Bill Smith's Photography

 Mid walk back in December  I switched to Eastman XX I usually roll with two rolls of the same emulsion on a photowalk but forgot and only packed the one roll I shot. After developing and scanning the Eastman XX roll, and wow, and I like the results more than Kodak Tri-X. Over the course of the roll we transition from bright light to overcast to downright miserable, the results still delivered.   Like Tri-X, Eastman XX cups after it dries, you can either reverse the film for a week or, flatten with a heavy photography themed coffee table book. I'm willing to put up with that because Eastman XX has a high silver content as a motion picture stock compared to still film.  The other thing with this roll, I got a chance to shoot more with the Light Lens Lab 9 Element 28 F2.8 lens is very fun to shoot with. With the M6 framelines, shooting is really easy, you don't need an external viewfinder.  Camera: Leica M6 Classic, 50 f2 Summicron Lens, Light Lens Lab 9 element 2...

 I stopped by Burlington Camera back on the fall on the way back from Niagara on the Lake, Joan told me she was getting a large Leica collection incoming including a couple of M6 Classics. I asked her to set one aside for me and wasn't too picky either wether it was chrome or black. In the end I went with a very gently used chrome Solms made Leica M6 coupled with a mid 1980s vintage Made in Midland Ontario 50 f2 Summicron.  While not a stranger to M mount Leicas, it took a bit of getting used to having the framelines for 28mm but that changes the framelines for everything else, and introduce some for 75mm which I don't have a lens for, yet. The other thing having an accurate on board meter. Of course I take my new camera out out on the December Toronto Film Shooters photo walk. Once I got used to the on board meter and the frame lines, my M6 was easy to use and enjoyed shooting with it a lot.  Camera" Leica M6 Classic, 50 F2 Summicron Lens.  Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Il...