Bill Smith's Photography

 It hit all of us, the weekend went by too quick and it's time to go home, For Jo-Anne and I, the trip down Highway 35 and then the 404 to Toronto. The weekend went by especially fast for me because of the stomach bug I was recovering from.  The two takeaways this weekend, one, I have to shoot with my Leica M4-2 a lot more often, and yes it's coming back up with me next year. Two, the F100, is pretty much downright near perfect. For shooting on the way home, the M4-2 was the perfect camera. More compact than the autofocus beast, and I ran with just one lens, the Light Lens Lab 8- Element 35 F2 "Summicron" lens, a remake of the original 1960s vintage 35 F2 Summicron considered one of the best of the series and these days not cheap if you want to buy one.  I wanted to shoot colour for the ride home but at the last minute ran with Eastman Double X, a wise choice in hindsight.  One year, I shold do an all black and white NLP weekend.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Light Lens ...

I really have to take my Leica M4-2 on more adventures outside the city. The annual No Light Pollution photography retreat came up quick this year. with one major difference, I was starting in Toronto, not in Oakville and I didn't have to get quite so early this time around. We drove up to the Shortis/s/ Cafe in Beaverton for breakast before hitting Highway 35. Fall colours this year as bit of a bust, we were a few weeks early and honestly, it felt like late August. That said, not one drop of rain and we got lots of sun.  This year I packed my Lcica M4-2 and a couple of lenses for the drive up and back and a Nikon F100 for the hikes where more versitle lenses were required. I will say this again Kodak Pro Image 100 is a great film I love the results I got on the drive up.  I had to do very little work in Lightroom, pretty much just cropping pretty much.  To re-cap, Light Lens Labs lenses love colour film. and I have to shoot more with my M4-2 outside the city.  Camer...