Found a vintage Nikon bokeh meter, but need manual.

<p>Well done Matt.</p>

<p>Wow, my old Bokemeter! I haven't seen that in some number of years (I'm a bit fuzzy on exactly how long it's been).</p>

<p>Harold Merklinger, Professor Screweyes, and Poindexter Neffe developed that one for me, and it was built by our good friends at Nikon through the kind offices of Uncle Arthur Kramer, who of course was Nikon's account executive with Ernst and Young way back before my time. Uncalibrated, it had too much tolerance for ni-sen--of the type sometimes created by the overcorrected spherical aberration of AIS manual-focus lenses.</p>

<p>I quietly let it go when I got my new Blair in 1984, and then de-accessioned that one when I got the Clarke in 2001. Now even the Clarke seems like old technology, compared to, say, a 2009 Cameron.</p>

<p>Nice to see that old thing again! It's still a nice machine.</p>

<p>Be careful of false readings with large-aperture long teles.</p>

<p>Best regards,<br>

Mike Johnston / TOP</p>

<p>P.S. I see I just barely missed posting that on the proper date. Ah well.</p>

<p>Great job Matt, nice work on the photomanipulation, it looks great. Was wondering if you had a specific reason for using Corel Photopaint rather than Photoshop?</p>

<p>Hilarious! Nice work!</p>

<p>Ah, <strong>Mr. Johnston</strong>! Thanks for joining in, and in the full spirit of the occasion, too. I've noticed what you said about the meter's problems with long lenses. Plus, it just sort of tips over. I can see why you're using newer equipment, now. BTW, there's a new firmware update out for the Cameron, but only it's only available in Gaelic, so far.<br /><br /><strong>Dave T</strong>: The I-use-Corel-and-not-Adobe thing isn't a religious matter or anything. I've been using the Corel Draw suite for many, many years, since I use its Draw module for all sorts of vector-based stuff (commercial graphics, etc), and just got very used to PhotoPaint's way of doing certain things. It's just very familiar ground, and very powerful considering the <em>very</em> low price involved in upgrades/updates along the way. When I need to manipulate individual pixels, it's my go-to tool. Of note, I do all of my RAW conversion in Capture NX2, and most of my general photo-type editing there, too. But the Corel Draw suite is like a very good old friend who's always happy to go out for an inexpensive dinner. We get along great. <br /><br />Thanks everyone else for chiming in on this bit of silliness. As long as there were a couple of chuckles along the way, it was worth the fuss. Plus, I actually got to use a camera and make a couple of photographs along the way, which is sort of whole point, right? Right!</p>

Some nice digital manipulation, Matt!

<p>What a waste of time! U're data is absolutely useless, until we know whether the 'm' stands for micro or mega.<br>

Jay Drew</p>

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<p>... data is absolutely useless, until we know whether the 'm' stands for micro or mega.</p>

</blockquote>

<p>Micro is the Greek letter mu '<strong>μ</strong>', or the western letter '<strong>u</strong>' for those lacking Greek letters.<br>

Mega is a capital <strong>M</strong>.<br>

A lower-case <strong>m</strong> would be 'milli-', as in 1/1000th, or megalomaniac.</p>

<p>- Leigh</p>

 

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=6063681">Leigh B.</a> wrote on Apr 02, 2012; 09:40 p.m:<br>

Micro is the Greek letter mu '<strong>μ</strong>', or the western letter '<strong>u</strong>' for those lacking Greek letters.<br />Mega is a capital <strong>M</strong>.<br />A lower-case <strong>m</strong> would be 'milli-', as in 1/1000th, or megalomaniac.<br>

- Leigh<br>

Wrong Wrong Wrong again! The falsicity of your comment would obvious to any 4th grader; milli = 1/1000 which is very small. Megalomaniac is a huge maniac, & obviously isn't small.<br>

Best, JD</p>

<p>"compared to, say, a 2009 Cameron."<br>

We've had a Cameron here (UK) for about 2 years, and it's broken absolutely everything it's touched so far. I think we need to dump it and get a new one - not much else available on the market right now though. </p>

 

<p>A great post, Matt! :-)<br>

This reminds me of the famous Turboencabulator, a fabrication of some clever guy at General Electric that mimicked the style of the General Electric Handbook, a huge multi-volume compilation of detailed and technical GE product descriptions. In fact, at many GE locations, the Turboencabulator page was inserted into the Handbook and used for initiation rites of young engineers and technicians. <br /><br />Here's a film made by Rockwell that basically uses the description straight out of the handbook. I don't know how the actor kept a straight face...<br>

<a href="http://biggeekdad.com/2010/11/turbo-encabulator/">http://biggeekdad.com/2010/11/turbo-encabulator/</a></p>

<p>Stephen, that was unbelievably hialarious!</p>

<p>My first reaction was looking at the date...</p>

<p>I think I made a correct decision... </p>

<p>:D</p>

<p>I wouldn't take this too lightly. Remember, this seemingly pointless device later became the inspiration for the invention of the refribulator transformer.</p>

<p>Awesome - truly one of the best ever!</p>

<p>2012 April Fools… Go figure...<br>

http://petapixel.com/2012/04/02/april-fools-2012-in-the-photo-world/</p>