Bill Smith's Photography

  The Junction is always a fun spot for a photo walk and Ryan Ruskey, member of the Toronto Film Shooters took the reigns for the month of May, it's his part of Toronto and better to have someone who lives close by to put the route together.  Lighting could have been better thank you goes to the dismal May weather.  I chose well with Rollei RPX 400 through my Leica M4-2, now with the Light Lens Lab Elcan 50 f2 lens, I can squint and pretend I'm shooting with the super rare KE-7 kit the US Defence Department ordered from Leica Canada in the early 1970s.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Light Lens Lab Elcan 50 F2 lens.  Film: Rollei RPX 400, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 

 Jo-Anne and I went down to Niagara on the Lake a few weeks ago and it was a chance for me to try out the Light Lens Lab Nine Element 28 F2.8 lens, their tribute to the nine element 28 F2.8 Elmarit Leica launched in the 1960s. I am a huge fanboy of the Eight Element 35 F2 and the Elcan 50 F2 lenses Light Lens Lab make, both are tributes to classic Leica M mount lenses that not easy to find and are quite espensive in the collector market (especially the Elcan 50 F2).  What I found is, Light Lens Lab glass loves colour negative film, yes I've shot black and white as well with these leneses but for some reason, colour just pops. Its when you find lenses that work for you, I mean really work for you, its like finding the perfect tool for the job and then some.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Light Lens Lab Nine element  28 F2.8 Lens, Elcan 50 F2 lens.  Film: Fuji Superia 400, processed by Graination Lab.  ...