5 (4 underexposed) frames with a Leica M-A and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1

By Hamish Gill

Ok, I’m cheating, this isn’t 5 frames it’s 4. But I only took 4, and they make a nice set… These were taken last summer in a bar in Waterloo at a Beers & Cameras meetup with my Leica M-A and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1. I was quite drunk, and afterwards forgot I’d shot these. I assume my intention was to push the film, I’m not sure I did. One way or another they came out woefully underexposed. Still, with some careful scanning, and a fairly heavy dose of tweaking in Lightroom I managed to retrieve something of a picture from the very thin Ilford HP5+ negs.

A success? Perhaps not, but I’m not sure I would write them off entirely. If nothing else, they speak volumes about the ability of HP5+ to withstand even the heavy volumes of Whisky I imbibed that most enjoyable evening… The amusing thing is, two of these people are portrait photographers, one of them recently featured in BJP…

Adam
Adam
Robert
Robert
Spyros
Spyros
Julian
Julian

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By Hamish Gill
I started taking photos at the age of 9. Since then I've taken photos for a hobby, sold cameras for a living, and for a little more than decade I've been a professional photographer and, of course, weekly contributor to 35mmc.
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John Lockwood on 5 (4 underexposed) frames with a Leica M-A and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1

Comment posted: 18/01/2018

Maybe this is why Bruce Gilden assaults people with strobe? You can trust you'll get an image with a wide angle and hyperfocal focusing. I know, it's a mood killer and SO not cool...???? Did you get rid of your M4-P after getting the M-A? Would love to hear your thoughts.
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 18/01/2018

I did... but I bought another... Make of that what you will ;) I shall have something to say about my new one soon

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