Bill Smith's Photography

 To quote a long running local pizza chain radio ad, "It was a rainy day...." A group of friends met up at The Granite Brewery for lunch as my friend Andrew Reyonds was passing through on a family road trip on his way back to New Brunswick with his wife and daughter. In the end, it was just my other friend Art Leim, Jo-Anne and myself who went out to do some shooting after lunch.  Thankfully the rain weakened down to light showers, and while it was cold and damp, it was still a good day for photography. I pushed a roll of Ilford HP5 to 1600 which makes sense for a grey day like this one only this time used Ilfotec DDX 1+4 dillution which is pretty much British Tmax developer.  For some reason there was more dust on the negatives than with Ilfotec HC.  Camera wise I ran with a black Nikon F2 Photomic with the classic Nikkor SC 50 F1.4 lens and just ran with that. The F2 series is my current camera of choice out of my fleet.  Camera: Nikon F2 Photomic, Nikkor S.C ...

I really have to walk the west end more often, there's so much photographic potential. Canon EF, FD 50 f1.4 chrome nose lens, FD 28 f2 SSC lens. Film: Ilford HP5 400 @1600 ISO, HC110 B.

I was in Little Portugal recently to check out Alternative Photo Services open house at their new location, I've known Bob Carnie for years and if you need an exhibition ready group of photographic prints for the Tate Modern Gallery in London England, he's your go to guy. I did a photowalk during the Summer last year in the neighbourhood and I really liked the potential it has for a future Toronto Film Shooters event. When and where we start and end I'm still figuring out. The Canon EF was my camera choice and I wound up using the chrome nose FD mount 50 f 1.4 lens most of the time,  ran with pushed Ilford HP5 400 at 1600 ISO and metered off one of my Sekonic L398 meters. This is a solid combo. Sadly the on camera meter is off by a few stops and could use a re-calibration. Not a huge priority, the camera otherwise works just fine. Canon EF, FD 50 f1.4 Chrome Nose lens. Film: Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 1600, HC110 B.