Bill Smith's Photography

I forgot how nice FDn lenses render colour film. My Canon New F-1 AE is finally totally sorted out and I pleased to get a perfect negative. The colours just feel right even in if the film was made 18 years ago and kept in cold storage. The Canon F-1 series will be part of an upcoming Classic Camera Revival episode taping session so stay tuned for that. Camera: Canon New F-1 AE, FDn 50 f1.4 lens, FDn 50 f3.5 Macro lens. Film: Agfa Vista 200, expired in 2004.

Better to end the season on a high than with a whimper. Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 50 f1.4 lens, Ais 24 f2.8 lens. Film: Expired in 2004 Agfa Vista 200

Winter isn't quite done with us yet, might as well revel in its beauty before slush season begins..... Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ais 24f2.8 lens, Ai 50 f1.4 lens. Film: Agfa Vista 200, expired in 2004.

I love how this film renders blue skies, pity it's a dead film stock. Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 50 f1.4 lens. Film: Agfa Vista 200, expired in 2004 and freezer stored.

An acquaintance of mine found some 18-year-old Agfa Vista colour film in a freezer, now this German-made Agfa film, not the rebranded Fujifilm Superia 200 in the past few years. I overexposed intentionally at 100 ISO to account for the age and bump the colours up a bit. I'm very impressed with the results. I have to ask my acquaintance if he has more. Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 50 f1.4, Nikkor Ais 24 f2.8 lens. Film: Agfa Vista 200, expired in 2004 and freezer stored.