Some weeks ago Neda invited me over to Den Haag to take pictures of her and her friend Lotte who brought a few special necklaces made by her mom. The idea was to take pictures outside, but the weather wasn’t cooperating so we ended up taking some shots inside. I only used a single off camera speedlight flash and an umbrella. The shots turned out quite alright for such a limited setup.

To present our research work, me and a number of our group members went to RSNA, the biggest radiology conference in the world, in Chicago. It was my first time in Chicago and I enjoyed my time there a lot. It’s a big city with many things to see and do. One of the big tourist attractions is of course the Cloud Gate at Millennium park; a huge shiny metal bean.
I bought a Sony NEX 5n there for Adrienne and I must say that I am impressed with this little camera. So much so that I began to doubt if the Leica M9 would still make sense. The NEX 5n has fast and accurate autofocus, a great LCD screen, versatile stabilized lenses, a relatively large 1.5 crop factor sensor, great high ISO performance, excellent exposure metering, and is even smaller than the M9. I took pictures with both camera’s in Chicago.
Only when I was home and opened the images on my computer the difference in picture quality between the Leica and the Sony became evident. I still like the look of the Leica pictures better, they somehow have a bit more atmosphere to them, but I love the NEX 5n for quick and simple shooting.
I ordered a converter to use my Leica lenses on the Sony camera, so I am really curious to see what that will bring.