Bill Smith's Photography

 What a beautiful later fall day for a photo walk, usually we start in Riverdale and wind up somewhere in Cabbagetown for lunch. This time I decided to reverse the route sort of. We started at Bisou Toronto  at Gerrard and Berkleley for caffinated beverages and baked goods, then wandered east through Riverdale Farm. Even though it was November, a fair amount of fall colour was still around Toronto.  I rolled with the Minolta XD-11 and Eastman Kodak 250D spooled up by FlicFilm, I forgot how nice Rokkor glass renders colour, almost no colour correction was needed in post save for one or two photos.  Of course Jo-Anne photo bombed in front of Park Snacks, happens every photo walk this time, sometimes she shares, sometimes not.  Camera" Minolta XD-11, MD Rokkor Lenses.  Film: Eastman Kodak Vision 250D, ECN-2 processed by Graination Lab.  ...

 The Nikkor AF-D 50 f1.8 is an autofocus cheap and cheerful nifty 50 that while a flyweight can take down heavyweights with little effort. This lens replaced the second genration Nikkor AF 50 f1.8 with improvement for camera being able to perform better in 3D colour matrix metering mode and two, estimate distance better making auto focus more accurate. On the likes of the F100 body, it becomes lighting fast when focusing.  Pair this lens with the F100 you have an extremely powerful point and shoot, and extremely comfortable to use.  Camera: Nikon F100, AF-D 50 f1.8 lens.  Film: Bergger Pancro 400, HC110 B. 

 I"m sticking to my midweek hikes and a few weeks ago I was out on the trail with my friend Rebecca at a mutually favourite spot, Credit River Conservation Authority's Silver Creek Conservation Area. It is completely dead during the week. The fall colours were just getting started when we went out, and this time did the Esker Loop counter clockwise, more on that next post.  The Nikon F100 just plain rocks in this situation.  Camera: Nikon F100, AF-D 28-105 F3.5-4.5 macro zoom lens.  Film: Kodak Portra 400