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<p>Nice one Marc. The ads really appeal as I have most of those cameras, a time period that I particularly like. Interesting to see the Minolta A5, as the studio I worked for when I started out, used A5's for the then new candid outside work. The leaf shutters synchronized at higher speeds with electronic flash which we always used as a fill light.</p>

<p>Last one, moored boat...all with the Vollenda and Tmax 400 in ID11 1:1.</p><div></div>

<p>Next.</p><div></div>

<p>Really good character study there Brad, especially that last one. I will post a couple taken with a recently refurbished Kodak Vollenda 620 with an un- coated Tessar lens.</p><div></div>

<p>The J66 and all the early Polaroids are very nicely made, and look really cool too....I hope that you can get it going.</p>

<p>I love the way that you have captured some nice abstracts on the ferry, pin sharp too...great work. I guess that the main thing is that the lens is compatible with the RF on your Fed, sometimes the register is a bit off...not on yours though.<br> That Canon lens is a top performer, I have the Serenar version and it is not as good as that....you have a nice one!<br> As you say, the Feds can be a bit hit and miss, but they can be very good if you find a sound one, then of course it is down to the lens attached to it.</p>

<p>Yes, you can't beat shiny cars pics with B&W film, and you have a great selection here Brad, especially love the first pic. Your Retina does a classy job, and I do like those low angles, very interesting.<br> I like to get low too, but it's not a good look when I try to get back up :) Thanks for the post.</p>

<p>Looks like a very impressive lens, and I really like the fence boards. Maybe that tab is a way to hold a strap? Really not sure about it though.</p>

<p>Interesting pics Lisa, love the woman with the cat! Looking at the skin in a couple of those I would have to agree that he may have used a blue filter as it does enhance skin blemishes and darkens the lips.<br> As mentioned, you can get the same effect with Ortho film, but that may be hard to source these days. Ortho is blind to reds, so skin goes dark, really emphasizing blemishes etc. I believe that Karsch used Ortho for most of his portraits....dramatic, but not always flattering.<br> Colour filters are getting hard to find these days, and a blue filter may not be available new, so try Ebay or similar sites. If you can't find the right size, try a larger one and just hold it over the lens. Blue filters were often used to convert indoor film to be used outside in the sun.</p>

<p>Cheap AND cheerful, can't ask more than that. Good to see a selfie, we might all have to get a selfie stick and do a thread :)<br> Your pics look good, and the mall interior looks pin sharp, so the "basic" lens is a good 'un. The first pic is quite spectacular and you needed that Minolta 300mm for that one.</p>

<p>Thanks Louis, sad to see that....just hope that mine keep going.</p>

<p>Tip of the iceberg....there are so many good folders and you have started well. Slippery slope from now on!</p>

<p>Certainly looks like an Industar....shiny though! Some Industars are quite good, some not so much. I have one that is firmly in the latter category. If it works well, then you have a good shiny user.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone for your positive comments.Bruce, I'm also very partial to the Ultron, hard to find one in Leica mount though. There is the Nokton in LTM, but hugely expensive, and certainly not as good as the early Summilux.<br> Wouter, some people take to RF's like a duck to water, others just don't get it...a case of suck it and see. You can usually pick up the early LTM Bessa R for not much money, a fair bit of plastic, but they do work well.<br> Louis, I didn't know that they were being discontinued. I guess that the lens business is enough. The lenses just get better and better, especially in the build quality. I recently bought the 75mm 1.8 Heliar, and it really has a Leica feel...I guess that the Zeiss part of their business is rubbing off.<br> I think a lot of people are getting older beat up M bodies and attaching CV lenses to them as I have done.</p>

<p>Thanks for looking. All scanned on an Epson V700 photo.</p>

<p>Last one, shot at home in our laundry with really difficult light. These old lenses do shadow detail well, and the Summicron is really good at F2.8.</p><div></div>

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<p>Really this is a test of the "new" APX400 that I received as a freebie from my film supplier. I was a great fan of the original APX100, not so much the 400, so I was a bit interested to see how it went. Trawling the net revealed that this is really not like the original, as they seem to rebadge whatever is available. I really don't know where this emulsion originates, but the packaging looks just like it did back in the nineties.<br> We did a couple of days in the small town of North Durras, about two hours North of here, so I loaded up my Bessa R2A fitted with a vintage Summicron that is contemporary to my Leica M2. I am using the Bessas more frequently these days in preference to the M2 as I'm a great fan of aperture priority metering. I have both the R2A and the R4A, the latter is deigned for lenses as wide as 21mm....very handy. The R2A has frames for 35, 50, 75 and 90....so similar to the M2.<br> I won't bang on about the Bessas, they probably aren't very classic, but the lens is. All the Summicrons are a lovely thing, and this old one is also nice with less contrast than the new versions, but still has a very nice look. The Summicron is definitely one of my all time favorites, along with the Voigtlander Ultron and Zeiss Planar.<br> As for the film, I am not convinced at all. I processed it in D76 1:1, and rated it at iso 320 and developed for 13 minutes. The film looked spot on for density, but the grain is fairly obvious and a bit soft, not like the nice tight grain that I get with Tri-X. Maybe the D76 is to blame for the mushiness, so I will try another with pyrocat. Can't see it replacing Tri-X any time soon though.<br> Still, one of the pleasures of B&W film photography is trying new things....now I have a few rolls of Delta 100 to burn.</p><div></div>

<p>Never owned an XA, but they have a good reputation and quite a following....your pics show the quality that can be had. I actually like a bit of vignetting, and often burn around the edges when I'm printing B&W.</p>