GlennS

Too well defined for a pinhole, and the dark areas are puzzling, why not on all frames? My guess is chemical contamination or air bubbles during development. Your friends darkroom technique may be the problem.

Kathmandu,

Kabul Afghanistan, 1976, Leica 3g 9cm Elmar

I’ve got a couple bulbs that have had something go in the power supply, probably a diode. What they do is flicker at a high rate. The thought occurred that they might be used for interesting strobe effects at longer shutter times. Something to play with when chores are all done. Glenn

Looks like my gallery photos are still there as I can see tiny images. When I try to open one for full size view (they are < 1000 pixels) the system says I do not have permission. What gives? Glenn

I’ve got the dichroic D6-XL, With the head at maximum height 50” above baseboard I get a ~ 30”x24” image with a 150mm lens on 4x5”. A 135mm would better if going big Have never printed larger than 16x20” but have heard of people using front surface mirrors to project the image horizontally for huge prints.. The 50” mentioned above is the distance from baseboard to negative.

I’m with you RR, the XPro series have an almost Leica feel. The direct optical finder is what first attracted my attention. I got one of the first X-100 cameras when they came out and it soon became my daily carry. Before that it had been an M4 or a Barnack. If the XPro had been available would probably have gotten it instead. So far I’ve stayed with X-100 cameras after the original, got an S and presently a V. They’ve gotten progressively more complex and have had to dumb things down to make them useable. Still have all my Leica gear plus a lot of others so probably won’t be in a hurry to get an XPro any time soon. I wouldn’t rule out an XPro 2 if one came at a good price, but feel they messed up the finder on the 3. The wider finder feature was dropped making it not so good for wide angle lenses.

Thanks Joe. Hopefully I won’t have to use your detailed instructions anytime soon. I’ve got three of the beasts, all in good shape.

In 2012 I was returning to Canada from India and had a stopover in London. The next day in security I was selected for swabs of my gear and GC-mass spectrometer analysis for explosives. Before retirement I worked in chemistry research so knew what was going on. Have wondered if the fact my camera bag had a Leica M4 and a bunch of cylinder shaped objects (film cassettes) had anything to do with it. Old film cameras with gears and springs probably look suspicious to a security guard at the X-ray machine who’s used to modern plastic stuff.

https://www.tomsguide.com/buying-guide/best-cloud-storage-for-photos The above link has quite a bit of information for those seeking cloud storage. Glenn

Coffee with friends, PP (pre-pandemic) even got some bunny ears... ;-) M4, 35mm Summilux Arthur, it sounds like you're a keen gardener besides being a photographer. Probably too cool to grow pomegranates on Vancouver island but figs do well here. Take a look in the accessories area of PN for a thread called BIG tripod. It's a view of my mini farm.

Shore temple, Mahabalipuram India, M4, 21mm Super Angulon , Fujipro 400H

M4, 35mm Summilux

X100

Kathmandu, M4, 21mm SA

How about a tutu........ ;-)

X-100S

Delhi, M4, 21mm SA

D800E, 14-24mm

Thanks for sharing your photos everyone. This week a couple from the archives again, this time with a cow theme. Both with the same M4 and 21mm Super Angulon. The first is from Kathmandu, Nepal in 1970. The second is from Mamallapuram, South India in 2012. One lesson I've learned is that when you get a good camera don't trade it for a new floozie with fancy bells and whistles. Arthur, re: your question from last week about my interest in India. I'm one of those people referred to as a Snowbird, we hate the cold and head for warmer climes as winter approaches. Most go to the southern US or Mexico, I chose India and SE Asia. They were warm and living expenses were reasonable, photographic possibilities were exceptional. People loved being photographed and if they saw you had a camera would ask to be photographed. Other photographers have found the country a good place for what I've come to call exotic street, places far from home, H.C.B. and Steve McCurry come to mind. In time I changed location to a warmer area of Canada, (Vancouver Island) and started a new career in oceanography studying how the Pacific was handling green house gases. Work took me all over Pacific and sometimes to places well off the beaten path, best of all I was even paid to do interesting stuff. I stopped to going to India every winter and spent time exploring the Gulf Islands and building a sailboat I hoped would take me to the South Pacific. After retirement have been able to make a couple more visits to the subcontinent, in 2005 visiting the South, an area I'd largely missed before. Last trip (2012) was to revisit old haunts and see friends I'd met in the seventies. Most recently some of my images have been used to illustrate a book on carpet weaving in the Mirzapur area. The present weavers trace their origin to weavers Shah Jahan brought from Persia in the 1600s to make carpets for his palace at Allahabad. When bad weather stopped them on their homeward journey they stayed on and shared their craft. After synthetic indigo was invented in Germany the area lost growing indigo as a cash source and carpet weaving became more prominent. Have been trying to produce a high quality book of the carpet series, but am getting old and slow.... Procrastination day keeps getting postponed..... Glenn Beware the cows..... Think that kick was aimed my way. Too bad Fuji Pro400H has been discontinued, I jokingly call it colour Tri-X..... ;-)

Puducherry, X-100