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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 19, 2007 16:17:17 GMT -5
Wayne, given the uncertain life spans of CD-RW's, etc. what is really needed is some sort of long term storage device. Maybe there might be a way to store images on a glass plate or some sort of stable plastic. Perhaps a laser could be used... or maybe some emerging nano-technology chemical process might prove adequate. Just a thought... Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 13, 2006 23:07:44 GMT -5
Last week the airline my friend was leaving on gave me a pass to the passenger waiting area. The security folks very kindly hand inspected my Mamiya DTL and then I spent the next hour taking candid shots in the waiting area. Everyone one was patient and polite... but it is so sad that our Brave New World has been reduced to this. I'm so old I remember walking out to the Southern Airways DC-3 with it's starbord engine idling (none of this hanging around silliness!), being welcomed aboard by a very professional stewardess, taking a seat with about as much room as today's current first class, and once airborne paying for my ticket..... Thank God for progress... How did we manage to live back then.
Orlin in SC/USA
ps: Oh yes!.... parking lot to parking lot the trip was about 90 minutes faster than the current 737 is to Atlanta.
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 6, 2006 20:55:41 GMT -5
Once to pointed to the target, the telescope is set to rotate in 97 minutes on an axis parallel to the earth's axis so that as Hubble orbits the earth it stays pointed on the target. I would assume that the onboard computer picks a light source in the image and then sends trim commands to the gyros to keep the telescope accurately trained (or there is an auxillary wide angle scope used for this purpose as well as target aquisition). An earth bound telescope is set to rotate in 24 hours. For photographic work the image is held steady by computer contol or manually trimmed. Just think: One of the greatest optical telescopes ever built has a defectively ground mirror.... ooops! Thank goodness for a corrective lens! If NASA hadn't argeed to send an upkeep/repair/upgrade mission to Hubbel last month, I think the NASA administrators would have been ridden out of town on a rail.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Oct 30, 2007 11:43:40 GMT -5
The Hi-Matic series are really great cameras. Like you, I find that I get pictures that stand out and often exceed what I get with fancier equipment. Looks to have been a grand day out. The camera did a good job of capturing the expansiveness of the beach (well I guess the camera operator helped too). The cropped picture is one I liked the best.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 22, 2007 22:41:34 GMT -5
Just too bad.. she is very cute and attractive. Wish her well and be extra nice... in a couple of years she will call needing a portait done and "you were the only person I could think of." Being married that long takes time to get over, even if she was glad that it was over.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 8, 2006 23:05:07 GMT -5
Thanks for that information. I looked on evil bay and there were two listed..... but one seller wanted $20 USD for postage (perhaps it's delivered by bonded courier!). I'll pass the info along to my friend and he can keep an eye out for one a little more reasonably priced.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 7, 2006 23:35:15 GMT -5
A friend has a Pentax MX that has a damaged focusing screen from an attempted cleaning. Does anyone know of someone who would have spare parts and the ability to repair this camera?
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 11, 2006 14:26:27 GMT -5
Peter, many well equiped machine shops have shadow projectors. It would only take several minutes for them to measure a thread for you. Probably would do it gratis if you made a nice photo of the owners premises!
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 3, 2006 1:04:15 GMT -5
Great pictures. Even on a computer monitor, Kodachrome stands out. In a group of color images, I bet you could pick out the Kodachrome just about every time... they have such a 'punch' to them.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 3, 2006 0:50:37 GMT -5
Mickey, I believe that the world has wisely settled on 1/4"-20 UNC as the standard camera mounting thread. As an aside: there are no metric sized drives for interchangable sockets.... even in France you ask for a 1/4, 3/8, or a 1/2.. Just like Alabama!
Orlin in SC (near Alabama)/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Apr 13, 2007 20:26:40 GMT -5
The reason that I've not plunged into digital is that I did an engineering economy chart and for me, film is cheaper. I shoot a roll about every two weeks and at that level the investment in a DSLR, PhotoShop, and printers/supplies makes no sense. In today's market, film, processing, prints, and a CD costs 52 cents a shot. This is not bargain basement processing, but a stand alone photo lab that takes care in what they're doing (they do take a day process film, so no instant gratification). At the end of the day, I have as many quality shots as the digital users. I agree that a camera is just a tool, but the more primitive the tool the more care and thought that has to be used to get the desired results....e.g. I've found that I usually get better photographs from my Mamiya with the inoperative light meter.
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 10, 2007 1:52:15 GMT -5
Had a few minutes free and found www.bluefire.ca in Calgary, Canada. They have Bluefire Murano 160 daylight color print film for $7 a roll.. not the cheapest, but they say that is wound on a correct 49mm spool so as not to hang up in a Baby Rolli. They had some Chinese made 120 too. ASA100 b/w $2.65/roll or $2.00/roll in a 50 roll brick. They said to note there are no frame numbers on this stuff (not good with my Yashica MAT or Zeiss Box Tengor, no problem with my MAT-124). A real shame as it would be fun to shoot some ASA 100 b/w with the Zeiss.... but I do have some test rolls and I could count winder turns and maybe shoot eight or ten frames instead of twelve. They didn't say, but I think company is the Seldom Wong Film Factory in Shanghai..... or not.. Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 10, 2007 0:42:19 GMT -5
Walker, $4.50 a roll for 127 is about as cheap as I've heard of. Who has it for sale at that price? Film For Classics seems a bit pricey... nearly $25 for a roll of b/w and processing. I've got several 127's, but haven't shot any film with the cameras because of the high cost. If you really want to shoot 127, it would seem that cutting down your own film and processing it yourself is about only reasonable way to go about it.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Oct 18, 2007 10:54:23 GMT -5
Michael, I'd go with the Minolta 7s. It has a great piece of glass. I'm still impressed with the pictures I get with it. I agree, the scrunched up speed and aperture rings are the only fault I can find with the camera. Having said that, I use the auto setting 95% of the time anyway. I quit bothering to turn the meter off... just put the lens cap on (as the owners manual suggests). I use the 1.5v battery too.... I can't tell any difference in the metering. Any of the FLRF's mentioned will run rings around all but the best digitals I've seen.
Orlin in South Carolina, USA
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