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My Leica M3 Returns

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 My Leica M3 went off for a much needed service, nothing was broken, it was last touched by a repair tech 15 years ago.  This time around it was preventative, a good clean, get the speeds adjusted and the lubricants replaced. Took longer than planned, in terms of logistics with the tech anything that could go wrong,  went wrong on an epic level. Nothing wrong with the camera, the tech did a great job and I would gladly continue to send my Leica rangefinder cameras, because said logistic snafu got solved so we're back to a four week turn around.  Well, lets load some film, in this case Kodak Pro Image 100 and put my Zeiss Sonnar 50 F1.5 Lens, a magical pairing, witnessed. The M3 is native for the 50mm focal length but you could shoot the 40 F1.4 Nokton Classic as well without an accessory viewfinder. I went down to Dundas West/Ossington Village and Trinity Bellwoods to give the M3 a workout.  The results blew my mind, the M3 is smoother than butter and the 50 F1....
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Another Walk Down to the Brickworks.

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 One August Wednesday I decided to do another walk down to the Brickworks from home. Instead of doing the Mud Creek Ravine Belt Line Trail, I cut through Moore Park and Rosedale and took the trail from Chorely Park down to the Brickworks below.  I chose to shoot Ados CHS 100 II, a great film throgh my Leica R6, it reminds me of Efke 100 from Croatia but with better queality control. I hope it's back in stock soon. At the moment it's only available at Fotoimpex's Berlin retail store, everywhere else, out of stock. I'll have to be selective when I shoot CHS 100 II until inventory with local retailers improves. The R lenses, rendered this film well espeically with the Brickworks Flower in the window and the early 1970s Corvette in Moore Park (whcih was blue btw).  Camera: Leica R6, 3 Cam Leica R lenses.  Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX39 1+9.  ...
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