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The Wednesday Gang Trip to the Toronto Islands Part Two.

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 A day trip to the Toronto Islands is a mini vacation, sadly when you get to the Ward's Island Ferry Dock, returning to reality is a bit jarring. Especially when you see the hordes of people trying to get to the Islands in the afternoon. The Toronto Islands themselves have two remnents of a much bigger commmunity that was pushed out in the 1950s when the newly minted Metro Toronto Government wanted to turn the Islands into a giant park, both Algonquin and Ward's Islands resisted and continue to this day as car free communities. Other fun fact, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the baseball team had their stadium on the island and Babe Ruth played there prior to joining the NY Yankes.  The Olympus OM-2n is one of my workhorses in my camera fleet, they have never left me down. It also gave an opporunity to use my my MC Zuiko 65-200 F4 Zoom lens, I don't use that glass too often, I should.  Camera: Olympus OM-2n, MC Zuiko lenses.  Film: Fomapan 200 Creative, 510 Pyro 1+100....

The Wednesday Gang Trip to the Toronto Islands Part One

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The best time to visit the Toronto Islands during the Summer is in the middle of the week, and before school was out for the year. The secret is get to the ferry terminal earlier in the morning. Other than that, the Toronto Islands is a magical place. I find it's a mini holiday from reality.  I made the wise choice with one of my Olympus OM-2n's, the black one and loaded up with Fomapan 200 Creative, with a MC Zuiko 28 F3.5, 50 F1.8 and the 65-200 F4 Zoom lens. I chose my lens combo well and used all of them at one point or another on this set.  Camera: Olympus OM-2n, MC Zuiko Lenses.  Film: Fomapan 200 @125 ISO, 510 Pyro 1+100.