Mike Gammill Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 When some cameras had flashing LED's for the battery check we'd sometimes kid around and tell someone who asked about the light that it was a warning light to alert the subject that he or she was too ugly to photograph. I pulled that on a couple of my more gullible (but good sports) friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecaz Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 In the view finder it tells you if you have to "wind" to the next frame. We all had some friends who were gullible and dumb. And seriously thry just could not understand why the camera would tell you that there was wind blowing. I swear I am not making this up. Well, obviously, it's there to tell you that you need a faster shutter speed, because the flowers and trees are moving in the wind. ;) Either that, or it's a fart detector, letting you know that someone nearby just broke wind.:D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) Well to let us have some fun that others find inappropriate it was designed to prevent camera shake from UFO's , unknown far----g objects. Heavens forbid if our exercise of free speech challenges someone's need to say I am Important Edited June 4, 2018 by donald_miller|5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecaz Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Still being kind of new around here, I'm not sure if these belong in this forum/thread, or somewhere else. They were shot with classic manual lenses, but on a digital camera. So, they could go here (I think) or in the Canon and/or Olympus and Yashica (if there is one) forums, but this is the forum I spend the most time in, so I'm going to try it. If this is against the rules, let me know. I think this has to be the best shot I've ever gotten of a Canada Goose. Yashica ML Zoom 42-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Sploosh! Olympus 600mm f/6.5 Got one! Olympus 600mm f/6.5 Stilt. Olympus 600mm f/6.5 Not the greatest shot, but I'm fairly happy with it because these guys are so darn difficult to photograph. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Still being kind of new around here, I'm not sure if these belong in this forum/thread, or somewhere else. They were shot with classic manual lenses, but on a digital camera. So, they could go here (I think) or in the Canon and/or Olympus and Yashica (if there is one) forums, but this is the forum I spend the most time in, so I'm going to try it. If this is against the rules, let me know. I think this has to be the best shot I've ever gotten of a Canada Goose. Yashica ML Zoom 42-75mm f/3.5-4.5 [ATTACH=full]1248565[/ATTACH] Sploosh! Olympus 600mm f/6.5 [ATTACH=full]1248567[/ATTACH] Got one! Olympus 600mm f/6.5 [ATTACH=full]1248566[/ATTACH] Stilt. Olympus 600mm f/6.5 Not the greatest shot, but I'm fairly happy with it because these guys are so darn difficult to photograph. [ATTACH=full]1248568[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1248563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1248564[/ATTACH][/quote I am of the scool of thought thatiions are plastic and definitions change withtime time ot become archaic. Otherwise the only classick camera wqould be a 620 box camera. Pm yhe oyjer hand a hentleman by the name de Bakker (a mice prsom gog rest his sole eicne he just disappeared with his "classic Hasselbach") would be b;owimg up ;ike like a puffer fish now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Actually, now as I reminiscence and remember in the Pharmacy where I was a clerk in the 60"s there was a worse practial joker (he could sell the Brooklyn Bridge) then me. When customers were in the store he would ask me what the weather was and I would say let me check my camera. Then he would take them outside and show them what in said in the view finder. He would then make up stories and explanations about how it worked and why it was important in photography and some believed him and fascinated. while the rest of us had stomach cramps for the rest of the night from laughing. great for dealimg caamera shake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 To keep things moving, a few from several years back. Some of these may have been posted before. Film for all images was Fuji Superia 200 Sun and shade, Fujica 605N with Steinheil Munchen 40mm f3.5 The little 40mm (in M42 mount) is very compact and had been in a non-climate controlled storage for over 15 years, but was in good shape. Railroad museum, same gear as above plants, same gear The lens 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Early morning on the line... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by randall Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 After seeing Bill Bowes' FED at the farmer's market last week, I decided to get my Zorki 4 working again. Spent several hours Friday evening doing a "quick" CLA. Hardest part was getting the slow shutter speed governor wound and correctly positioned. All is well now. Here's a shot from my Sunday morning hike on the Old Pali Road. Zorki 4, Jupiter 8, HP5, f/4, 60, Ilfotec DD-X, Epson 850. I turned off ICE and unsharpen mask in the scanning software. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Pentax ME Super Fuji Superia 50mm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Shoe's ?? Stinking Shoe's ?? Man, you go back for reshoot. . .bare feet or flip-flops, but No Shoes !! Aloha, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I was in Mexico. Those aren't shoes. They are choose........;) Didn't want to step on a pop top, blow out a flip-flop, then cut my heel and have to cruise on back home to booze in the blender...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Ah, one of Jimmy's finest ! Here is my last Hawaii entry for a bit. Headed back to my Puget Sound abode until about Nov-Dec. Aloha, Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Evans Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Hi Bill, Let me know when you are back. We must do something local this summer. Tony Tony Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I am into Puget Sound on a red eye early am on Monday. Weekend of kart racing the following sat/sun but will contact you and see what trouble, photographically speaking, we can manage. Aloha, Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianfelixphotography Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi! New account here. I recently found an old dusty 1950 Daci Royal while going through my father's things. He told me I could keep it. I'd like to shoot with it but I don't know how it works and can't find any manuals. I'd also need to know how to go about cleaning it. I apologize if I posted in the wrong thread. Warm love fro Spain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) sebastianfelixphotography said: New account here. I recently found an old dusty 1950 Daci Royal while going through my father's things. He told me I could keep it. I'd like to shoot with it but I don't know how it works and can't find any manuals. I'd also need to know how to go about cleaning it. It would probably be better to start a new thread, but welcome to the forum, anyway! The Daci Royal is a very simple box camera and there's not much you need to know; it gives you 12 6x6cm images on 120 size roll film, (I'd suggest 100 ISO), it has a fixed shutter speed and a fixed aperture of f/9. The front lens element revolves for focusing, according to the numerals marked in metres around the perimeter, so you have to guesstimate the distance to your subject. You've probably figured out how to open it by now and the loading procedure should be fairly obvious; as I recall it has a little red window on the back to show the frame numbers as you wind on the film. Make sure the little selector lever on the side is set to "M" rather than "Z"; M (moment) gives you a instant exposure while Z will give you a time exposure. Clean the lens very gently with a lens brush or damp Q-Tip, inside and out, and the body can be cleaned with a damp cloth with a little detergent. There's a nice collection of sample photographs here: index Hope this helps! Edited June 5, 2018 by rick_drawbridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 [ATTACH=full]1248646[/ATTACH] Early morning on the line... With all of that you would think Fred Smith would have paid my father in law (from my late wife) back the ink paper and coffee he owes him. Lol.Fred had an office above him and when his business was failing at first he just about lived in my father in laws office to do his printing and fuel up on caffeine. My late father in law vividly remembered seeing Fred in the lobby one Friday and Fred had a brief case with blah blah blah amount af money. He said you may not see me Monday. If I do not triple what I have here there willl be no payroll or Federal express.it us not an urban legend that is a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I remember when the pilots were buying fuel with their personal credit cards for those little Falcon jets. One of them was my Sunday school teacher, a Huey pilot in Vietnam. Fred partially paid them in stock and that made the guy a millionaire. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I think Fred liked hiring highly qualified vets. I first met him when I was seventeen in his kitchen, introduced by his cousin. He offered me a cup of coffee then, just before rushing out briefcase and cup in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Oops, wrong thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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