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November Photo Walk, Revisiting Kodak Tri-X 400

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  It's been a long time since I last shot with Kodak Tri-X, we talked about this legacy black and white film on a recent episode of The Classic Camera Revival , I switched to Ilford HP5 a decade ago due to a price  spread (spoiler alert, Ilford HP5 was and still is cheaper per roll, be it 24, 36 or 100'/30m) and the fact HP5 dries flat while I have to flatten Tri-X rolls after drying.  I processed with Ilfotec HC 1+31, Tri-X shares the same time as Ilford HP5 and the second roll from the photo walk was shot on that film to compare and contrast.  The camera of choice was my Leica M4-2 along with the Light Lens Lab 8 Element 35 F2 "Summicron" lens, a great combo for sunny November day. I also got an opportunity to try out my 90 F2.8 APO-Skopar Telephoto lens by Voigtlander, very sharp glass with the two photos I did shot with it.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Light Lens Labs Eight Element 35 F2 lens. Voigtlander 90 F2.8 APO Skopar Telephoto Lens.  Film: Kodak Tri-X 40...
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Around the Neighbourhood with One of My Minolta XD-11's

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  I haven't shot with one of my Minolta XD-11's in ages. It's a platform some shooters looking for a feature rich manual focus camera that's intuitive to use. In the late 1970s the Canon A1 was the all singing all dancing manual focus camera for those who weren't interested in getting an F-1. Sadly the A-1 had ergonomics that were, really Canon. The Nikon FE, Pentax K2 and Olympus OM-2n were only apterture priority. Minolta had the great leap forward with the XD-11 which had both aperture and shutter priority with the MD Rokkor lens range in a package that was intuitive to use. Leica used the XD platform for their post Leicaflex R series of cameras. Sadly you can't mount MD Rokkor lenses on the R4,5,6 and 7 models.  If there's one camera system I would recommend if you are on a bit of a bit of a budget is the Minolta XD-7/11, granted the electronics could get flaky but we're talking cameras 40 years and older. That said if you find an fully operational c...
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