Bill Smith's Photography

 This was another afternoon with one camera and one lens, in this case my Nikon F5 and Nikon AF-D 50 F1.4 lens and being a sunny day loaded up some Kodak Pro Image 100. It was a loop around the neighbourhood via the Blythwood Ravine and Alex Miur Gardens. It was a fun walk, much needed.  It amazes me Pro Image 100 doesn't get more love, love this film more than Ektar 100.  Camera: Nikon F5, Nikon AF-D 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Kodak Pro Image 100, processed at Graination Lab. 

 After the St Patricks themed photowalk with Toronto Photowalks, I loaded the F100 with some Bergger Pancro 400 to change things up a bit after two rolls of Cinestill 400, and was pleased with the results. I've shot a fair bit of Pancro 400, sadly rather thin on the ground in these parts post pandemic. The last 20 rolls was purchased through Fotoimpex in Berlin Germany and shipped here during pandemic times. BH Photo still has it as out of stock.  What I like about Pancro 400 is the character, this time around the grain is a lot tighter, and I wonder if it's the perfect exposure courtesy the matrix metering in the F100, I'm wondering if this is the best roll of this film I shot since I first discovered it online. The secret I guess is the Matrix metering, and perhaps the autofocus as well. The one thing I'm not a fan is the cupping, which I solve by reverse rolling and storing in a film storage cannister for a couple of days, even then newton rings do pop up here and th...