April Toronto Film Shooters Photo Walk Part One

 We had a great April photo walk with the Toronto Film Shooters, some faces I haven't seen in years surfaced and we also had some new people join us. The route took us from Graination Lab at the south end of Chinatown on Spadina, through Kensington Market eventually winding up in the Annex. 

The camera of choice was my Nikon F3/T and shot Ilford Delta 400, a film I don't use all that often but we were talking about T grained films on the Classic Camera Revival, made sense to shoot with some, I'm muse more on my Substack. I wanted a camera with an accuate meter, the F3/T delivered though if I really wanted perfection, I should have ran with my F4 or F5, but the shooting experience would have been different, and the F3/T is a lot less noticeable when you're walking through Kensington Market. 



Camera: Nikon F3/T, Nikkor AIS 20 F2.8 lens, Voigtlander 40 F2 SL II Ultron Lens. 

Film: Ilford Delta 400, Ilfotec DDX 1+4. 


Haunted Tea Bar Tagged Entrance off Spadina Getting Through Sullven Street Intersection Keeping Eye Out for the 510 Chinatown Groceries on Spadina Crossing Spadina at Dundas April 2025 Loading the 505 at Spadina_ Elrey Patio on Kensington Ave The Usual Suspects in Front of the Last Temptation Courage My Love Merch More Courage My Love Merch The Gate Is Staring At You Snoopy Mural in Kensington Kensington Market Alleyway Houses Kensington Fruit Market Confusion Mural_ Row Houses Buried Deep in Kensington Market_ Kensington Place Row Houses II Kensington Place Row Houses Kensington Place North End St. Andrew and Kensington Fruit Market Two Bad Bunnies Third Bad Bunny Sanagan's Meat Locker Balwin Ave Corner Parking on Baldwin_ Smoked Fish Mural Looking Down Augusta_ Taco Love on Agusta Augusta Eats Harry David Workwear Hands Out on Agusta_

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