Film is an old friend, and we have reunited. It’s been a work in progress — cataloging my collection of cameras and lenses, updating the darkroom, and practicing with old, outdated film. It was time to take it up a notch.
A fresh roll of Kodak Ektar 100, my 1952 Leica IIIf Rangefinder, and a Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM — the “Japanese Summilux” — a long way from the Pentax K1000 that photographed this same park almost 35 years ago.
I’ve been chasing this camera for a while. Robert Frank carried the same body across the US in the 1950s — the trip that inspired the Middle Ground journey I’ll be taking in a few months. He had a Nikon 50mm on his. The Canon performs just as well. These images have the feel that only film can bring. A small, inconspicuous body that will quickly earn its place alongside the Rolleiflex 3.5F and Hasselblad 500c as a film favorite.
Metered with LightMeter Pro. Developed in my studio darkroom on a Jobo CPP3.
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