The February Toronto Film Shooters Photo Walk in the East End Part One

 Bean a hot minute since I last used the Light Lens Labs Elcan 50 f2 lens, for the February walk, why not use it on my recently acquired Leica M5 and the match works. The Walter Mandler design dates back to the early 1970s and the M5 was a quintessential early 1970s camera that sadly didn't have the love it should have. 

The Elcan 50 F2 was a joy to use on a crisp winter's day when you needed to shift apertuere settings and that big tab made life easy. The Film of choice was Rollei RPX 400, and I will never run out of this film, ever. 

We had a great turn out for the photo walk. the route took us from The Only Cafe on the Danforth and winding up at Godspeed Brewery on Coxwell just south of Gerrard in that weird little pocket that's not Little India or Upper Beaches. 


Camera: Leica M5, Light Lens Lab Elcan 50 F2 lens. 

Film: Rollei RPX 400, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 


In Front of The Only Feb 2025 Dazzle Camoflage Door Feb 2025 Danforth Bike Lane at Donalnds Feb 2025 The Only Cafe on the Danforth Feb 2025 Chatham Ave Snowy Houses One Feb 2025 Chatham Ave Snowy Houses Two Feb 2025 Phin Ave Snow Drifts_ Line 2 Train Going Into Service Edge of Monarch Park Feb 2025 Monarch Park Semis Feb 2025 Feldsted Ave Snow Drifts Feb 2025 Feldsted Ave Snowed In Punch Buggy Feb 2025 Inside Monarch Park Feb 2025 Cleared Path Inside Monarch Park Feb 2025 Torbrick Feb 2025 Decorated Retaining Wall Feb 2025 Tunnels Under the Tracks Feb 2025 Mural on the Retaining Wall Feb 2025 Woodfield Variety Corner Lesliveille Housing Feb 2025 Walpole Semis Feb 2025 Walpole Sidewalk Cleared Feb 2025 Retail Block on Greenwood Waiting to Cross Greenwood To get to Wagstaff Wagstaff Snow Piles._ Mural on the Parking Gate Driving Past Leftfield on Wagstaff_ Soul Chocolate Corner

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