Bill Smith's Photography

 Haven't walked the east end in a while. It is changing, I noticed some bars and restaurants didn't survive Covid times and the spaces haven't been filled. Give it time. Walking with my M3 was like old times, granted having been shooting with the M2 with contemporary shutter speeds had me spoiled my M3 has the old style ones like 1/100 of s second instead of 1/125 and on down. Can't remember the term off hand but, it makes things interesting.  I have to get this M3 in for service, it's been 15 years since it was last looked at by a pro and a little preventative maintainence is a good thing.  Camera: Leica M3 DS, 50 F2 Collapsible Summicron Lens.  Film: Ilford FP4, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

 Part of getting my gear out of storage was to use it. I became part of a mid week photowalk group and we walked from The Rooster Cafe on Broadview in Riverdale and we walked through Chinatown East and Leslieville/Little India.  My M3 was like revisiting an old family member, that said, it's due for a CLA. the film advance felt nowhere near as silky as my recently serviced M2. The M3 needs a trip up to Halton Camera, the big question is when. The camera is shootable, it just felt it was due for some love, oddly enough the tech who worked my M2 was mentored by the tech who last worked on my M3.  That said it still delivered decent photos.  Camera: Leica M3 Dual Stroke, 50 F2 Collapsible Summircon lens.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31.