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New Lens Post, the Voigtlander 35 F1.4 Nokton II SC Lens.

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  I picked up an M mount lens recently, the Voigtlander Nokton 35 F1.4 SC II lens. My friend from the Toronto Film Shooters Ron Chen has one on his Leica M4-2 and loves it. I put my new lens on my M5 and it was my lens for the day. Short answer, if you're a Leica M shooter, or any full frame mirrorless and you want a lens with some character, get this lens!  Fellow photographer from the Film Shooters Collective Katie Mollon was in town back in April, her husband works in the auto parts industry and was participating in corporate training at the company headquarters. Katie saw it as chance to get out of town for a few days and reconnect with Toronto friends. We started at the Distillery District, went up to Rosedale for lunch. Sadly the Rebel House was closed (it was on a Monday) so we wound up at the sandwich spot Black Camel. In the end we walked back to her hotel and hopefully Katie's husband wasn't stuck in traffic hell.  Camera: Leica M5, Voigtlander 35 F1.4 Nokton II...
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April Toronto film Shooters Photo Walk, From St. Clair and Bathurst to Summerhill

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  The April photo walk was on a day calling for rain, yet at the same time, temperatures were quite mild, we wound up having lunch on the patio of The Rebel House, and the skies only started to open up when we settled our bills. The route had not been done before I wanted to traverse Casa Loma neighbourhood and work our way down to the end point on Yonge Street near the Rosedale Subway Station.  I wound up choosing one of my Nikon F's, a black Photomic FTN, kinda like taking out a Porsche 356 C Carrera for a spin. Usually if I want grab and old Nikon body for a spin, I usually grab one of my F2's  I'm happy with the results and I should shoot with my eye level prism F's more often, I am trusting the meter less on my Photomic variants.  Filmwise, I went with a classic, Kodak Tri-X, however, I rolled with 510 Pyro, hind sight I should have rolled with Ilfotec HC for snappier negatives. So it goes. I plan to re-do the walk on a later date with another group. We'll see....
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