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Around U of T and Yorkville in the Fall

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 I forgot how nice colour film is through Rokkor lenses. I can see why Leica partnered with Minolta with certain R lenses including lens blanks and whole lenses like the 80-200 family of 2 and 3 cam Vario Elmars.  The roll started around the St. George Campus University of Toronto on a really gloomy afternoon but ended on Sunday after the Scriptus Toronto Pen Show, it was a pitch perfect fall day. We wandered around Yorkville and having lunch with some of Jo-Anne's friends from the theatre world.  Camera: Minolta XD-11, MD Rokkor Lenses.  Film: Eastman Kodak Vision 3 250D, processed by Graination Lab. 
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Kosmo Mono 100 in 120 Processed in 510 Pyro

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To a non photographer, or a photographer who doesn't shoot black and white film the title looks like a bit a word salad, to someone deep in the world of black and white film and home processing, this is a film deleveloper combo worth exploring.  I grown to love using 510 Pyro, and it sings with traditional film emulsions like Kosmo Mono 100, made by Foma from the Czech Republic. I should try 510 Pyro with Bergger Pancro 400 in 120, which I still have a lot of, for now.  If there is any new year's resolution for me, shoot more medium format.  Camera: Rolleiflex Series F Twin Lens Reflex, 75 F3.5 Zeiss Planar Lens.  Film: Kosmo Mono 100 (Fomapan 100), 510 Pyro 1+100. 
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Nikon AF-D 35-70 F2.8 lens and F90X

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 Can it get any more grey? Yup Eastern Canada and the Northeast mid Atlantic US has been under one massive cloud bank since mid December for most of the time. Bear in mind I'm bouncing all over the place with my backlog. instead of being chronological.  I picked up a fast walk around zoom for my Nikon autofocus fleet, the Nikon AF-D 35-70 F2.8 lens is perfect for walk around and slightly more compact than the 28-105 AF-D. The lens is sharp but it's a push pull lens which was popular in the early 1990s but these days can be  bit of pain in the ass but one I can live with.  The camera itself was a F90X, Nikon's sorta pro, sorta advanced amateur body that was a step below the F5. they are a steal to be honest.  Camera: Nikon F90X, Nikon AF-D 35-70 F2.8 Zoom lens.  Film: Bergger Pancro 400, FX-39 1+9. 
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