Some time earlier on this year I borrowed a Zeiss Ikon – the modern M-mount camera often referred to as the “Ikon ZM”. I’ve been fascinated by these cameras for a long time so when the offer of a loan came up, I jumped on it.
Thankfully, for both me and Pete (the guy who loaned it to me), he has quite a large camera collection so hasn’t missed it whilst I’ve been borrowing it for what has become quite an extended period of time. The loan has lasted for this long for a few reasons, one of which has been the also-extended time Leica had my M7 for some minor repairs. I wanted to compare the two cameras more directly for the sake of the Ikon ZM review I’m writing so have been waiting for the M7 to come back.
Additionally to this, I caused myself a bit of a delay in shooting this first roll by making it a roll of Cinestill t800 right at the beginning of the summer. Now I actually quite like Cinestill t800 shot in daylight, but since I don’t buy a lot of it, I much prefer saving it for lower light shooting situations. As it turns out, I didn’t have that many low light shooting opportunities come up over the summer – so the roll ended up lasting quite a long time.
The first outing the camera went on was a wedding between the sister of an old mate of mine named Emma and the bother of old mate-of-a-mate named Will. I shot the wedding digitally and presented them with the photos some months ago now – it’s fair to say they had a bit of a different look to these. The lens used was my now sold Voigtlander 50mm 1.1
The second outing was on a night out with some mates. This first couple of shots are of Tom – he’s the trouble maker that threw the results of my recent poll. The rest of the photos were all taken with the Voigtlander 35mm 1.4 Nokton.
A work night out
Obligatory shot of the daughter, this time with her cousin…
The final shots of the roll were shot on another night out with the trouble maker and a couple of other mates. 
Gianni is as good at pool as he looks in this photo… 
So there you have it. I shall be putting a few more rolls though it fairly soon, not to mention eventually publishing my review on it. Cheers Hamish
You can find my eventual review of the Zeiss Ikon ZM here
10 Comments
jeremy north
September 16, 2015 at 6:55 pmGreat set of pictures Hamish. I much prefer the look of those you shot on the 35/1.4 . However the context and content is different and also I have a penchant for that focal length.
Hamish Gill
September 16, 2015 at 7:02 pmIt’s a great lens that 35mm, I realised the other day I’ve had mine for nearly a decade – thats a long time for a bit of kit me me!
amro
September 16, 2015 at 8:14 pmWonderful photos, as ever. I have this camera – but sadly not the skill or brilliant lenses you have – so my efforts are rather poor in comparison. It’s nice to know what someone with skill can do. Very well done.
Hamish Gill
September 16, 2015 at 9:22 pmThank you very much 🙂
Care to share a link to your own work?
jonasx70
September 16, 2015 at 9:17 pmoh, I’ll be looking forward to the review! the Zimmy seems like an interesting camera 🙂
Hamish Gill
September 16, 2015 at 9:23 pmIt certainly is. Not perfect. But it has many merits!
Alex
September 17, 2015 at 4:35 pmnice set of pictures, really love the tones of Cinestill 800T.
what was the ISO rating for shooting and then developpment?
Hamish Gill
September 17, 2015 at 4:40 pmThey were developed normally. In terms of shot exposure index – most of them were shot manually without really taking much notice of the meter. In low light I just tend to shoot at a wide aperture at 1/60th and cross my fingers.
Gert-Jan Vons
September 17, 2015 at 5:22 pmNot Ziess but Zeiss I presume? (in the title)
Hamish Gill
September 17, 2015 at 7:39 pmWell spotted!