{"id":248,"date":"2023-09-04T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/?p=248"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:45:33","slug":"going-analog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Going analog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must admit this caught me a bit by surprise as well, but it all happened in December 2020. After spending too much time at home, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia. When I first got into photography, back in 1987 I think, I found my first true love in the used shelves at my local camera shop. It was a Pentax LX. I got two lenses for that one, 35mm f\/2.8 and 100mm f\/2.8 Macro. Both very nice lenses. I used that camera for more than 10 years before I sold it. Anyway, nostalgia hit, and I found a used LX with a 50mm f\/1.4 and a 28mm f\/2.8. This one had the issues almost every LX has. The rubber that dampens the mirror had failed. But I got it fixed, so now it works fine. I also bought some HP5+ and a bottle of Rodinal and went out shooting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230904_190123-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230904_190123-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" style=\"width:330px;height:440px\" width=\"330\" height=\"440\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From this experience I came back with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I truly enjoyed holding an analog camera and shooting film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I love how I have to wait to see the negatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I still hate Rodinal. Did back then, still do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The LX was not all I remembered. Good but no longer the love of my life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20210120_215949-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20210120_215949-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" style=\"width:381px;height:286px\" width=\"381\" height=\"286\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I got hold of a Hasselblad 500C\/M. That was something else. The experience is so different, and I had a lot of fun with it. I must have shot 60-70 rolls with that camera so far. But as good and fun as it is, it is also heavy and cumbersome. This is a camera I most likely will continue to use, but I also needed something lighter and smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20210330_190503-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20210330_190503-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" style=\"width:383px;height:383px\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chance would have it that I found a Konica IIIa from Japan for next to nothing. I started using it, and soon found that I enjoyed to use a range finder. Never tried that before. The Konica has a super nice 48mm f\/2.8 lens, probably the most beautifully rendering lens I have ever used. But that camera is a bit of a hassle. No light meter I can live with, but the shutter button wasn&#8217;t all that reliable, so it was easy to miss a shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" style=\"width:389px;height:292px\" width=\"389\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lentic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/leica-2048x1537.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, at last, I got myself a Leica M6. I have never really lusted for a Leica, so this was a bit surprising to me, but after using the Konica and finding that I enjoyed the range finder, I thought it would be difficult to go wrong with a Leica. And so far that has really been the case. It&#8217;s not as perfect as the fan boys are claiming, but it is a very enjoyable camera to use. It is small and light for a pro film camera. The ergonomics suits me well. I love the light meter. Just the way I want it (almost like my old Pentax MX). But it is the viewfinder that I enjoy most. Imprecise as it is, I find it very &#8220;transparent&#8221; and unobtrusive. It is like it isn&#8217;t there. And also, the focusing patch just felt very natural to me. And I can use it event without correction for my failing eyes. That didn&#8217;t work on SLRs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, for the next year now, it&#8217;ll be Leica and only that. I will miss the Hasselblad, but that would not have been the right camera for this project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why? I must admit this caught me a bit by surprise as well, but it all happened in December 2020. After spending too much time at home, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia. 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