Bill Smith's Photography

 I met up with my friends John and Dana from Toronto Film Shooters one Sunday morning two weeks ago for coffee and a short photo walk. We wandered around Oakville Harbour and Tannery Park by way of the Rebecca St. Bridge. It was a beautiful morning that started cool but warmed up really quick. I miss meeting up with other photographers and hanging out, at least we got to do it out in the open in a safe environment.  What amazed me was how quickly the leaves changed along 16 Mile Creek. The power boats and sail boats are going to hoisted out of the water soon meaning it will really be fall.  Camera: NIkon F100, AF-D 28-105 F3.5-4.5 Macro Zoom lens.  Film: Kodak Ektar 100. 

 September was a bad month for Gear Acquistion Syndrome (GAS) which I've always commented there's no cure, only remission, and temporary at that. It started with the Nikkor AF-D 28-105 lens, which has to be the perfect walk around/travel autofocus lens for the Nikkor system. Market wise Nikon slotted this lens a step down from the constant aperture F2.8 glass which on the used market isn't cheap and aimed towards the advanced amateur segment and bundled with the F100, more that camera in a sec. I've shot with this lens on my Nikon F90 on a hike up at Boyne River, and it delivered. When I test lenses I prefer real world scenarios, because quite honestly shooting a brick wall looking for distortions at all focal lenghs and aperture is boring as hell.  I was lusting after, and still lusting after a Nikon F5, that will be a next year purchase. My friend Frank put his Nikon F100 up for sale and the price was right. This camera earns its reputation as F5 Lite, and is a very v...

The Nikon F is one of those iconic cameras that even at 60 years old is still going strong as a camera design. I have a couple of bodies with the desirable eye level prism, I shot with a three lens set up, the  classic Nikkor H 28 f3.5, S 50 f1.4 and 105 f2.5 lenses, all three are 1960s vintage and have single coated front elements. I also wanted to shoot some Kodak Ektar 100, it delivered.  I was using a hand held Sekonic L398a meter as the Nikon F I was using had the eyelevel prism, about as old school as you can get. I enjoyed it. Camera: Nikon F, Nikkor S 50f 1.4 lens, Nikkor H 28 f3.5 lens. Film: Kodak Ektar 100