:17:41Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1153 Mein Belichtungsmesser Gossen Lunasix-3 braucht langsam neue Batterien... die alten haben zwar irgendwo zwischen 15 und 25 Jahre gehalten, aber so langsam ist der Saft weg. Das spezielle daran ist, dass da Quecksilber-Batterien reingehören, die es ni... photography betabug 2011-02-08T10:51:39Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1149 Over the course of this winter, I've occupied myself partially with what I call " streetlight " photography. Meaning that I have loaded some Tri-X in the Canon F-1 and carry the camera with my after dark. The reason for this is mainly that it's alrea... photography betabug 2011-01-26T18:58:27Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1145 Tuesday evening after developing my films, I mixed up a new batch of developer. This time it's Kodak's D-76. One of the older and most standard developers around. This is nothing fancy and special like the 2-bath Diafine I used for the last 20+ rolls... photography betabug 2011-01-13T14:27:23Z