Still getting used to the Voigtlander Helios 15mm f4.5 Superwide angle lens, shot here with my 1930’s vintage Leica IIIa 35mm rangefinder body. I love what it does with the entrance an old train station (now a liquor store) near Yonge and Summerhill in Toronto, taken on a bitterly cold Saturday morning recently.
Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helios 15mm/4.5 lens
Tri-X, developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 16 minutes @ 20 C
An abandoned shopping cart is not that uncommon a sight in a large city, but I liked what the combination of the morning sunshine and the extreme wide-angle perspective did to it.
Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helio 15mm/4.5 lens,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 for 16 minutes @ 20 C
I love photo gear that imparts character to images, and this is one area where vintage film gear beats digital. This image was taken with an old Soviet-era Zenit 3M SLR, and a 58mm f2 Helios 44/2 lens. A Russian copy of the Zeiss Biotar lens, when stopped down to a small aperture it is quite sharp, but when used wide open (as it was in this image of my friend and fellow film fanatic Ori) you can get an amazing “Swirl” in the out of focus areas, especially away from the centre of the frame.
Zenit 3M SLR, Helios 44/2 58mm/f2 lens
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100,16 minutes
I recently got an Industar 61 L/D lens. This 53mm f2.8 Leica Screw mount lens dates from Soviet Russia, I think my copy is 70’s vintage. The L/D designation means that the lens glass contains radioactive Lanthanum!
Voigtlander Bessa R, 53mm/2.8 Industar 61/LD Lens
Tri-X, developed in Pyrocat HD,1+1+100,
15 minutes @ 20 C
This image of a lonely tree stump was taken in Taylor Creek Park, using a Voigtlander Bessa L 35mm camera and 15mm/4.5 Heliar super wide angle lens. I loved the textures at this spot!.
Bessa L, 15mm/4.5 Voigtlander Heliar, Svema Foto 200 film
developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 15.5 minutes @ 20 C
My first post from 2015, with an image from one of my last rolls of 2014: I saw the ups and downs of the fence, against an eternally flat horizon.
Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 15.5 minutes @ 20 C
This image was created using my Bessa R 35mm rangefinder and Soviet era Industar 61 L/D 55mm f2.8 lens. Still dialling in the focus.
The view of the Rockies from the Banff Spring Hotel never failed to take my breath away on a recent trip.
Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm rangefinder camera,
35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Color Skopar lens,
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
As much as I love the natural splender of Banff, from an architectural point of view, the Banff Springs hotel is quite something. This glass-walled room in particular is incredible!
Voigltander Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Color Skopar Lens
Tri-X @ EI 3200semi-stand developed in Rodinal,
1+100 for 2 hours @ 20 C (gentle agitation every 30 minutes)
I was lucky enough to be in Banff for meetings this past week, and I had a bit of time for some photography. The views from the Banff Springs Hotel are incredible.
Zorki 4 35mm rangefinder camera, 50mm/2 Jupiter 8 lens
Svema Foto 200 film developed in Ilfotec DD-X
8.5 minutes @ 20 C
My Third Eye 