One Camera and One Lens

 The post begins and ends at the same intersection. Purists are going to go nuts that someone would use a non Leica lens on a Leica M body in this case an M-39 Canon 50 F1.8 lens that would have been at home on either a Canon P or a 7 in the 1960s. I love Leica Screw Mount Canon glass, would love to find a Nikkor H.C. 50 F2 lens at some point. Going with just one lens and camera shooting reduced decision making. 

The film of choice was Fomapan 400 because I was looking for some retro goodness to channel the streetscapes both Friday afternoon with the contrasty November sunshine and Sunday with the dismal dirty white T-shirt left in the Line One Subway tunnel just north of Eglington Station skies. Finally got around to rolling some more up from my bulk roll for future weekends. 


Camera: Leica M4-2, Canon LTM 50 F1.8 lens. 

Film: Fomapan 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 



Leica M4-2 Scramble Across Eglington Eglington Chaos at Yonge St Crossing Yonge at The Duke of Kent The Duke of Kent Later Afternoon Former Postal Station K Nov 2022 Late Afternoon at the Midtown Firestation Condo Skyline at Yonge and Eglington Crossing Broadway at Yonge Food Truck off Yonge St BMO Wall Mural Ural on Yonge St Yonge and Roselawn_ The Roselawn Project The Roselawn Yonge Crosswalk_ Afternoon Fresh Buy Market_ Erskine Skyline Sunday Morning at Yonge St. and Roselawn East of Yonge St Waiting at Roehampton to Cross Canada Square and Yonge St Traffic Waiting at Yonge St Traffic Crossing at Yonge and Eglington

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