Toronto Gathering II - July 13

[augustmoon]

I'm taking TTC. I understand that the 101 bus (only runs during summer) goes right to the Aerospace museum (According to the Aerospace Museum website, right by the front entrance). I've never taken the TTC out that far, but this is what I found so far

the map
http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/schedules/101map.GIF

the schedule
101W Schedule Contents

[vizjerei]

I am taking the transit well all we need to do is take out our camera then we know you are in this group XD

[Gooshin]

thats the thing, downsview station and its surround area are pretty barren (i went to highschool there for 4 years)

anyone taking public transit could meet someone right at the drop off zone of the subway station itself

i can volunteer to meet some people there to save time? maybe? not that it matters with transfers.

[vizjerei]

I think we can take the 101 bus to get in to save ourselves from walking, unless we want to have lunch/snacks together before we go to the museum.

[Norm123]

Originally Posted by k100d

welcome back to the forum Norm!
Group Rate is for 10 people, I'm not sure if we'll have 10.
maybe we can grab some pizza afterwards since it closes so early

who from Pentax Canada could be invited?

Hello everyone:

I spoke to Paul Cabot at the Aerospace Museum, and the group rate would not apply to us unless we had more than 10 people and arrived at the same time... in any case, the discount is not enough to worry about - the senior (60 plus) rate is less than the group rate!

Paul mentioned that there is a snack bar at the Go-Kart building close to the Museum, and this would also be an interesting area for photography - admission to the Go-Kart building is free.

I asked about photo access and Paul says that photography for personal purposes is unrestricted, but any commercial use of the images must be authorized in writing... apparently people have been taking pictures of the displays and using the shots in advertising campaigns... so personal shots only, please.

I called Christine Otani at Pentax and informed her that we would be meeting at the Aerospace Museum at Downsview on Sunday, and that any of the crew from Pentax would be more than welcome to join us... she will let the staff know, and get back to me if anyone is planning to come.

That's it for the moment -

Have a great day!

Norm.

[vizjerei]

holy~ Staff from Pentax too~ will they bring some rare lens for us to try on? ( looking at them with cute puppy eyes)

Thank you, Norm! for doing all that

[brandy]

Im new got this link from somewhere on TPMG I could most likly attend sunday

[k100d]

Originally Posted by brandy

Im new got this link from somewhere on TPMG I could most likly attend sunday

welcome to the forum! is TPMG, Toronto Pentax Mailing Group??

[brandy]

Toronto Photoraphy meet up Group - TPMG.ca

[vizjerei]

woo.. interesting anyways welcome!

[Norm123]

As of today, Wednesday, July 9, the long-range weather forecast for the Toronto area, covering Sunday July 13, when the Pentaxians will be gathering at the Toronto Aerospace Museum in Downsview Park at noon, is as follows:

High forecasted temperature for the day will be 25° Celsius - (for our international friends - don't panic - that's 77° F - we don't get snow in Toronto until November... )

Lighting conditions will be variable clouds for the landscape and floral photographers enjoying the park scenery.

Probability of precipitation is rated at 30%.

Winds will be 15 km/h from the south-west.


Conditions within the Aerospace Museum will be a mixture of sunlight and industrial fluorescent.

Everyone is welcome to join us at the Aerospace Museum - and there are many other interesting attractions at Canada's largest urban park.

See previous posts for additional information, and the website for the Museum.

Norm.

[Steinback]

So are all the TTC travellers alright with taking the bus to the museum and meeting there?

We could look at going somewhere for food afterwards (I know Norm mentioned pizza nearby earlier in the thread). I would be fine with driving to a restauant and then dropping people off at a subway station afterwards.

[augustmoon]

Originally Posted by Steinback

So are all the TTC travellers alright with taking the bus to the museum and meeting there?

We could look at going somewhere for food afterwards (I know Norm mentioned pizza nearby earlier in the thread). I would be fine with driving to a restauant and then dropping people off at a subway station afterwards.

I'll be taking the TTC and am fine with taking the bus out to the Museum. As far as going somewhere else for food afterwards goes, rides would be greatly appreciated..

[k100d]

if you can all join the Toronto group, that will help with organizing future events
PentaxForums.com - Toronto Pentaxians

[pentkon52]

Originally Posted by Norm123

As of today, Wednesday, July 9, the long-range weather forecast for the Toronto area, covering Sunday July 13, when the Pentaxians will be gathering at the Toronto Aerospace Museum in Downsview Park at noon, is as follows:

High forecasted temperature for the day will be 25° Celsius - (for our international friends - don't panic - that's 77° F - we don't get snow in Toronto until November... )

Lighting conditions will be variable clouds for the landscape and floral photographers enjoying the park scenery.

Probability of precipitation is rated at 30%.

Winds will be 15 km/h from the south-west.


Conditions within the Aerospace Museum will be a mixture of sunlight and industrial fluorescent.

Everyone is welcome to join us at the Aerospace Museum - and there are many other interesting attractions at Canada's largest urban park.

See previous posts for additional information, and the website for the Museum.

Norm.

Looks like I will miss another meet up.

I'm pretty well booked for horse shows, Fri-Sunday till the Labour Day weekend.

Maybe for some fall meet ups and shoots.

I'll bring a few Nikons so you can bash me.

Dave