Oakville Over December.

 My Chrome Nikon FM was purchased almost ten years ago has been off and on a problem camera, with a dodgy shutter which is rare for Nikon. If there's ever a teachable moment, don't be enamoured with beautiful looking cameras at camera shows and buy on impulse, open the back and see if the shutter works properly, I didn't, and two overhauls later, it's finally working properly(touch wood). I also had my black FM in for service, the shutter works great, meter on the otherhand is pining for the fijords of Norway to quote Monty Python. 

I got nice results on a very gloomy couple of days when I shot the test roll and stuck with the Nikkor Ai 35 F2 lens aside from the one telephoto shot where I used the Ai 135 F2.8 lens. So far, the camera is behaving nicely. That said, I plan to rehome the black Nikon FM and my Canon A-1 at some point. 




Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 35 F2 lens. 

Film: Bergger Pancro 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 


St. Jude's Tower Dec 2023 53 Thomas St. Dec 2023 Late Production Audi TT Dec 2023 Townhouse Gates on Thomas St Piazza Bistro Lights Late Fall 2023 Towne Square Fall 2023 Gingerbread Houses_ Chirstmas Baked Goods Sidewalk Xmas Decorations_ Bug 53 Herbie 1_ Bug 53 Herbie 2 Shanghai Alley and Vacant Building Dec 2023 Another Look to the Town Christmas Tree Dec 2023 White House with Porch on King St. Dec 2023 Jaguar XJ-6 Sedan Dec 2023 Jaguar XJ-6 Sedan 2 Dec 2023 White House with Porch on Navy St. Dec 2023 Decorated Front Porch Dec 2023 Unimpressed Boxer Worn Doorstep House Dec 2023 Favourite Waterfront Mini Park Dec 2023 Rebuilt Historic House on Front St. Dec 2023 Gairloch Arts and Crafts Dec 2023 Gairloch Tiny Library and Three Bears Three Bears Dec 2023 Former Studio and Gift Shop Gairloch Dec 2023 1 Gairloch Shore Two Dec 2023 2 Gairloch Shore Three Dec 2023 2 Gairloch Path is Closed for the Season Dec 2023 2

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