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W/NW 2021 Pic-O'-The-Week #20


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Leica M9, Summicron 50mm F2

 

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Where is this, viktor gruber?

Welcome to Week 20 of the Leica and Rangefinders W/NW Thread. Here are the multiple levels at the Mall of America, Bloomington Minnesota.

 

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M8, 35mm f/2.5 Voigtlander Color-Skopar PII

That is brilliant. Poetry in motion, without the motion. And such a great tonal range. it needs framing. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1).

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So, my second tranche of Jenolan Caves:

 

It was a stately guest house, no TV, no microwave oven, just early 19th Century accommodation. Each floor (there were three) had a couple of lounge areas - all period pieces. Here is one, the floor we were on:

 

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And billiard rooms, etc. A trip to Bountiful. So the necessary stalagmites and stalagtites. My spouse gave me this aphorism: stalagnites, hold on tite, less you fall. Stalagmites, grow up mighty, from the ground.

 

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And finally, the exceptionally helpful 'waitress' at the dining room:

 

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All with my monochrom, this time with a 50mm summicron, with poor focus from me. Keep safe, keep well. These are the years of the plague. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1 - though the bees have now gone)

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JDMvW how many interesting "classic" cameras do you have?

 

Well, I haven't updated the spreadsheet in a long time, but as of my last update about 130 cameras, 150+ lenses, and lots of other crap.

My repair skills are minimal compared to some here, but I have managed to get the majority working-- at least for a few frames.

 

I still have series in the works about Arguses (Argii?), an East German AF lens, an early Pentax AF, and others. External conditions have delayed these.

 

On the Clarus

Clarus MS-35: A couple of pictures

Clarus MS-35: The Camera

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Well, I haven't updated the spreadsheet in a long time, but as of my last update about 130 cameras, 150+ lenses, and lots of other crap.

My repair skills are minimal compared to some here, but I have managed to get the majority working-- at least for a few frames.

 

I still have series in the works about Arguses (Argii?), an East German AF lens, an early Pentax AF, and others. External conditions have delayed these.

 

On the Clarus

Clarus MS-35: A couple of pictures

Clarus MS-35: The Camera

Bravo to you. And I would venture a query whether the plural is Argii; argus is possibly greek, maybe not, I don't know. Maybe 'argus' is the latinised version of 'argos' (masculine, first declension), the plural, I expect, in the nominative case, would possibly be 'argoi'. Latin always eluded me: 'paro paras parat, the cat sat on the mat'. Argus has a long lineage, the beast with a thousand eyes. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

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Bravo to you. And I would venture a query whether the plural is Argii; argus is possibly greek, maybe not, I don't know. Maybe 'argus' is the latinised version of 'argos' (masculine, first declension), the plural, I expect, in the nominative case, would possibly be 'argoi'. Latin always eluded me: 'paro paras parat, the cat sat on the mat'. Argus has a long lineage, the beast with a thousand eyes. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

According to Wiki the camera was named after the Greek diety "Argus" (all seeing or god of a thousand eyes). It states the plural is Arguses.

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Well, I haven't updated the spreadsheet in a long time, but as of my last update about 130 cameras, 150+ lenses, and lots of other crap.

My repair skills are minimal compared to some here, but I have managed to get the majority working-- at least for a few frames.

 

I still have series in the works about Arguses (Argii?), an East German AF lens, an early Pentax AF, and others. External conditions have delayed these.

 

On the Clarus

Clarus MS-35: A couple of pictures

Clarus MS-35: The Camera

Bravo to you. And I would venture a query whether the plural is Argii; argus is possibly greek, but possibly a latinised version of 'argos' (masculine, first declension), the plural, I expect, in the nominative case, would possibly be 'argoi'. The beast with a thousand eyes. Long time since I've done latin: 'paro paras parat, the cat sat on the mat'. Bravo

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You say Arguses, I say Argii, let's call the whole thing off.

 

The 'plural' Argi was only an in-joke among people who were demented or injured enough to acquire such things. Like Octupi, it started as a 'funnin' ya' and turned into an commonly used term..

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