It sure is a massive improvement.
At the start of my career I used a polaroid camera with a special shroud that clipped directy onto the oscilloscope's CRT screen.
Having worked for the same company for the last 32 years I still have those old lab books with B&W polaroid images glued to the pages.
James Markus wrote:
Rafael, that comparison is amazing!
rafaelcasd wrote:
There is a reason to use the nikkor O CRT 55 1.2
Yes, the 55 mm f/1.2 Nikkor-O "is optimised for the limited magnification range 1:4.4-1:5.5 only and here it delivers exceptionally sharp images. Peak performance is between f/1.4 and f/4 so the lens is extremely useful for hand-held close-ups... Be aware that using this lens way outside its optimum magnification range will induce severe spherical aberration, flare, and changes in field curvature. All these alterations may or may not be desirable for a given task." [Bjřrn Rřrslett]
Rafael, the CRT 55/1.2 is a very interesting lens. I have done some reading and seems excellent for close up photography, besides oscilloscope screens. I had no idea some folks go as far as converting it to the M mount.
We had a very short stay in the land of Riccardo and Ben but at least the weather was great.
Took these shortly after spending three hours of great light messing with the Covid test required for the return.
Altare Della Patria, ca 1925:
There were long Covid check lines to get on the steps so skipped that.
Hi Serge, as you know the body of "Unknown Soldier" was buried there, on 4th Nov 1921. The Altare della Patria construction started in 1885, it was inaugurated on 1911 and completed in 1935. In Italy we have a long tradition of never ending Public Works
rafaelcasd wrote:
It is with deep sorrow that I must communicate the passing of my 1991 suburban, A.K.A Moby Dick, I was 40 years young when she was born.
She served me well through many a desert trip, baja surfing expeditions, hunting and fishing, trailer towing, no place she could not get to. Doubled up as sleeping quarters too.
Solid Axles, big V-8, 9 miles to the gallon.
Moby was retired after 15 years and 180,000 miles, still fully functional. She lived in retirement for 15 years and passed quietly.
I was always happy to live in a place where I could keep old cars stashed under trees but the time came for her to go. Cannot become a hoarder of old stuff (other than Nikkors and me).
Here she is in early retirement, showing the offroading scars.
Rafael, the CRT 55/1.2 is a very interesting lens. I have done some reading and seems excellent for close up photography, besides oscilloscope screens. I had no idea some folks go as far as converting it to the M mount.
We had a very short stay in the land of Riccardo and Ben but at least the weather was great.
Took these shortly after spending three hours of great light messing with the Covid test required for the return.
The keeper rate is ridiculously high with the TC-16A....about 98-99%. It almost eliminates the technical discards, but I am brutal with my own photos.
These are great Jim. I really like the b&w processing and a glimsp of you too.
I guess most of us prefer to be on the other side of the camera so it is rare to see images of each other.
Ripolini wrote:
Hi Serge, as you know the body of "Unknown Soldier" was buried there, on 4th Nov 1921. The Altare della Patria construction started in 1885, it was inaugurated on 1911 and completed in 1935. In Italy we have a long tradition of never ending Public Works
Hi, Riccardo:
Sure, I have visited the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the past but not on this trip. The lines would have consumed too much time, a luxury we did not have.
The date on my post was a typo, my bad.
Hope all is well and you had a great visit with your daughter.
rafaelcasd wrote:
It is with deep sorrow that I must communicate the passing of my 1991 suburban, A.K.A Moby Dick, I was 40 years young when she was born.
She served me well through many a desert trip, baja surfing expeditions, hunting and fishing, trailer towing, no place she could not get to. Doubled up as sleeping quarters too.
Solid Axles, big V-8, 9 miles to the gallon.
Moby was retired after 15 years and 180,000 miles, still fully functional. She lived in retirement for 15 years and passed quietly.
I was always happy to live in a place where I could keep old cars stashed under trees but the time came for her to go. Cannot become a hoarder of old stuff (other than Nikkors and me).
Here she is in early retirement, showing the offroading scars.
I recall the early Suburbans and how useful they were. The nineties saw the last of the classics. Six to nine MPGs at $.28 a gallon of leaded gas. The days of the “barn door” Suburbans are gone with the advent of the lift gate. The gates were great because you could leave them open and make a tent with a tarp for extra room. I also miss the tailgate too.
Those things were built like tanks - with mileage to match! A friend of mine called his "Sherman" after the Sherman tank - or just "Sherm" for short.
Doug
PS - I hope you salvaged the tire - looks like good tread left on them for their age - like me!
Doug, she will not be buried but rather donated to charity. I kept her whole in hopes that at an auction she is picked up by someone willing to invest time and money and bring her back to life. That was my original plan but always found higher priorities.
The keeper rate is ridiculously high with the TC-16A....about 98-99%. It almost eliminates the technical discards, but I am brutal with my own photos.
Jim, agree - the TC16 is very fast and accurate with the D8XX cameras, needs a little technique to bring the MF lens into her limited focusing range, easy to do.
Ken Hill wrote:
I recall the early Suburbans and how useful they were. The nineties saw the last of the classics. Six to nine MPGs at $.28 a gallon of leaded gas. The days of the “barn door” Suburbans are gone with the advent of the lift gate. The gates were great because you could leave them open and make a tent with a tarp for extra room. I also miss the tailgate too.
RIP Suburban.
Thank you Ken, although gas in California was never $0.28. Lowest I remember is $0.32 in 1967. By the time I was driving Moby gas was $1.75 and her 45 gallon tank feeding a 350 ci (5.7 liter) throttle body injection V-8 +would take $80 to fill and carry us for 400 miles. in comparison today my RAM italian engined direct injection turbo 3.0 liter EcoDiesel 26 gallon tank will move us 700 miles for $120.
That is the Suburban would get me 5 miles for one dollar, the RAM 5.8 miles for one dollar, roughly the same!!!
