Some building corner at the medical campus.

• Where: Munich and its surroundings
• Camera: Leica IIf
• Lens: Leica Elmar 50mm f/3.5
• Film: Ilford HP5+
• Scan: Nikon Super Coolscan 9000

I had been longing for an old-school Barnack Leica for a long time, and at the end of 2022 I pulled the trigger when visiting a new-to-me photography store in Munich. They had way too many choices, and after a bit of deliberation, I left the store with a Leica IIf with the Leica Elmar 50mm f/3.5 safely stored in my backpack. The store clerk kindly provided me with a roll of Ilford HP5+ for my first test run with the camera. In the following days, I did not have much time to shoot when the sun was up, so I went on a late evening walk and tried to capture some of the scenes that I passed by. I do not have that much experience with night-time shooting, so the test runs mostly served the purpose of figuring out how to operate the camera and to see if it was in working order. Turns out it works fine, luckily.

Street lights covered by the leaves of adjacent trees.

Street lights along the pedestrian path at the parking lot.

Street light shining through the leaves.

A lonely park bench.