Kodak ColorPlus in the Canon A-1

My Canon A-1 came up in shooting rotation a few weeks ago and when I grabbed it from my camera bag I discovered it was already loaded with some Kodak ColorPlus 200 film. The roll was almost entirely shot up and for the life of me, I couldn’t remember what I had taken pictures of. I finished up the roll with a couple of mirror self-portraits and sent it off to Boutique Film Lab for processing and scanning.

I don’t know what ColorPlus really is, but I like it and it’s pretty cheap. The box says ColorPlus but the film cartridge says Kodacolor 200. It doesn’t knock your socks off like Ektar 100 or glow like Portra 400 shot at 200 ISO, but ColorPlus has a somewhat subdued color palette that is pleasing to my eye.

When the scans came back from the lab, I remembered that I had taken my A-1 out last September to Yountville, CA. Up behind the Veterans Home of California, I found a cemetery. I spent some time reading the markers and taking a few photographs.

The Beringer Brothers Winery was close by. I spent some time wandering the grounds, taking photos and…yes, sampling some wine too!

I keep the A-1 in full program mode when I use it. It makes for a carefree day of shooting and I am always impressed by how well this camera handles pretty much everything I throw at it.

I guess I finished up the roll in October some time. This is the forest fire road near where I live.

And an interesting tree I found along the way.

And one of the aforementioned mirror self portraits.

The Canon A-1 is always a fun camera to take along when you just want to point and shoot. Of course, you can shift it out of automatic if you care to. Load it up with Kodak ColorPlus at three or four bucks a roll and you’re in for fun, affordable photography!