Pictures of Canada taken by Canadian Leica.

[Ko.Fe.]

Nice images and Guelph!

Here is M4-2 after CLA:

And those are three images from same roll taken with M4-2 and pictured above lens:

I didn't finished this roll after those were taken and took it to Montreal.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

M4-2, Summarit-M 35 2.5.

People by the Church in Montreal.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I think 151 might looks better...



M4-2 with Summarit-M 35 2.5 and on the tripod.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

"Dancing With Myself", "Oh dancing with myself"...

M4-2, Summarit-M 35 2.5, HP5+ @3200 hcA and old FB paper. Montreal, same roll, same street, minute apart:

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I have mixed C-41 and spare kits, I have mixed E-6 from local supplier and matching films.
And I have couple of BW film bulks, with paper developer working good on old papers I have.
I received yesterday new 8200i which was on big sale at BH. I'm all set to send my M-E to NJ and wait, wait, wait...

M4-2 with Summarit-M 35 2.5 mostly and few with Summicron 50 IV ELC. Old Fuji Sensia 100 slide film in home E-6, scanned with 8200i (still learning how to):

 

[grouchos_tash]

I have mixed C-41 and spare kits, I have mixed E-6 from local supplier and matching films.
And I have couple of BW film bulks, with paper developer working good on old papers I have.
I received yesterday new 8200i which was on big sale at BH. I'm all set to send my M-E to NJ and wait, wait, wait...

M4-2 with Summarit-M 35 2.5 mostly and few with Summicron 50 IV ELC. Old Fuji Sensia 100 slide film in home E-6, scanned with 8200i (still learning how to):

Interesting to see some colour work from you! I imagine that metering with E6 doesn't fit your usual style of shooting haha!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you for checking!

I was using ORWO slide film as the only film for years 🙂 and s16 chart which was in each roll of ORWO slide filml for metering.
My problem this time was snow and sun. We haven't got both toghether for some time. And I forgot how to shot if S&S. For some shots above it was better to double shutter speed.

I'm going to load M4-2 with Kodak 400 cheap film and push it at 1600. To try it and to check crippling light leak. I see non on this slide film roll, but I saw it yesterday on bulk loaded bw negatives..

 

[grouchos_tash]

I'm thinking about switching to colour for a while after I've used up the 10 rolls of HP5 I have. I didn't shoot any film nearly almost all last year (preferring playing with the Ricoh GR).

Lights leaks aren't fun, it could be something to do with the bulk loader/cartridges?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I'm thinking about switching to colour for a while after I've used up the 10 rolls of HP5 I have. I didn't shoot any film nearly almost all last year (preferring playing with the Ricoh GR).

Lights leaks aren't fun, it could be something to do with the bulk loader/cartridges?

I hope it is. Because my M4-2 went for service three times under my ownership already.
And twenty+ cartridges I have went through many bulk loads. Some of them where dropped and became slightly bended at the edge where cap goes on..
Ten of them are now five years in service and they are not whose heavy duty made by Leica, but simply made tins by Kodak Rochester long time ago.

Oh, another day another Canadian picture from M4-2. I was checking how new scanner works with BW negatives yestreday:

 

[grouchos_tash]

Oh, another day another Canadian picture from M4-2. I was checking how new scanner works with BW negatives yestreday:

Are you using Silverfast? It's soooo much better than the Epson software in my opinion.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Are you using Silverfast? It's soooo much better than the Epson software in my opinion.

My new scanner is Plustek 8200i. Can't tell if it is any better than my old Epson V500, but it is new. 🙂
I also have old Plustek 7200 and I like old SilverFast which comes with it. So, I installed SilverFast 8 which came with 8200i and ... I just can't stand it. Using VueScan instead.

I'm not overwhelmed with results from C-41, E-6 and BW scans by 8200i.
But it is new, not noisy, power sufficient and fast. It scans at 3600 within small amount of time.

Another BW scan with this device. RAW compressed to .tif file.
Montreal view from Museum of Arts.
M4-2, Summarit 35 2.5, HP5+ @3200 in hcA:

 

[grouchos_tash]

But it is new, not noisy, power sufficient and fast. It scans at 3600 within small amount of time.

It was a big upgrade from the Epson 4490!

PS I was just listening to Leonard Cohen's last album before I saw your post 😎

 

[Ko.Fe.]

During weekend I exposed another single use cassette film to chaise light leaks. Maybe on top of the frame on first one, but I'm not sure. Nothing on another 24 frames...

M4-2, Summarit-M 35 2.5, Kodak 400 UltraMax in C-41 at home:

 

[grouchos_tash]

Glad, there's no light leak this time!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I'm on seventh re-loadable cassette and so far no light leaks with M4-2.
I was advised by local RFF member not to advance film in advance, because same looking leak appears to be this way. Film advanced and if shutter is not released for some time - light leak.
I remember GW and HCB videos - they never advanced and leave.
But, I'm just not good enough. Every time I get rare chance to do real street photography, I'm loosing shots by advancing in last moment. I could do tab focus and aperture, but if I have to advance film as well - it is often too late.
With Summarit-M 35 2.5 and its hood I found my own way. If I have film advanced, but shutter not released, I keep on walking with my palm as lens cap. It is great hood for it, no holes in it and this particular lens aperture ring was designed and build by those who understand what is classic street photography with Leica. It is ring which I'm able to operate with single finger and without looking at it. I keep it at f8 - two clicks one way f11 for bright side, two clicks another way f5.6 for shadows. I do it with single finger, while lens is still covered by same hand and by next second I'm bringing camera to my face while setting focus by position of focus tab.
It is about three seconds. So, I should learn how to advance and focus by same time...

Anyway, here is photo taken with M4-2 and Ultron 28 1.8.
After shoveling of snow at long driveway.

It is great lens ... by all means. Too great in size. Just as Elmarit-M III 28 2.8. It was awesome on negatives, but too much of the VF blocking. I like to use entire M4-2 VF as 28mm frame. It works, but lens blocks one quarter of it...

More and more I think about first version of Elmarit-M 28 2.8 ASPH. I like how small it is, how no distortions it is. Same focus tab as on Summarit-M 35 2.5... It could replace my Cron 50 V4 and this Ultron 28mm lens.

 

[BLKRCAT]

You can get in the habit of advancing before shooting pretty easily. It might take some time but all of these habits can be learned.

I advance before a shot mostly because I don't want to drain battery on the M5, and also the way I put my cameras in my bag I would lose frames if the camera was cocked. So I have to make sure that I put the camera away uncocked.

It seems though that your leak issue is found and remedied for now. Which is good.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Goofing at the same street cross with M4-2 and Summarit-M 35 2.5.
Kodak UltraMax 400 in C-41 kit at home. Scanned by Plustek 8200i.

 

[rfaspen]

More color? What's going on? Makes me wonder if you ever shoot transparency film too? That fancy new film scanner should scan slides just fine.

So this evening I was just shooting a bit around our local university. I never noticed before when I advance the film (by habit). Apparently, I tend to advance shortly before making a shot, but not always. Sometimes I advance the film thinking a shot is imminent, but then it doesn't appear as I expected. So the film is advanced for the next opportunity...

My main problem today: I shot much of this roll with exposure for ISO 400 film, then rewound and removed the film....its ISO 100 film. Arrgh! I don't think I'll push process. I seem to remember some good potential shots early in the roll. Now I just hope I was exposing for 100 then 😱 This rarely happens to me.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Post 185 is with old slide film and new scanner.
If you google "massive developing chart" and your film, most likely they will have push info.
Film is very forgiving these days, it seems 🙂
I have few rolls of old slides and some fresh UltraMax for waiting until M-E is back. Took some family pictures, it works! 🙂

 

[Ko.Fe.]

M4-2 with Ultron 28 1.9 ASPH:



And with trusty Summarit-M 35 2.5:



Printed on Ilford RC paper from Downtown Camera (Toronto).