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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...

Christmas Holidays in the Beaches Part Two

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 Oops, I did this ass backwards, Monday's blog post was supposed to be the last of the three posts, and this the first, oh well. While on here it's still early winter between Christmas and New Year's, time loses all meaning anyway.  I ran with the black 50th Anniversary Leicaflex SL2, it handles the cold well, shame the meter is DOA, but it's not the end of the world, I popped Doomo's Hot Shoe meter on and got decent exposures.  Now, I shot exclusively with the 2 Cam 35 F2.8 Elmarit R lens, and now questioning do I really need a 3 cam 35 F2 Summicron or just look for a 3 cam 35 F2.8 Elmarit instead? Something I'll have to think about.  Camera: Leicaflex SL2, Two Cam 35 F2.8 Elmarit R Lens.  Film: Ilford HP5 400, 510 Pyro 1+100.