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Day Trip To Niagara on the Lake, July 2025

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 The Nikon F100 is brilliant for colour photography, put it on matrix metering put a fast almost wide lens like the Nikon AF-D 35 F2 and you create a very powerful point and shoot cmaera. I used Lomochrome 92 as the film of choice for this trip, I wanted something timeless harkening back to summer's past.  Niagara on the Lake itself is a very photogenic town. Jo-Anne and I have only daytripped down together. I would love to stay down overnight or even the weekend. While it was easy to drive down from Oakville, Midtown Toronto is another matter on the return trip.  Camera: Nikon F100, Nikon AF-D 35 F2 lens.  Film: Lomography Lomochrome 92 400 colour film. 

Kentmere 200, My first Roll

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  Harmon Technologies is on a streak at the moment with the release of Phoenix 200 2.0 but wind back a couple months they also released a 200 ISO black and white film under the Kentmere banner, an answer to a question not asked. Kentmere is the budget film line for beginners, photography students and for those who are frugal. I grabbed some rolls in 35mm and 120, I shot this particular roll back in June (yes I'm behind, I know).  Thinking we might have a similar situation to Fomapan 200, I overexposed down to 120 and developed normally in Ilfotec HC. I certainlly got more shadow detail. I have shot follow up rolls in 35mm at box speed on the August Toronto Film Shooters photo walk, you will have to be patient and wait for those.  What do I think, what I shot here on 120 is really nice, shooting through a Rolleiflex with Zeiss glass helps. I see it as another option for the film stash. I got fine grain and if I were to shoot at box or close to, I'll have faster shutter spe...

Two Weeks Early for a Photo Walk Part Two, Further East on Dundas.

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  The solo photo walk continues along Dundas. My Leica M2 just feels like an extension of me at this point. I'm blown away at how nicely Rollei RPX 100 renders through the Light Lens Lab 8 Element 35 F2 lens. The lighting was on the challenging side with the mix of sun and clouds, but that made for nicer photos.  Camera: Leica M2, Light Lens Lab Eight Element 35 F2 lens.  Film: Rollei RPX 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15.