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Well, as to what diopter to actually select if your prescription is -1 then generally yes you use a -1 diopter IF YOU ARE NOT USING GLASSES. If using glasses you may need a +1 to bring everything back to zero. Your best bet: try various reading glasses first to see what helps you see correctly in the viewfinder. Then search out that diopter.

I bought an M10 and like it, but use it to make photos as I have some good Leica glass. When I see products like this, it really makes me wonder if I made the right choice diving all-in to Leica. It's as if there is a race on to see if they can produce the most handicapped digital camera on earth and make it more difficult to actually USE the equipment. I see too much worry about top plate engravings, red plastic dots, and being oh-so-retro without a screen. But....I am apparently not their target market, and I am sure this model will sell like hotcakes. Just not to me.

Yep looks just like what I remembered about this film. Not my cup of tea, but hey, to each his own.

<p>A December'ish image. Playing with a Tele-Elmar on Visoflex, Leica M3.</p><div></div>

I bought a 50mm DR Summicron from them in Bargain condition. It was cosmetically like new because it appeared to have lived its life in a cabinet. However it clearly needed service due to dried out lubricants. I kept it as it was the cleanest and nicest Leitz glass from that era I have ever seen. Bargain grade can be hit and miss but the return policy can't be beat. Just keep in mind you may need to service the M3.

Ye gods that was my most hated film and I tried many. Can't imagine the base fog 10 years after expiration date. And Rodinal should give you an interesting and grainy image . Might be a cool effect. But to contribute something positive, you should be able to use it for intended results (practice). Forget about the safe light as has been noted. I have tried it in the past on other films and it takes a really developed skill to tell anything. Follow advice above.

<p>From a trip to Nairn, Scotland some time back....</p><div></div>

<p>Very lovely imagery Giovanni!! I particularly like the symmetry and color of your first image.</p>

Aha! That will surely cause a problem. Tell the seller to send you a real and complete A12 film back.

As Charles says be sure your film back is loaded correctly. Specifically ensure the film slides under the tab that is operated by the open/close key on the side of the film back. When you load the film you slide the paper leader under this tab. Can't imagine what else it would be unless your rear baffles are a little slow and somehow distorting the light path by getting partially in the way at some part of the exposure. Maybe, maybe not. Check the film loading first.

<p>Uploading this image for viewing ease.</p><div></div>

<p>Awning at the local bowling alley</p><div></div>

<p>An interesting old GMC in a local junkyard taken with Hasselblad SWC/M on 4o0TMY and processed in Xtol.</p><div></div>

<p>I have always been a user of 220 film in my Hasselblad and Mamiya equipment. I do shoot a lot of travel images and when I am at a location I take a lot of images. Therefore I burn a lot of film. I have always processed and printed my color images (C-41 and RA-4) having been a professional color printer back in the day. I bought a chest freezer of Kodak 160 Vivid and dialed everything in beautifully. I have used the Kodak portra films in 400 and 160 and they are fabulous. In the darkroom, I can process two rolls of 220 in my setup or two rolls of 120 at one time. Obviously more productive to process 220. Also when I was photographing in the middle east (Iraq, Kuwait, Emirates) not having to reload film quite so often was a plus. Then I was smitten by a Nikon D700 although lately I am back to shooting film.<br> I miss Tri x 320 Professional in 220......(sigh) although for black and white, 120 is more appropriate as of course processing can be tweaked for optimal control.</p>

<p>Jose Angel, excellent black and white. What film, what recipe for development did you use?</p>

<p>At the risk of driving the moderator mad, I will upload my South Carolina gas station image.</p><div></div>

<p>Colorado storm image. Sorry, been a while since I uploaded to Photo net....</p><div></div>

<p>Probably adding too many shots here, just proving it is still possible to take photographs with film. Hasselblad SWC/M with 38mm Biogon</p><div></div>

<p>Colorado Storm, Hasselblad 500 C/M, 180mm Sonnar</p>

<p>Office Building, Denver, Colorado, Mamiya 7II with 50mm lens</p><div></div>

<p>Holiness church, Hasselblad SWC/M, 38mm Biogon, TMY 400</p><div></div>