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Post by photax on Nov 11, 2009 14:03:31 GMT -5
Hi Bob ! Can you tell me something about the architectural style of this beautiful church ? Looks like english (neo ?) gothic style. I didn't mean the " railway engine shed" in a bad way, but such wooden buildings are very uncommon here. A picture of my nearest church, founded in the early 12th century and baroque "modernized" in the middle of the 17th century and finaly neo gothic rebuilt in 1880. MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 11, 2009 13:33:07 GMT -5
Hi Dan ! I purchased a D-90 half a year ago and i can tell you that this is a fantastic camera. I myself did not spend much time on reading the instruction manual. I think 50 % of the features for me are still unexplored ( will be read if needed )... Mounted the lens, inserted the battery-pack, put the camera on the balustrade of my balcony ( there was no tripod ready to hand ) and did my first night-shot with the 18-105 as i heard the fireworks outside. Have fun with your camera ! MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 10, 2009 14:53:04 GMT -5
Wayne, this is a fantastic find ! In europe you`ll pay for a working one in that good condition up to 150.- USD
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Post by photax on Nov 8, 2009 17:12:48 GMT -5
Hi ! I copied a old 1899 cardboard-mounted photograph from my collection, showing a place ca. 1 mile away from my home. Today i took a picture with my "ever in my pocket"-Casio Camera from the same point of view and realized, that nothing basic ( except the cars and the electric light ) had changed in 110 years. I prepared the picture of today in the same color and "extra grainy" to match the old one. MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 8, 2009 16:48:41 GMT -5
Hi Bob ! Some real brilliant pictures ! I also like the one with the open field best, it will give an idea of the largeness of the country. Followed by the picture of the door with the rusted doorknob and the cracked paint. I think the colour picture with the barn works better than the B/W because of the warm tonality. At the first view at the picture with the church, i thoght that this is a railway engine shed Your churches look completely different than ours. Enjoy the last warm days ! MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 7, 2009 13:26:46 GMT -5
The french also built some extraordinary cars in the sixties ( like the Citroen DS models ), but this is a real cold-war rocket !
MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 7, 2009 13:21:43 GMT -5
Hi Roy ! This is a car you rarely see on the european street ( for the pure fact of the gasoline price ), beautiful restrained "old school"-flame design. Wow!
MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 7, 2009 13:17:15 GMT -5
Hi Randy ! The good thing about dusting the collection twice a year is, that you can wind up and release every camera, so they dont get stuck over the years. 99 percent are working.
MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 7, 2009 13:09:07 GMT -5
Wayne, the stereo items were very inexpensive here till the internet was established. Almost nobody knew what to do with "double pictures", or strange wooden boxes with eyeglasses. One got only the pictures, the other only the viewer. I once bought a 1925 spyglass-shaped busch-stereoscope for ca. 1,50.- USD, because the seller told me this is a broken-down spyglass. The stereo cards ( lots of them from the 19th century ) sold 20 years ago for less then 10.- Cents per piece. Today they are sold between 2 and 10 USD. I had taken stereo pictures by myself with two identical Chinon SLR`s, a double cable release and a water level, and viewed the slides with two slide projectors and a polarization filter. I have twelve aerial cameras in my collection, from german and american WWII to Nato-Starfighter. One russian has even a heatable lens ! Mark, you are always welcome ! ( there is no admission ) And you always will get a cup of coffee, or a glass of beer. MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 7, 2009 12:31:39 GMT -5
Drako, what a picture !, my son is currently desperately searching for a beetle bodywork, i think this one is for free Here is a picture (taken with a Rolleiflex 6x6) from the austrian rural area: Some funny guy tried to bury his beetle ( don`t know why ). And another weird austrian fellow forgott his Silver Shadow with open side windows and consequential moss-covered seats in the field. He should rename his car " Rust Shadow". MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 6, 2009 14:36:50 GMT -5
Hi ! I am collecting cameras and accessories since i was 14 years old, starting with my grandfathers Leica 1 ( still my only Leica ) and some old cameras donated from my relatives and my friends parents and so on. In the early 1980`s i worked as a photo shop salesman and at that time customers often came, trying to sell their inherited vintage photo-stuff. I still remember a customer asking for ( equalling ) 25.- USD for a 6x6 Rolleiflex 2.8F Outfit, i bought it for sure Most of my photographica are gifts from relatives, friends, collegues ( and their freinds, relatives...), or fleamarket bargains. There are a lot of them at the weekend in Vienna and the viennese area ( where still extraordinary lowpriced items can be found ). Once i saved a diasassembled handcranked 1920 Ernemann 35mm-Cinema-Movie Projector-Head from the junkyard for the price of the iron-weight and restored it with my son. I don`t purchase often things by auction on ebay, because they are far too expensive and the auction end-prices sometimes are completely crazy ( like the plastic Dianas, or the Polaroid SX-70 ). I think, everyone who have enough money to burn, is able to buy a complete collection, but this is not fun at all. Currently my collection consists of ca. 1200 cameras of all sizes from ca.1885-1960s, 120 movie cameras ( mostly 8mm and 9.5mm from 1920-1950s ), 55 movie projectors from the 1920-1930s, 100 slide projectors ( including ca. 20 Laterna Magicas ) from 1880-1950s, 100 stereo viewers from 1860-1950s, ca. 2000 stereo cards, 50 viewmaster viewers from 1938-1970s and a lot of historic accessories ( 50 photometers, 25 mechanical self timers, several flashes, boxes full of negative glass plates...). All articles are numbered and, as Curt guessed, listed with manufacturer, country of origin, model, year of construction, lens, value aso... in excel-sheets. Now i am trying to insert pictures in this lists, but this would take me years to to Mickey, i built the shelfs by myself ( without help ) with sprucewood plankes from the building center. Beechwood is more beautiful and solid but four times expensive. it was a lot of measuring necessary to get the optimum height and depth. Wayne, you can still stay married, even with such a collection, if the house is big enough As a happily divorced man ( my collection was not the cause of it ) i have no problems at all. And this allowes me, if i like, to mount the old Agfa-sign in the center of my living room My girlfriend has her own appartment and is collecting vintage toys, so there is also no problem for the weekend planning... MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 4, 2009 14:52:56 GMT -5
Ron, This is a horizontally sign to be mounted extended from the wall, as you guessed. The diamond-shaped metal framework has a additional loop for hanging up ( i think with a chain ), because this one weights 7kg ( 15,4lb). Bob, You wrote: There must be a hidden pack rat in some of us. I assume, i am one of these, the following pictures will show you why. Here is a part of my photographica, brought together in all these years and displayed in my cave. PS: Is" ratpack" the plural of "packrat"? MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 3, 2009 15:07:06 GMT -5
Hi ! Last weekend i came around a countryside fleamarket, where i bought a almost new russian M-39-mount Jupiter 11/135 for ca. 2.-USD ;D. On my way back home, i came across an old grubby Agfa-sign and asked the guys standing around there, if they know to whom this item would belong. A man told me, that this has been seperated for the bulky waste and i may take it for free (which i did immediately). At home i cleaned it with soap and water and after five minutes it turned out to be a both-sided 1950`s Agfa-Shop sign made of glass ( no breakage, no scratches ). This was astonishing, `cause this old signs will sell in europe for 200.- USD and more. I have actually no idea where i should place it, but i will keep it... MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 2, 2009 7:26:52 GMT -5
Hi ! I saw this car at a motor show a couple of years ago: A streamlined czechoslovakian Tatra 603, manufactured in 1961 and offered there for 5000 USD. The V8-engine has ca. 2500ccm ( donĀ“t remember exactly ) and 105 HP which will allow you to fly this UFO at a highspeed of 103 mph. These cars were primarily built for the Czech government and diplomatic agents and came mostly in black or dark blue. The owner of this one obviously decided, that a strange car would even look much better in pink. Although the car has a license plate, the towrope underneath the car dont give rise to optimism... MIK
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Post by photax on Nov 2, 2009 6:54:15 GMT -5
Hi ! This one looks very interesting ! Is this a do-it-yourself construction ? What is a fabric covering ( i am not able to translate this word ) ? As i see, that the plane is for sale, i guess you will come back with a trailer and a pocket full of money MIK
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