Bill Smith's Photography

 The post begins and ends at the same intersection. Purists are going to go nuts that someone would use a non Leica lens on a Leica M body in this case an M-39 Canon 50 F1.8 lens that would have been at home on either a Canon P or a 7 in the 1960s. I love Leica Screw Mount Canon glass, would love to find a Nikkor H.C. 50 F2 lens at some point. Going with just one lens and camera shooting reduced decision making.  The film of choice was Fomapan 400 because I was looking for some retro goodness to channel the streetscapes both Friday afternoon with the contrasty November sunshine and Sunday with the dismal dirty white T-shirt left in the Line One Subway tunnel just north of Eglington Station skies. Finally got around to rolling some more up from my bulk roll for future weekends.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Canon LTM 50 F1.8 lens.  Film: Fomapan 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

Just out for another walk....... Kosmo Mono 100 is a great film for sunny days, Kosmo Foto still has a pile available for sale in 120 . Sadly they are out of 35mm at the moment, and I don't know when they are going to take delivery of fresh stock. I'm lucky I have a local source for this film. Anything shipping internationally is going to take its time and the long way around to where you are. Canon P Rangefinder Camera: Caon 50 f1.8 LTM lens. Film: Kosmo Mono 100, Rodinal 1+50.

One camera, one lens, well that describes most of my TLR's save for the Mamiya C220f, the Canon P was one of those purchases I was glad I did. I tried to like Barnack Leicas but the bottom loading was too much a test of my sanity. The Canon rangefinders of the later 1950s and '60s were everyone's dream Leica Threadmount camera. You can load it like an SLR, believe me, that's a great thing. Using the P is pretty straightforward if you are used to shooting a Leica M, Zeiss M or a Voightlander Bessa R. Compact and quiet, you can almost use this as a travel camera if you want to travel really light with just a 50mm lens. Well I'm not traveling very far, just my walks around Southeast Oakville during The Great Shutdown. Camera: Canon P Rangefinder, 50 f1.8 Canon Leica Thread Mount lens. Film: Kosmo Mono 100, Rodinal 1+50.

Queen St. West, a street both timeless, yet evolved beyond all recognition at the same time.... Camera: Leica M4-2, Canon 50 f1.8 LTM lens. Film: Rollei RPX 400, HC110 B.