Wandering Around the Neighbourhood with Dad's Nikon F.

 A mid Summer walk around my neighbourhood and I brought dad's Nikon F out off the shelf for a workout. While I love Adox CHS 100 II, with the bright almost cloudless skies and running with mostly Sunny 16 and on occasion a Sekonic L398a found the photos a little too contrastly. Adox CHS 100 II unlke say Ilford FP4 or Kodak Tmax 100, Fomapan 100 or Rollei RPX 100, is not quite as forgiving and yoiu want to shoot with a camera with an accurate meter. 


Camera: Nippon Kogaku Nikon F, Nikkor Pre AI lenses. 

Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX39 1+9. 


Circles and Squares Davisville Corner 2026 Circles and Squares Davisville Aug 2026 Line One Northbound at Davisville Aug 2026 In Front of the Celtic Pub Aug 2026 Door and Window in a Stucco Wall Aug 2026 Side Porch off Imperial Street Aug 2026 Mural on Imperial Aug 2026 Looking Up Cuthburt to Yonge Eglinton Aug 2026 The Glebe West Looking East Aug 2026 South Side of Belsize Aug 2026 Greyscale Lily Aug 2026 Mount Pleasant South of Belsize Aug 2026 Belsize and Mount Pleasant Aug 2026 The Regent Still Becoming Aug 2026 The Last Cool Mazda RX7 II Aug 2026 The Last Cool Mazda RX7 Aug 2026 Lutherin Roofline Aug 2026 Yonge and Roehampton Hot Dog StandAug 2026 Post Nup Pub Aug 2026 97b Northbound Aug 2026 Oletto Patio Aug 2026 Middle of Yonge Street Aug 2026 Line 1 Southbound to Davisville Station Aug 2026 Line 1 Northbound to Eglinton Station Aug 2026 Pillow Display Aug 2026 Yonge South of Manor Road Aug 2026 Walking Down Yonge St.Aug 2026 Amico Aug 2026 Boxy Manse Aug 2026

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