Bill Smith's Photography

 I have a weak spot for Canon FTBn's, I re-homed one to my friend Alyssa of a Aly's Vintage Camera Alley, and I plan to re-home another soon to another friend in the film photography community  It still leaves me with a chrome FTBn and now this lovely black example I purchased recently in fit of gear acquisition syndrome. If you're looking for an altrenative to the AE-1(P) and the A-1, and you don't have the budget for an F-1, this is the camera you want to look at and are still accessable price wise, for now.  This was a Christmas present to myself as the test roll results show below, no issues with the shutter, the meter however, while responsive, one of the parts is broken from a hack repair job. No big deal, I use a hand held meter instead. The meter will get fixed some day, I have a parts body, that will be a post pandemic thing, but then, the hand held meter works just fine.  Another fun tip to prevent dreaded water spots on Ultrafine Extreme 400 which is preve...

More fun with slide film of an uncertain vintage and home processed by a friend up in Milton On. Fuji Velvia isn't my first choice for slide film, I prefer Provia 100F and Kodak Ektachrome 100 (haven't shot my new roll yet, it's in the fridge and will be shot in the spring). I really love what I got out of my FDn 50 f3.5 lens. at the bottom with the flower shots. I plan to shoot a lot of Ektachrome next year when it becomes more widely available. Camera: Canon FTBn, Canon FD lenses. Film: Freezer stored and expired Fuji Velvia 100 home processed by a friend.

I was up in Milton Ontario Canada Day (July 1) to record some Classic Camera Revival Podcasts over at my friend James Lee's place. I had some time to kill and wandered around the downtown. The Canon FTBn was for an upcoming episode on cameras that got passed around the group, this case Mike Bitaxi sold me the Canon for $40. Tossed another $60 for a CLA and she works. Some people ask me if I'm a professional photographer, the answer is no, I do sell prints on occasion and if you ask me really, really nicely, give me complete creative control, and don't be an ass about it after the fact, I'll photograph your portraits. Just to prove I'm not in it for the money, I shoot film, only film unless I'm grabbing a snapshot or event photo on my iPhone. The film photography community is very welcoming, even more so in the film photography podcast community, I was invited onto the Classic Camera Revival, I guess going on two years ago, and I am happy to count Alex, Jo...

Camera: Canon FTbn, FD 50 f1.4 and 28 f2 SSC lenes Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B.