My Leica M3 is seeing more action these days. I recently tracked down the proper lens hood for my Canon 50 f1.4 LTM lens and it is on the camera all the time instead of the 50 f2 Collapsible Summicron.

I shot the three images below with some Kodak Tmax 100 processed in Xtol 1+1 and I can't wait to print from the negatives.

I got a chance to try out some slide film gifted to me. A fellow member of the Oakville Camera Club gave me her remaining slide film stock as she switched to digital. Thankfully it was stored properly in the freezer and I am quite happy at how this set turned out.

I used my Nikon FE with this hiking photo shoot along the Bruce Trail in Ancaster Ontario and shot Fuji Provia 100.

Sherman Falls

I had a good shoot at Sherman Falls which ended in bad news. I was shooting with a Nikon FM with a Nikkor 50 f1.4 Ais lens, only to find out my over exposure trouble that has been giving me grief, turns out it was the lens. Oil on the aperture blades was the culprit, I got a quote to fix it and I am waiting for my tax return to arrive. I have another 50mm Ais lens, a F1.8 which is really good for landscape and street work. For some reason when it comes to shooting people, I prefer the 50 f1.4, it is more flattering for people in my eye.

I am headed back to the Dundas Valley and I and I am taking more photos with the FM. It stems from when I learned how to ski. If I ever had a serious wipe out, I have to ski the run again to get it right. Same thing with photography. The over exposed frames in Dundas will be re-shot with the same camera, same film and different 50mm lens.

I warned you I was going to try out a roll of the new Ektar 100 from Kodak and oh boy, this film makes my brain hurt, it's so good. I shot it through my Leica M3 and exposed this roll of Ektar 100 at 64 ISO. This film has the latitude of it's C-41 heritage and the super fine grain one usually associates with slide or E-6 film which is getting more difficult to process. Enjoy, I plan to shoot some more this Summer or maybe in the fall.

We organized an Oakville Camera Club outing for Spencer Gorge near Hamilton this past Sunday morning. Armed with a Nikon FM and neutral density filters to slow things down, I got the photographs below. I took a different approach this time out not focusing on Webster's Falls (which is over photographed), instead looking at the fast water as a source of inspiration. There's more to come when I get the test roll of Ektar 100 processed.

Welcome to Spring for real this time. We had a cold snap earlier this week and Southern Ontarians let out a collective groan with the 48 hour return of wind-chill and flurries. Thankfully that is out of the system and we're back on track with spring.

I went really old school and shot with the older of two Nikon F's I own with Kodak Plus X 125 processed in D76 1+1 dilution around Old Oakville. I love how the tonality just pops out with this film and I get a nice period feel which is the objective.

Scenes from Georgette Peter's opening day at the Sidespace Gallery. Photos are taken with my Leica M3 with a Canon 50 f1.4 LTM lens with Kodak Tri-x processed in Xtol 1+1.

I pulled my Leica M3 out of hibernation for a workout, this time incident metering instead of spot metering and I had revelation at how nice my negs turned out. I was using a Canon 50 f1.4 Leica Screw-mount lens with adapter for the M3 with no filter on the front and got the below results. I did a short walk along St. Clair Avenue West in Regal Heights Toronto before going to Georgette Peter's (a fellow member of the Flckr Toronto tribe) gallery opening. I really have to use my Leica more often, it is a really sweet camera.