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Post by olddocfox on Sept 7, 2016 12:01:12 GMT -5
Bird of Paradise plant found at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA on my first day's outing (May, 2011) with the Panasonic G1 and 14-45mm kit zoom.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 30, 2016 10:16:51 GMT -5
G for Graflex, a range of formidable SLR/RF/TLR cameras that came in many film sizes and types from 1894 until 1973. Here is a Graflex family portrait showing a few of the many faces of the brand: 1946 3 ¼ x 4¼ Super-D, circa 1917 2 ¼ x 3¼ Auto Graflex Junior, 1933-35 120 roll-film Series I National Graflex, 1955-58 Graphic 35, 1950’s Graflex 22.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 27, 2016 9:50:12 GMT -5
I think your camera is a Welta Solida made by Waurich & Webber in Freital, Germany, circa 1935, value $100 +/- $20. Finding film may be a little tough, though the internet may help.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 23, 2016 15:34:09 GMT -5
E might be for Extinction meter (like the Zeiss Diaphot just discussed), or for the earnest desire to keep on topic and in sequence! Extinction meters were never highly accurate, but they were relatively simple to construct and required no batteries. They were built into some cameras over the years including Polaroid's "Swinger" (Model 20) built from 1965 to 1970. It was a $19.95 all plastic camera aimed at the youth market. It used Polaroid series 20 roll film and AG1 flashbulbs. Its extinction meter was quite clever - you looked through a viewfinder at the scene you wanted to photograph and saw a red and black "checkerboard". You rotated a knob setting the lens aperture and rotating a variable density screen. When the setting was right, a bold "YES" stood out from the checkerboard.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 22, 2016 8:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 22, 2016 8:44:50 GMT -5
I believe the Sony Alpha series brought fixed translucent mirror technology to the digital camera as well.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 19, 2016 17:03:57 GMT -5
B is for Bronica - "the other" 2 1/4 square or 6x6 SLR. Shown is my circa 1976 EC-TL model featuring electronic shutter timing and shutter-coupled "off-the-film" metering using fast silicon-blue photocells. In my opinion, this camera left the contemporary Hasselblad 500C/M in the dust. Click here for more to read (in a PDF) here.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 19, 2016 10:22:41 GMT -5
What a neat pair!
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 18, 2016 22:38:35 GMT -5
My OM-1's and OM-2's were constant travel companions throughout the 1970's and later. I even design this canvas case to carry my compact gear. Air travel was more graceful back then!
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 17, 2016 12:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 15, 2016 11:32:26 GMT -5
This sure looks like the ANSCO REGENT sold here in the USA. Perhaps you can learn something about the Agfa models by studying Ansco literature? Do let us know what you find. Best, George
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 14, 2016 10:00:03 GMT -5
Y is for Yellow - like the mellow K2 filter we used to use to darken skies and make make clouds stand out in B&W work on panchromatic film.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 8, 2016 18:36:27 GMT -5
Let's save a little time - Q for quite, R for really, S for seriously, T for terribly, U for UGLY - ladies and gentlemen behold the Kodak 35 Rangefinder, the ugliest piece of shortsighted design ever foist on the public by Kodak. What were their designers thinking?
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 6, 2016 16:02:29 GMT -5
L is for Lumix, Panasonic's brand-name for cameras and lenses. Shown is my Panasonic Lumix G1. It is about the size of an Olympus OM-2 (and an adaptor lets it use all of the lenses from that system) and it is every bit as inventive as Maitani's OM-1. The Panasonic G1 was a long list of "firsts". It was the first micro-four/thirds (m4/3) camera. It was among the first of the Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens (EVIL) cameras. It was Panasonic's first entry into the serious system camera business - and it was a winner!
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 4, 2016 19:23:54 GMT -5
I just learned from this posting on the photographer's lounge forum that my Olympus 12-50 mm f/3.5-5.6 is also a very capable macro lens. Here's my first macro image with it. I've owned the lens for 3 years and was unaware of this "third mode" of operation!
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