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Toronto Film Shooters January 2026 Photo Walk Part One

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 It was a cold January, I think the daytime high on the photowalk was -15c. Not warm, I settled on a route done pre pandemic starting at Dineen Coffee at the corner of Yonge St. and Temperance downtown in the financial district and make our way north on the "Longest Street in the World" eventually ending at the Rebel House for lunch, only this time there will be a pit stop halfway through at the Bulldog Coffee Shop to thaw out.  I chose the Nikon F5, the batteries were still great and considering the number of Shopper's Drug Marts and Rexalls on route, if the camera did die, getting replacement AA batteries would be easy peasy. Since we were dealing with a mostly sunny day, I ran with Ilford HP5 400 and process it in 510 Pyro to tame the highlights a bit. There was not one bad frame on this roll.  Camera: Nikon F5, Nikon AF-D 35-70 F2.8 Zoom Lens.  Film: Ilford HP5 400, 510 Pyro 1+100.  ...
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Holiday Season Photo Walk in the Beaches with Cinestill 800T

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  The Grey Season hit hard over the Christmas holidays, we got a snowstorm on Boxing Day and a few days later when the Toronto Film Shooters Photowalk, it was even more gloomy. The weather forecast called for rain which thankfully held off until we arrived at The Stone Lion for lunch in the Beaches.  I rolled with colour film specfically Cinestill 800T, which I haven't shot with in a long time, and it was for long exposure night photography in Oakville through my Mamyia C220F. A Tungstan balanced fast colour film worked well a grim day. I mean the skies were buffed and polished concrete. I should try Kodak Vision 3 500T which is the motion picture stock base that Cinestill 800T is based on but still has the REM Jet layer on, though might change because Eastman Kodak introduced REM Jet layer less motion picture stock, who knows how it will play out.  Anyway sliced, I loved the results from Cinestill 800T. Leica R mount lenses handle this film really well. Loved the results...
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