Yorkville and Summerhill in Early March with a Nikkormat EL.

 I was invited on to an in depth Gen X photography Podcast on the subject of Everything Nikkormat  and had a blast. With that, I had to pull out one of my Nikkormats for a spin, choosing the EL, testbed for Nikon for emerging technologies like battery operated shutters and aperture priority, bleeding edge for the early 1970s. 

The EL is different than the mechanical Nikkormats in form factor featuring conventional controls, and the battery, the 4SR44 is located under the mirror in the mirror box. Not an easy place to get at when replacing the battery, but it's more protected from temperature swings. 

Overall the EL is a great camera, if you're a Nikkormat fan, if you can find one with decent electronics (they are over 50 years old at this point), they can be a nice workhorse, if their mechanical counterparts aren't your cup of tea ergonomics wise. 

Fomapan 400 and 510 Pyro is an interesting combination, I had three rolls in this batch, one from the R5 last post, this one from the Nikkormat EL and the next post from my Nikon FE2, I just needed 9ml of concentrate for the patterson tank, you don't need much. The big difference with 510 Pyro is it is a staining developer, as in you run with a water stop and when it's all said and done, there's a sepia cast to the negatives, it pulls out more detail. I should print a few from a 510 Pyro developed roll. 

Finally, it looks a little discombobulated seeing snow in this post, it was shot in early March before false spring hit. I wandered around Yorkville and what the City of Toronto considers the Annex as it goes all the way to Yonge St. and south of the CP Tracks, the west end boundry of the neighbourhood is somewhere just west of Bathurst somewhere. I like doing my urban hikes around here, I have an excuse to stop by The Rebel House for lunch. 

Camera: Nikkormat EL, Nikkor O 35 F2 Lens. 

Film: Fomapan 400, 510 Pyro 1+100.