Canon 10D 20mm f2.8 ISO1600 -

I'm really starting to get a feel again for shooting film at the moment.
Even the whole developing and scanning process i'm enjoying.
This one shot with the Hi-matic 7s on Pan F rated at ISO100 and
developed in diafine -

here is an untouched crop of the out of camera file of one
of the shots below -

tonight on my way home i stopped in at the local camera store
to pick up some fixer. i noticed that in their showcase there stood
a new Canon Pro-1. since i have been reading all the reviews etc.
about this camera with a little more than passing interest, i thought
i would ask to have a quick hands-on look at one.
now from what i have read, the main concern with most people seems
to be the high noise at ISO400 so i quickly took my own CF card
out of my S45 and plonked it in to the Pro-1 for a couple of test shots.
now bearing in mind that i only handled this camera for about 3 minutes,
and only changed the settings to AV and ISO400, here are 3 test
shots that i have processed the same way that i would do with the S45
(resizing, auto contrast and only slight USM).
my initial reaction is that at ISO400 these shots look fine to me!
these were shot in jpeg -

and just off St Kilda Rd -

a couple of buildings shot yesterday in collingwood -

and just when i thought i was quite happy with my first few
results from my scanning, i came across these which were
towards the end of the film, shot tonight just to finish off
the roll for developing -

It's been quite a long time since i shot any film!
For some reason - perhaps boredom - perhaps for a bit
of a change i feel like shooting film again for a while.
i don't have my M2 anymore (sold it when i bought the 10D)
but i do have a couple of clunkers!! Here's a few shots
taken indoors at my place as a bit of a test roll. All shot
with tri-x at ISO1600 and developed in diafine -
Camera is a Minolta Himatic 7.

another two from the birthday party on sunday -

For a bit of a change i feel like shooting some film at the moment!
I've sent one of my old russian cameras in for a service and i've
dug out my old Minolta Himatic 7. i still had two boxes of diafine
left in the cupboard so i've mixed up one lot in readiness.
i will be interested to see how long i'm prepared to go through
the process of using the black bag, developing the film and then
the time consuming process of drying, cutting and scanning the
negs. Oh! and i nearly forgot to mention all those spots on the
resulting scans to remove in photoshop!

Jack's birthday party this afternoon at the Wetlands Mini Golf Park.
20 or so very loud and mischievious boys around 7 years old.
My ears are still ringing! -