|
Post by genazzano on Mar 31, 2015 1:54:13 GMT -5
A beautiful photograph. My family and I lived there for many years. I recall being at that place in the winter when the steam was billowing about the oyster bars when there were few tourists. The sounds of the fog horn at the Golden Gate, seagulls, seals bellowing in the harbour. Good memories.
David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 21, 2015 4:51:11 GMT -5
I know you must have heard this before, that is a remarkable photograph. Just wanted to mention it.
Google once had "who stole my pictures" available. Is it still there. Can't access that on my iPad, but it was a useful link a couple years ago.
David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 21, 2015 4:41:41 GMT -5
The Kodak Magazine eight with set of four lenses. This is something that just doesn't happen any more on ebay. I bid and won a Magazine Eight with a standard lens. What arrived was the camera, in excellent condition, accompanied by three additional lenses including an immaculate telephoto. These cine cameras from Kodak are very impressive, solid and beautiful camera. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 21, 2015 2:33:17 GMT -5
I keep on running into my photo of my Contax I on many of the Google searches for other cameras. Some artsy craftsy news magazine that can't take their own photo of the cameras they write about. Why can't they at least acknowledge who owns the photo they use... It's MINE... Jeeez am I getting to be an irritation old guy. Who is this Arunima Sen anyway?
That is one reason I respect Collectiblend. They always acknowledge the photographers of their images.
Old irritable Dave
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 18, 2015 6:29:41 GMT -5
A very nice collection of really odd ball cameras. My compliments. My Kandor arrived in pretty rough condition but with a little cleaning, it came out looking almost new. The Lomography copies are wonderful, IMO. The history of the Irwin cameras on the Web is rather suspect, though. They were never sardine cans and the Chicago mafia never had anything to do with the company. The best source for the history of Irwin is in "Glass, Brass, and Chrome" which is a very interesting book for collectors though it too receives some criticism. Note that the insert that came with the camera is from Harold Products of Chicago, whereas, the camera is from Irwin in New York City. Sylvain Halgand has a very interesting and entertaining site which includes a history of the Kandor candid cameras. It is written with a lot of humor and is perhaps the single most common source of the sardine can myth. If one reads his site carefully, you will notice his following comment: "This history is…. a history, only a history, which proves that with conviction one can tell any sh.. on Internet. There, it is beautiful. Excuse is delirious it. Make starts to me from your reactions." I even see references to Elliot Ness regarding the Kandor camera. Actually, Ness was long gone from the FBI by late 1930's and Irwin was making the Kandor. By that time Ness was in charge of the Fire Department in Cleveland, Ohio. So the location of New York on the Irwin cameras was due to the fact that they were located in New York. My Kandor after some minor restoration by removing the surface corrosion and dirt.. The Lomography copy of the Irwin Kandor. I also think your choices of the Ensign Cupid and Purma Special are especially good as well. I am still searching for a good example of the Cupid similar to yours. David Thanks for the info David. Great looking Kandor camera you have. I'm still hoping to find more of the Irwin cameras for my collection. Yes, Sylvain Halgand has an amazing site with so much info on it. I wonder how many of the cameras are actually his? As I understand he has a huge collection himself. There is also some info done by a collector named John Kratz called the "Chicago Cluster" about the select candid camera models with many different names all produced at the same address in Chicago. You mentioned Harold Products of Chicago, as that was one of the names used. So I'm wondering if the Irwin camera models tie in with that? Gotta love camera history. Derek The Irwin company did manufacture many models that eventually appeared with various other names. However, the factory was located in New York though several were probably in Chicago. You may like to look at my new site,. Hopefully. If you find any errors, let me know. I am always on the pen-ultimate version with lots of little mistakes. See: www.genazzano.fotki.com
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 18, 2015 6:21:28 GMT -5
I shouldn't be bothered by these things. What does bother me is the fact that Google searches for various cameras produce my photos that have literally been stolen by other sites. To make it more irritating, these sites often warn viewers from improperly copying their images. WTF..
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 15, 2015 17:57:25 GMT -5
This is a story about Google and the ancient solar observatory that they would rather forget. I couple years ago I posted the image you see below on another forum. Along with it, I told how I live in an ancient building in a small town in the mountains south of Rome. Each year at the Summer Solstice, a thin beam of sunlight makes its way down through the walls and complexities of our building only to end up brilliantly illuminating the toilet bowl in our lavatory. So, quite reasonably, I refered to this event as perhaps the newest ancient solar observatory that has baffled scientists today. This was funny and the Internet followed by making this image one of the most popular among presumably tens of millions during that week or two. In fact, if you ran a Google search using the term "ancient solar observatory", among the top responses was my photo of an illuminated toilet bowl. Well, scientist the world over spending my tax money looking for some bs solar observatory must have lost their sense of humor, frankly. Now I am feeling like my civil rights have been violated and frankly, I am Pissed off. Thank you for listening. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 14, 2015 3:51:07 GMT -5
Stephen's postings on his new Periflex reminded me of a lens that I have. It is the 90mm f/2.8 Tele Lumax introduced by Corfield in 1961. According to John E. Lewis' highly entertaining book on Corfield, this lens is the rarest of all lenses that came from that company. This 3 element lens had coated optics from Enna, and a black anodised mount. It is not only significantly faster than othe long lens of around 90mm, it focuses down to 30 inches. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Mar 13, 2015 9:17:12 GMT -5
The niche that had been uncovered in the wall shown above wasn't built for some statue. It was a medieval toilet. After freeing the wooden base of the niche from ancient plaster, I found this, a toilet seat with its cap. Cleaned it and treated it with linseed oil and finally bees wax. An interesting remnant of medieval life.in Genazzano. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 28, 2015 14:58:19 GMT -5
I must confess that I just set the dial to Auto and the VR on most of the time because I'm just lazy. Self-driving cars? Can't wait to see the drag races in hacked cars.
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 27, 2015 2:44:30 GMT -5
Welcome, Andy. You sound like the perfect new member. We are all looking forward to hearing about your collection, and seeing those cameras, too.
Ciao from Italy.
David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 26, 2015 7:45:02 GMT -5
I mentioned earlier that I have been fortunate. Since 1998 only two items failed to reach me and one was while I was living in California. I have only sold items on ebay a few times and those were a decade ago. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 25, 2015 4:50:05 GMT -5
That collection is simply wonderous. I must admit that I am partial to the F3 Nikon but that may be due to the fact that I have owned it and used it since 1982.
David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 25, 2015 3:12:00 GMT -5
A lovely selection of folders. You appear to take great care in selecting models for your collection. I agree. I think we have a serious collector here who is not just interested in gathering a bunch of old cameras to distribute on liveroom tables, but someone interested in the history of photographic technology. David
|
|
|
Post by genazzano on Feb 25, 2015 2:40:30 GMT -5
A very nice collection of really odd ball cameras. My compliments. My Kandor arrived in pretty rough condition but with a little cleaning, it came out looking almost new. The Lomography copies are wonderful, IMO. The history of the Irwin cameras on the Web is rather suspect, though. They were never sardine cans and the Chicago mafia never had anything to do with the company. The best source for the history of Irwin is in "Glass, Brass, and Chrome" which is a very interesting book for collectors though it too receives some criticism. Note that the insert that came with the camera is from Harold Products of Chicago, whereas, the camera is from Irwin in New York City. Sylvain Halgand has a very interesting and entertaining site which includes a history of the Kandor candid cameras. It is written with a lot of humor and is perhaps the single most common source of the sardine can myth. If one reads his site carefully, you will notice his following comment: "This history is…. a history, only a history, which proves that with conviction one can tell any sh.. on Internet. There, it is beautiful. Excuse is delirious it. Make starts to me from your reactions." I even see references to Elliot Ness regarding the Kandor camera. Actually, Ness was long gone from the FBI by late 1930's and Irwin was making the Kandor. By that time Ness was in charge of the Fire Department in Cleveland, Ohio. So the location of New York on the Irwin cameras was due to the fact that they were located in New York. My Kandor after some minor restoration by removing the surface corrosion and dirt.. The Lomography copy of the Irwin Kandor. I also think your choices of the Ensign Cupid and Purma Special are especially good as well. I am still searching for a good example of the Cupid similar to yours. David
|
|