October 17, 2024: The squad heads out to an old haunt for a walk in the woods to once again try and wear out the dog.
We walk for five miles or so. It’s a cool 34 degrees, and by the time we’ve gotten back to the car it’s still 34 degrees. The ground is wet from a rain the day before. Fall is in full effect, the forest feels more sparse, more open. Many of the aspens and birches have lost all their leaves and the forest floor is coated in bright golden leaves. Many of the larches have turned their characteristic gold for fall and the hillsides, when visible, are a beautiful tapestry of evergreens and golden larches.
I shot the Voigtlander 40/2.8 again on the M262. I got along with it less well today than on other days. I often wished I just had a 50 and found the 40 kind of frustrating the way a 35 can be a frustrating in-between focal length. I’ll take the Zeiss next time I go out and see how I feel. But, frustrations aside the little Heliar always spits out the goods if I’m able to get out of my own way and just use the tools at hand.
