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<p>I have it and it's not my favorite. Too heavy and ergonomically awkward. No image advantage over many non-Leica lenses.</p>

<p>The M is for street (my main subject area) For everything else, I use Nikon FE and other cameras. (The R seems too heavy and expensive.)</p>

<p>Francesca Woodman used a YashicaMat. You can't do the same with a Holga. The blurry images she is known for are due to controlled body movement, not because of a cheap plastic lens. <br>

Any medium format camera that has low shutter speeds and a sharp lens will do the trick - technically. Although I doubt that any imitation would look good.</p>

<p><strong>Here's Adox 20, developed in Adotech:</strong><br>

<img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/adox-pan-700.jpg" alt="" /><br>

A higher rez scan (crop): <a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5358069485_03c9282c95_o.jpg">http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5358069485_03c9282c95_o.jpg</a></p>

<p><img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/ig-800.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Zorki 4K / Jupiter 8<br />Self-portrait, 1975</p>

<p>Hi Bryan,<br>

I understand your reasons very well. In fact, I have gone the same route. Well, almost (I am too lazy to sell any of my digital and MF gear). Now I primarily use a Leica M6 with 50mm Summicron and a 28mm Rokkor and a Contax G2 with the 90mm Zeiss Sonnar. <br>

Get any M you like, they are all good. Breaking free from the digital? Priceless!</p>

<p>Last month I sent a dozen rolls of film to Photothru.com in Michigan for processing / scanning. The box came back to me with the Postmaster's stamp: "Undeliverable. Forwarding information unavailable". <br /><br />As of today the site is still up and running, and you can register for an account. <a href="http://photothru.com/">http://photothru.com/</a> Yet, it does not return any inquiries. <br /><br />Last week I filled out a repair form at Advance Camera Repair Inc. <a href="http://www.advancecamera.com/">www.advancecamera.com</a> in Portland Oregon. Guess what? No response.<br /><br />Being in Japan quite often can't possibly image anything like that in Asia. They will not say, "Call us between 9 and 5 and make sure you speak Japanese." Even though with our weak dollar we are generally small fry for them. <br /><br />If you are out of business, would it take more than 5 minutes to post a notice? It would not kill you to add an autoresponder to handle your email inquiries, would it? Or is it too much to ask?<br /><br />What's going on in America?</p>

<p>My last one as Nikon D300. I have used both film and digital cameras in the past few years with less and less digtal. I hardly touch the DSLR any more.<br>

Shooting a DSRL is quite dull, frankly. Essentially, it's a big cell phone. Secondly, the images from a digital sensor are telephone-like. Perfect for technical documentation - but otherwise too predictable, too uniform.</p>

<p>Bronica RF 645<br>

Automatix exposure, rangerfinder focusing. Fairly small. 16 frames per roll.</p>

<p><img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/case-7.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Hiroshima, Japan - May 2010. Leica Minilux</p>

<p><img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/700-punting.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="533" /><br>

Yanagawa, Japan / Leica Minilux - 2010</p>

<p><strong>Do you have any pictures of reflections?</strong><br>

<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4645973083_3bfed75f74_o.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="490" /><br />Hakata Station - Fukuoka, Japan. May 2010</p>

<p><img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/700-blind-man.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Blind smoker at Muromi subway - Fukuoka, Japan. May 2010. Leica Minilux<br>

<a href="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/700-blind-man.jpg"></a></p>

<p>I don't use caps</p>

<p><img src="http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt271/jobseed/700-rederzvous.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Rendezvous. May 2010 - Fukuoka, Japan<br>

Leica Minilux / Agfa Vista</p>

<p>It might be a valid question for a researher. For personal use, it hardly has any value. You are what you are. Deal with it.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4646605930_d9e50762ca_o.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="491" /><br>

Miyajima, Japan - 15 May 2010</p>

<p>Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know.<br>

-Lao Tzu</p>

<p>Try Photoshop. (e.g. Liquify to fix twisted faces, etc.) You may remove some people or blur certain parts (motion blur, etc). Sometimes, it's just a few touches that save the picture. Lots of work, though.</p>

<p>If I plan to shoot Tri-X at ASA 1600/3200 I mail the film to my location. Post service does not X-ray small packages. <br>

Otherwise, you just carry it in your carry on. Scanners are legally safe up to 400 in USA; 800 in Japan. Europe - depends.<br>

Typically, you need not worry about fog unless you plan to push your film.</p>

<p>Last winter I was shooting in Japan for two month, with a Nikon DSLR. Even though the Japanese are extremely polite, forgiving and patient, you are really pushing it. <br>

It dawns on you when you see other folks loaded with their D700 and MarkII's. For street photography the full frame, 8 frames per second, auto-everything DSLRs are quite obnoxious, frankly. We look and act like guerillas with Bazookas. Even a medium format Rolleiflex is more appropriate (below).<br>

Next week I am flying back to Japan, this time bringing only two film rangefinders. (I wish I could afford the M9).<br>

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<p>Is this Adox Adolux Adotech? 50ml bottle?<br>

I used it a couple times while travelling in Europe. I mixed it in whatever was available, to develop the 35mm Adox 20 I was shooting then. <br>

The negs came out a bit thin. Only after did I read the directions that said it was a one-shot developer. I did all my rolls in the same 1-liter solution, one after another. I do not remember it changed any color. A really non-eventful developer. I suspect you had something added to it, by accident.</p>

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<p>Medium format rangefinders are still heavy. I have a Bronica 645RF but when I travel I usually end up with an old Lubitel 2 TRL wich is 1/3 the weight (made in 1960). Both are for street shooting. For landscapes, I'd probably need nothing else but a pinhole.</p>

<p>D700x is already obsolete since it's a year past its due date.<br>

Wait! And then again.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3733084115_cc2cd36c0c.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="394" /><br>

D300 / Philomath, Oregon / <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3733084115_4256df84e5_o.jpg">Larger </a></p>