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MSN: 002 / Delivery: 27 Apr 1987 (Airbus prototype; converted to -211 and delivered to Air France 1991) / Location: Paris Charles de Gaulle-CDG
AF Corse, Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, GTE-Pro, #71, Davide Rigon, Sam Bird,
Spa Francorchamps
Stavelot
Belgium
© Craig Robertson
AF Corse SRL (I)
Piergiuseppe Perazzini (I)/Sean Paul Breslin (IRL)/Marco Cioci (I)
Result: did not finish
Grid: 42nd (4:01.282)
On Saturday November 29, 2024. I went to Saint-Bonnet-de-Mûre, near Lyon, France for the last monthly meeting of camera collectors. I found there a stunning lens AF-Nikkor 1:1.8 f=85mm for my Nikon F4 (year 1989). There was also the same lens in the "D" version appeared in 1995 with the Nikon F5. "D" stands for "Distance" that is coded in this Nikkor lenses series and used for the 3D-matrix metering of the Nikon F5. I choose better the non-"D" significantly less expensive and that match better with the period of my Nikon F4 body. I found also a nice small Nikon shoulder bag all black, that I found discrete enough to carry the heavy and massive Nikon F4 that weight more than a medium-format camera.
After detailing the lens and checking the correct functioning fitted to the camera, I loaded on Monday December 2, 2024 an
Ilford HP5+ with the DX coded nominal 400 ISO film sensitivity. Due to some other businesses that took longer than expected, I had to wait a couple of days before going quietly to the "Parc de la Tête d'Or" for testing the lens.
The AF Nikkor lens 1:1.8 f=85mm was fitted with a protective Hoya Skylight (1A) 62mm screw-on filter plus its dedicated Nikon HN-23 metal shade hood. For focusing I used either the single autofocus mode or the manual mode on complicated scenes inside the tropical green houses. As for my medium-format sessions, I took a bit of time to note on a session ticket the main parameters (shutter speed, aperture, focusing distance, flash control mode, etc). When indicated, I used also my Nikon Speedlight SB-26 in the TTL mode.
Documentary smartphone picture
December 2, 2024
69006 Lyon
France
After completion at view 37, the film was rewound using the rewinding motor (lever R1 then lever R2). During the film rewind (manual or auto) the view counter decrements and I switched-off the R2 lever just arrived at -2 to keep the leader out of the cartridge. I then processed the film developed using 300 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta Auto Bellows with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
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About the camera :
Maybe it would have been better not to ask for this question: « what’s new do you have at the moment?» to my local photo store, because Christine grab underneath the counter, stating « I have that … » . What a beast ! A Nikon F4 in the exact state of the Nikon brochure year 1990, presented with the standard AF Nikkor 1:1.4 f=50mm. I was already hooked by the machine. After two days, I decided to buy it even with some little common issues found on early Nikon F4 (see below), fortunately not affecting the whole, numberous functions of this incredibly complex professional SLR of the year 1990’s.
Nikon F4 came to the market on September 1988 starting with the serial number 2.000.000. Fully manufactured in Japan (modules came from 3 different Nikon factories) the F4's were assembled in Mito, Ibaraki (North to Tokyo) Nikon plant (no more in the mother factory of Tokyo Oi like the Nikon’s F). When I lived in Tokyo in 1990-1991, Nikon F4 was the top-of-the-line of Nikon SLR camera’s. I saw it in particular in Shinjuku Bic Camera store when I bought there, in December 1990 my Nikonos V.
Nikon F4 incorporates many astonishing engineering features as the double vertical-travel curtain shutter capable of the 1/8000s. Compared to the Nikon F3, the F4 was an AF SLR operated by a CCD sensor (200 photo sites). The film is automatically loaded, advanced with to top speed of 5,7 frame/s !! With the MB-21 power grip (F4s version). The F4 is a very heavy camera (1.7kg with the AF Nikkor 1.4/50mm), incredibly tough and well constructed. This exemplary is devoid of any scratches or marks, and in a condition proving that it was not used for hard professional appliances, for those it was however intended. The camera has still it original Nikon neck strap, the original user manual in French. The lens is protected by a Cokin (Franc) Skylight 1A 52mm filter and the original Nikon front cap. The two small LCD displays (one on the F4 body, one in the DP-20 finder) are both affected by the classical syndrome of « bleeding ». Fortunately, all information could still be read. One says that 70% of the early Nikon F4 suffer from this problem but also found on other models.
According its serial number and the production rate of about 5000 units/month, this Nikon F4s was probably manufactured in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan in May 1989.
The camera was exported abroad thereafter attested by the presence of the golden oval little sticker("Passed" on the DP-20 viewfinder. In order to certify the quality production, two Japanese organizations, the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII) and the Japan Machinery Design Center (JMDC), joined forces to verify and mark the conformity of products for the foreign market. This is how, between the 1950s and 1980s, this famous little gold sticker was affixed, with the legendary "Passed", meaning that the device had been checked. Finally, when we say that the device had been checked, the production line had been checked because each device could not be checked individually.
____________
About the flash :
I received from a German seller for 50€ this Nikon Speedlight electronic flash SB-26 that was, at the time of Nikon F4, the most powerful dedicated Nikon flash (Guide Number 36 at full power and 100 ISO).
The SB-26 communicates with the Nikon F4 body (and many other Nikon camera's) and can be operated in many different modes including TTL real-time metering with automatic equilibration of the ambient light using the 5-zone matrix metering done by the DP-20 photometric viewer as well in the center-weighted mode. Other possibilities include the normal TTL mode, an Auto mode using the own sensor of the flash and a manual mode with 7 power levels.
The flash head can cover the optical field from super-wide angle lenses 18-20mm, wide-angle lenses 28mm and 35mm, normal lenses 50mm, and long-focal lenses at 70mm and 85mm. The head can be rotated according two axis for indirect lightening. In addition, the SB-26 has a special focusing aid for the Nikon F4 autofocus system, projecting in the the darkness a red focusing image. SB-23 flash can be also used as master or slave flash in a coordinated flash system.
The flash requires 4 AA alkaline cells for approximately 100 lights at full power and much more with energy recycling at lower power levels.
Czech AF 211.TL Saab JAS-39C Gripen 9234 in 2018 100th anniversary of 100 Sqn colours. RAF Cosford Airshow, 9th June 2019.
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AF Corse Spirit Of Race, Ferrari 488, GT3, #51, Duncan Cameron, Rino Mastronardi, Matt Griffin, Aaron Scott,
Total 24 Hours of Spa
Spa Francorchamps
Spa
Belgium
© Craig Robertson
Brúðkaupsferð 2015
Brúðkaupsferðin okkar, Ásdísar og Guðjóns, 27.07.0- 2015.
Við giftum okkur laugardaginn 25. Júlí sl. og ákváðum að fara í brúðkaupsferðalag um Vestfirði.
Eftir snúninga í Borgarnesi héldum við af stað seinni part dags. Fórum Bröttubrekku og áðum í svo Hvammsfirði. Við töluðum við mömmu, sem var himinlifandi yfir brúðkaupinu okkar, eins og reyndar allir sem við æst héldum við inn Gilsfjörð en ekki yfir hann. Meiningin var að Ásdís fengi að prófa „ morgungjöfina‘‘ reiðhjólið, þar sem væri friður og ró. Það gekk bara vel, þó langt sé síðan síðast. Steina, tíkin okkar sem er fjögurra mánaða lærði að það eru til girðingar, hljóp á fullri ferð beint á netið.
Benzinn virðist ætla að standast allar væntingar, sem betur fer. Við erum mjög ánægð og hamingjusöm.
28. 7. Vöknuðum seint í dag því við fórum seint að sofa. Við notuðum okkur góða veðrið og fórum í sund. Innst í Gufufirði þurfti að laga viftureimina, eftir að hún losnaði af á leiðinni yfir heiðina frá Djúpafirði, þá kíktum við á slysavarnarskýli á Klettshálsi, frekar sóðalegt þar. Síðan þegar við komum til Patreksfjarðar keyrðum við að flugvellinum, tókum þar góðan hjólatúr, og gistum þar síðan um nótti
29. 7.
Lögðum af stað frá flugvellinum og héldum aðeins til baka inn á Rauðasand. Við gmjög áhugavrengum út frá bílastæðinu og niður í fjöruna. Steina fékk mikinn félagsskap dauðhrædd við sjóinn og stóru hundana
Við fórum inn í kirkjugarðinn við Saurbæ. Þar var m.a. legsteinn þar sem 4 börn, öll á fyrsta eða öðru ári en konan hefur látist við fæðingu yngsta barnsins rúmlega fertug að aldri. Maðurinn lifði til 95 ára aldurs. Þarna var líka legsteinn við leiði konu, sem á stóð „ ekkja´´ ekkert meira um hana.
Í Breiðavík var skipt um viftureim, ein 1285 og önnur 1300 en þær voru meðferðis. Réttu reimarnar eru 13x1300. Þegar við svo ætluðum að halda áfram, sprakk á bílnum.
Áður en komið er að Breiðuvík, vegur 612 stoppuðum við hjá Hnjóti og skoðuðum byggðasafnið þar.
Virkilega áhugavert safn.
Á leiðinni upp úr Mikladal upp á Hafnarfjall, þurftum við að snúa við til að leita að því. Því miður skemmdist hjólið nokkuð við þetta. Það var víst Hænuvík, sem hjólið datt af hjólagrindinni. ( svo stendur hér skrifað að hjólið hafi dorrið af nærri HænuvÍk).
Næst héldum við að Látrabjargi og komum þangað um miðnættið. Veðrið var æðislegt eins og hingað til. Við gistum svo um nóttina nálægt Hótel Látrabjargi.
30.7.
Ókum áfram vestur, alla leið í Kollsvík. Börnin hennar Ásdísar eiga ættir að þekja þangað, þar sem langafi þeirra í föðurætt var frá Kollsvík og amma þeirra ólst þar upp. Þar hittum við Steinu Þorvalds.Á leiðinni til baka komum við aftur við að Hnjóti og skoðuðum gömlu sölurútuna ,, Verkfæri, járnvörur og vítamín“, fengum okkur snarl við elsta stálskip landsins Stöpudal. Héldum svo áfram til Patreksfjarðar, þar sem við fórum á dekkjaverkstæði, fengum þar nýtt dekk og bót reiðjólabarðann. Síðan fengum við okkur ís og komum við á tjaldstæðinu þar sem við fengum okkur að borða Eftir matinn skoðuðum við bæinn, en þar eru mörg gömul falleg hús. Fórum að hafnargarðinum þar sem við gistum.
31. júlí.
Ja hérna, nú líður að hausti…
Vöknuðum um kl. 9 og héldum svo áfram til Bíldudals . Héldum ferðinni áfram í Selárdal,Veðrið þar var frekar leiðinlegt en við komið. Skoðuðum stytturnar og kirkjuna. Þar var verið að endurbyggja íbúðarhúsið hanns Samúels. Næst héldum við áfram að bænum Uppsölum, bænum hans Gísla. Þar var verið að endurbæta íbúðarhúsið. Búið að setja nýtísku ( ljóta ) glugga og ljótt viðarlíki í loftið.
Á Bíldudal ókum við aðeins um þorpið.
Héldum svo áfram að Dynjandisheiði og skoðuðum skilti um Gísla Súrsson. Við gistum við Dynjanda í kalsaveðri, Steina var dauðhrædd við kríurnar, elduðum okkur mat, áður en haldið var áfram ferðinni.
1.8.
Komum við í Mjólkárvirkjun , Hrafnseyri og smá viðkoma á Þingeyri. Þá fórum við yfir Gemlufallsheyði, Botnsheiði og beint á Ísafjörð. Við Bónus hittum við Anton og Bilgju,
en þau höfðu fengið bambann lánaðan til að fara vestur á Ísafjörð um verslunarmannahelgina.
Annars var lítið um stopp, örlítið á Reykjanesi, upp Steingrímsfjarðarheiði en fórum svo Þoskafjarðarheiði, Kollafjarðarheiði og síðan stoppuðum við í Búðardal og þaðan beina leið í Borgarnes. Við lögðum bílnum við hafnargarðinn eftir um 400 km. erfiðan akstur, sem hefndi sín daginn eftir.
2.8.
Ásdís var mætt hjá Inger snemma um morguninn, til að hjálpa henni og vinna á Skúlagötunni.
Guðjón lá fyrir lasinn til kl. 14. Við borðuðum hjá Inger og tókum smá hjólatúr sem var mjög gaman. Eftir það skruppum við í bústaðinn í Skorradal og síðan heim til Reykjavíkur.
On Saturday November 29, 2024. I went to Saint-Bonnet-de-Mûre, near Lyon, France for the last monthly meeting of camera collectors. I found there a stunning lens AF-Nikkor 1:1.8 f=85mm for my Nikon F4 (year 1989). There was also the same lens in the "D" version appeared in 1995 with the Nikon F5. "D" stands for "Distance" that is coded in this Nikkor lenses series and used for the 3D-matrix metering of the Nikon F5. I choose better the non-"D" significantly less expensive and that match better with the period of my Nikon F4 body. I found also a nice small Nikon shoulder bag all black, that I found discrete enough to carry the heavy and massive Nikon F4 that weight more than a medium-format camera.
After detailing the lens and checking the correct functioning fitted to the camera, I loaded on Monday December 2, 2024 an
Ilford HP5+ with the DX coded nominal 400 ISO film sensitivity. Due to some other businesses that took longer than expected, I had to wait a couple of days before going quietly to the "Parc de la Tête d'Or" for testing the lens.
The AF Nikkor lens 1:1.8 f=85mm was fitted with a protective Hoya Skylight (1A) 62mm screw-on filter plus its dedicated Nikon HN-23 metal shade hood. For focusing I used either the single autofocus mode or the manual mode on complicated scenes inside the tropical green houses. As for my medium-format sessions, I took a bit of time to note on a session ticket the main parameters (shutter speed, aperture, focusing distance, flash control mode, etc). When indicated, I used also my Nikon Speedlight SB-26 in the TTL mode.
View Nr 11: Body "A" mode with matrix metering giving 1/90s f/1.8, focus @ 2.4m
Howea forsteriana, the Kentia palm, thatch palm or palm court palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae, endemic to Lord Howe Island in Australia
Grandes Serres Tropicales, December 4, 2024
Parc de la Tête d'Or
69006 Lyon
France
After completion at view 37, the film was rewound using the rewinding motor (lever R1 then lever R2). During the film rewind (manual or auto) the view counter decrements and I switched-off the R2 lever just arrived at -2 to keep the leader out of the cartridge. I then processed the film developed using 300 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta Auto Bellows with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
--------------
About the camera :
Maybe it would have been better not to ask for this question: « what’s new do you have at the moment?» to my local photo store, because Christine grab underneath the counter, stating « I have that … » . What a beast ! A Nikon F4 in the exact state of the Nikon brochure year 1990, presented with the standard AF Nikkor 1:1.4 f=50mm. I was already hooked by the machine. After two days, I decided to buy it even with some little common issues found on early Nikon F4 (see below), fortunately not affecting the whole, numberous functions of this incredibly complex professional SLR of the year 1990’s.
Nikon F4 came to the market on September 1988 starting with the serial number 2.000.000. Fully manufactured in Japan (modules came from 3 different Nikon factories) the F4's were assembled in Mito, Ibaraki (North to Tokyo) Nikon plant (no more in the mother factory of Tokyo Oi like the Nikon’s F). When I lived in Tokyo in 1990-1991, Nikon F4 was the top-of-the-line of Nikon SLR camera’s. I saw it in particular in Shinjuku Bic Camera store when I bought there, in December 1990 my Nikonos V.
Nikon F4 incorporates many astonishing engineering features as the double vertical-travel curtain shutter capable of the 1/8000s. Compared to the Nikon F3, the F4 was an AF SLR operated by a CCD sensor (200 photo sites). The film is automatically loaded, advanced with to top speed of 5,7 frame/s !! With the MB-21 power grip (F4s version). The F4 is a very heavy camera (1.7kg with the AF Nikkor 1.4/50mm), incredibly tough and well constructed. This exemplary is devoid of any scratches or marks, and in a condition proving that it was not used for hard professional appliances, for those it was however intended. The camera has still it original Nikon neck strap, the original user manual in French. The lens is protected by a Cokin (Franc) Skylight 1A 52mm filter and the original Nikon front cap. The two small LCD displays (one on the F4 body, one in the DP-20 finder) are both affected by the classical syndrome of « bleeding ». Fortunately, all information could still be read. One says that 70% of the early Nikon F4 suffer from this problem but also found on other models.
According its serial number and the production rate of about 5000 units/month, this Nikon F4s was probably manufactured in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan in May 1989.
The camera was exported abroad thereafter attested by the presence of the golden oval little sticker("Passed" on the DP-20 viewfinder. In order to certify the quality production, two Japanese organizations, the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII) and the Japan Machinery Design Center (JMDC), joined forces to verify and mark the conformity of products for the foreign market. This is how, between the 1950s and 1980s, this famous little gold sticker was affixed, with the legendary "Passed", meaning that the device had been checked. Finally, when we say that the device had been checked, the production line had been checked because each device could not be checked individually.
____________
About the flash :
I received from a German seller for 50€ this Nikon Speedlight electronic flash SB-26 that was, at the time of Nikon F4, the most powerful dedicated Nikon flash (Guide Number 36 at full power and 100 ISO).
The SB-26 communicates with the Nikon F4 body (and many other Nikon camera's) and can be operated in many different modes including TTL real-time metering with automatic equilibration of the ambient light using the 5-zone matrix metering done by the DP-20 photometric viewer as well in the center-weighted mode. Other possibilities include the normal TTL mode, an Auto mode using the own sensor of the flash and a manual mode with 7 power levels.
The flash head can cover the optical field from super-wide angle lenses 18-20mm, wide-angle lenses 28mm and 35mm, normal lenses 50mm, and long-focal lenses at 70mm and 85mm. The head can be rotated according two axis for indirect lightening. In addition, the SB-26 has a special focusing aid for the Nikon F4 autofocus system, projecting in the the darkness a red focusing image. SB-23 flash can be also used as master or slave flash in a coordinated flash system.
The flash requires 4 AA alkaline cells for approximately 100 lights at full power and much more with energy recycling at lower power levels.
Around Ankara, October 21. Leica IIIF with Voigtlander Color Skopar 35mm f/2.5 Bulk Fomapan 100 film developed with Rodinal 1-50, 20° at 8:30. DSLR scan. Edited in lightroom with Negative Lab Pro
'The Big Splash' in Lamorbey Park Tennis Courts at Rose Bruford College on Tues 21st March 2006.
[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]
Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 19mm
Optimize Image:
Color Mode: Mode I (sRGB)
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: On (High)
2006/03/21 18:32:47.4
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto +1
Tone Comp.: Less Contrast
RAW (12-bit)
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
AF Mode: AF-S
Hue Adjustment: +3°
Image Size: Large (4288 x 2848)
1/80 sec - F/2.8
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Saturation: Normal
Exposure Comp.: +0.3 EV
Sharpening: Normal
Lens: 17-35mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 800
Image Comment: (C)MERE WORDS PHOTOGRAPHY
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
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