One Camera, One Lens Exercise, Canon Rangefinder Edition

 I had to go downtown back in April to handle some lingering business with mom's estate with the bank, I packed one camera, one lens combo, this time around the Canon 7 with the Canon LTM 36 F1.8 lens. A nice combination for shooting south of St. Clair. For those who can't swing the Leica M mount system, I highly recommend taking a long hard look at the Canon rangefinder system. Some ways the bodies were nicer then Leica M mounts with titanium shutters and an ease of loading like an SLR as opposed to going through the bottom like Leica. 

The Canon Leica Thread Mount (M39) 35 F1.8 is a fun little lens. It pre-dates the LTM 35 F2 lens from the 1960s so it pre dates the 7 rangefinder and is a companion to the P and the VT Deluxe, but I'm a user of the Canon rangefinder system and nowhere an expert, while I have a copy of Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933-1968 by Peter Dechert it's about the cameras much less about the lenses. 

With this roll I also wanted to try Eastman Double X in 510 Pyro, I'm impressed with the results. While D96 is considered the native developer, this Pyro variant does the job nicely with minimum fuss. I overexposed slightly at 200 ISO even and then develop as per 510 Pyro's instructions with called for a presoak, and seven minutes usual agitation at 20c. 

Camera: Canon 7, Canon LTM 35 F1.8 Lens. 

Film: Eastman Double X, 510 Pyro 1+100.