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Here are some snapshots I took at Houston Street and the Bowery. This place is pretty interesting. All photos were taken with he Bessa R3a with a 15mm Cosina/Voigtlander lens using Koday Tri-X film.

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This lens is incredibly wide, but it does not couple with the rangefinder. You therefore have to guestimate. In practice this isn't a big deal. The lens is so wide that its depth of field is huge. At f16, if you set the lens at hyperfocal length, you don't even have to focus.

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Note the shadow detail here. This is good example of why Tri-X film was so popular. I think I prefer Tri-X to T-Max. T-Max is technically probably a better emulsion, but I have to say that I think it produces negatives that are too contrasty.

- posted by Base10 @ 11:31 AM