Bill Smith's Photography

 I went for a walk on a Wednesday over a month ago from my place, down Mount Pleasant Road to Moore Park, eventually winding up at the Don Valley Brickworks by way of the Beltline Trail along Mud Creek.  The gear choice was kept simple, a Canon 7s Rangefinder, Canon 50 F1.4 aka, the Japanese Summilux Leica thread mount lens and Ilford FP4 125, a great trifecta. The walk down to the Brickworks was before the heat waves and wildfire smoke advisories, perfect Summer weather.  Camera: Canon 7s, Canon 50 F1.4 LTM (the Japanese Summilux) Lens.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

  Finally picked up a Canon 7 Rangefinder to go with my P (Populiare) and my modest screwmount lens kit.  Everyone's first thought is, why not get a Nikon SP rangefinder. Well, SP's aren't cheap and this Canon 7 clocked in at about $300 delivered to my door. It was in great shape, the meter even works and is pretty accurage for a 60 year old selenium meter which usually is dead on arrival. The ergonomics are pretty intuitive, you can switch the frame lines via a dial on top and the really the only drawback is the lack of a hot shoe. Canon ran with a rather unique attachment for a flash that was on the left side of the camera.  All that aside the camera is a dream to shoot with, and you have access to all that Leica screw mount glass floating around out there without having a nervous break down trying to load a Barnack Leica.  I chose a roll of Kosmo Mono 100 and decided to give FX-39 a try as a developer, wow, I got contrasty negs. have a few year I want to print at ...