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Street Savvy 400 through a Nikon F2 Photomic.

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  Another Summer Saturday in the city, Jo-Anne wanted to go to her favourite hat maker David Dunkley to get some of her hats modified, We then wandered over through the Annex to Yorkville to scout out a future photo walk route. It also gave me a change to try Street Savvy 400 under the Street Candy brand from Flic Film.  Going out on a limb Street Savvy orginated off Kodak's coating line in Rochester New York, it's not Ultramax 400, it's something from the prodcut line, maybe what's used in disposible cameras, who knows. Any way sliced, Street Savvy 400 is a joy to shoot with and more importantly, easy to scan. I barely had to do anything in Lightroom.  The camrea choice was one of my Nikon F2's, with the OG Photomic pre Ai meter head along with a Nikkor O 35 F2 lens. A really nice combo for walking through the Annex and into the western edges of Yorkville. This is a very livable part of town, on the edge of the St. George Campus of University of Toronto.  Camera: N...

Ossington and Beaconsfield

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  I went out solo this past August and went down to Ossington and Beaconsfield Village for a wander. Again it was a one camera and lens adventure, this time with my Leica M3 DS and with a 20 year old Voigtlander 50 F1.5 Nokton lens.  The film of choice was Eastman Double X which seems to be made for the M series Leicas without TTL metering, for this outing I used a Doomo clip on meter that rode on the cold shoe, its a clone of the old Voigtlander clip on meter. It does the job. Shooting with the Leica M3 brings me closer to my late Dad, this was his camera. The viewfinder is made for 50mm lenses, and I wanted to play with some modern glass for this walk instead of the type one 50 F2 Collapsible Summicron which came with the camera. For a camera made in the mid 1950s, the M3 is still super smooth and works flawlessly.  Camera: Leica M3 DS, Voigtlander 50 F1.5 Nokton Lens.  Film: Eastman Double X, Ilfotec HC 1+49.  ...