Bill Smith's Photography

 It hit all of us, the weekend went by too quick and it's time to go home, For Jo-Anne and I, the trip down Highway 35 and then the 404 to Toronto. The weekend went by especially fast for me because of the stomach bug I was recovering from.  The two takeaways this weekend, one, I have to shoot with my Leica M4-2 a lot more often, and yes it's coming back up with me next year. Two, the F100, is pretty much downright near perfect. For shooting on the way home, the M4-2 was the perfect camera. More compact than the autofocus beast, and I ran with just one lens, the Light Lens Lab 8- Element 35 F2 "Summicron" lens, a remake of the original 1960s vintage 35 F2 Summicron considered one of the best of the series and these days not cheap if you want to buy one.  I wanted to shoot colour for the ride home but at the last minute ran with Eastman Double X, a wise choice in hindsight.  One year, I shold do an all black and white NLP weekend.  Camera: Leica M4-2, Light Lens ...

 Yes, I love wandering around Mt. Pleasant Village and enjoy photographing the neighbourhood as it reminds me a lot of the neighbourhood I grew up in Montreal called Montreal West.  Camera: Nikon F3/T, Nikkor AIS lenses.  Film: Eastman Double X, D76 1+1. 

  We got blessed with an early blast of Summer weather for the April Toronto Film Shooters photo walk, we had 20 members along with a local guy with his Leica M4-2 and joined the Facebook group after the walk. The route was midtown from De-Mello Coffee just north of Yonge and Erskine and we wanted to explore between Mt. Pleasant and Bayview. Neither the Toronto Film Shooters and sister group Toronto Photo Walks have ever been down Bayview from Eglington southward.  The camera choice for this outing is the Nikon F3/T, I haven't used it in a while and needed some love and an excursion on spring weekend did the trick.  Camera: Nikon F3/T, Nikkor AIS lenses.  Film: Eastman Double X, D76 1+1.