Bill Smith's Photography

 March in Toronto is an all over the place month weather wise. We started off with snow banks slowly melting and by the end of the roll just over a week in, we got Fool's Spring with temperatures you usually see in early May, it was a nice respite.  I loaded up my Nikon F90X with a Nikon AF-D 28-105 zoom lens which is a great all 'rounder and ran with Ilford FP4, a film one overlooks because it's an old faithful emulsion. Damn, so nice, I processed in Ilfotec HC 1+31 for eight minutes, nothing exotic, the negatives look super crisp and easy to scan.  In the end, the roll started in late winter, and ended in Fool's Spring just before second winter hit.  Camera: F90X, Nikon AF-D 28-105 F3.5-4.5 Zoom Lens.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

 Haven't shot with Cinestill 400D in ages, with Vision 250D and ECN-2 processing available locally I lean in that direction. Scanning colour film is a continuing learning process, I still haven't figured out a way to cancel the red halation you get with Cinestill 400D, I just treat it as part of the film's character.  What I wanted to do is put my 35-50 F2.8 Nikon AF-D Zoom lens through its paces. I really love the portrait shot of Jo-Anne with her new Tam she had commissioned through David Dunkley Hats. The push-pull action takes some getting used to but a lot of zoom lenses from this era had that.  Camera: Nikon F90X, Nikon AF-D 35-70 F2.8 Zoom Lens.  Film: Cinestill 400D.