Bill Smith's Photography

 I should have read the date more closely, Toronto Photowalks had a great walk planned from Roncesvalles and Dundas into Parkdale, well, I was two weeks early. Not a loss, I enjoyed my Americano at AM Coffee on Dundas and then just walked east to Bathurst. Thankfully I chose my Leica M2 and Light Lens Labs 35 F2 lens and ran with Rollei RPX 100.  If you were to ask me what film I love, Rollei RPX 100 is up there, run it through a camera with a classic lens design and you get magic. That reminds me, I'm going need to buy another brick of RPX 100 and it's faster stablemate RPX 400. Both films sing in Rollei Supergrain developer.  Camera: Leica M2, Light Lens Labs Eight Element 35 F2 lens.  Film: Rollei RPX 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 

 I should never be left unsupervised at Burlington Camera's used counter. I went to there with my friend Art Liem, a brother from another family thinking, yeah maybe grab a lens and accessories, but walked away with an early production Leica M5 recent overhauled by DAG Camera Repair. I'm really happey with my purchase and when I got back home, put one of Whitney Weaving's hand woven camera straps .  For those not familiar, the Leica M5 replaced the M4 that was the ended the line that goes all away back to the M3. The M5 was the great leap forward with TTL metering and a great oversized shutter speed dial that was easy to use. Sadly the M5 was a sales dud, first off it was expensive compared the recently introduced Nikon F2 and Canon F-1 which were the two choices for working pro photographers and every bit as well built. Leica enthusiasts HATED the M5 because it didnt' look like the M4, which resulted in only 33 thousand units sold. Along with the Leicaflex SL2, had two...