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Frogner pavement, Oslo, Norway<br>

Fuji X100</p>

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Oly e3, Summilux 25 1.4</p>

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Frognerparken, Oslo, Norway</p>

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Frognerparken, Oslo, Norway</p>

<p>Taken earlier today:<br>

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Spring in Frognerparken, Oslo, Norway<br>

Olympus E3, Zuiko 50 F2</p>

<p>Kayam: Sorry for the late respons. This weeks photo was taken with an Olympus E-3 and the 14-54 lens. I usually use the Leica Summilux 25..but not this time. I take 50/50 with the m6 and the Oly, but not his time...</p>

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Paradisbukta, Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway</p>

<p>First post in this POTW:<br>

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Olympus E-3, Zuiko 50mm, 800din</p>

<p>Taken earlier this week:<br>

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<p><img src="http://www.hilmersen.net/cmsimple2_4/images/bandacrop-small%20copy.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /><br />Leica M6, Hexanon 50, Tri-x</p>

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Oslo harbour</p>

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Oslo Harbour</p>

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Leica M6, Hexanon 50, Acros 100</p>

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Leica M6, Hexanon 50, Acros 100</p>

<p>Hope the AF is faster than with the Hexar AF ....</p>

<p>Sorry, about the above picture/missing picture...the model objected. Here is a new POW;<br>

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Offshore Grimstad, Norway, Leica M6, Hexanon 50, Tri-x</p>

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Mother and newborn<br>

Olympus E-3, Summilux 25 1,4, 800asa</p>

<p>Nee Sung - that is what I thought! But, now the other responses have saved me a lot of cash...and you are putting bad ideas back into my head. ;-)</p>

<p>Robert Hopper, I have developed all my films up till this November. My problem is not the developing, but the drying. The bathroom, where I used to dry film, is no occupied by baby-baths etc... The rest of the house isn't dustfree enough... (And, I must admit, I do enjoy getting a print for all my pictures...so I can spend more time on scanning and adjusting the best pictures.<br>

Anyway, I think the I'll just keep it - and take some test shots with the M9 this weekend. A selv developed picture: (hexar rf+hexanon 50) - delta 400 I believe<br>

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<p>Steven: I agree with you...but I haven't tried it on an M9. My thought was that if I have to buy a lens to get good results on the m9, I would start with the lens.<br>

Mukul: You are right, off course. But different lenses give different looks...<br>

I will take my lens and a memory card to the store and take some test shots - I guess that will answer my questions. <br>

Today I delivered a tri-x for the development at the minilab. I shot it at 320asa, but gave no instructions - hope that will give me better results than my previous attempt with minilab development (where all tri-x film were too dark). If it works, the need for going digital(*) will go drastically down. In a few years I will hopefully be able to develop my own films again. (* Have a Oly E3...but I am talking about rangefinders)</p>

<p>For now I scan with a coolscan5, but my darkroom is waiting in my storage for an upgrade of my apartment/house. I mostly print 30x45cm. I do use a lot of tri-x in ultrafin plus, - which I absolutely love for 20x30cm blow ups...but is also nice for 30x45. In summer I tend to use acros 100. TriX and ultrafin plus seems to give a true 400 asa, and the grain is nicely controlled. A good scan from acos 100 is really good. Just got a kid, so I will outsource my development for a while, which might lead to dropping TriX for a while (seems like the true asa for the minilab development is around 300 asa).</p>

<p>Found the test at photodo. The Summicron was better, but the summilux was not as good...(not sure which versons)</p>

<p>I keep hearing what Robert says. Presumably the microcontrast is higher on the leica - but not sure, and is it noticable...and if it is, is it allways a good thing? What I love about the hexar is the overall rendering - way better than the other normal lenses I have tried (canon fd50 1.4, summilux 1.4 25 and hasselblad 80) See my homepage (hilmersen.net) for samples of my shooting style...if that matters. <br>

I had the hexar rf - but the rangefinder-prism was chipped/crushed/broken. Loved the camera: much less rangefinder-flare than with the m6. Still have it, so if anybody can repair it, I am listening. (I live in europe/norway).<br>

Personally I don't like the 90, but the 28 and 50 are great. The 28 was sharper than leica at "PHOTODO", but alas I am not at 28mm man... </p>

 

<p>I have the Konica Hexanon 50mm f2. I am actually very pleased with it, but have never tried a Leica lens. What would I gain if I bought a Leica Summicron (latest)? Currently I only have the leica m6, but might buy the m9 in time.</p>

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Leica M6, Hexanon 50</p>