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The Sunny 16 rule is based on what you would expect using an incident meter. There are folks out there shooting old camera's without light meters. Leica's latest film model is without a light meter just because there are people who do not want a meter for various reasons.

Ansel Adams has a paragraph in his book "The Negative" about estimating exposure on page 39.. In fact he said that his photo "Moonrise, Hernandez, NM was shot without a light meter because he could not find it quickly. He calculated his exposure from moon brightness. I use a meter but if an old Leica came to me at a good price I would buy it and shoot it without a meter. Not likely that will happen around my area.

Well I do not take that many photos myself. About a roll a week is all.

I thought the topic was about how old your gear is. Anyway my stuff is old and I worry about it to some degree. The choice of shooting many photos or just a couple is just up to the camera holder. It's your photos and you just do what you wish to do.

Hiking about at Pinnacles National Park with the Grandkids. This is a homestead from back in the day. The folks had a blacksmithing thing going on and must have been tough as nails to live out there. Even now the old place is 30 miles from town. People do not usually hike out that way actually. This weekend the park will be at capacity and just a handfull of people will walk over to the homestead. I will be working in my volunteer job out there tomorow which is a free day at all National Parks. HP5 at 400 and HC110 5min 1+31.

Lot's of people with you-tube video's for wet plates. I watched one a couple years ago and a guy had a van similar to a UPS van with a darkroom and necessary set up to take wet plate photos in the field. He would coat the plates in the van and then develop after his shot. It appeared to be an awesome and expensive hobby.

I will posts pictures and such. Availability they say will be next week. Thanks for your interest.

I suppose but they are known as Ki....er whales. But i was just a guy with a borrowed leica..i did like the camera and after 40 years of thinking about them i am going to buy an MP. I think silver but bh photo is out of stock.

Same camera and film as above. A big whale at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I buy an annual pass each year to support them but just visit once a year. because parking is to hard.

My son's Leica M6 with HP5 at 800 and HC110 for 7.5min.

I shoot a roll of film every week on average. My 2 camera's are about 20 years old is all.

I had a SRT for a while. I thought it was an excellent camera but it wound up moving on down the road in a closet cleaning thing..

My latest attempt with HC110. I am satisfied I have a good system using the developer. This is HP5 at 800 and HC110 B dilution for 7.5min. I am using the twiddle stick instead of invert and turn. I thought one I did not need to spend time compressing the lid on and also the twiddle stick is completely controllable as far as agitation goes. Anyway I am going to just shoot HP5 at 800 for a while until I feel that I have it down and then I will move on to other things. I have a bunch of Tri-X and Acros in MF and I want to use the system for that also.. My data comes from the Illford site for HP5. They are nice enough to include data for Kodak along with their own. So now I only need 9ml of developer for a single roll of 35mm. Just dilute with each roll. I bought a baby feeding syringe at the drug store which lets me aspirate an exact amount of HC110. Anyway just a snapshot of a statue in the back yard. Grain and sharpness observation was my goal.

Experimenting with HC110. Probably a bad idea to experiment with a new developer and then use a red filter. Anyway it's kind of prehistoric looking I suppose. I do not know the old couple and was just taking a snap. My problem with HC110 is to much grain. This one was B dilution for 5 min. Tri-X at 400. Pinnacles National Park. I use the red filter out there a lot because everything has the same shade of grey and the photos are boring. The red is pretty good as the rocks have a lot of red in them and it works out. No tripod. On Sunday I actually saw a guy hiking around with a Fuji 6x8 studio camera. I chatted with him and he said it weighed 15lbs. He said his Hassy broke and the Fuji was only $200.00 so he figured he should just tote it around. He had a nice carbon tripod. It's been years since I have seen a tripod in the High Peaks or a big camera of any type. Because of the red filter and I had to shoot at f5.6 is why the rocks are not in focus.

I seem to hover around 1/60th a lot using filters in daylight. Of course it depends on which one or combination. For landscapes I tend to shoot at f22 with the Mamiya which certainly takes a bite out of your shutter speed.

Thank you for your comment. Stacking 2 filters is a good thing but I must admit that my wife gets a bit bored while I fiddle around. I forgot my tripod quick release yesterday is the reason I shot at 800. Just to get the shutter speed up.

One more shot. Same roll.

Hiking around Point Lobos today. 120 Tri-x at 800 in D76 1:1 for 12 min. Yellow #8 with Circular polarizer

I think the film will be popular among those that shoot e6. I guess its tied to the super 8 project and have no clue about that film and the market. I am going to skip it all myself. If super 8 is suitable for the movie industry i will be happy to go check it out if the movie appeals.

I doubt its a film vs digital thing anyway. Someone that would consider this is a serious film person already. However its not for me, i am not buying a jobo either. I shoot a roll of b/w every week and am doing well with my patterson tank. If you can develop e6 in the machine it would seem kind of awesome for someone with a budget and need for a volume of e6

My son bought a Leica M6 from Bellamy Hunt this year and it's a beautiful camera and works as new. The transaction went off without a hitch. I have used it some and I think it is awesome. No experience with the M5.

I bought the Olympus OMD EM5 back when it was the new camera on the block. I was using a flip-phone and wanted it for travel as we were going on vacation. So I bought it and used it. Pictures are very sharp and colors look good. In the camera store the EVF seemed nice but later I found that it does not work with prescription sunglasses and so I have to remove my glasses to shoot and then I cannot see the menu's. Over time I just quit using the EVF. I used the camera last week as the Grandkids were over and I exhausted both batteries with about 50 photos using the live view to shoot. Because of the battery life, inability to use the EVF and inability to see the live view in sunlight I do not actually take it anywhere and just use it around the house. The video has no input jacks for audio or headphones. I mostly using it with a Panasonic 25mm f1.7 lens. Anyway I feel that I wasted a pile of money on it as I felt after buying the D200 before that. Mostly I use my cell phone for digital photos as the picture quality is just as good and I have it with me all the time. For a hobby I am shooting Tri-X in 35mm and MF and am enjoying that quite a bit. I hiked for 6 hours at Pinnacles National Park yesterday and took my 35mm with a red filter and a 2 stop ND grad. film is drying as we speak and I am excited with how they look. Also some photos of my 3y/o Grandson on his birthday a couple days ago. There is a you tuber guy called Peter Gregg and he is all about the Panasonic G5. He say's it's the best camera for video and one of the best for stills. If I was going to purchase a digital camera which I am not it would be the Canon D80. The optical viewfinder is something I can use and it apparently is excellent with video but only 1080. "No 4K for you" as Peter Gregg says quite charmingly. Good luck with your Panasonic gear. I imagine it is top tech in camera's.

Back when we still had some labs around I used to shoot XP2 and the Kodak version. However once the labs all shut down I decided to start developing film myself and that has worked out well. HP5 and Tri-X are the usual films that I shoot.. I did like XP2 however.

I have not seen one myself. Most likely never will given there are no camera stores about. However I am sure it's a great camera especially if you wish to have a fast operating camera. However It is not a camera that I would purchase because of the weight. Anyway it's a very nice camera but no thanks. . .

Nico's Photography show on you-tube did a review on that camera about 4 months ago. I have no experience with it myself.