Bill Smith's Photography

 Shot over the course of a few trips to Graination Lab, I was using my Nikon SP rangefinder to photograph up Spadina and later, along Queen St. From University, westward.  This time out, instead of using a handheld meter, I rolled with one of my Doomo clip on light meters, and it did the job nicely. Eastman Double X helps courtesy the wide latitude,  Since Kodak clamped down on the re-spooling scene, sources of Double X are getting thinner on the ground. Flic Film and Cinestill sell Double X and highly recommend both businesses.  Eastman Double X is a contrasty film and there's some grain in Ilfotec HC 1+49 but I like that bit of grit for the subject matter.  Camera: Nikon SP, Nikkor S 50 F1.4 lén.  Film: Eastman Double X, Ilfotec HC 1+49. 

 Loved my Nikon F4's, so much so, I wound up with a third body, no LCD bleed and a P Focusing Screen which makes life easy for manual focus lens users. I was on the hunt for a P screen for my F4 with the dodgy autofocus sensor, but they are silly expensive to a point $100 more got me the third body with the focusing screen I wanted. This was the test drive. Yes the camera shines with the P screen. I'm not using autofocus with this particular body.  I wandered down to the Beaches mid week to avoid the crowds, weekends, the neighbourhood is slammed with humanity. Found it much more civilized. Of course I stopped for lunch at The Stone Lion, my go to pub in that neighbourhood. Overall, a great photography day.  Camera: Nikon F4, Voigtlander 40 F2 Ultron SL II lens.  Film: Kodak Pro Image 100, processed at Graination Lab