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Sunday, December 4th: second performance of ALTITUDE
If you missed the world premiere of ALTITUDE on November 15th, you will have another chance to see the film on December 4th...
After a great world premiere on November 15th, we have decided to show ALTITUDE in a second performance. You are cordially invited to attend. In addition to the film, you can also take a look at our new photo studio - because that's where the performance is taking place - and wish my humble self a happy birthday. Instead of bringing me a birthday present, you can - but don't have to - put something in a casserole for Himalayan Life. Thank you very much for that in advance. And if you still want to contribute something to the evening and you are a gifted cake baker, you can let us know that you are bringing a cake with you ;-). Admission is of course free, but... We ask that you register.
The details
WHEN
Sunday, December 4, 2022
from 7 p.m.: coffee and cake
7.30 p.m.: Film starts
WHERE
720 Grad photo studio c/o
Augustin printing company
Schlatterweg 11
8240 Thayngen
Below the building, where there is also access to the studio, there are some parking spaces reserved for the Thayngen parish. We can use these. Otherwise, there are parking spaces everywhere around the print shop. You can almost always find a free parking space at the Hammenschule:
Source: Google Maps
Please register
So that we can prepare a place to sit and something to nibble for everyone, we ask you to register by December 2nd, 2022:
I/we are coming to the screening of ALITITUDE on December 4th:
Trailer
A little foretaste of the film with the recordings by me and Daniel Rimann of Sebastian's title track ALTITUDE:
No calendar this year, but...
For over 20 years, we have produced an art calendar every year with a dedicated team. Unfortunately, this tradition has come to an end. But we have come up with something new: With a bit of luck, you will become the owner of a limited fine art print, printed and framed according to all the rules of art...
For over 20 years we have produced an artistic calendar every year together with the Stamm printing company in Schleitheim. The pictures delivered Per Erik Berglund, Dennis Savini and Peter Schaublin. We at 720 Grad laid out the calendar and Stamm printed it. A company also contributed the appropriate paper for some of the calendars. All parties involved did their part of the work for free, and in return everyone received a number of calendars to distribute.
It hit us very hard that the Stamm printing company had to cease operations. Valuable jobs were lost in the region and our calendar tradition came to an unexpected end. We've been thinking about what we can give away to our customers and friends this year. Since I'm not a fan of any small printed New Year's cards or the like (which usually end up in a round folder anyway), we have come up with a special campaign for this year:
We're giving away ours at the turn of the year as part of the relaunch Fine art print offer two framed pictures measuring 80 x 50 cm, each worth CHF 980.
Here's how you can join in
Check out our fine art print page, and select the motif you would like to have if you win. Then fill out the form attached below and send it to us by December 23rd. Over the holidays we will then draw the two winners, produce the two pictures and deliver the finished framed motifs to the two winners. Each picture comes with a certificate proving that the motif is a print from a limited series.
So let’s go – take part and with a bit of luck win….
I'm taking part in the raffle for the two fine art prints:
One of the fine art print motifs that we this year to Frankfurt were allowed to deliver. With a bit of luck, you will also become the owner of a fine art print.
Trailer for ALTITUDE, film premiere on November 15th, 2022
A first trailer for ALTITUDE, the film by me and Daniel Rimann, which will premiere on November 15th. All information about this in the blog article
Out of thin air
Since my return from Ladakh on September 18, I have been working hard on the ALTITUDE film. The film is, on the one hand, a report about the bike ride in the high Himalayas by six cyclists from four countries and, on the other hand, an insight into the social situation of Nepali guest workers in Ladakh. But not just me, but also Sebastian Bach is hard at work - he has agreed to compose the music for the film as his contribution to Himalayan Life.
The premiere
WHEN
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
from 7 p.m.: aperitif
7:30 p.m.: Start of the program
WHERE
Prisma Rapperswil, Glärnischstrasse 7, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona.
Admission is free - everyone is welcome!
I look forward to seeing and greeting you on November 15th.
The trailer
A little foretaste with the recordings by me and Daniel Rimann of Sebastian's title track ALTITUDE:
Island impressions from Marco and me
On the road with Marco in Iceland - with the Leica SL2 and the Leica S3 in our luggage. Results…
As already in the article “Jewels from the Sea” noted, Marco and I actually wanted to photograph the active Fagradalsfjall volcano at the end of August. But the volcano stopped its unearthly activity before we got to Iceland. Nevertheless, Marco and I had a great time on the volcanic island. We visited some places near Reykjavik that always fascinate me. Marco, who had been shooting with a Leica M6 for years, borrowed my Leica SL2, and I shot (except for the drone shots) with the S3.
Why do you go through the trouble of lugging heavy Leica equipment around when you can take great pictures with lighter cameras (or even with your cell phone ;-))? I hear this question again and again. Well - one factor is the overwhelming image quality of the Leica lenses, the other is the weatherproofing and the operating concept of the Leica cameras. The camera delivers even in pouring rain – both the SL2 and the S3.
After we returned, I asked Marco to select his 13 favorite shots and I also selected 13 photos. Even though we moved to the same places, we sometimes took completely different shots. Here are our personal favorites:
Marco
Peter
Jewels from the sea
Jewels from the sea staged - in the pouring rain with my friend Marco on Djupalonssandur beach in Iceland:
Marco and I actually wanted to photograph the active Fagradalsfjall volcano, but that's another story and I'll post a blog article about it later. By the time we got to Iceland, the volcano had stopped its visible activity. Since the trip was already booked, we made the best of the situation and visited a few places that I knew had interesting subjects. I've been to Djupalonssandor Beach twice and I knew that this beach reveals its full beauty in rainy weather. When the weather forecast actually predicted rain for the last day of our trip, we got in the car and drove off. The washed-up sea plants captivated us and we took photos for 2 1/2 hours in the pouring rain. Of course, not every camera can do this. But Marco's Leica SL2 and my Leica S3 endured the wet weather without complaint. In post-production I highlighted the colors of the sea plants a bit. By the way, all images were taken with the APO-Macro-Summarit-S 1:2.5 / 120 mm. There are experts who claim it is the best Marko lens ever.
A few examples
Who supports our friend Denise in her sponsored run?
From September 10th to 16th, an international team will complete a special sponsored run in Ladakh. Would you like to support this project and thus the work of Himalayan Life?
empathy
Nepali migrant workers in Ladakh live in challenging conditions. They are constantly exposed to the thin air and harsh climate of the high Himalayas. In order to draw attention to the living conditions of the people in the Himalayas and to collect funds for the school and vocational training of young Nepalis, Daniel Bürgi, the CEO of Himalayan Life, with a group of another five people from Switzerland, Canada, USA and Nepal by bike from September 10th to 16th around 600 km through the high Himalayas. Among other things, you drive over the two highest passable passes in the world - the 5391 m high Chang-La Pass and the 5602 m high Kardung-La Pass. «With this campaign we can at least approach the reality of Nepali migrant workers to a small extent and show them that we are connected to them. That's why we're making the effort to hold this special sponsored run locally," says Daniel Bürgi.
Denise is the only woman taking on the challenge of cycling 600 km in the thin high Himalayan air
Support the only woman on the team
Our friend Denise Wiltse from Alaska is the only woman taking on the challenge of cycling the 600 km in the thin air. This is very brave, and we would be very happy if you supported Denise with a contribution. Every franc/euro donated goes 100% to the people of Nepal. For Denise and all the other bikers (and also for the film/photo team...) it is a matter of honor that everyone pays their own expenses.
You can provide your support via the Fundrazr platform or directly to Himalayan Life bank account Please pay with the note “ALTITUDE Denise”.
A special event on November 17th
Together with Dani Rimann I will document ALTITUDE and produce a film. Everyone who supports Denise with CHF 500 or more will be invited to the exclusive preview of our film about ALTITUDE. The event will take place on Thursday evening, November 17th in Thayngen. CEO Daniel Bürgi will be personally present and report on Himalayan Life's current projects. Don't miss this opportunity. Let us know if you have supported Denise with CHF 500 or more, so we can put you on the guest list and keep you up to date.
More information
On the Himalayan Life homepage You can find more information about ALTITUDE.
Airport reloaded
In 2017 I started an exciting experiment: How does it feel to take photos non-stop at a location for 24 hours with just one camera and a fixed focal length? A photo series was then created at Zurich Airport. Now I have reprocessed the images again - with the realization that the image selection can change after some time...
In January 2017 I planned and implemented an interesting experiment. The starting point was the question of what it would feel like to take photos at an exciting location for 24 hours straight. And only with one camera and a fixed focal length. Thanks to friendly relationships, it was possible to realize this project at Zurich Airport. My tools of choice were the Leica SL and the SL Summicron 1.4/50 mm, which is still one of my favorite lenses to this day. The Leica SL with its 24 megapixels has now been replaced by the SL2 with 47 megapixels. But the reduce-to-the-max operating concept, the outstanding image quality and the robustness of the camera have remained. The temperatures fell to -10° Celsius at night. The Leica SL worked perfectly even under these challenging conditions.
It was also interesting for me to go back through the pictures that I created back then. With some distance you judge things differently. I removed some photos that made it into the favorites back then from the selection. Some new ones have been added. It is definitely worth looking through the photos of a project again after a few months or even years. I also made some small adjustments to brightness and contrast. You can see the result of this new image selection below.
And below the picture gallery I have attached the making-of film that my assistant at the time, Lea, made. A big thank you again to you and also to Rémy Brunner, Rolf Wallner, Masis Sarkisian and other people from Zurich Airport. Without them, this report would not have been possible.
Image gallery
Making of film
A little black and white experiment
Fascinating black and white photos using virtual filter technology
Lake Partnun above St. Antönien is a worthwhile hiking destination. The limestone peaks that surround it are at least as fascinating as the mountain lake. On a beautiful day, the rough, bright spikes rise into the blue sky. The combination of the bright rock faces with the deep blue sky led me to do a little black and white experiment:
Anyone who, like me, has photographed with black and white film knows that strong color filters can be used to greatly influence the brightness and contrast distributions in black and white photos. The rule is relatively simple: Colors in the same or similar shade as the screwed-on color filter are displayed brighter, while contrasting colors are displayed darker. For example, if you used an orange filter, all orange tones would appear brighter and all tones in the opposite spectrum - these would be the blue tones - would appear darker.
You can also create this effect virtually in various image editing programs, such as Adobe Lightroom. Here is an example:
Output image
This is what the original colored image looks like. It is practically unedited, I just increased the sharpness a little and adjusted the contrast slightly.
First step: conversion to a black and white image
With one click of the mouse I convert the color motif into a monochrome image in Adobe Lightroom. The virtual filters are all still set to zero:
Second step: Apply the virtual black and white filter
Now I apply the virtual black and white filter: I can make various colors in the image lighter or darker. In this case, I dragged the blue slider to the left to make all blue tones (which in this case is basically just the sky) appear darker.
This works wonderfully because although Lightroom displays the image in black and white, the original motif with all color values is stored in the software.
Purists may turn up their noses at this approach. But as already mentioned, this technology has already been used in analogue photography. When I see Ansel Adams' dark skies, I'm pretty sure he used black and white filters for several of his magnificent shots.
Small picture gallery with photos of the peaks around Lake Partnun
All images realized by Peter and Ursula Schäublin.
Haying on the Cyprian
On the move with the mountain farmers: a photo report about haymaking in the mountains
Even on vacation I always have a camera with me ;-). And when the mountain farmers invite me to photograph their hay harvest, I'm there. With Andi, Ursula and their helpers I set off to the highest of their fields on the Cyprian. Andi let me ride in his hay loader, which was a bit of a test of courage given the gradients and inclines ;-). It was fascinating to see how quickly and efficiently the team brought together the grass that had been cut the day before into sheets (we Swiss say “girls”) and Andi then brought it into the valley with the hay loader. Exciting detail: In places where the hay cannot be stacked into sheets by machine, the team not only uses rakes, but also leaf blowers. The mountain farmers are not only extremely hard-working but also smart people. From 14-year-olds to 75-year-olds, everyone is on duty and works together across generations. And for lunch there is Ursi's wonderful crescent salad with a panoramic view that is second to none.
As soon as the cows are back in the stable from the alp, the hay is fed to them. I will also document this step later.
I realized the photo report with the Leica SL2 and the Leica Q2. Especially when you have to work quickly, these two cameras with their well thought-out operating concept and the excellent SL zoom lenses are my first choice. I took the drone images with the DJI Mavic Pro3.
POWER OF THE ELEMENTS: new pictures from Frankfurt
A symbiosis in a class of its own: The office space in the Omnitower Frankfurt with our pictures from the THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS series
On February 7th, Ursula and I chugged to Frankfurt in a friend's VW bus. In the hold 31 pictures from our fine art project THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS. About the planning phase and also about the delivery of the pictures we have already reported in the blog. In the meantime, the office space has been fully furnished and I had the great honor of actually taking pictures of the pictures...
When you enter the Omniturm area, you are initially overwhelmed by how coherent the concept by architect Sabina Blaeser and interior designer Nazanin Malek appears. It's kind of a mix between work and home. Cozy lounges alternate with offices.
What is also fascinating is how sensitively Nazanin Malek selected the images. Everything seems harmonious. For me there are five topics that I would particularly like to highlight:
Picture in the team area
Everyone agreed: This picture was made for this place. It captures the colors of the room so perfectly that you would think the picture was planned based on the room. Or vice versa. But the fact is that the photo was taken on an icy winter day in Iceland in 2020 when I was walking from the famous plane wreck back to the parking lot. I took photos of the monolith in the howling wind with the lighting ranging from warm orange to cool blue.
Picture in one of the lounges
For this blue painted wall, Nazanin chose one of my favorite motifs. The spray from Dettifoss covers the basalt wall. The whole thing looks more like an abstract painting than a photograph. Interesting detail on the side: To my left were dozens of tourists taking photos of the waterfall. But no one seemed to notice the almost mystical stone wall with the spray...
The “rust picture”
During our trip to Iceland in 2014, some so-called “photooriginals” were created - images that only exist once. We achieved this by taking ten 125 x 125 cm steel plates with us to Iceland and letting them corrode on site by exposing them to salt water, wind and weather. We then mounted pictures from Iceland onto these steel plates - a few centimeters apart so that it looks as if the photos are floating on the steel plate. One of these photo originals now adorns a seating area in the Omnitower.
Diptychs
In contrast to the offices and lounges, where the pictures are presented in black oak frames with shadow gaps, all pictures in the corridors are in black and white and framed in light oak frames. This creates a new level of presentation, which I think is very exciting. I chose two photos from the abundance of motifs in the corridors: One shows a silver ribbon of river flowing into the sea on black lava sand. This photo was taken on Iceland's south coast, near Jökulsarlon. The second picture was taken on the Pacific northeast coast. It shows a group of humpback whales bubblenet feeding.
Employee offices
Each employee was allowed to choose a picture for his/her workplace. These pictures were then not hung, but placed on the sideboards. I've never seen that before, but I think it seems very consistent:
Many motifs from THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS can be found in our picture gallery and in Photo book limited to 99 copies.
Impressions from Frankfurt
You can find out why Frankfurt's skyscrapers inspired me to create a series of images and philosophical thoughts in this blog post...
The big project with pictures of THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS brought me to Frankfurt again. I was commissioned to photograph the office space designed with my images. These images are a work in progress and I will present a selection on the blog later. During the breaks, I went hunting with my camera in Frankfurt's high-rise district and looked for exciting angles of the impressive skyscrapers. This resulted in a small series of extremely edited photos in black and white.
I looked at the skyscrapers with mixed feelings. For me they are a symbol of the fact that the human spirit always strives higher and so much good can come about. But what if this spirit releases itself from all responsibility and, as in the legend of Icarus, swings higher and higher unchecked and without any moral obligation? Will the crash come at some point? But perhaps these are all far too philosophical thoughts and one should simply enjoy this spectacle of lines, shapes and surface structures:
I took the pictures with the Leica Q2 and the Leica S3.
Carte blanche in Iceland
Iceland always blows us away with its raw and endlessly beautiful nature. What a privilege to be traveling in this country and capturing moods on camera.
Whenever possible, Ursula and I travel once a year to an exciting place to take photos without a big concept - a kind of carte blanche. By taking photographs we perceive our surroundings more intensely. We observe and sometimes take a long time to notice and record changes in light. I edit the images afterwards without any limits. That means: It's about conveying a mood and not showing what the situation was like on site. Interestingly, I hardly edited some photos and heavily edited others. As with photography, I let my intuition guide me when editing. Everything is allowed.
The photographers
Even before we met, Ursula loved taking photographs, “but without rhyme or reason,” she always says. Well, I don't entirely agree, because she always thinks very carefully about what she does. She then gained all the technical understanding. This trip was the first time she took photos with her own camera equipment. I am very proud that some of her pictures ended up in the best photos selection.
Ursula mainly took photos with the Leica SL2 and also with the SL2S
I mainly took photos with the Leica S3
The cameras
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Leica cameras. The excellent quality of the Leica lenses and the easy operation of the cameras make them my first choice for almost all projects. In addition, cameras and lenses are very solidly built, which is particularly advantageous in challenging weather conditions. Ursula took photos with the Leica SL2. The camera delivers excellent images with almost 50 megapixels and a huge dynamic range. I took photos with the Leica S3. In my opinion, this medium format camera delivers the most beautiful image files, but it is unforgiving. You have to work extremely precisely to exploit the full potential of the 63 megapixels. Practically all of my pictures were taken using a tripod. Meanwhile, I love the slower pace of composing the motifs with the S3. If I then edit the data extremely in post-production, you get a grain that is very reminiscent of analogue images.
On the screen you can't see any difference between the images of the SL2 and the S3. But if you then print the motifs large - and by that I mean prints with a size of, for example, 150 x 100 cm, then the wealth of detail in the S3 images is overwhelming.
When you look at the galleries you will notice that a few motifs were created with a drone.
The pictures
Iceland is actually visual overkill. For me, the barren landscape with its ice blue, olive and anthracite color worlds with endless nuances and splashes of color is always overwhelming. It is sometimes difficult to make a selection from the realized motifs. Maybe you would favor completely different images than I do. But that's one aspect that I love so much about photography: Each person finds their own approach to the images. The two galleries are my very personal selection. Some pictures will definitely make their way into our long-term project “The Power of the Elements” find.
Iceland in color
Iceland in black and white
Vote and win: The new IHT logo
Vote which logo design you like best and, with a bit of luck, win a fine bottle of wine
The company IHT Ingenieurbüro für Holz + Technik has us revise its visual appearance. Four different logo variants have now been created. Vote by May 15th for which design you like best and, with a bit of luck, win one of three fine bottles of wine. We will show you the logo in three versions of each variant plus an initial implementation approach in the form of a business card:
Variant 1
Variant 2
Variant 3
Variant 4
You can vote for two designs - the design you like best receives three points. The design you like second best receives one point. It is not permitted to vote for the same draft twice. This would mean that you would not take part in the raffle ;-(. And that would be a shame, because among all the feedback we are giving away three bottles of fine wine from WeinStamm Thayngen, for whose new building IHT did the engineering (and we got some great photos).
My vote on the drafts of the IHT logo:
New pictures and clips for altra schaffhausen
Even after seven years, every film and photo shoot for altra schaffhausen is a super brilliant experience. Here are the latest pictures and clips.
For the other than Schaffhausen Filming and taking photos is something very special for me. I have been creating a large proportion of the pictures for this great institution for seven years now. Of course, I meet the same people every now and then. This is always a great pleasure (I hope for both parties ;-)). In the last few weeks I have been traveling intensively with Brigitte Zimmerann from altra.
The style of the images is always very similar so that a corporate style can be recognized in the photography: the employees look happily into the camera and the images have a very small focus area. Practically all images are taken with the Leica SL2 and the Summilux SL 1.4/50 mm at an open aperture.
Basically, I take photos in color and then convert some pictures to black and white for myself. There are photos that I think look better in color and others look better in black and white. But there are also pictures that look very good in both black and white and color - probably with different charisma, but both are great. So here are my favorite pictures in a color and a black and white gallery:
Color Gallery
Black and white gallery
A few making-of impressions
Katrin Baumann from altra Schaffhausen accompanied Brigitte and me on part of the shoot this year and took pictures for altra's social media channels. A big thank you to Katrin for allowing me to show some of her pictures that will give you a look behind the scenes:
The film clip
For the homepage of the altra homepage, I filmed a number of employees at work. After a few seconds they look into the camera and give the viewer a smile. The film runs in the header of this blog post, below or on the altra homepage.
Photo shoots for Clientis Thayngen
Photo shoots for the Clientis Bank in Thayngen for a national campaign and pictures with oversized gold bars
MyMix
For the whole of Switzerland MyMix campaign We were allowed two employees of the Clientis Thayngen photograph. Juline and Alina-Fiona are “real” employees of the bank – authenticity in the campaign. Photos taken with Leica SL2 and S3. Click on the images for an enlarged view.
The gold bar photos
Monika Weber from Clientis Bank Thayngen had the idea of photographing employees on gold bars. Since there are no gold bars that big ;-), we used Photoshop to help. Because the picture turned out so great, we created a second motif this year with a large gold bar.
Working with the Clientis team is always a lot of fun and we are already looking forward to the next shoot.
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Small making-of film
Just for the fun of it: a little making-of film from today's shooting day at Egli Federnfabrik AG
Just for the fun of it
Today we filmed again at Egli Federnfabrik AG. After the short films about that Water cutting, the Laser cutting and that Wrap Now there is a film about winding springs out of wire. We will edit and score the “real” film over the next month. Here's a little teaser with making-of footage that Gabi filmed with her cell phone plus a slow-motion sequence that will hopefully make it into the film:
THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS in Frankfurt
Fine art prints from our series THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS for top-class office space in the heart of Frankfurt on the 28th floor of the Omnitower.
A completely normal day. Our phone rings. Architect Sabina Blaeser BNP Paribas Real Estate GmbH asks if we can give you an image concept based on THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS for a new project. She sends us the first plans, and we see immediately: The new office space Cinven GmbH in the Omnitower in Frankfurt will be something very special.
The first plans for the Cinven office space show that it is a project in a class of its own. © by BNP Paribas Real Estate GmbH
Spring/Summer 2021
Workshop flair. Together with Cinven and BNP Paribas, we are developing initial proposals and developing the concept. It soon becomes clear: the pictures need to be framed for optimal effect. We suggest presenting the fine art prints in frames with a shadow gap.
First layouts for framing with shadow gaps
Fall 2021
On the way. Ursula and I travel with two large pictures, printed with our 11-color HP printer Hahnemühle high-end paper, to Frankfurt am Main. We present the images to the Cinven team. The first reactions are very positive, because the mounted fine art prints look like photographic paintings. The direction is right.
Winter 2021
Between mulled wine and winter boots. Cinven employees choose their personal picture for their office. Nazanin Malek from BNP Paribas is also developing a presentation concept for the shared rooms and hallways. After all the details have been fixed, we start producing the images. In terms of production we are supported by the mema advertising technology ag supports.
At the suggestion of Nazanin Malek, we are developing diptychs for the hallways
January 2022
The operating temperature increases. Two large pallets with the frames arrive at mema. Our printer is running hot. We print on three rolls of the finest Hahnemühle paper and deliver the precious prints to mema. Gina Meister and Alexandra Mangold assemble the images with infinite sensitivity. Here's a little insight:
February 7, 2022
The finale. We set off towards Frankfurt in a fully packed VW bus to deliver the precious freight personally. Cinven's office space is not yet fully ready for occupancy, but is already very impressive. Inside the implementation of Sabina and Nazanin, outside the skyline of Frankfurt in dramatic sunlight. I can't help but capture a few impressions with my iPhone:
We carefully unpack each individual image. Here is a little unboxing video in slow motion, filmed by our assistant Dante Juhasz:
The artworks are distributed and prepared for hanging. Ursula and I then make our way back to Thayngen.
February 8, 2022
The pictures are hung. Sabina sends us first impressions:
The offices will be fully equipped in the next few days and we hope to be able to show you pictures of the final rooms later. If you want to experience THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS, take your time and go out into nature - and then you can also purchase one of the photo books limited to 99 copies:
Angle viewfinder for Leica S/SL/SL2
One of the few disadvantages of the Leica SL/SL2 is that you cannot angle the screen. The very nice angle viewfinder from the Leica Store Lisse at least partially alleviates this shortcoming.
The cameras in the Leica S and Leica SL series combine the highest image quality and the easiest operation. But as with every camera system, there are disadvantages with these two systems, which are more or less important depending on how they work. Leica has dispensed with a swiveling screen on both camera series. This has the advantage that the camera body can be made narrower and the screen is better protected against the cold. I experienced it in Iceland when it was minus 10 degrees that the screen on a camera with a swiveling display stopped working, while the SL2's screen worked without any problems.
A non-folding screen also has advantages, but also disadvantages. In order to at least partially eliminate these disadvantages, the Leica Store in Lisse (NL) has partnered with a German manufacturer to bring an angle viewfinder for these cameras onto the market.
Two models are available:
• Angle viewfinder for the Leica S / SL
• Angle viewfinder for the Leica SL2 / SL2S
The viewfinders are hand-made in Germany (not by Leica, but to Leica quality levels) and offer you an increased level of flexibility when taking photos. Useful detail: If you want the sharpness to be just right, you can switch from 1x magnification to 2x magnification to check the sharpness. The viewfinder can also be turned to the side if necessary, allowing for even greater flexibility.
The viewfinder can be ordered from the Leica Store Lisse NL for EUR 550 (excl. VAT, excl. shipping). If you would like to order an angle finder, then send an email to the Leica store with the following information:
• required version (S/SL or SL2/SL2S)
• Shipping address
You will then receive an order confirmation with your account details and the viewfinder will be delivered once your payment has been received. Here are a few pictures that the Leica Store in Lisse provided to me:
All images © by Leica Store Lisse