Bill Smith's Photography

 One Tuesday in early September I took a wander down to the Davisville Farmer's Market to meet up with Jo-Anne to grab some stuff for dinner and some fresh groceries. I loaded my 3.5 F Rolleiflex with a roll of Harman Phoenix 200 gifted to me by Hao from Graination Lab under strict instructions not to talk about until early September. Well, it's mid October and I'm finally getting around to scanning this roll, no worries about the media embargo.  I've shot Phoenix 200 in 35mm and love what I got out of those rolls, 120 delivers even more. Like what I shot through my Nikons, I rated the roll of Phoenix 200 around 125 ISO, I could have gone a bit lower like 100, but that will be an experiment for next time. You have that unique colour palatte that's Harman and I hope they keep it for the second batch when that comes around.  Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5 F  Planar Type II Twin Lens Reflex.  Film: Harman Phoenix 200, processed by Graination Lab. 

 Love shooting with ORWO's UN 54, still sitting on some bulk rolls in the freezer, that's why I like so much. I'm not going to comment on their current ownership and hold out hope that maybe Lomography will make them an offer they can't refuse some day.  UN54 is a 100 ISO daylight balanced black and white motion picture stock that is leveraged as a still film. You can get in 100ft/30m bulk rolls, or spooled up 35mm cassettes from a variety of sources. Lomography sell this film under the Lomo Kino Potsdam name. Prior to the great pack and purge of 2023 in Oakville and the move of 2024 to the city, I used D76 or ID-11as the developer of choice. Problem, I don't have the room to store stock D75/ID-11 in my condo, so I had to find a liquid developer that can do the job well. In come's Ilford's Ilfotec DDX at a 1+4 dilution, DDX is their version of Kodak's Tmax developer.  I used the developing time provided by Lomography for Potsdam and it worked perfectly.

 This film/developer combination never gets old..... Camera: Nikon FM3a, Nikkor AIS Lenses.  Film: Fomapan 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15.