Another exam stress relief purchases, or just another excuse for me to buy new camera gear! I resisted the urge to use it till all the finals were finished and as soon as I got home I sat down, read the manual, played with the different settings and put in a roll of B&W 400 film.
The build quality is superb and even though there is a lot complain about the buttons I found it quite easy to access and use. So far the metering is dead-on but I haven’t tried some tricky scenarios yet. The viewfinder is large and bright but since it is only manual focus I have to focus my subject in the center.
A classic barbershop with interesting displays on the side.
Intersection of Dundas and Spadina.
I wish this one was in color. The streets and posters had so much festive colors while the homeless man was begging for money….
A dark alley with very strong reflections.
My high school shop teachers, Mr.Kodai and Big John.
At a Chinese grocery store. I got kicked out by another one when I took out the camera!
I realized mid-way that I should learn more about the B&W color theory but so far it hasn’t been too bad!
These all look beautiful. 2 and 5 are my favorite. Damn film is good.
Comment by Char — January 8, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
Film is addictive even without inhaling all the darkroom chemicals. Come to the Dark side…
Comment by Horace — January 8, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
Those are amazing images, especially the alley one. How do you like shooting street with that beast?
Comment by Ryan — January 9, 2009 @ 12:00 am
Maybe you got kicked out because they thought you were a health inspector. ;)
Comment by Hong — January 11, 2009 @ 5:34 pm
NO… You did not just got a 645…
Comment by Victor — January 14, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
I remember when I was in school, we played the original SimCity along with…prince of persia and…oregon trail…oldschool!
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