This is a reminder of what a nice sunny day looks like. It has been grey, damp and miserable for the last week and I am wondering if I am coming down with a case of SAD before even winter hits. I took these shots Thanksgiving Weekend up in Caledon Ontario at the Forks of the Credit Provincial Park and Belfountain Ont. The secret is go first thing in the morning as the park itself on a nice day is busier than a shopping mall at Chirstmas. I am itching to go out and shoot,I am just not keen doing it on a rainy day. I plan to head back up if its a nice weekend, if we get one in the next few weeks. I used my Nikon F2 with Fuji Velvia 100 and Kodak E100GX slide film. I also tried out my new Nikkor 24 f2.8 wideangle lens on the Befountain General Store, really cool lens.
Rollei 35, Rollei RPX 100 on the October Photo Walk
I got all three of my Rollei 35's serviced recently by @lensmedicyyc and packed the one with the 40 F3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens which is magical for black and white films. I went meta with Rollei RPX 100, because, why not? The Rollei 35 to recap is a very compact zone focus camera, first made in Germany, then production in Singapore in the early 1970s. They came with the 40 f3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens wich as mentioend above great for black and white film, the 40 F2.8 which has always been made in Singapore, made for colour film and a limited production of Schneider Xenar 40 F3.5 lens in the early 1970s. The camera due to its design is ass backwards with loading from right to left which makes scanning the negatives a treat as you have to start at the end of the roll and go to the beginning. Zone focusing takes some practice but it's not hard to get the hang, just make sure you check to see the measurement is in feet or metres, that will matter, a lot. That said, I love my Rollei 35
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