Bill Smith's Photography

 I have a pair of 120 rolls left over from last Summer that needed processing. So why am I not shooting a lot of medium format? I love 6x6 and shooting with my Rolleis and Mamiya C220F. I want to rectify that this year. The big challenge is I'm at Jo-Anne's every other weekend and my trusty Think Tank camera backpack can fit a regular sized SLR with three lenses, film, and clothes for the weekend and that's pretty much it. I could pack one of my Rollei's and either one of my Canon rangefinders or my Leica M4-2, or even my Olympus system which is super compact.  One thing is certain, I'm really on the fence with Fomapan 200. Love Fomapan 100 and 400, and would love to try Retro 320. Fomapan 200 is an in between film that looks much better exposed at 125 ISO. I remember shooting the original Fomapan 200 15 years ago and remember that film, at least in 35mm more fun to shoot with.  Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5 F Planar TLR.  Film: Fomapan 200, Ilfotec HC 1+31.  ...

 I haven't shot with original Agfa APX 100 in ages, my friend and co-host from the Classic Camera Revival John Meadows gifted me a roll and told me the speed was pretty much still 100 ISO despite being two decades old. Shot tons of Agfa APX black and white film during the tail end of their consumer exisitance and started my film processing journey with that film too.  What I didn't miss was APX 100 and 400 cupped, some cases bad. I had a work around this time flatten the negatives by reverse rolling it and storing in the black plastic cannisters for a few days, then it becomes super easy to scan.  Camera: Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko MC lenses.  Film: Agfa APX 100 (the original stuff, expired in the late 00's). Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

Oakville in the fall is pretty before the leaves drop, it also gave me an opportunity to shoot with some new AF-D lenses, the 28 F2.8 and 35 F2 lenses on the F100, the perfect rig for colour film. Lomo 100 C-41 is an undertated colour film, said to be based on an older Kodak colour negative film from the 1980s and 90s. I dig the look.  Camera: Nikon F100, Nikon AF-D lenses.  Film: Lomo 100 C-41.