Bill Smith's Photography

I got my crhrome Minolta XD back from Garry's Camera a few weeks ago and I wanted to give it a good workout so I packed it along with my black XD-11 for a photowalk through The Evergreen Don Valley Brickworks and along part of the Beltline Trail. With bright sunshine, this is going to be a colour film weekend, end of discussion. The XD (Japan home market) and XD-11 (North America) are the same camera, in fact with a different outer shell and lens mount, it's a Leica R4 and R5, take out the electronics, an R6. Wish I  could swing a Leica R system but lens prices are just plain silly these days thank you mirrorless full frame digital bodies. With the Minolta XD system you're getting pretty much the same experience. The XD system is pretty close in size and shape to the Nikon FM/FE platform with pretty similar ergonomics and was best in class in 1977/78 in terms of technology. If you're looking for one, the XD(7/11 I really hate how Minolta designated their models in ...

It's been ages since I shot around the Don Valley Brick Works so the Toronto Photowalks Pre Anniversary Dinner walk was a great excuse to get there. I had fun, however I couldn't stay for dinner because I had another event I had to be at. Camera: Nikon F3HP, Nikkor Ai 50 f2 lens. Ais 28 f2.8 Lens. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Pushed to 1600 ISO, HC110 B.