{"id":30779,"date":"2022-01-23T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T07:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/?p=30779"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:06:46","slug":"analogue-adventures-part-2-first-roll-of-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/analogue-adventures-part-2-first-roll-of-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Analogue Adventures – Part 2: First Roll of Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n
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Leica M6 | Voigtl\u00e4nder VM 35mm 1.2 III | f\/1.2 | Ektar 100 expired | color corrected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In one of my drawers I found two rolls of Ektar 100 from the times a roll was only 8\u20ac. Expired 2015. Not exactly properly stored. So a good opportunity to see if the exposure meter works and where I stand with the rangefinder calibration of this camera.
\nProcessing and scanning was done at urbanfilmlab<\/a> in Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

What lenses to use?<\/h2>\n
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Leica M6 | Voigtl\u00e4nder VM 75mm 1.5 | f\/1.5 | Ektar 100 expired | BW conversion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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But the first question was: which lenses to use with this camera? I cover M-mount lenses from 9mm<\/a> to 135mm<\/a>, but when relying solely on the rangefinder (and I am not ready to deal with external finders yet) it is better to limit this to 28 to 90mm, so these were my options:<\/p>\n

7Artisans 28mm 1.4 FE+<\/a>
\nVoigtl\u00e4nder VM 35mm 1.2 Nokton III<\/a>
\nVoigtl\u00e4nder VM 75mm 1.5 Nokton<\/a>
\nLeica 90mm 2.0 Summicron-M pre-Asph<\/a><\/p>\n

I also have a 50mm 1.1 from a new chinese manufacturer coming, so I may add this to the list as soon as it arrives and if it turns out to be a good lens.<\/p>\n

My sample of the 7Artisans 28mm 1.4 is a very early one and the rangefinder coupling doesn’t work with the M6 (does with the M10 though). It seems 7Artisans revised the design and I hope to get a spare part to fix this, but this is a story for another article.<\/p>\n

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Leica M6 | Voigtl\u00e4nder VM 35mm 1.2 III | f\/1.5 | Ektar 100 expired | color corrected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other three lenses are well calibrated with working infinity hard stop (I checked this on the M10), so I was good to go.<\/p>\n

PS: The MS-Optics lenses 24mm 2.0<\/a> and 50mm 1.0<\/a> both do not even feature a well calibrated infinity hard stop and in addition to that a lot of field curvature, so probably better to keep using them on digital.<\/p>\n

Ektar 100<\/h2>\n

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The Ektar 100 was expired in 2015 and I didn’t store it in a fridge or something like that, so I didn’t really know what to expect at all. Some sources on the internet said it is a good idea to add a stop of exposure for every 10 years the film is expired, so I shot it as ISO 65, which in terms of exposure worked mostly ok.<\/p>\n

The lab I sent the film to (urbanfilmlab<\/a> in Kleve, Germany) sent me the scanned pictures with a note, that the film was either expired or not stored properly (truth: both) and there were some severe color shifts.<\/p>\n