Ronald_H
Don't call me Ron
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A few weeks ago I posted the question here what to bring to India. I had to go there for business but there was room for sightseeing as well. The choice was basically between my M2 outfit or an outfit with the Nikon FM. I wanted to shoot film exclusively and also thought of a back-up.
Just before the trip, I found out my M2 had a light leak. It was repaired and returned just in time, but I didn't have a chance to test it. Furthermore, the light seal kit for the Canonet still hasn't arrived, so that cam was out too. So this became my rig for the trip:
Nikon FM with 28mm f2.8 Ai, 50mm f1.4 AF-D and 85mm f1.8 AF.
Backup was the Olympus Mju-II (Stylus Epic).
I shot mostly Fuji color (plain vanilla Superia, it works for me) and tried a few rolls of Kodak Ektar as well.
It seems I made the right choices because both old workhorses operated flawlessly and the results, if I may say so myself, are verry good. My pictures are more 'crazy tourist' than great art, but I am pretty pleased all the same.
All the rolls must have been scanned more than 10 times (carry-on), including one roll of Tri-X pushed to 1600. No adverse effects were observed.
A few weeks ago I posted the question here what to bring to India. I had to go there for business but there was room for sightseeing as well. The choice was basically between my M2 outfit or an outfit with the Nikon FM. I wanted to shoot film exclusively and also thought of a back-up.
Just before the trip, I found out my M2 had a light leak. It was repaired and returned just in time, but I didn't have a chance to test it. Furthermore, the light seal kit for the Canonet still hasn't arrived, so that cam was out too. So this became my rig for the trip:
Nikon FM with 28mm f2.8 Ai, 50mm f1.4 AF-D and 85mm f1.8 AF.
Backup was the Olympus Mju-II (Stylus Epic).
I shot mostly Fuji color (plain vanilla Superia, it works for me) and tried a few rolls of Kodak Ektar as well.
It seems I made the right choices because both old workhorses operated flawlessly and the results, if I may say so myself, are verry good. My pictures are more 'crazy tourist' than great art, but I am pretty pleased all the same.
All the rolls must have been scanned more than 10 times (carry-on), including one roll of Tri-X pushed to 1600. No adverse effects were observed.
