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Here you can see Canon's first point & shoot camera with autofocus and the two successors. In fact it was the world's first camera with active infrared AF.
So you have (in brackets the name of the camera in the USA/Japan):
1979: AF35M (Sure Shot/Autoboy)
1983: AF35M II (New Sure Shot/Autoboy 2)
1986: Top Shot (Sure Shot Supreme/Autoboy 3)
All cameras have in common a 2.8/38 mm lens with 4 elements and shutter speeds from 1/8 s to 1/500 s. Some differences are:
AF35M & AF35M II: 0.9 m nearest focus distance, 25 - 400 ASA, 2x AA batteries
Top Shot: 0.55 m nearest focus distance, 50 -1600 ASA (DX), 6 V 2CR5 battery
In every review about these cameras you can read about the feeling of cheap plastic they give. I must confirm that, especially the Top Shot feels like a toy. Nevertheless, the quality and reliability seem to be good.
About the AF35M and AF35M II
When you are shooting the first time with these cameras you may think there is something wrong with the autofocus system. There is a pointer in the viewfinder which shows you the distance with symbols: single person, group, hill. But it indicates the distance after your shot! And now it becomes weird. Because of this peculiar behaviour you can't lock the focus distance with a halfway pressed shutter button like on all other cameras. The Canon way to lock the distance is called Pre Focus and goes like this: 1. turn the self-timer lever 2. aim the autofocus spot in the viewfinder at a subject in the right distance 3. press the shutter button completely down. Now the distance is set and indicated 4. move the camera to the subject you want 5. take your shot by pressing the shutter button a second time. You have only about 10 s to do this, otherwise the self-timer will release the shutter.
As a successor the configuration of the AF35M II didn't change a lot, though the camera body was more compact: instead of a lens cap and a filter thread (48 mm) the lens protection was integrated, the film transport indicator was dropped and later versions have an ASA range up to 1000 ASA.
I find both cameras have a decent shutter release button and I like the crispy sound of the AF35M II's motor.
Almost every AF35M I had in my hands had a broken battery compartment door, always the same failure. Exactly: a tiny part of the bottom broke off, so that the door can't be locked anymore. I solved the problem with some superglue. Canon changed the design for the AF35M II and it doesn't cause any trouble.
The Top Shot
It looks like a prototype of a point & shoot camera of the late 80ies. Fully automatic, a pure industrial product with newest technologies to keep the costs low. The shutter button is made of rubber with an electroconductive layer, which connects contacts on a circuit board, it works like a button on an older cell phone. It has a small LCD for the frame counter and battery status, but it hasn't features of later cameras like red-eye-reduction and the shortest focus distance is slightly too long for selfies. But this camera has some other quirks. First of all, you need a screw driver to open the battery chamber cover. The Top Shot has a funny plastic thing in its bottom, called tilt knob, you can turn it out to adjust the angle of view when the camera is placed on a table. That means, this knob replaces coins or other things you use to keep the camera in a tilted position when using the self timer. The flash operation is also old fashioned: to force the flash on you have to darken the light sensor, but you have to it while taking the photo. For this purpose there is a tiny light meter cap attached to the lanyard. You can switch the flash off with a button at the camera bottom, you need a strong finger nail on your left thumb to push it. You also have to press the button while taking your photo, so you can't use it in combination with a tripod and the self-timer. Those camera designers, I don't think they use their own cameras.
This Otter made such a noise crunching on the fish, they eat everything so quickly, like every meal is his last. They are so cute, but amazing hunters.
#happenstance
Koko doesn't hold still long in the forest. When she does stop moving I point and click and hope for the best
I'm replacing these beautiful windows. I'll be sad to see them go. I wish they were clean for this shot....
Fun with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G Autofocus Lens ! Nikon D800 Photos of Pretty Cowgirl Model, Blue Jeans Cutoffs, Cowboy Hat, Cowboy Boots, & Gun! The Gold 45 Revolver -- the famous golden gun ! She has a pretty smile!
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The pretty model goddess with blue-green eyes and sandy brown hair with blond highlights was modeling a red 45SURF shirt and Goln'N'Virtue Gold 45 Revolver lingerie! Wearing cutoff blue jeans with a leather buffalo nickel cowboy hat and black snakeskin cowboy boots!
The Colt 45 Revolver comes directly form Clint Eastwood's/Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars--my favorite Western--heck my favorite all-time film, exalting the classical, archetypal themes I seek in all my photography!
She was tall, tan, thin, pretty, and fit with gorgeous blue eyes and long, long legs! Shot with the new D800E and my favorite workhorse lens the very sharp Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens. A slight change of pace for all my flickr fans!
All the best on your Epic Mythological Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
The the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory is on all the Gold 45 Revolver lingerie & swimsuits/shirts/etc.: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic !
Eye autofocus test with the Sony A1 and the Sony 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 lens. No other redeeming value to these shots, other than just to see how well the eye was maintained in focus. I had the camera at the lowest burst speed, and it took about 22 shots in about 20 seconds. All these are full frame images, scaled down for uploading to Flickr (i.e., not crops).
San Francisco Marina at Fort Mason, California
Swatch Pro in Trestles with pro surfers Stephanie Gilmore, Anastasia Ashley, Alana Blanchard, Lakey Peterson, Laura Enever, Sally Fitzgibbons, Coco Ho, Stephanie Gilmore, newcomers Nikki Van Dijk Djik and Tatiana Weston-Web, and more!
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography! New Instagram!
Goddess videos! vimeo.com/45surf
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD !
I shot in DX mode which crops away the extra pixels and takes me 1.5X closer while allowing for up to 7 FPS with the Nikon D810's Nikon MB-D12 Battery Grip using the 8 AA battery option! 8 Duracles took me through around 3,000 shots no problem--maybe more! I was shooting at the equivalent of 900mm with the 1.5x crop factor! Pretty close! Had I gone with the Nikon D4s, I would have gotten 12 fps, but no DX crop factor, as the sensor has only around 14mp, compared to the d810's 36 megapixels! Sure the larger pixel size on the Nikon D4s full frame sensor comes in handy indoors or at night, but in the brigth sun, there's more than enough light for the smaller pixels in crop mode! Sure we lose some pixels from the outer edges when shooting in DX crop mode, but most of those pixels would be cropped away in lightroom anyway. And the smaller files make the memory cards last longer, while also upping the FPS to 7 shots per second! Not quite 12 FPS< but still awesome and enough I felt!
What a beautiful way to test the Nikon D810 and Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens for sports photography!
Athletic graceful girl goddesses! Tall, thin, fit and in shape! Pro women's surfers form the van's us open wearing both long wetsuits and bikini bottoms with shorty wetsuit tops/summer wetsuits. Sexy, beautiful beach babes and water goddesses all! Many are professional swimsuit bikini / surf lifestyle models too!
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Autofocus lens for Nikon AF-D Cameras.
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography New Instagram!
Alana Blanchard is a sea goddess!
Alana Blanchard & Stephanie Gilmore Swatch Pro Trestles Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Wiht New Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon
45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography
Homer's Odyssey: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide. . . Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; --Homer's Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler
Polaroid SX-70 Time Zero Autofocus Model 2
IMPOSSIBLE Frog Tongue
IMPOSSIBLE Pioneer Gen3 Color 600ND Pack filter
Polaroid Telephoto Lens
One of the things I've been embracing more is the idea of capturing an event, day, adventure or what have you, in 8 shots. That's the amount of shots in an IMPOSSIBLE pack and I love having this constraint.
Choosing the shots is really part of the fun, and yes, I probably miss out on some shots I should have taken, and sometimes I'll shoot a couple of packs to get the 8, but I want to get to a point where I can shoot 8 and have the perfect story.
Manufactured from 1985 to 1988 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. While other manufactures were all entrenched working on autofocus lenses for their line of 35mm SLRs, Minolta quietly rocked the industry back on it’s heels with the introduction of the first in-body autofocus system for 35mm SLRs. It was a bold and risky move—Minolta changed from their beloved MC/MD lens mount to an mechanical/electronic “A” mount. The camera featured many other “firsts” other than the autofocus that today we think of as standards. It had an in-body winder providing film advance and motorized rewind. To make room for the needed battery power, they made use of a grip on the right side of the camera—today, most cameras have a grip of this type whether the batteries are there or not! It featured pushbutton controls instead of dials and had a large, external LCD display.
What’s in a name? More correctly, what’s in how you write that name? In Europe it was called the “7000 AF” and in Japan the “Alpha 7000” (and you thought Sony came up with that all by themselves!). In North America, Minolta chose to market it with the Maxxum name. In spelling the name on the body of the camera, the decision was made to use an interlocking double “x” (as this example has—see picture). Looks nice until Exxon sees it in a print ad. The interlocking double “X” had been an Exxon trademark for some time. While Exxon did sue, they and Minolta came to a gentlemen’s agreement on the problem. Minolta apologized and agreed to change the logo-type to strait “xx”. And Exxon allowed Minolta to leave what had been sold by that point out there and only change new and undistributed stock. I wonder if it would have been settled the same way today…
The unique in-camera autofocus system relied on a semi-silvered pattern on the mirror (shown here) that allowed a portion of the image to transmit thru the viewing mirror onto a smaller “piggy back” mirror that reflected that broken image down into the bottom of the mirror box to a set of beam splitters and CCD devices. Basically, it focuses by looking for an area of contrast and focusing it to the finest detail (i.e. a hard edge) and the focus point of the lens. Very cool—works with ANY lens on the camera. The “A” mount also provided data to the camera about focal length, zoom position and aperture settings. Seems another company decided this was too close to their patent and sued. And let’s just say they we’re not as nice as Exxon. Unfortunately for Minolta, its autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell and in 1991, Minolta was ordered to pay Honeywell damages, penalties, trial costs and other expenses in a final amount of $127.6 million.
On a personal note, I’m very fond of this camera. As a younger man, I worked in a camera shop. This was the last “new” camera I sold as I went into a different career path in mid 1985….
See also: www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Minolta_7000
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Swatch Pro in Trestles with pro surfers Stephanie Gilmore, Anastasia Ashley, Alana Blanchard, Lakey Peterson, Laura Enever, Sally Fitzgibbons, Coco Ho, Stephanie Gilmore, newcomers Nikki Van Dijk Djik and Tatiana Weston-Web, and more!
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography! New Instagram!
Goddess videos! vimeo.com/45surf
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD !
I shot in DX mode which crops away the extra pixels and takes me 1.5X closer while allowing for up to 7 FPS with the Nikon D810's Nikon MB-D12 Battery Grip using the 8 AA battery option! 8 Duracles took me through around 3,000 shots no problem--maybe more! I was shooting at the equivalent of 900mm with the 1.5x crop factor! Pretty close! Had I gone with the Nikon D4s, I would have gotten 12 fps, but no DX crop factor, as the sensor has only around 14mp, compared to the d810's 36 megapixels! Sure the larger pixel size on the Nikon D4s full frame sensor comes in handy indoors or at night, but in the brigth sun, there's more than enough light for the smaller pixels in crop mode! Sure we lose some pixels from the outer edges when shooting in DX crop mode, but most of those pixels would be cropped away in lightroom anyway. And the smaller files make the memory cards last longer, while also upping the FPS to 7 shots per second! Not quite 12 FPS< but still awesome and enough I felt!
What a beautiful way to test the Nikon D810 and Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens for sports photography!
Athletic graceful girl goddesses! Tall, thin, fit and in shape! Pro women's surfers form the van's us open wearing both long wetsuits and bikini bottoms with shorty wetsuit tops/summer wetsuits. Sexy, beautiful beach babes and water goddesses all! Many are professional swimsuit bikini / surf lifestyle models too!
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Autofocus lens for Nikon AF-D Cameras.
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography New Instagram!
Alana Blanchard is a sea goddess!
Alana Blanchard & Stephanie Gilmore Swatch Pro Trestles Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Wiht New Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon
45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography
Homer's Odyssey: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide. . . Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; --Homer's Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler
You'd think that, after years of using autofocus, I would be better at using it. But, no, I keep getting caught by its traps.
And as soon as I took this picture, the starling disappeared.
He'll be back no doubt. But all winter we saw no starlings in our yard and it is only yesterday and today they've come around. And both days I got no good picture.
Swatch Pro in Trestles with pro surfers Stephanie Gilmore, Anastasia Ashley, Alana Blanchard, Lakey Peterson, Laura Enever, Sally Fitzgibbons, Coco Ho, Stephanie Gilmore, newcomers Nikki Van Dijk Djik and Tatiana Weston-Web, and more!
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography! New Instagram!
Goddess videos! vimeo.com/45surf
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD !
I shot in DX mode which crops away the extra pixels and takes me 1.5X closer while allowing for up to 7 FPS with the Nikon D810's Nikon MB-D12 Battery Grip using the 8 AA battery option! 8 Duracles took me through around 3,000 shots no problem--maybe more! I was shooting at the equivalent of 900mm with the 1.5x crop factor! Pretty close! Had I gone with the Nikon D4s, I would have gotten 12 fps, but no DX crop factor, as the sensor has only around 14mp, compared to the d810's 36 megapixels! Sure the larger pixel size on the Nikon D4s full frame sensor comes in handy indoors or at night, but in the brigth sun, there's more than enough light for the smaller pixels in crop mode! Sure we lose some pixels from the outer edges when shooting in DX crop mode, but most of those pixels would be cropped away in lightroom anyway. And the smaller files make the memory cards last longer, while also upping the FPS to 7 shots per second! Not quite 12 FPS< but still awesome and enough I felt!
What a beautiful way to test the Nikon D810 and Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens for sports photography!
Athletic graceful girl goddesses! Tall, thin, fit and in shape! Pro women's surfers form the van's us open wearing both long wetsuits and bikini bottoms with shorty wetsuit tops/summer wetsuits. Sexy, beautiful beach babes and water goddesses all! Many are professional swimsuit bikini / surf lifestyle models too!
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Autofocus lens for Nikon AF-D Cameras.
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography New Instagram!
Alana Blanchard is a sea goddess!
Alana Blanchard & Stephanie Gilmore Swatch Pro Trestles Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Wiht New Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon
45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography
Homer's Odyssey: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide. . . Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; --Homer's Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler
Canon Super Telephoto 1200mm f/5.6L EF USM Autofocus Lens
# Rare, Super Telephoto Lens
# Longest Fixed Canon Telephoto Ever Made
# 2-Degree Angle-of-View
# Rotating Handle/Tripod Mount collar
"Longest" Fixed Canon telephoto ever Made
Only a dozen or so was ever made.
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Type of Camera Integral-motor autofocus 35mm single lens reflex.
Picture Format 24 x 36mm [standard 35mm (135) film format]
Lens Mount Nikon F mount
Lens More than 70 Nikkor and Series E lenses available.
Focus Modes Dual autofocus modes (Single servo and Continuous servo) focus assist and manual focusing.
Autofocus Detection System TTL phase detection system using 96 CCD's.
Autofocus Detection Range Approx. EV 4 to EV 17 using lenses f:2.8 or faster; EV 5 to EV 18 using lenses f:4.5 or faster but slower than f:2.8.
Autofocus Lock Single Servo AF - Possible once focus LED is lit and shutter release remains slightly depressed; Continuous Servo AF - focus detection continues as long as shutter release remains partially depressed.
Focus Assist Available in manual focus mode with an AF Nikkor, Nikkor or Series E lens with a maximum aperture of f:4.5 or faster
Exposure Metering Light intensity feedback measurement (for P DUAL, P HI and A), TTL full aperture centerweighted measurement (for manual exposure) employs one silicone photo diode (SPD).
Exposure Meter Switch Activated by setting film advance mode selector at S or C and lightly pressing shutter release button, remains on for approx. 8 sec. after releasing shutter release button.
Metering Range (at ISO 100 with f/1.4 lens)EV 1 to EV19
Exposure Modes Three Program (dual, normal and high speed) auto exposure modes, Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto and Manual
Programmed Auto Exposure ControlChoose from 3 modes. Camera sets both shutter speed and lens aperture automatically.
Aperture-Priority Auto Exposure ControlShutter speed automatically selected to match manually set aperture
Manual Exposure Control Both aperture and shutter speed are set manually
Shutter Electromagnetically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Shutter Speeds Stepless from 1/2000 to 1 sec. in P DUAL, P, P HI and A auto exposure modes. Lithium niobate oscillator-controlled speeds from 1/2000 to 1 sec on manual; electromagnetically controlled Bulb setting is provided
Viewfinder Fixed eyelevel pentaprism high-eyepoint type; 0.85X magnification with 50mm lens set at infinity; approx. 92% frame coverage
Eyepiece cover Model DK-5 prevents stray light from entering eyepiece
Focusing Screen Nikon type B clear matte with central focus brackets, 12 mm circle denotes center weighted metering area; changeable with type E or J focusing screens.
Viewfinder Information Focus indicator LEDs include focus not possible warning, in-focus indication, focus-to-right and focus-to-left arrows; exposure indicator LEDs include shutter speed LEDs, over and under-exposure warning LED's; ready light comes on when Nikon dedicated flash is used.
P DUAL, P and P HI modes LED shows shutter speed selected by camera; top warning light blinks for overexposure, bottom warning LED indicates underexposure, top and bottom LEDs blink to indicate proper exposure.
A mode LED shows shutter speed automatically selected by camera, top or bottom warning LEDs blink to inducate over or under - exposure.
Manual mode Non-blinking LED shows shutter speed set on dial, blinking LED shows shutter speed for correct exposure; 2 blinking LEDs show intermediate shutter speed; no LED in B.
Auto Exposure Lock Operates in P DUAL, P, P HI, and A modes, holding button in locks exposure.
Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV compensation (in 1/3 increments) possible with compensation dial; when film speed ring is set at DX with ISO 5000 DX coded film, exposure compensation is possible from - 1 1/3 to +2; with film speed ring set to ISO 1600, -1 to +2 is possible; at ISO 3200 only + compensation is possible; at ISO 25, -2 to +1 is possible; at ISO 12, only - compensation is possible.
Film Speed Range ISO 25 to 5000 for DX-coded film; ISO 12 to 3200 can be manually set for non-DX coded film.
Film Speed Setting At DX position, automatically set to ISO speed of DX-coded film used; manual setting possible
Film Loading Film automatically advances to first frame when shutter release button is depressed once
Film Advance In single-frame mode, film automatically advances one frame when shutter is released; in continuous shooting mode, shots are taken as long as shutter release button is depressed; shooting speed is approx. 1.7 fps to approx. 2.5 fps depending on focus mode in use.
Remote Film Rewind Use optional MC-12A.
Audible Warning Alarm With switch on, beeps; (1) when non-DX coded film is used with film speed dial set at DX;(2) when DX contacts require cleaning; (3) for under and over-exposure and possible picture blur in auto exposure modes; (4) at end of film roll; (5) during self timer operation.
Red indicator Lamp Blinks; (1) when non-DX coded film is used with film speed dial set at DX;(2) when DX contacts require cleaning; (3) for under and over-exposure and possible picture blur in auto exposure modes; (4) when shutter is released.
Frame Counter Additive type; counts back while film is being rewound
Self-timer Electronically controlled 10 sec. delay; blinking LED and beep sound indicates self-timer operation; cancellable
Reflex Mirror Automatic, instant-return type
Camera Back Hinged back with film cartridge confirmation and film advance indicator; changeable with Data Back MF-19.
Accessory Shoe Standard ISO-type hot-shoe contact; ready-light contact, TTL flash contact, monitor contact
Flash Synchronization Up to 1/125 sec. with electronic flash.
Flash Ready Light Lights up when Nikon dedicated flash is ready
Autofocus Flash Photography Possible only with Nikon SB-20.
Power Source Four 1.5V AAA batteries; with Nikon AA battery holder MB-3, four 1.5V AA batteries can be used.
Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 5.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 in.
Weight (without batteries) Approx. 21.3 oz.
New in the fotopraxis.net blog: a little DIY project to realize a perfect AF assist system. Enjoy!
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Original shot taken with a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, Supercolor Autofocus Model 2 camera, loaded with Impossible Project BW SX-70 instant film, almost no post processing, just scanned.
Die Polaroid SX-70 ist die einzige Spiegelreflexkamera, die faltbar ist und farbige Papierbilder macht. (Werbung 1978)
Auf einer Polaroid-Hauptversammlung im April 1972 stellte [der Polaroid-Erfinder] Land die neuartige Kamera vor. Auf der Bühne zog er eine zusammengeklappte SX-70 aus seiner Anzugtasche, entfaltete sie und schoss in nur 10 Sekunden eine Serie von fünf Fotos. (Wikipedia)
Die SX-70 musste zunächst noch manuell scharfgestellt werden, nach kurzer Zeit auch mit Fokussierhilfe in Form eines Schnittbildkreises. Erst 1978 kam dann die abgebildete Sonar, immerhin die erste Autofokus-Spiegelreflex, natürlich nur für Sofortbild.
Etwas Besonderes war außerdem der neu eingeführte Integralfilm, bei dem nach der Entwicklung nichts mehr getrennt werden musste: Das Bild wird als eine Einheit von der Kamera ausgeworfen und entwickelt sich dann außerhalb der Kamera ohne weiteres Zutun.
Trotz des hohen Preises von $ 180,– wurden von 1972 bis 1974 ca. 700.000 Kameras verkauft, die neue Technik (Kamera und Film) kam offensichtlich gut an. Später folgten dann einfacher konstruierte Kameras, die den SX-70-Film verwenden konnten, wie z. B. die Polaroid 1000. Sie kostete deutlich weniger.
Nachdem der originale SX-70-Film 2005 eingestellt worden war, stellte die Firma Impossible seit 2010 wieder einen neuen Film vom Typ SX-70 her. Die Kassetten enthalten nur noch acht Bilder, sind aber als Farb- und Schwarzweißfilm und in verschiedenen Rahmenausführungen erhältlich. Im September 2017 wurde die Firma in Polaroid Originals umbenannt und bietet aufbauend auf Impossible-Filme weiterentwickeltes Material an. (Wikipedia)
Seit März 2020 nennt sich die Firma wieder schlicht Polaroid.
Auch verschiedene Polaroid-Kameras kann man dort kaufen.
Die SX-70 wird ab 429,- € angeboten (zur Zeit sold out).
flower buds of Kalmia latifolia ..... seen in the garden of a local hospital .
Thanks for the visit .... have a great week :-)
Kalmia latifolia, commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood, is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. Mountain-laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It is the namesake of the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882).
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–9 m tall. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. Its flowers are round, ranging from light pink to white, and occurring in clusters. There are several named cultivars today that have darker shades of pink, near red and maroon pigment. It blooms in May and June. All parts of the plant are poisonous. Roots are fibrous and matted.[1]
The plant is naturally found on rocky slopes and mountainous forest areas. It thrives in acidic soil, preferring a soil pH in the 4.5 to 5.5 range. The plant often grows in large thickets, covering great areas of forest floor. In North America it can become tree sized on undeveloped mountains of the Carolinas but is a shrub farther north.[1] The species is a frequent component of oak-heath forests.
Although all parts of Mountain-Laurel are poisonous to humans, native Indians did have very important use for this plant. Apparently Mountain-Laurel has very effective anti-inflammatory effects, able to heal wounds and bruises. Compounds in it’s leaves are also highly effective against poison ivy rash. Some people claim that they have never seen anything more effective in treating poison ivy stings then using several leaves of Mountain-Laurel rubbed in to green mesh and applied to the problem spot. .... from Wikipedia
New autofocus lens for my Pentax 645n medium format film SLR. The SMC Pentax-FA 645 80-160mm F4.5 is a medium telephoto zoom lens with a 35mm equivalent focal length of 63-127mm. Aperture range 4.5 to 32, minimum focus distance 3.3 feet, size 85 x 131 mm (3.3" x 5.2"). weight 1010g (2.2 lb). Optical system: 11 elements in 10 groups, extra-low dispersion (ED) glass corrects aberrations, a Super Multi-Coated ghostless coating prevents reflections on the lens inner surface, enabling sharp images with high contrast. Eight blade diaphragm for smooth bokeh. Accepts 77mm filters, and includes petal hood. The lens front can be rotated with the hood attached for adjusting polarizing filters. Pushing forward on the focus ring allows quick shift to manual focus. The screw drive motor on the Pentax 645n and later models allows autofocus on the lens. It can be used on both film and digital Pentax 645 bodies. The lens is highly rated for optical and mechanical performance, and is a favorite of Pentax photographers for portraits, street, and landscape photography. The lens is still in production, with a selling price of $2,097. I got this used from Midwest Photo for only $200 delivered, plus tax.