Bill Smith's Photography

 Ferrania P30 can be a tricky to shoot with compared black and white films. It's not very forgiving due to the lower latitude compared to other black and white motion picture stocks like ORWO UN 54 and Eastman Double X when used as still films.  This is the first time I ran this film through an autofocus camera with Color Matrix Metering. Ferrania initially warned that P30 might be to delicate to run through a camera with a motor drive, I found this not to be the case with my Nikon F100.  Camera: Nikon F100, Nikon AF-D 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Ferrania P30, D76 1+1. 

After the Toronto Film Shooters Summer Meet Up, I made my way for home, since it was just me in the car and I had nowhere where I really needed to be, I took the scenic route along Highway 7. The game plan was make my way over to Cannington On, visit the family grave plot, shoot around town a bit and then make my way over to Uxbridge for dinner and beer run at Second Wedge Brewing Company. I need the alone time to think as I'm dealing with a personal set back I'm not going into here and what better than some roadside photography to help process what went down. My family settled in what is now Brock Township and Cannington back in the early 1820s and I always try and stop in if I'm passing through. Also I hoped to connect with my friend and fellow photographer Spring Tripp Reilly of Life's Elements Photography if she was around when I stopped in Uxbridge, that Saturday I got lucky. Now Ferrania P30, this film is silky smooth but you have to be careful with developme...