Oakville in the Spring with my Nikkormat EL.

 Funny what can happen within a few weeks. I shot this set the first week of May and it was pretty depressing the first half of the roll, then it was  like someone turned the dimmer switch way up and it got super bright outside. I haven't seen light this clean in months. Either way Color Plus 200, Kodak's historic cheap and cheerful (now not quite so cheap, if you can find it) handled the assignment well. 

Color Plus 200 is the counterpart to Gold 200, both sell into the same market segment that historically was hte casual photographer documenting life events. More recently being adapted by photographers of all skill levels as a subsitute for more expensive Portra and to chase a nostalgic look. I'm no different. I'm more inclined to shoot the the expensive stuff in my F4, F5, F90X and F100 for the more accurate matrix metering. If I want something more "From the before times" feel, I'm inclined to reach for my stocks of Gold, Color Plus and Fuji Superia 400. 

I delibrately over expose colour films faster than 100 ISO on average a stop, in this case I rated this Color Plus 200 at 125 ISO and processed normally. I hope I can score more Color Plus 200, right now colour film period is hard to find. That said I do have a brick of Cinestill 400D in transit, I can't wait to try that. 


Nikkormat EL, K series Pre Ai Nikkor 50 f1.4 lens. Nikkor N 28 F2 lens. 

Film: Kodak Color Plus 200. 



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