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Toronto Film Shooters November Photo Walk Part One.

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 What a beautiful later fall day for a photo walk, usually we start in Riverdale and wind up somewhere in Cabbagetown for lunch. This time I decided to reverse the route sort of. We started at Bisou Toronto  at Gerrard and Berkleley for caffinated beverages and baked goods, then wandered east through Riverdale Farm. Even though it was November, a fair amount of fall colour was still around Toronto.  I rolled with the Minolta XD-11 and Eastman Kodak 250D spooled up by FlicFilm, I forgot how nice Rokkor glass renders colour, almost no colour correction was needed in post save for one or two photos.  Of course Jo-Anne photo bombed in front of Park Snacks, happens every photo walk this time, sometimes she shares, sometimes not.  Camera" Minolta XD-11, MD Rokkor Lenses.  Film: Eastman Kodak Vision 250D, ECN-2 processed by Graination Lab.  ...
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Borrowed Pentax MZ-S from Chinatown to the Imperial Pub.

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 Newest member of the Classic Camera Revival Team John Roberts left behind his Pentax MZ-S kit behind for us to play with after his visit last Summer. I was the last one to use the camera, I found the MZ-S to be a very interesting camera. Pentax didn't have much presence in the pro camera market, it was either the Canon EOS-1 or the Nikon F5, ok, maybe a Leica M6TTL or R series SLR if you were independent an had means. Pentax coms along and introduces the MZ-S that accepted both Pentax maual and autofocus lenses.  The MZ-S is an interesting beast in terms of design, while every bit as durable as a Nikon F5 or Canon EOS-1, it's more compact, think 3/4 the size in terms of external dimensions.  The slanted top of the camera is a cool touch so you can see the external screen. In terms of usability, the MZ-S is not an intuitive camera, you have read the manual if you want to go between manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority or one of the progam modes. With first roll I s...
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