I pulled out an old favourite to shoot with before last week's Reputation Management class at Ryerson. I packed my Nikkormat FTN because I know it would work flawlessly in the cold. I used Tri-X rated at 1600 ISO and processed in Diafine. I really have to find out how long that developer lasts. Metering was touch and go as the battery decided after three years to start to fail on me. Lucky guesses help out.
Second Roll of Aerocolor IV (Flic Film Elektra 100)
I bought a bunch of Flic Film Elektra 100 after shooting a roll of Santa Color 100 late last fall down in Niagara on the Lake with my good Canon New F-1. I packed a two rolls gifting one roll to my brother Alex before heading south on vacation for a week. This time around my second adventure of Kodak Aero Color IV at a different time of the year. Again, I shot at "box speed" at 100 ISO only this time through my Nikon F3/T. This time I loved the results even more, not just because it went through a different camera system. I think back late last November there was more infrared light in the spectrum due the time of year thus influencing the colour cast of the Aero Color 1V. Shooting the second roll in late March gave me a lot more the look I adored. Due to the polyester base Aero Color IV is easy to scan, you can almost colour correct during the scanning process, reducing your work flow a bit at the other end in Lightroom. Again being a polyester base, you want to load thi
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