First Roll of Adox HR-50 in Port Perry

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 loves sunlight, and technically it was a bright sunny day with a diffused hazy sky,  thank you to wildfire smoke. Shot another roll in Uxbridge on the way home, and that will be the next post. 

Port Perry is a cool little town on the shores of Lake Scugog  and it's a lot closer to me than Elora or Niagara on the Lake, perfect for a day trip. I got lucky seeing some pretty cool cars, the gem of the lot being the Porsche 914, you don't see many of those around any more. 



Camera: Leica M6 Classic, 50 F2 Summicron lens (made in Midland Ontario). 

Film: Adox HR-50, FX-39 1+9. 


Porsche 914 1 2025 Porsche 914 2 2025 (2) Pick Up on Queen St. Port Perry 2025 Piano Inn Port Perry 2025 Downtown Port Perry 2025 Queen St. Port Perry 2 2025 North Side of Queen St. Port Perry 2025 Wee Tartan Shop 2025 Queen St. Meets Water St. 2025 Port Perry Marina 2 2025 (2) copy Port Perry Marina 1 2025 copy Port Perry Marina 2 2025 copy Port Perry Marina 3 2025 copy Port Perry Two Ponies 2025 copy Port Perry Farmers Market 2025 Row House Behind the Store in Port Perry 2025 Chevy Nova in Port Perry 2025 Port Perry Former Ice House 2025 Saffron Shawarma 2025 Panorama in downtown Port Perry 2025 Port Perry Architecural detail 2025 Port Perry Pharmacy Corner 2025 Port Perry Lucky Building 2025 Framer's Gallery Building 2025 Traffic on Queen St. in Port Perry 2025 Nexus Coffee 2025 War Memorial Library 2025 Afternoon in Port Perry 2025 Sport Bike in Port Perry 2025 South Side of Queen St. in Port Perry 2025

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