Trying out a New to Me Lens in the Annex.

 I picked up a Nikkor AIS 28 F2 lens, to add to my manual focus Nikkor lens fleet. I already own a Nikkor N 28 F2 which is a pre AI F mount. Fast lenses are expensive and you are paying for the wider aperture for low light shooting environments. Usually you get a compromise with speed for sharpness, some cases like the 35 F1.4 you get barrel distortion you have to fix in post processing in Light Room. I don't have that in the 28 F2 series of lenses. Barrel distortion is rather low. 

I was waiting for my friend Dana to come into the city for dinner, it gave me an opportunity to wander around the Annex for a bit very late afternoon/early evening. I love this neighbourhood, spent a lot of time around there back in the 1990s. For those not from Toronto, the Annex is just northwest of University of Toronto's downtown campus and the borders sorta starts in Bathurst in the west end to about Avenue Road to the east. with the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Rail corridor to the north and Harbord Street being the south end, at least in my mind. 

What I love about the Annex is the residential architecture between Bloor and Dupont which is a mix of Gothic Revival and Queen Anne and it is pretty consistant, on top of that, each house is unique in detail. Thankfully the city has protected the neighourhood. That said, I find the Annex difficult to shoot in, and don't know why, this time around I got closer to capturing the neighbourhood. 


Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor AIS 28 F2 lens. 

Film: Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 1600, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 


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