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First Roll of Adox HR-50 in Port Perry

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Leica recently introduced a new 50 ISO black and white film, becuase, hey, let's not leave any  money on the table for those buying M-A's, MP's and the revived M6. This is not that film but those speculate what is, Adox HR-50. I grabbed two rolls at Graination prior to the August long weekend, Jo-Anne was up in North Bay visiting family so I did a solo day drip to Port Perry, never been there before.  I don't shoot a lot of film slower than 100 ISO, struggled with Ferrania P30, and only occasionally shot with Pan F. I did a lot of reading on HR-50, Alex Luykx had a great post on his blog on this film   I can't recommend enough before shooting with it. HR-50 has it's own developer but, honestly, FX-39 makes this film sing, and I have a stockpile of FX 39, problem solved. Ironically enough I shot the roll in my Leica M6 Classic.  The results blew me away, no grain to speak of, hence HR (High Resolution) in the HR-50 name, go with the FX-39 1+9 combination. HR-50 l...

Street Fest Part of Beaches Jazz Fest Toronto Camera Club Photo Walk.

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Street Fest part of the month long Beaches Jazz Festival is an amazing opportunity for street photography, granted a few things to consider, eat dinner early because every patio along Queen Street East was slammed with patrons.  We started at Queen and Woodbine with Samba Squad and the group split up around Ivan Forest Gardens due to the crowds and the heat as the city was under a head advisory for the month. I finished the roll and double back to Woodbine along the lake to catch the bus home.  Camera: Nikon F100, Nikon AFS 50 F1.8 G Lens.  Film: Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 1600, Ilfotec HC 1+15.