…after a terrible commute home?
Cook yourself a quick, but great meal to enjoy with your kid! This was cooked in about 1/2 hour and in our stomachs in about 10 minutes!
How’s that for “snappy”? XD
Photography
Alvin’s Film Follies (Part VI – A Roll of Expired Film is Discovered…)
Probably My Best shot in the roll?
I was sifting through some boxes in an effort to remove some junk in my room and discovered an unused roll of expired Fuji Superia X-TRA 400.
Weekend With Canon (A 3-Part Mini-Series) – Part “the first”: The Body of the 5DS
It’s nice of Canon to reminds us to Bring It. You know: extra memory cards, batteries, lenses, etc.
Thank you to Fotocare for holding this rental for me. <-Useless plug, well maybe.
Let me get something out of the way first. Canon’s 5DS is the first Canon DSLR that I have spent any significant time with. I have shot DRebels, and A 7D Mk1, but only for a few shots, and really just a quick look with some of my various friends gears.
Having said that, the main reason why I never really considered Canon (more…)
Alvin’s Film Follies (Part V – The First T-Max Encounter…)
Union Station and L Condominiums – Curves adjusted in post.
I find it funny that I’m still hunting for my favourite everyday black and white film, but I shouldn’t be surprised – there is so much variety in terms of brands, product lines and film speed to choose from. As you know, I’ve limited my choices to 100 speed film. When I discussed some of my findings with Jon he popped me a question: Why I haven’t tried the Kodak T-Max yet? To be honest, the thought never really crossed my mind.
Shoot out!
Shooting Canon’s 5DS has been challenging to say the least. Challenging in a sense that I truly hate it’s ergonomics.
Anyway, resolution wise my old D700 won’t be able to keep up, but let’s see how my Nikkor 50mm F/1.4D holds up against the much more expensive and much bigger Canon 50mm F1.2 L II
Will be shooting comparison shots throughout the day. Stay tuned.
Snappy Fridays – Weekend Toy
We get to play with Canon’s new 5DS with the vaunted 50mm F/1.2 L mounted.
Snappy Fridays – “My New Earbuds”
I was testing out my new earbuds on my way to work…I was told these have “Big Sound!”
Alvin’s Film Follies (Part IV – “VERY FIRST INFRARED – Disaster Averted.”)
Infrared Photo of Old Toronto City Hall. I am assuming that the “dark face” of the clock was reflecting little to no infrared light to my camera.
Even before I picked up the Fuji Acros film (mentioned in my last post), I had walked into the Henry‘s Camera Shop down the street from DC and found a roll of Ilford SFX 200 film. I was intrigued by the box – It was black, with the letters SFX in purple…why is this film different? So I bought the roll and later that day asked Jon about it…
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Jezza’s Film Follies (Kodak Ektar Edition)
A flower starting to whittle away.
Shooting black and white is fun and all, but, I do have a soft spot for colours. I mean, we do see colour everyday. So, after polishing off the Ilford PanF, I popped in a roll of Kodak’s Ektar 100. Well actually, I had dropped off the Ilford for developing at CRC at the start of my lunch hour, and that left me with an unloaded camera. So I stopped by Fotocare, and picked up Kodak’s Ektar 100.
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Alvin’s Film Follies (Part III – “Acros” Toronto…)
Bulls in the TD Centre Courtyard.
My hunt for an “everyday” black and white film continued…for the third successive week, I shot blindly around town with a different roll of film not knowing what to expect. This week, Nikki (my Nikon F90x) and I had some fun chewing through a roll of Fujifilm’s Neopan Acros. I had gotten used to handling the AF50/1.8 D lens and decided to use it again – it has become my choice lens for Nikki.
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