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Easter Weekend in the Beaches.

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 What a stark difference a few weeks makes, the March photowalk was almost a washout but two weeks later with the same camera and film combo, we get this, most of the 2024 Winter Stations at Woodbine Beach, and an Easter parade. Couldn't ask for a nicer Easter Sunday. Camera: Nikon FM2n, Nikkor Ais 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Fomapan 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

ORWO NP100 in Oakville

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 I was gifted a roll of ORWO NP 100 about six months ago, and I can't remember from who to save my life. I've usually just shot UN54 an 100 ISO motion picture stock that was sold in 100'/30M bulk rolls and I would decant down into 36 exposure cassesttes, I also have some colour NC 500 I want to try at some point, NP100 is the still photography cousin to UN54. Spring in Oakville is stort of arriving in fits and starts, I got out on one nice afternoon for a walk around the immediate neighbourhood, haven't done that in ages and the rest of the roll was shot downtown Oakville on a less than wonderful day.  My usual go to developer for for ORWO black and white films I've shot with in the past is D76/ID-11, but in my current time of limbo, liquid conentrate developers are the only thing I'm working with because I don't want to mix up a five litre stock solution if I'm going to move at the end of June. Yeah, buried that lead. The countdown clock is on, my last