mp356 wrote:
Not inspired to get out much lately so here is a pic from last year. Taken with the 24mm f3.5 PCe. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Might be old, but still great Scott.
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James Markus wrote:
I think I am getting pretty far down the "to-do list". The other day I came across a shoe box with a brass lens I got at a thrift shop when I had first moved out of my parents house ages ago. It had splatters of white paint all over it, and I think the people at the shop had it in one of those "everything on this table is 1$" areas of their store. I didn't get back to it for almost 50 years. So, I looked it up, and was surprised it was a view camera lens (the store owner thought it went to a projector), and from one of the pioneering companies of photography (founded 1839). For me, it was like the attraction crows have for shiny objects, but now - oh boy! I chipped all the paint off with a bamboo skewer, disassembled it twice, and cleaned it twice. I think they used lamp black on the inside to cut reflections, and there is some gassing after each clean - less each cleaning. Then I hunted for a retaining flange that seems to be a very rare size/pitch 45mm @ .75. I found only one newly made in China. Thus I can now adapt it to my D800 - which I just did. It's focal length is 11 inches which puts it in the 115-125 year old time frame. I think the tubes are causing the vignette. Couple links about it - all of this was completely unknown to me, fun.
Lovely looking lens, through that D7200 contraption is truly amazing would have a certain internet guru talking about the many different mount interfaces creating instability!
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James Markus wrote: pbraymond wrote:
Jim, I think we need shots of your "parts" drawer!
How'd ya know? I have a dilemma brewing - more rings in route and the drawer is stuffed.
Ikea has answers for that :-)
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serge07 wrote:
Hi, everyone:
Great to see you Leighton. You saved a bundle being able to use the original plywood.The new roof looks great!
Andy, terrific photographs as usual, you have been missed.. Sorry to hear about the rocky adventures.
Buck_Naked, excellent capture of the handsome buck with the 500mm f/4.
Colin, the photo from Cornwall resembles the neighborhood of the "Fisherman's Friends". In the film, high tide partially submerged the music executive's auto.
Scott, great capture of the starry sky.
The Concorde at the Intrepid Museum:
In August 2023 it made a trip to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for restorations. One year ago it was returned on a substantial barge to Pier 86 looking much improved.
I thought it would have been a good day for photography but there was quite a bit of haze from the Hudson. Used Silver Efex to clear things.
The four Rolls Royce engines produce a combined 152,200 lbs of thrust.
Fuji S5 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Thanks for sharing the Concorde Serge. Did you get to go inside?
