Although some think my 1973 C3 is being ignored, it is not. It is my driver car, the C1 is beautiful to look at but it drives like an old truck, old style suspension, ergonomic nightmare and no power nothin'. The C3 drives smoothly with it independent suspension, big power disk brakes, power steering, comfortable seats end ergonomical cabin.
I short the C3 is the car that I take to the San Diego county mountain roads, the land of the motorcyclists. This time around, last weekend, I saw 4 motorcycle accidents, police and ambulances everywhere, traffic messed up. A sad sight.
There are many little wineries, hard cyder restaurants, little tiny towns, and most important - miles of mountain and desert two lane curvy roads, the fodder of sports cars. My C3 is going in next week for a driveline refurbishment, the rest of the car is in great shape.
Here is a sample of the roads and the hydration holes.
Curtis, you've always nagged me for a photo of me, so... yesterday, there were two sightings of me downtown, taken by other people...
I love, love, love, the inflatable protesting costumes. Everyone should wear one - big chunky, cartoon characters. The optics of the military, and quasi military wannabes attacking happy, peaceful, costumed people will be understood by even the youngest child as wrong. Mic drop
James Markus wrote:
I love, love, love, the inflatable protesting costumes. Everyone should wear one - big chunky, cartoon characters. The optics of the military, and quasi military wannabes attacking happy, peaceful, costumed people will be understood by even the youngest child as wrong. Mic drop
As I've just ordered a 300mm f/4 PF VR for bird shooting I tried my MF 300 4.5 on the D500 for comparison- of about 20 images shot round the house only this one is acceptable - probably because it was lit by bright sunshine. As is well known the lens shows a lot of CA which is a shame and the reason I haven't posted any other shots..
Oosty wrote:
As I've just ordered a 300mm f/4 PF VR for bird shooting I tried my MF 300 4.5 on the D500 for comparison- of about 20 images shot round the house only this one is acceptable - probably because it was lit by bright sunshine. As is well known the lens shows a lot of CA which is a shame and the reason I haven't posted any other shots..
That's a nice upgrade for your use case Peter. A tad faster, VR, and much lighter.
The only lens I have ever sold from my meagre collection of MF lenses was a boxed 300/4.5 non-ED.
I got a good deal (50% more than I paid for it) so traded it in, along with a mint TC-301, and some cash for a 24-120 Z lens.
Still working through a rut with shooting. Light has been nice but haven’t found much in the way of interesting subjects. Get out plenty but very little I’m happy about. This one came out interesting though. Zfc, focal reducer and the 28-50mm f/3.5 in macro mode.
Always love some Sound System product shots, Morten! My wife would be SO jealous about your B&O CD player, as she's wanted one for years. We do have a number of B&O products ranging from wireless phones to bluetooth speakers, but her dream was always the CD-player "tower". As beautiful as they are, I personally find the B&O product support quite lacking, especially for older models (I have had to become quite handy at doing my own repairs). When we lived in Copenhagen, our flat-mate had a complete B&O home system (everything interconnected and controllable from central remotes), and when it worked it was amazing, but sometimes the TV would just lose its mind and start swinging from side-to-side, requiring a complete shut-down power-reset to fix the problem. "Looking good" is half the battle, and B&O wins out on that front for sure.
grantgoodes wrote:
Always love some Sound System product shots, Morten! My wife would be SO jealous about your B&O CD player, as she's wanted one for years. We do have a number of B&O products ranging from wireless phones to bluetooth speakers, but her dream was always the CD-player "tower". As beautiful as they are, I personally find the B&O product support quite lacking, especially for older models (I have had to become quite handy at doing my own repairs). When we lived in Copenhagen, our flat-mate had a complete B&O home system (everything interconnected and controllable from central remotes), and when it worked it was amazing, but sometimes the TV would just lose its mind and start swinging from side-to-side, requiring a complete shut-down power-reset to fix the problem. "Looking good" is half the battle, and B&O wins out on that front for sure. ...Show more →
Yes that Beosound 9000 is very cool... I have had mine for over 10 years (bought used)
I used to work for Bang & Olufsen so I had the house full of that stuff.... a little less now
I agree with the support of old stuff.
Felix, terrific atmosphere and color tones in the fall photographs.
Morten, excellent photos of the music system. Sgt. Pepper's is my second fave Beatles album, Abbey Road #1. B&O manufactures some beautiful equipment. I have a B&O aluminum CD rack that was purchased long ago.
Saint-Paul de Vence, a second Medieval hill top town a short train ride from Nice. It is not as popular as Eze but certainly worth a visit.
The narrow streets are lined with art galleries similar to Eze.
h.c 50/2
Eye catcher:
28/2.8 AIs
Steep stone steps throughout the town, a favorite of Ray.
BLLX wrote:
Yes that Beosound 9000 is very cool... I have had mine for over 10 years (bought used)
I used to work for Bang & Olufsen so I had the house full of that stuff.... a little less now
I agree with the support of old stuff.
Many thanks
Looks like all your B&O troubles will from now on be a thing of the past @grantgoodes
SiMuMe wrote:
Looks like all your B&O troubles will from now on be a thing of the past @grantgoodes@
Lovely system Morten.
I'm an old-school technology guy (which is why I'm posting on the MF Nikkor topic), and I will probably try to keep my B&O equipment alive for as long as I can still get parts (generally from sacrificial units purchased on eBay). In particular, I love my Beocom 1 cordless phone system, which is both pleasing to the eyes and in use. One of the reasons I long resisted moving to Nikon's consumer AF and Digital systems was that I found their design language to be disappointing (compared to my FE2 and F3/T bodies and AiS lenses). And I will note that all of my MF equipment is still fully functional (well, maybe not the viewfinder "grain-of-wheat" illuminator on the F3/T). Eventually, I had to relent and buy a Df and some AF-D lenses as my eyesight is no longer what it used to be, but I still love my 40+ year old Nikon equipment.
