I pulled an old friend off the shelf for a good workout, the Contax IIIa. Save for the movie theatre marquee which is up on Mount Pleasant in Toronto, all the shots here were in the Bloor/Yorkville and Annex, two neighbourhoods next door to each other. I used Agfa Silvertone 400 at box speed and processed in Rodinal 1:25. I want to finish a bottle and the half hour for the 1:50 is really long. I should try HC110 again.

Stay tuned for my UofT series.






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