Bill Smith's Photography

  Been ages since I was last up at Scotsdale Farm. I needed a break from packing the house up. To shake things up, I went medium format with my Mamiya C220F on my hike, and shot one roll of colour, and another black and white. I would have shot both rolls of Lomo 400, but, I forgot the pack the second roll hence the Rollei RPX 400.  Hiking with a C220F is a pretty good workout and would do it again.  Camera: Mamiya C220F Twin lens Reflex Camera, Mamiya Sekor Lenses.  Film: L,omo 400 C-41. Rollei RPX 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

July's Frugal Film Project went for a hike in the woods up at Scotsdale Farm at the north end of Halton Hills on a sunny Saturday morning. Scotsdale Farm is protected land and connected to the Bruce Trail and I was surprsied at how quiet it was, I guess everyone was trying to get through the departure lounge at Pearson International Airport for their vacation.  I'm happy I chose Ultramax 400 even if getting a year's supply was a pain in the ass. Next year I'm grabbing something easier to get, like Fomapan 400 or Kentmere 400.  Camera: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-D 28-105 F3.5-4.5 zoom lens.  Film: Kodak Ultramax 400 

 A throwback to early November on a hike up at Scotsdale Farm. I didn't hike much this year due to life getting the way. I took up my Nikon F4S and ran the classic United Press International lens combo, the Nikkor 35 F2 and 105 F2.5 lenses, both AIS F mounts. The film of choice was Ilford HP5 rated at 320 ISO to grab that shadow detail and handle the light that's getting low in the sky. I need a walk in the woods and hopefully in the new year I can take Jo-Anne here in the spring and into Silvercreek Conservation Area.  Note I'm using Ilfotec HC, I finished off my bottle of new formula HC110, I'm now all Ilford chemistry save from some old formula Kodak D76 packets I will be working through. Ilfotec HC is just like HC110 only the time for Ilford HP5 is a minute 30 seconds longer compared to HC110 B, otherwise the same stuff, almost.  Camera: Nikon F4S, Nikkor Ais 35 F2 lens.  Film: Ilford HP5 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.  ...