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This is my Clausing model 5912 engine lathe, built in 1968 or so.
I bought it used from a seller in SE New Hampshire in 2003, for only $600.
It shows very little wear, and has a flame-hardened bed.
I brought it back to Northern New York, towed behind by Dad's 1988 Isuzu Trooper II, in a 1970's vintage DIY utility trailer.
12.25-inch swing, 36-inches between centers.
It was originally equipped with a 1HP three-phase motor and a hydraulically-controlled variable-speed spindle drive. I am replacing the original drive and motor with a new three-phase 7.5HP direct-drive motor and a 480V VFD (Variable Frequency Drive).
This was my first time shooting fire dancers/spinners at night. Some post processing was required to get the results seen here.
I used my Nikon D600 with a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 "APO" macro lens with internal focus motor ($100 used on eBay).
I have a bunch of other shots of the firedancers in this set- check 'em out if'n ya like this sort of thang.
She nailed it! Henry 22 at 180 yards! She's only been shootin' a couple times. One amazing woman!
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Oh, what fun these high quality Tamiya models are to build! Photo was shot with a Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide angle lens.
Where did he go? I just saw the glint of his lens a moment ago!
Samyang 500mm F/8 preset lens, handheld.
Heavily cropped from six megapixel image. I'm not much of a birder, and have not yet developed the patience and skill it takes to get close enough to a wee bird, even with a 750mm equivalent lens...
This wee critter was on a concrete slab by the hot tubs here in northeastern California (Lassen County). This grasshopper was well under an inch long. It was patient enough to let me poke a huge camera lens within an inch or less of his face for long enough to take a bunch of photos.
To make this image, I used my Nikon D50 DSLR with an old 50mm F/1.8 Nikkor prime lens, mounted on a stack of extension tubes to get such close focusing.
This method is a cheap and effective way to get extreme close-ups, but it's difficult to use. There is no autofocus or exposure metering. The lens aperture must be set to a very small F stop to get even the miserably shallow depth of field seen here. And because the camera has no control of the lens diaphragm when the lens is mounted out on my basic-model extension tubes, focusing is difficult (due to a very dark view through the prism with the lens diaphragm stopped down).
Focusing is not done with the lens's focusing ring, you move the camera closer or farther from the subject until the most important part of your subject looks sharp on the ground glass.
Exposure is done by "chimping", which is guessing at the correct setting, then viewing the result on the camera's LCD screen, then correcting for the next shot.
All this inconvenience is not worth the bother for regular macro use, since a real macro lens would allow autofocus, automatic exposure and even vibration reduction for sharper results. But a nice 105mm VR macro lens for my Nikon would cost nearly $1,000, and the basic extension tube set I used costs less than $10 on eBay...
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Pioneer Arms
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I.O. Inc. Monroe, N.C.
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Washington DC, March 24, 2018. A massive crowd here for the March for Our Lives Protest against the NRA and the absence of common sense gun laws in our country. The demonstration was sparked by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on Valentines Day by a shooter with an assault rifle.
Samyang / Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
The lens hood has been “shaved” to allow a nearly full circle image to be captured.
Here is what remains of Genghis Khar, my ever-faithful traveling companion (the passage of time casts a warm glow over unpleasant memories).
This classic 1983 Chevette Scooter is about to be put up on the auction block, so as a preliminary I was inspecting its teeth.
Lacking a buyer from the hallowed halls of eBay, the old red sled will meet it's fate in the jaws of a shredder, the remains thence to be shipped to China to be made into nuclear submarines for World War III, presumably with at least a Mongol or two on board each vessel.
Three-exposure HDR-processed image (EV0,EV-2,EV+2).