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A Trip Though Oakville

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May during the first half was more like mid to late April, grey and damp. Luckily during my visit west to Oakville was part of a trip to Burlington Camera and then a trip back to Oakville to meet with my friend Dana for lunch at the King's Arms.  I chose one of my Nikon FE's and Kodak Tri-X 400 for film, a sort of mom and apple pie combo. Ilford HP5 seems finer grained but Tri-X there's a bit more of a bite. The FE was Nikon's answer to the Olympus OM-2 and two provided both manual control and aperture priority in a smaller lighter package. The controls on the FE are very instinctual to use and gladly recommend this camera to those dipping their two into the analogue world.  Camera: Nikon FE, Nikkor Ai lenses.  Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 
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Saturday Trip Down to Queen Street East in the Beaches

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 It was a grey May for the most part, one weekend Jo-Anne and I went down to the Beaches, but we didn't go to the Beach proper, we stuck to Queen Street East. It started quite nice and as the day went on got more and more overcast. We had lunch at Pizzeria 900, can't reccomend it enough if you live in the East End.  To deal with the greyer skies, I switched to the Super Multi Coated Takumar 28 F3.5 lens after shooting with the Super Multi Coated Takumar 50 F1.4 lens. Both lenses are gems within the Pentax lens pantheon and that's why I've held onto my Spotmatics.  Camera: Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II, Super Multi Coated Takumar 50 F1.4 and 28 F3.5 Lenses.  Film: Fomapan 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 
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