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The March Toronto Film Shooters Photo Walk Part One

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 The March photo walk had a decent turn out, the route is simple, we started at Graination Lab, made our way north along Spadina to Willocks. We then went east into the heart of University of Toronto St. George campus.  I chose the Leica R6 and ran with the three lens kit. The 90 F2.8 Elmarit lens didn't really get used, I ran with the 50 F2 Summicron and the 28 F2.8 Elmarit. I was also in a black and white mood and found Rollei RPX 400 perfect for the walk, it worked great from the Riverside to Corktown back to Riverside walk two weeks before.  With the R6 I mostly metered with their Full Field Integral Mode, sort of Leica's answer to Nikon Matrix Metering. I'm leveraging this on overcast days when the light is less contrasty. On sunny days, I prefer the spot metering for a more accurate reading.  Camera: Leica R6, Leica 3 50 F2 Summicron, 28 F2.8 Elmarit Lenses.  Film: Rollei RPX 400, Rollei Supergrain 1+15.  ...
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Toronto Photo Walks Riverside-Corktown Photo Walk March 2026 Part Two

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 I know the snob segment of the Leica rangefinder community look down on third party glass, Light Lens Labs, makes great lenses. Voigtlander has made M mount lenses since the very late 1990s and I'm blown away with the results from 28 F2.8 Color Skopar and the 90 F2.8 APO-Skopar lenses. The reason why I picked up the 28 F2.8 Color Skopar because I can't use the Light Lens Lab 9 element 28 F2.8 "Elmarit", bad things would happen as in you demolish the meter sensor. You don't have that problem with the Color Skopar lens. I reserve the Light lens Labs 28 for my M6 and use the Voigtlander on my M2 and M5, the M4-2 is neutral ground.  My 28 F2.8 Color Skopar is great for street work and architecture. The 90 F2.8 APO-Skopar is a short-sh telephoto lens, a lower cost alternative to the 90 F2.8 Elmarit. The construction is solid and the one frame I did shoot on this series was nice and sharp, I think I was around F8 in aperture. I need to try that lens for portraiture and...
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