Frugal Film Project 2024 Starting in Oakville.

 Frugal Film Project 2024 starts off locally in Oakville. I'm using my Nikkormat FT3, the sub for the last three months of 2023 while my Nikkormat FTn was in the shop being overhauled. I switched the film for this year and I'm rolling with Fomapan 400, one of my favourite black and white films. 

I enjoy the grain structure of Fomapan 400 in either Ilfotec HC (Kodak HC110 B) or Ilfotec DDX (Kodak Tmax 1+4).  I rolled with DDX as a developer as I needed a bit of a speed bump to near box speed. I find Fomapan 400 is more a 250 ISO film in Ilfotec HC/HC110, and that's ok. What I love about Fomapan 400 is how it has a 1970s Kodak Tri-X feel, but without the dreaded cupping you get from processing it. Foma film dries super flat, which is great for scanning and darkroom printing. 


Camera: Nikkormat FT3, Nikkor Ai lenses. 

Film" Fomapan 400, Ilfotec DDX 1+4. 


Wavy Bench Jan 2024 Lakeside Seating Oakville Harbour Jan 2024 Cove West of 16 Mile Creek Jan 2024 Mouth of16 Mile Creek Jan 2024 OYS Docks on 16 Mile Creek Jan 2024 16 Mile Creek Phone Booth Jan 2024 Closed No Access Jan 2024 Oakville Yacht Squadren Jan 2024 Figaro Coffee Patio Jan 2024 Aroma Espresson Bar Jan 2024 Old Oakville Cottage Jan 2024 Old Oakville Brick Story and a Half Jan 2024 Old Oakville Brick Story and a Half Two Jan 2024 Heritage House at the Corner of William and Dunn Jan 2024 Planking Santa Claus Path For the Wires Morrison Creek Bridge in Pinegrove Park Jan 2024 Path through Pinegrove Park Jan 2024 A Chirstmas Special on a Front Lawn MacDonald Ave Tudor Mansion Jan 2024 Watson Arts and Crafts House Jan 2024 Restored House on Galt Jan 2024 Old OTHS Jan 2024 Twin Houses on Reynolds Jan 2024 Fiori Sidewalk Merch_ Black Forest Bakery Block on Lakeshore Jan 2024 Halton Hotel Delicous Food Jan 2024 Downtown Payphone Jan 2024

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