We spent part of rainy today at the Seal Cove Auto Museum. It's quite a collection, most of the cars built from 1900 and 1920. Some of these cars cost upward of $5000 in 1910!
I think my favorite is this Saxon driven by two women 10,000 miles around the country from April to October, 1916 to drum up support for women's right to vote.
Early gas station.
Original GPS?
Stanley Steamer shuttle.
Stoddard Dayton, with a bank of musical horns and a gigantic searchlight.
These pics were taken with the 35mm f2.8. The light (fluorescent) was dimmer and more uneven than I remember. I could have used the 50mm f1.4 for some.
We spent part of rainy today at the Seal Cove Auto Museum. It's quite a collection, most of the cars built from 1900 and 1920. Some of these cars cost upward of $5000 in 1910!
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Stoddard Dayton, with a bank of musical horns and a gigantic searchlight.
These pics were taken with the 35mm f2.8. The light (fluorescent) was dimmer and more uneven than I remember. I could have used the 50mm f1.4 for some.
Thanks. I wasn't at all sure how these would turn out.
I'm still learning the camera. Also finding that the 35mm is more useful that it used to be with film.
Also learning about details I never noticed before. I read through the thorium lens review posted by EMH2025. I sure don't see everything the author described. Even when I'm looking for the flaws he described (How much of that is, ah, "imagined", I wonder?), I wouldn't be able to attribute them to a particular effect, or even care if the prime subject looks good in its surrounding. So all I can do is use the tools I have at my elbow, so to speak.
James Markus wrote:
Ray, I think that is my favorite GBH shot ever.
Thanks Jim, I take that as a very high honor coming from such an accomplished practitioner like yourself.
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GeorgeBo wrote:
Ray - I agree with Jim. Such an awesome shot!!
Thanks George! I'm amazed at these critters abilities to stay still for minutes at a time it seems. Have some really slow exposure ones that I like as well, but they were not with Nikon MFNG. One example here:
We spent part of rainy today at the Seal Cove Auto Museum. It's quite a collection, most of the cars built from 1900 and 1920. Some of these cars cost upward of $5000 in 1910!
I think my favorite is this Saxon driven by two women 10,000 miles around the country from April to October, 1916 to drum up support for women's right to vote.
These pics were taken with the 35mm f2.8. The light (fluorescent) was dimmer and more uneven than I remember. I could have used the 50mm f1.4 for some....Show more →
Jim, thanks for providing one of my favorite things on this thread, virtual travel and experiences that I would otherwise miss. That "live map" is something I've never heard of, and as a transportation engineer I geek out on things like this.
leighton w wrote:
Well, if you hang out around here too long, you'll probably end up with a few more.
I have lots of manual glass, many M mount, a good set of Voigtlanders for Z that are great, the thorium lens is just my last remaining Nikon F manual, but yes maybe I do need to get the fast Nikon (Nikkor) 50 or 55 mm again and perhaps the 28 as well. The thorium Nikkor is special, it was at the time of its making and still is now being being thorium glass but also the way it renders colors. For the most part vintage Nikon glass is cheap compared to some of the insane prices for M mount vintage glass.
EMH2025 wrote:
I have lots of manual glass, many M mount, a good set of Voigtlanders for Z that are great, the thorium lens is just my last remaining Nikon F manual, but yes maybe I do need to get the fast Nikon (Nikkor) 50 or 55 mm again and perhaps the 28 as well. The thorium Nikkor is special, it was at the time of its making and still is now being being thorium glass but also the way it renders colors. For the most part vintage Nikon glass is cheap compared to some of the insane prices for M mount vintage glass.
Eliot,
At the press 35mm f1.4 Nikkors were common. I don't remember seeing yellow Thorium versions, but either way it is a great lens. I purchased an ais version years ago. Recently, while trying to learn how to CLA an Olympus 40mm f1.4 Pen FT lens, I came across a video of how radioactive that particular lens is. I decided some dust isn't that bad, and to remain on the titanium shutter side of the back end of that lens. Your copy looks to be quite sharp. Looking forward to your contributions here.
On a Thorium side note
Many years ago I saw a wonderful documentary on Thorium Molten-salt reactors - A much safer alternative to today's current nuclear reactors. If I remember correctly (unlikely) it was one of Americas early attempts at nuclear reactors, and done as a test in the 1960s at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Jim
Ballard wrote:
I haven't posted in a long time for 2 reasons. I've been unable to shoot much due to the spinal degeneration issue. Finally there is some improvement, but I'm still quite limited. The second reason is that I've had trouble trying to post on the few occasions when I have done some photography. Several years ago when trying to renew my Fred Miranda membership, the website refused to accept my credit card, the same one I've used here for years. BTW, I carry no balance, so it's not over limit. No response from site administrator when I inquired about the problem. So I put images on Flickr and linked here. They started looking mushy, almost out of focus. I got so disgusted that I just stopped posting anything.
So these shots are a test more than anything else. All with 55/2.8 Micro on Df from a wooded park near my house.
Oosty wrote:
Hi Ken - I hover here from time to time and great to see you back. A pity about the spinal issues but I hope you're coping.
I've often wondered if the agapanthus seeds ever made it to you
Take care
Peter
Hi Peter,
Unfortunately your mail was apparently opened and resealed. I definitely received your card. It's been a number of years, but as I recall there was a cardboard rectangle that should have carried seeds. I suspect that any plant materials coming into the country were seized on entry. Is mail x-rayed? I don't know. I thought I let you know this.
In any case I definitely remember your kindness. I really appreciated your efforts to get me some agapanthus seeds.
I suspect that our winters might be too wet here for agapanthus to thrive. I wonder if they would grow in pots that could be moved into the basement during the winter. I've done that with succulents, but with the spinal issue I really have no business trying to move heavy pots up and down the basement stairs.
EMH2025 wrote:
I have lots of manual glass, many M mount, a good set of Voigtlanders for Z that are great, the thorium lens is just my last remaining Nikon F manual, but yes maybe I do need to get the fast Nikon (Nikkor) 50 or 55 mm again and perhaps the 28 as well. The thorium Nikkor is special, it was at the time of its making and still is now being being thorium glass but also the way it renders colors. For the most part vintage Nikon glass is cheap compared to some of the insane prices for M mount vintage glass.
Left overs with the D850 and the 35mm f1.4 ais green dotting again. Haven't imaged the Nikkor-S.C. 55mm f1.2 ai'd nor 55mm f3.5 ai micro versions yet - think I already got what I was looking for.
