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Canon 7S back from Lens Medic YYC

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Got my Canon 7s and 7sZ back from Lensmedic YYC after a long overdue CLA on both bodies so I took one of them out for wander around the neighbourhood back in early December. I popped a roll of Pancro 400 and a 35 F2 lens on the camera (save for one shot) and wandered the neighbourhood. Gary does amazing work, that is all   Canon 7S, Canon LTM 35 F2 and 100 F3.5 Lenses.  Film: Bergger Pancro 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

The First Roll in Toronto as a Resident

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 Just like that, I'm now a 416 resident, I went out to play with two new to me lenses running errands around town, the Canon 35 F2 and 100 F3.5 lens both are amazing. I've been looking for the 100 F3.5 lens for a while for my Canon rangefinder kit for a while, usually the examples I found online were a tad dodgy, I got lucky buying one with the Canon 7S. The 35 F2 lens, is the later black barrel from the late 1960s is amazing glass, glad I splurged on this.  Said this before, if you can't afford a Leica M kit, take a good long look at the Canon rangefinder system, particulary the P and the 7 Series of bodies. We have an upcoming Classic Camera Revival episode on the subject so stay tuned on that. I love my Canon 7's particulary the 7S and 7sZ, both were the pinnicle of Canon rangefinders with the Leica screwmount, Nikon bailed it's rangefinder platform and concentrated on the Nikon F, and later Nikkormat cameras.  One shot I really wanted to nail is the CP24 News Tr...