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My Second Roll of Adox HR-50 in Uxbridge.

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 After Port Perry, I made my way to Uxbridge which is on the way to the 404 and home. I'm photographing the former York Durham Heritage Railway while I can, the rolling stock and locomotives have been sold. There will be a mechanical restoration to get them ready for transport to their new home.  Adox HR-50 loves bright sunshine, or, at least sunshine filtered though wildfire smoke. I don't see the point of expreimenting with developers, FX-39 works fabulous with this film. I should try HR-50 with waterfalls and see what I can get. One thing I love about this film is how easy it is to shoot with. I struggled with Ferrania P30 and I was never quite happy with Ilford Pan F 50.  Now coupled with my mid 1980s vintage made in Midland 50 F2 Summicron lens, I get even more of a sweet spot with HR-50, the game plan going forward is try it with other cameras, maybe my F4.  Camera: Leica M6 Classic, 50 F2 Summicron Lens (Midland).  Film: Adox HR-50, Adox FX-39 1+9.  ...
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First Roll of Adox HR-50 in Port Perry

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Leica recently introduced a new 50 ISO black and white film, becuase, hey, let's not leave any  money on the table for those buying M-A's, MP's and the revived M6. This is not that film but those speculate what is, Adox HR-50. I grabbed two rolls at Graination prior to the August long weekend, Jo-Anne was up in North Bay visiting family so I did a solo day drip to Port Perry, never been there before.  I don't shoot a lot of film slower than 100 ISO, struggled with Ferrania P30, and only occasionally shot with Pan F. I did a lot of reading on HR-50, Alex Luykx had a great post on his blog on this film   I can't recommend enough before shooting with it. HR-50 has it's own developer but, honestly, FX-39 makes this film sing, and I have a stockpile of FX 39, problem solved. Ironically enough I shot the roll in my Leica M6 Classic.  The results blew me away, no grain to speak of, hence HR (High Resolution) in the HR-50 name, go with the FX-39 1+9 combination. HR-50 l...
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