I am now confirmed for Saturday. Arriving at 12:00, so able to make a 1PM meeting, and staying at the Hotel Angleterre, on Friedrichstrasse, for early departure on Sunday.
So, where and when do we meet?
Philippe will be there around 13.00, probably somewhere in Mitte, given the location of his hotel. If there is interest, we could also meet earlier, and join Philippe at 13.00. I am free from about 10-11 or so, depending on when I wake up (I am having trouble sleeping well at the moment).
Philippe and cyra, you are the visitors this time. What would you like to see, and what type of photography would you like to do? In the area starting around Philippe's hotel, there is architecture and people photography everywhere, and with a little walk, we could reach Tiergarten, in case anyone is interested. With the U-Bahn, we could of course go much further, at the cost of travel time.
Tiergarten is fine for me. I will bring both cameras, since my small Sony is so much better than my 5D II at vegetation colours. But in any case, I am easy.
Carsten, do you want me to bring my C/Y 35-70? I have no adapter for Nikon, though...
I would love to try it, but since I have no way of doing so, I guess it doesn't make sense. The only way to use this lens on a Nikon is to get the Leitax adapter, which is quite involved to install, for this lens. Thanks for offering though. I don't suppose you are selling?
Anyway, I am trying to arrange buying a ZF.2 35/1.4, which I have wanted to do ever since seeing your early results with it. I think that 35/100 will be my walk-around kit, if you can call anything based on a Nikon D3 walk-around I should be able to cash in my stock bonus in the next few days, and then I will order it. I should have it by the October 8 meet.
From Friedrichstrasse to Tiergarten is a nice walk along Unter den Linden, with one or two interesting sights on the way, although I guess you already know the area around Brandenburger Tor. Too bad this photo exhibition just finished:
sounds like a good plan. I have not booked yet, since I have one little factor of uncertainty that will hopefully be cleared up tomorrow. I will be at 13h at the meeting point and probabely meet Philippe already at the airport. I will stay overnight at friends, but will need somewhere to store my stuff during the day.
The plan to stroll along towards Tiergarten sounds good to me.
There is lots of architecture on the way. http://www.aviewoncities.com/maps/berlin.htm
I have been to Berlin only briefly a long time ago, and have no memory of anything, so I will be interested in anything that comes along ;-) The main thing is anyway to meet you people and exchange thoughts and learn from your techniques. Carsten, I am interested in your pano-technique although I haven't looked much into it.
Are you guys all hauling tripods around? Maybe get them out in the evening?
If I am lucky I will have my newly aquired 21 with me, and I also managed to get a 28 really cheap recently both of them need to be tried out. I am not sure what I will bring, I just realized I own 7 lenses now! I will only want to carry around a maximum of 4. This will be 21, 28, 50 and 85 or 100. If anyone wants to try out any of them, let me know, so I bring the right lenses ;-)
Carsten, don't you have some 200mm alt lens on Nikon (or anything longer than 100)? Can't recall now. I know you have the 200/2.0 but I better not touch that one
Vincent, If you are coming - do you have anything I don't have?
Anyone with a Nikon adapter for NEX? I'd love to try a NEX. Guess I could try it with whatever lens is on there.
That list looks like a total list of who wants to come to some meeting, but for this on Saturday, so far we are just Philippe, cyra, myself and Rudi. Vincent might join, but hasn't confirmed. I am trying to reach Ignacio, and Bernhard as well. Some of the others on that list are hoping to come for Oct. 8, but not this weekend.
Cyra, is that your first name? I have Contax 80-200/4, Leica 180/2 and Nikkor 200/2 VR. I could bring one of those, but wasn't planning to, since they are large/heavy. I would only bring the Nikkor if you were interested in buying it You can see the listing for it on getdpi's for sale forum.
I would otherwise probably bring Nikkor 35/2.8 AI, ZF.2 50 MP, ZF.2 100 MP. I rarely use my ZF21, although it is a great lens. At some point, I will pick up a ZF.2 25/2. I am waiting for Vincent to tell me what he is doing there, since he just picked up the ZF25/2.8, but has a pre-order for the 25/2.
I will likely bring my new little tripod, a Gitzo GT1542T with a Markins Q3 Traveler. I would probably throw in the nodal slide, for perfect side-to-side panoramas. Note however that most of my panoramas I do by hand...
If we do go to Tiergarten, I might leave some things at home, since I tend to just use one lens when I go there, and occasionally a second, probably 35/2.8 AI and 100/2 MP.
Cyra, I would love to try your 25/2.8 and/or your 28/2!
I presume you are asking for Oct. 8 now? If everyone would update their profiles, that would avoid having to list it all here... I just updated mine with my Nikon stuff. I don't want to add my Leica M8 (28/2, 35/1.4 ASPH I, 90AA), nor my Contax 645 (35, 80, 120 Makro) or my Hasselblad (2000FC/M, 50/2.8, 110/2, 250/4) or my Linhof Master Technika (Schneider 90/5.6 Super-Angulon Linhof, 210/5.6 APO-Symmar), nor my two or three other small cameras, but there they are, for reference. I also have a Gitzo GT3541XLS with Burzynski Ball Head II.
I could bring any of this, if the interest is there, but I prefer to just bring a few lenses and my Nikon D3.
You guys might be able to give me some info I've been wanting. In 1927, a guy named Bruno Schultz began publishing a photography annual called, "Das Deutsche Lichtbild Jahresschau," The German Photography Annual. It put out a nice bound book of Germany's best photos each year, 1928 to 1938. Then there was a big gap after 1938, something like from 1939 to about 1954. At least, I haven't found any issues in that gap. Schultz seems to have disappeared and was replaced by Verlag Dr. Wolf Strache in 1955. It was then published every year until around 1970, when it disappeared.
I have the 1935 and 1937 volumes, and they have some stunning images in them. I was left wondering what ever happened to Bruno Shultz? Why did it take so long to get the book published again from 1938? What finally happened to kill it around 1970? Anyone know anything about Das Deutsche Lichtbild and Bruno Schulz?
I just dug out that list since I don't seem to remember even who is shooting an Canon and who on Nikon. It is far from complete.
Carsten, I tell you my first name when I get there ;-)
you can shoot the 25 and 28 all time, I can still try the 28 at home, and will be busy with the 21 anyway. I am also most interested in the 25/2.0 and might trade them both in, once it is out.
I am most interested to try the Contax 80-200/4 (I guess it isn't that heavy?) or the Leica 180mm, and no thanks, not the 200/2.0 for me. I know it is a wonderful and splendid lens, but the weight and cost... I am rather looking for the lightest option of 200mm, given it has good IQ and nice bokeh. I am even almost never using my very good AF-D 80-200/2.8 Nikon lens due to it's weight.
I should be able to cash in my stock bonus in the next few days, and then I will order it. I should have it by the October 8 meet.
both of them need to be tried out. 
