Monthly Archives: July 2011

Project:52 – Week 28

Again, off next week and since I already have the photos posted, how about a double bill! (I’ll probably be dead tired when I get back from the camping trip next week so rather than posting something half-assed, do it now when I still am in good form.

Week 28…Sanitariums and Chocolate…film that is. Yes, I took one of my awesome Polaroids on an exploration trip to the Muskoka Regional Centre up in Gravenhurst, first time taking a pack film camera out exploring but when you get a complete kit including a release cable…it was just begging to. I was torn between taking the wonderful Type 644 along or Chocolate Film.

Chocolate Halls

Breached

Forgotten Chairs

Dark Chocolate

Lost Meals

Bricked Up

Up on the Roof

Polaroid Automatic 250 Land Camera – Polaroid Chocolate (ISO-80)

Project:52 – Week 27

Early post since I’ll be away from the Interwebs for the next week starting Saturday so rather than deprive you readers of the weekly batch of photos how about an early post.

Week 27 I took a drive, after spending Canada Day with my lovely and talented friend Sarah at the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture (featured back in week 24). I started the trip after a wonderful lunch in downtown Niagara Falls (Not the tourist trap of Cliffton Hill) at the Falls, I wanted to get a shot of falls but there were so many people and I wasn’t going to fight my way through the crowds or pay 20 bucks for parking…

So I settled for a shot of the crowds instead, from the safety of my car.
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The Parks commission was smart and installed lots of places along the way to stop and look out at the Niagara River.
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Just past the Sir Adam Beck power station is the Floral Clock, it’s a clock, but the face is made up of flowers and is maintained by the later year students at the School of Horticulture.
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Moving along we get to the Village of Queenston, more specifically Queenston Heights, the site of a major battle during the War of 1812, and now home of a monument to Sir Issac Brock who led the campaign to repel an American invasion of Upper Canada.
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The Parkway makes for a wonderful scenic drive during the summer and fall, and probably in the winter also, I just haven’t done it in the winter yet.
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One of many Wineries located along the Parkway. The cyclists gave me a weird look as I stopped to grab a shot, and then wave at them.
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And here we are at the end of the journey, downtown Historic Niagara-On-The-Lake…
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Nikon FM2 – Nikon Series E 50mm 1.1.8 – Efke KB50

Project:52 – Week 26

The half way point already, can you believe it! And the project is still going strong! Week 26 is dedicated to two awesome friends of mine, Jay and Kat, who have opened my eyes to the wonder that is rail and transit systems. Something I’ve always been interested in, but they’re both just over the top, but in a good way. So I present to you the Halton County Radial Railroad museum, celebrating light and electric rail systems from the region. Located just on the outskirts of Milton they have a massive collection of both working and under restoration rolling stock from across the country, many of which you can ride on using the track system the property has on it.

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Rolleiflex 2.8F – Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8 – Fuji Velvia 100 (RVP100)

Project:52 – Week 25

Before Polaroid stopped making film I picked up one of their 600 type cameras on a whim and bought the last two packs of Polaroid film from Henry’s. I shot one pack and went ‘meh’ then Polaroid stopped making film. Of course at the time I wasn’t too concerned, I was still very much wrapped up in my digital cameras, and I had a few 35mm bodies hanging around that I was more than happy to try out.

Of course then I started listening to The Film Photography Podcast, and they were talking about The Impossible Project, how these men had bought the last Polaroid Factory in the Netherlands to make an attempt at reinventing the instant integral film not only reviving the 600-Type cameras, but SX-70, and Spectra. Well now I was interested again and kicking myself at giving away that last pack of film and 600 camera to a friend. So I started hunting, finding an SX-70 first as the first batch of film was designed for those types of cameras.

So with the release of the PX680 film from Impossible, Week 25 is dedicated to Impossible Films.

PX100 was the first film released by Impossible. This Silver Shade film was designed for the SX-70 type cameras.
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Polaroid Land Camera SX-70 Model 2 – PX100

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Polaroid Land Camera SX-70 Model 2 – PX100

The PX600/PZ600 silver shade film was the second film released from TIP. UV+ is an enhanced version of the PZ/PX600 line of films.
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Polaroid Spectra – PZ600 UV+

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Polaroid Spectra – PZ600 UV+

PX70 Push!, was the second released of colour film from Impossible. Personally I could never get this one to work right but I suspect there’s something up with my camera.
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Polaroid Land Camera SX-70 Sonar OneStep – PX70 Push!

PX680 First Flush is the first, in my opinion colour film released by Impossible to really give off the look of the original Polaroid Film, both TimeZero and the 600 stuff. I’m actually really impressed.
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Polaroid 600 CloseUp – PX680 First Flush

Project:52 - Week 25
Polaroid 600 CloseUp – PX680 First Flush