Off To Cambridge Ontario, Yes, the Other Other Cambridge.


Jo-Anne and I hit the road a month ago for a day trip to both Cambridge and Paris Ontario between Brantford and Kitchener-Waterloo. Call it a mini European tour without dealing with a seven hour plane flight and several hours of time suck at airports. Downtown Cambridge used to be called Galt prior to being merged with Hesplar over 50 years ago. The Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries is filmed in downtown Cambridge because the heritage buildings were by and large left intact. 

I ran with my eye level prism Canon New F-1 with two lenses, the FDn 35-105 F3.5 Zoom lens which by all rights should have recieved the L designation in the Canon catalogue back in the 1980s. The the second lens is from the middle 1970s breech lock FD SSC 24 F2.8 lens which I used when I needed something wider than a 28mm focal length. For day trips during the spring, summer and fall, the 35-105 along with the 24mm is a great travel combo if you're running with Canon. 

Camera: Canon New F-1, FD lenses. 

Film: Fomapan 100, D76 1+1. 


Idea Exhange Clock Tower in Cambridge_ Crossing Water St. at Main Corner of Main and Water St Crossing The Grand on Main St Historical Building on Water St._ Scott on Water St Water Can Cut Lavender_ Garden Centre Alley Galt Carnagie Library Building Ainslie and Dickson Cambridge Town Hall Tower Dickson St. Cambridge Cambridge Fire Station Doors Dickson St. Fire Station Dickson St. Looking Straight Down Dickson Looking Toward the Old Town Hall Jo-Anne in Cambridge McClary's Stoves Main St. Cambridge Grand River Looking North Fishing on the Grand River The Other Church in Cambridge The Grand Cafe at Queen Square East Side of the Grand River Main St. Bridge Over the Grand

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