In the morning Maggie took Brandon to meet some of her friends so I stayed home and played with the Canon 70D camera.  It’s slightly smaller and lighter than my old 7D and I find with the 24-105 F4L lens on it the camera is a bit front heavy. One feature I’m very happy about is that both cameras use the same LP-E6 battery so that’s one less thing I need to buy though the battery grip I have for the 7D won’t work with the 70D due to the slight differences in body size.

When Maggie and Brandon returned we decided to visit Korea town so Brandon could play at the Christie park, Maggie could collect pokemon while we go down and so I could play with the camera.  I think it’s safe to say everyone had a good time. 😉

The Canon 70D has a new sensor and I find the dynamic range a bit better than the 7D and I could recover the shadows a bit better.  One bad thing I noticed though was that at ISO 100, I still saw a lot of noise, even when there was plenty of light.  With my old camera at ISO 100, there wasn’t any noticeable noise, of course I’m pixel peeping but still it’s annoying that it’s present when it wasn’t there with the old camera.

There’s a nice park with a more advanced playground compared to what Brandon’s use to so he was very happy to run around, after a bit of playing he wanted to run in the splash pad.  We didn’t have a change of clothes but it was sunny & warm so we figure why not.  I knew we’d be going for a walk later and he could dry off then.

We walked along Bloor to a bakery shop about mid way between Bathurst & Spadina so Maggie could get some buns and on the way back we went into Honest Ed’s and it has to be like 30 years since I was last inside, my god what a dump.  They have some really ugly & tacky items like those gold coloured elephants, a coffin and even a Multicam blazer!  The last thing was so funny and I kind of regret not buying it, it’d be a great gag thing to wear whether to the range or if I ever play airsoft again.

On the way back we attacked one of the pokemon gyms, Brandon likes to battle so I figure i’d let him take care of it.  We took it over at around 3:45 pm and as of right now we still hold control of it which is surprising.  Finally before heading to the car, Maggie took the opportunity to hit up a Korean grocery store to pick up some odds and ends that are not really available in our area.

In the evening I took B to the local park so he could play a bit more, after about 45 minutes we went home and relaxed the rest of the day.  I like these lazy weekends. 😀