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Flic Flim Elektra in the Spring.

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 Flic Film Elektra 100 needs bright light which you will see on the last part of the roll from my wander down Spadina. The first three quarters of the frames, the colours are more subdued.  I shot with my Nikon F2SB, haven't used this camera in a minute and yes, it's one of my favourite F2 Variants..... Camera: Nikon F2SB, Nikkor N 28 F2 lens, S.C. 50 F1.4 lens.  Film: Flic Film Elektra 100 (Kodak Aerocolor Survailance Film). 

One Camera, One Lens Exercise, Canon Rangefinder Edition

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 I had to go downtown back in April to handle some lingering business with mom's estate with the bank, I packed one camera, one lens combo, this time around the Canon 7 with the Canon LTM 36 F1.8 lens. A nice combination for shooting south of St. Clair. For those who can't swing the Leica M mount system, I highly recommend taking a long hard look at the Canon rangefinder system. Some ways the bodies were nicer then Leica M mounts with titanium shutters and an ease of loading like an SLR as opposed to going through the bottom like Leica.  The Canon Leica Thread Mount (M39) 35 F1.8 is a fun little lens. It pre-dates the LTM 35 F2 lens from the 1960s so it pre dates the 7 rangefinder and is a companion to the P and the VT Deluxe, but I'm a user of the Canon rangefinder system and nowhere an expert, while I have a copy of Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933-1968 by Peter Dechert it's about the cameras much less about the lenses.  With this roll I also wanted to try Eastman Doubl...