Bill Smith's Photography

 Wandered down into Davisville Village along Yonge Steet a few weeks ago, been a while since I used my Leica IIIG which is the most usable of Barnack era screwmounts. Yes loading is still a pain in the ass, but the viewfinder had frames for both 50 and 90mm lenses and is much bigger than the IIIf.  This roll is one of those "one lens and body" exercise and believe me, sometimes you just want to simplify things. Worked for Henri Cartier Bresson.  I wasn't happy with the scans on this roll,  Hammrick Software pushed out a recent update for Vuescan, usually thing are great, that said, every once in a while, the update goes off into the weeds. These were the best case scenario. In the end, I'm keeping Vuescan for document scanning, which I do a fair amount of and software works great for that. I wound up downloading Silverfast 9 and at the start of a long journey to master it.  Camera: Leica IIIG, Voigtlander 50 F2.5 Color Skopar lens.  Film: ORWO UN 54, Ilfote...

 The walk route in Hamilton was straight down James St. and it crosses Hamilton from the North End which has become a locus of cool and when you start to cross the city, you see poverty, Crossing King St. at Jackson Square we came across a monthly pop up food bank which had a line up in the thousands, that's an eye opener. Toronto has poverty, but its spread out in smaller pockets. Hamilton, it's in your face. You could say it's the echos of the old industrial collapse of 20 years ago, and Hamilton being now a healthcare, education and food processing hub has a population hasn't or can't pivot to the new economy.  The second roll is Kodak Gold 200, I should shoot this film more, it really works well with the 50 f2.5 Color Skopar lens. I struggled loading the second roll of Pro Image 100, which was annoying, I'm getting pretty good loading Barnack Leicas, they can still be finicky to load. I got the roll of Gold 200 loaded and here we are.  Camera: Leica IIIg, Vo...

  Just like that, I'm back and I got my scanning workflow up and running. More content is coming soon, be patient. In the meantime, from a month ago from the Toronto Film Shooters trip out to Hamilton. Alex Luykx put the walk together which was great because I was running ragged getting ready for my move into the city.  It's been a while since I was last in Hamilton and it was my first time taking the GO Train to West Harbour  GO Station in Hamilton's North End across the street from the old CN Station which is now an event space owned LIUNA. It was a great group of photographers who showed up, some having gone to school in Hamilton.  I ran with my Leica IIIg and Voigtlander 50 F2.5 Color Skopar Lens, great for shooting with C-41 film. Mix of sun and cloud through me off. I got better as I went along. I love the Color Skopar lens. I've shoot black and white film through it, now colour, the lens doesn't deserve the reputation it originally had when released over 20 y...