Bill Smith's Photography

 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 ...

 My every other weekend starts on Platform Three at the Oakville GO Station Friday afternoon, and ends on Platform One Sunday afternoon, in between, I'm in Toronto.  This is the first time I processed  Bergger Pancro 400 in Ilfotec DDX 1+4 dillution, the results were quite consistant, granted, one frame went bad right in the middle, the emulsion looked like it dragged, never had that happened before with Ilfotec HC or it's American cousin, Kodak HC110.  I think the Rollei 35 is one of the perfect street photography cameras if you don't want an Olympus Stylus Epic to die on you. Yes you do have to think when it comes to zone focusing but if you stop down to F8 or higher, and a good judge of distance, you get rewarded.  Camera: Rollei 35 40 F3.5 Schneider Xenar Lens.  Film: Bergger Pancro 400, Ilfotec DDX 1+4. 

 Every other weekend starts on platform three at the Oakville GO Train Station and ends Sunday after lunch with a walk back home from the GO station. What happens in between goes by way too quick..... Camera: Rollei 35, Schneider Xenar 40 F3.5 lens.  Film: Kosmo Mono 100, D76 1+1.