Post by casualcollector on Mar 11, 2007 13:44:37 GMT -5
As previously threatened, here's a couple of shots from the first roll through the latest E-bay acquisition.
I live adjacent to the municipal airport in Sebastian, FL, the location of a skydive facility. People fall from the sky nearly everyday. They land safely far more often than not! This was taken about 6pm on Thurs. 3/8. Jumpers will tumble out of the plane from about 12,500 feet and freefall too 3,000 or 2,000 feet then pull the ripcord. If they're in a hurry to catch the next plane up, they'll spiral in, face first like this, then flare out and land lightly. On the last jump of the day, some will open the 'chute high, get plenty of hang time and enjoy the sunset. I caught this diver on Kodak 400 print film with the 200/3.5 Auto Sears in the top photo. Exposure is probably 1/250 at f/5.6.
This is the old crane truck at a run down marina along the Indian River lagoon in Sebastian. I think the 2004 hurricanes destroyed any structures that may have been there. Now there's just the crane trucks (this one and another, slightly newer Dodge) and a group of boats pulled up haphazardly on the shore. No trouble getting this subject to stand still! It posed for me about 3:45 EST yesterday afternoon (3/10) . 55/2.8 Auto Sears Macro. Exposed 1/500 @ f/11.
These are some handsome lenses. The finish is matte black. They have knurled metal focus grips from the days before diamond stud rubber. The tripod collar on the 200 is wrinkle finish paint. Going on 35 years old, they focus smoothly and the iris works perfectly. Don't know quite who to pin these on. Sears probably bought them through Ricoh. The 200 looks like any number of lenses labeled Ricoh, Mamiya Sekor, Soligor, even Bushnell. The macro looks like it belongs to the same parent but differs greatly from the Mamiya Sekor 60/2.8 macro of the period that came from Tomioka. Life's persistent mysteries! The 4X6s look sharp. The 1800X1215 scans look sharp. Optically, no complaints!
Bill
I live adjacent to the municipal airport in Sebastian, FL, the location of a skydive facility. People fall from the sky nearly everyday. They land safely far more often than not! This was taken about 6pm on Thurs. 3/8. Jumpers will tumble out of the plane from about 12,500 feet and freefall too 3,000 or 2,000 feet then pull the ripcord. If they're in a hurry to catch the next plane up, they'll spiral in, face first like this, then flare out and land lightly. On the last jump of the day, some will open the 'chute high, get plenty of hang time and enjoy the sunset. I caught this diver on Kodak 400 print film with the 200/3.5 Auto Sears in the top photo. Exposure is probably 1/250 at f/5.6.
This is the old crane truck at a run down marina along the Indian River lagoon in Sebastian. I think the 2004 hurricanes destroyed any structures that may have been there. Now there's just the crane trucks (this one and another, slightly newer Dodge) and a group of boats pulled up haphazardly on the shore. No trouble getting this subject to stand still! It posed for me about 3:45 EST yesterday afternoon (3/10) . 55/2.8 Auto Sears Macro. Exposed 1/500 @ f/11.
These are some handsome lenses. The finish is matte black. They have knurled metal focus grips from the days before diamond stud rubber. The tripod collar on the 200 is wrinkle finish paint. Going on 35 years old, they focus smoothly and the iris works perfectly. Don't know quite who to pin these on. Sears probably bought them through Ricoh. The 200 looks like any number of lenses labeled Ricoh, Mamiya Sekor, Soligor, even Bushnell. The macro looks like it belongs to the same parent but differs greatly from the Mamiya Sekor 60/2.8 macro of the period that came from Tomioka. Life's persistent mysteries! The 4X6s look sharp. The 1800X1215 scans look sharp. Optically, no complaints!
Bill
