Bill Smith's Photography

I dry ran a photo walk and I ran with my Leica M6 with the made in Midland 50 F2 Summicron, 90 F2.8 APO Skopar from Voigtlander and the 9 element 28 F2.8 from Light Lens Labs. It was a bright sunny day which made for too contrasty conditions. While I love Adox CHS 100 II, I should have ran with Ilford FP4 this day.  Leica M6, M mount Lenses.  Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX-39 II 1+9. 

 We got a ton of snow this past February, over the course of a few days I shot a roll of Adox CHS 100 II through one of my OM-1md's, and I wanted to use my chrome nose S Zuiko 50 F1.4 lens. While we got more light last month, maybe rolling with Adox CHS 100 II was a bit optimistic in terms of film choice, that said I enjoyed shooting with it. I'll be shooting more with this film in May when there are more sunny days.  The other thing I wanted to shoot with the S Zuiko 50 F1.4 chrome nose lens, which for those outside Olympus world is an earlier production with single lens coating. If you're after a vintage look either with black and white or colour the S Zuiko 50 F1.4 lens. I thought the lens needed a clean but I wanted to shoot a roll to confirm, I think its fine, I'll probably shoot another roll to confirm down the road.  Camera: Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko S 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX-39 1+9.  ...