Film Camera Week for May 18

Surprisingly, the rain cleared thus morning and this afternoon I took out a Praktica MTL5 loaded with Arista EDU Ultra 100, and wearing a 30mm Meyer-Optik Gorlitz "Lydith" f/3.5 lens. What should I come across but a lovely Pontiac Parisenne, so I took a couple of pics for this week's car-orientated thread. I think it's a 1964 model, but you gurus may be able to confirm this, or otherwise. The film was developed in PMK Pyro and scanned on an Epson V700 Photo using Silverfast SE Software.

 

This comes pretty close to occupying two parking spaces!

 

Pontiac

 

 

Front

 

Pemaquid Point, Maine

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Same equipment, 1/2 sec. @ f/38

Nice shot, both artistically and as a demonstration of what makes Pemaquid so unique, geologically.

 

As anyone can see, the "grain", or layers, of the rock runs almost exactly perpendicular to the surface of the Earth. As anyone observant can tell you, that doesn't happen. Those layers are formed like the layers of an onion, hugging the surface below them. Something cataclysmic happened here, to turn them 90 degrees over such a large area. Presumably, plate tectonics in action, since there is no volcanism in the area, but the results are unique. Even out here in the West, it only took less than 45 degrees of tilt to build the Rockies.

 

Hey, leave the Mopars alone. It would be a Comet or Rambler except Florida whee it would be any car but a pickup.

Now it would be an SUV, most of the time, although I have seen pickups doing it.

My dream is to find a 65 dart. I can still dissemble and assemble blindfolded

That's cuz they only had about 12 parts under the hood. They were the automotive equivalent of those puzzles they make for toddlers, where the entire United States is 6 pieces. You could fix anything that went wrong with those old slant 6's with an adjustable wrench, a hammer, and 2 screwdrivers.

This comes pretty close to occupying two parking spaces!

Yeah, but that's because it's twice the size of most BMWs. THAT car, I'd excuse. Modern parking spaces are smaller than they were when it was built.

Nice shot, both artistically and as a demonstration of what makes Pemaquid so unique, geologically.

 

As anyone can see, the "grain", or layers, of the rock runs almost exactly perpendicular to the surface of the Earth. As anyone observant can tell you, that doesn't happen. Those layers are formed like the layers of an onion, hugging the surface below them. Something cataclysmic happened here, to turn them 90 degrees over such a large area. Presumably, plate tectonics in action, since there is no volcanism in the area, but the results are unique. Even out here in the West, it only took less than 45 degrees of tilt to build the Rockies.

 

 

Now it would be an SUV, most of the time, although I have seen pickups doing it.

 

That's cuz they only had about 12 parts under the hood. They were the automotive equivalent of those puzzles they make for toddlers, where the entire United States is 6 pieces. You could fix anything that went wrong with those old slant 6's with an adjustable wrench, a hammer, and 2 screwdrivers.

Correction, guys on Car Talk said there are 15 moving parts. I can not count over 10. The 2 most elusive problems were a cracked gear on distributor shaft and failed weld on torque sleeve on clutch pedal assembly

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Continuing the automotive theme......

 

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Is it a bike or a tank? :)

Leica IIIf with Summarit and Kodak Double-X

How many horsepower, Rick? I think that vehicle would be fun to drive.

The "Kettenkrad" has 36bhp according to Wikipedia. They're rather expensive to abuse them these days, though.

They were gun/utility tractors designed to fit inside a Junker 52s transport plane.

 

There were quite a few uncommon World War 2 vehicles on display at the "Patton Drivers" event in Belgium last weekend.

 

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Thanks, Rick. Always nice to know some technical data. If memory serves, brake horsepower is a bit higher than net, but still quite below gross horsepower, which US automakers used up through 1971.

I remember as a kid, plastic model assembly was a fun pastime of mine. All of the unique WWII design fascinated me. I remember specifically snickering at the term “Junker”.

I really enjoy the WWII re-enactment photos. Over here it’s mostly Civil War era.

Nice to see y’all’s efforts to bring History to life.

Same here, Moving On. I live in West Point, MS which was close to the site of the Battle of West Point in February 1864. One of my friends (when he was younger) used to participate in Civil War re-enactments.

This was more of a military vehicle meet than re-enactment, but still.....

 

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Ward Lafrance Wrecker

 

The "Junker" joke was not lost on me either ;)

 

There was a Military Vehicle event at Overloon Liberty Park this weekend as well, specifically for German WW2 Vehicles.

As a special event though brought in a King Tiger from the Armor Museum in Saumur.

 

Next weekend I'll be at Huis Doorn again, shooting World War 1 style portraits with a Kodak Auto Graflex.

The sheer massiveness of human endeavor involved in those wars is incredible.

One more car to add.

'65 Mustang, Rollei B35, Fuji Reala

Apartment living, Cannot QL 17 GIII, Ilford 100

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Apartment living, Cannot QL 17 GIII, Ilford 100

I find it funny that my computer auto-corrected Canonet to cannot.

A few more to keep things moving.

Minolta SRT, possibly Sigma 100-200 f4.5, Tri-X tinted using PhotoStudio 5.5

Minolta XE-5, 50mm f1.4 MC Rokkor, Plus-X

Reading statue, Olympus XA-2, Fuji Superia 200

Altar flowers, Minolta SRT 101, Celtic 28mm f 2.8, HP5+