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Leicaflex SL2 in the Cold.

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 It was a cold January, and my 50th Anniversary Leicaflex SL2 soldiered on. Couldn't say the same with the 50 F2 Wetzler 3 Cam R Summicron lens, it got still in windchills around -20c. This was two days after the 60cm dump of snow this past January. The 50th Jhare SL2 has a dead meter, no idea if it can be revived but I have black Doomo clip on light meter I use for my Leica M4-2, even that struggled a bit in the cold. All that said, the SL2 handled the cold really well.  Toronto got hit with a massive snow storm, upwards of 60cm of snow in one go, followed by a polar vortex event. This roll started in front of Graination a day or two before the great blizzard of 2026. Everything else happened after the worst of the cold.  Camera: Leicaflex SL2 50th Anniversary, 35 F2.8 Elmarit 2 Cam R lens, 50 F2 3 Cam R Wetzler Summicron Lens.  Film: Ilford HP5 400, 510 Pyro 1+100.  ...
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Walk Up Roncesvalles, and, the Beginning of the Grey Season

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 Love Roncesvalles Village, this was one of the neighbourhoods in Toronto, it has a vibrant main street vibe filled with indie retailers and has been relatively untouched by the relentless highrise redevelopment push other parts of town have been facing. I wanted to buy a couple of bags of Blackbird Roast from Cherry Bomb coffee and make my up to meeat Jo-Anne after her hairdresser appointment.  I rolled with one camera and one lens, the Nikon F90X and Nikon AF-D 35 F2 lens along with Fuji Superia 400 that expired two years ago but still holding up nicely. It was early December and we didn't get any snow until Boxing Day (another story altogether), however the grey skies started settling in.  Camera: Nikon F90X, Nikon AF-D 35 F2 lens.  Film: Fuji Superia 400. 
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