Bill Smith's Photography

 I've grown to love Rollei Supergrain developer and its versatility, now using with Rollei RPX 100, wow! If there's analogue perfection, this is it.  Rollei RPX films are pretty easy to find, Rollei Supergrain the better camera stores that cater to the film photography community will have this in stock. With the St.Clair Walk I went with the Olympus OM-2n with the 35 F2 and 100 F2.8 MC Zuiko and the 21 F3.5 Zuiko for the Mural shot. Been ages since I shot Olympus, it was the one of a few platforms that went into storage for the move. I shot with the OM-4Ti which is a powerful camera but I do love the OM-2n with the off the plane film metering and simpler handling.  Camera: Olympus OM-2n, MC Zuiko lenses.  Film: Rollei RPX 100, Rollei Supergrain Developer 1+15. 

  Been ages since I shot medium format colour, and with a bright sunny August Saturday morning, it made sense to load the Rollei up with some Agfa Optima 100, I was gifted a couple of bricks in 120 that was freezer stored since about 2004, the film itself expired in 2005. The story goes this came from Agfa Canada's inventory and they shared warehouse space with Bayer Phramaceutical and the Oakville Camera Club member gifted it to me to clear up room in his chest freezer for food.  The punchy colour of Agfa Optima 100 is neither Kodak or Fujifilm, said it before, it's something else, and I'm going to be sad when my stash is depleted. I'll probably switch over to Lomo Colour 100, I've seen good results from that.  Tough call on favourite shots from this set, a tie between the 40 year old Corvette and the variety store at Arlington and St. Clair. It was a great photowalk, we started at Krave Coffee and ended at True History Brewery at St. Clair and Dufferin. The weathe

 Felt like forever since I last shot medium format. and putting a 120 roll of Fomapan 400 in my 3.5 F Rolleiflex felt like coming home. I did feel a tad discombobulated with composition a bit, but hey, love the negs, that's all.  Camera: Type Two Rolleiflex 3.5 F Planar TLR.  Film: Fomapan 400, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 

 I recently met up with fellow Toronto Film Shooters FB group member and neighbour John Alton. I had an early Canon F-1 I wanted to re-home and John had a black Nikon F2 Photomic wanted to part ways with. We did the prisoner exchange at DeMello Coffee and I went out afterward to try the F2 Photomic with a roll of Eastman Double X. The weather was, muggy. and the lighting was mixed.  Haven't shot with Eastman Double X in a while, I found a time with Rollei Supergrain 1+15 and I'm really happy with the results. The film will sing on bright sunny weather for sure.  Camera: Nikon F2 Photomic, Nikkor Ai 35 F2 lens.  Film: Eastman Double X, Rollei Supergrain 1+15