Bill Smith's Photography

 We got a ton of snow this past February, over the course of a few days I shot a roll of Adox CHS 100 II through one of my OM-1md's, and I wanted to use my chrome nose S Zuiko 50 F1.4 lens. While we got more light last month, maybe rolling with Adox CHS 100 II was a bit optimistic in terms of film choice, that said I enjoyed shooting with it. I'll be shooting more with this film in May when there are more sunny days.  The other thing I wanted to shoot with the S Zuiko 50 F1.4 chrome nose lens, which for those outside Olympus world is an earlier production with single lens coating. If you're after a vintage look either with black and white or colour the S Zuiko 50 F1.4 lens. I thought the lens needed a clean but I wanted to shoot a roll to confirm, I think its fine, I'll probably shoot another roll to confirm down the road.  Camera: Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko S 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX-39 1+9.  ...

I had to go to Downtown Camera to get some passport photos done, yup, that time in the decade cycle to get the passsport renewed. The Downtown Core was hit hard from the snow storm of a few weeks ago and as of this blog post, they are still removing snow even though we've had a mild spell. In these photos it's still winter with a capitol W.  Shooting in winter, to get the snow right you need to overexpose, with the Olympus OM-1md meter it's pretty easy, aim the needle upward but not too far out of range, or meter anything but snow, the buildings in the scene work just nightly. The Olympus OM controls aren't everyone's cup of tea, but during the winter with photographer's winter gloves, shooting with this camera is pretty easy.  Camera: Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko Lenses.  Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.