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My first move from number taking to photography was too black and white using a Hanimex Compact non SLR “point and shoot” camera with a 40mm lens of dubious quality around the edges of the frame. Here we find a four car Class 115 diesel muitiple unit idling alongside Marylebone depot sometime in 1974. The depot on the left was the original six road carriage sheds built in 1898 converted to service the Class 115 fleet allocated for Marylebone suburban services in 1961. Apart from the Class 115 fleet the depot also had one of Cricklewood’s diesel shunters outstationed. This was I think the only occasion I visited the depot in daylight as usually I would visit late at night whilst waiting time to catch an overnight service from Paddington. At that late time of day the six roads would be full of Class 115’s, most of which would still be have their Leyland Albion engines idling away resulting in the dimly lit shed having an ghostly smoke filled atmosphere. Forty one Class 115 high density suburban four car sets were ordered from Derby Works and entered traffic in 1960. Thirty five sets were allocated to Marylebone with the remaining six sets allocated to Allerton for Liverpool suburban duties. The Class 115 fleet at Marylebone operated until displaced by Class 165 units around 1991 when the fleet was generally withdrawn. The Class 165 fleet was also provided with a new depot at Aylesbury and Marylebone depot was closed. The site is now covered in blocks of flats.
Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4
The Leica mini (early 1990s) has a fixed 35mm f3.5 lens. The Nikon One Touch Zoom 90 has a slower 38-90mm and is from the very end of the mass market film camera era in the early 2000s
To me, it would seem that a dandelion bloom would be somehow different than this. I think that it's because a dandelion's fibers are all so scattered, at first glance, that it seems unlikely that they start out so orderly. Then the reasoning kicks in that dandelions use air dispersal to get their offspring away from the parent plant. Of course, then, there isn't a random combination of structures. They must be grown specifically to take advantage of being both light and fluffy.
Still with me? Gone to take a snooze?
I didn't realise just how grainy / noisy the little Sony compact was until today :) But as it was the only camera I had with me on my lunch break I used it :)
Late 70's shot of a load of used Chryslers. I have another view of this rig but I found this better pic on FB.
These tiny leaves are sort of peculiar. I don't know if the plant is dehydrated or if it's just a part of the physiology of the plant, but the stem of the leaf looks rather flat, doesn't it? Plants are such bizarre creatures in the first place when you compare them to animals.
Almost exclusively do they not rely on other animals for direct nutrition. Almost all of them are rooted in one way or another to a substrate. Their gross anatomy is so unlike ours.
Then again. Earth teems with plants. Maybe we're the odd ones.
Konica Autoreflex T3
Fuji Superia 100 expired (date unknown)
AR Hexanon 1.8/40
PP in Pixlr-O-Matic
I must be one of the very few people who don't like the Petri Color 35. There, I've said it. Don't get me wrong, from the collector's standpoint it is a great camera: Great looks, intuitive design, a marvel of camera engineering, all this from a maker of budget cameras who tried (and partially succeded) to come up with a "Rollei 35 killer" at a time when Rollei was still a premium name in the camera business.
Me, I like to judge cameras as a user first and the Color 35 has a very serious drawback for a viewfinder guess-focus camera: There is no way to focus the lens without bringing the camera to your eye, as there is no distance scale on the retracting lens barrel. You have to either keep the camera at eye level throughout focusing (with the added risk of getting your finger in your eye while turning the focusing knob at the back) in order to watch the needle move over the distance indicators in the viewfinder, or use it hyperfocally which somehow defeats the whole purpose of having manual control over aperture and thus DOF. All this led me to sell the Color 35 I had and declare the original Rollei 35 (which gives you the opportunity to fully control every aspect of shooting without the need to bring the camera at eye level other than at the exact moment of framing) as the undisputed winner of this duel.
Now to the camera pictured here: After the commercial success of the Color 35, Petri decided to release another camera based on it, retaining some of its virtues (compact size, retractable lens) but replacing the fully manual exposure with a fully automatic one which would make the camera much more appealing to the casual user. This way, the Petri Color 35E (for "Electronic") was born. Wisely enough, Petri added a distance indicator on the lens barrel, correcting the fundamental drawback of the Color 35. With time, the name changed a bit, the camera also existed as "Petri 35E" then renamed "Petri Micro Compact" which also involved a change in finish from the classic chrome to black. The latter can also be found as "Carena Micro Compact".
Sadly, as the camera evolved, it slowly lost the good build quality that characterised the first Color 35, probably reflecting the gradual decline of Petri into bankruptcy. Although the size is identical to the Color 35 and features like the completely removable back or the freely rotating strap lugs remain, almost all metal has been replaced by plastic, resulting in an overall feel very close to a toy camera, much worse than what pictures of the camera online suggest at first glance. Everything feels very flimsy and easily breakable. The VF is decent but without any exposure or distance indicators at all and the only amenity to the user is a battery test button. Perhaps the early Color 35E model retains some of the quality of its mechanical sibling, but working ones are rather uncommon to find at low prices, probably a spill-over effect from the reputation and collectability of the original Color 35.
Fujica Compact 35. Objectif Fujinon 38mm f/2.8 Vitesses 1/30 1/250.
Posemètre au sélénium qui contrôle les conditions d'éclairage correctes, en plus du mode automatique, la possibilité de régler manuellement. Synchro X sur la face avant du boîtier. Année 1967.
The small size of the Black Hills Central's Baldwin 2-6-6-2 tank locomotives--38 foot wheelbase-- can really be seen from above--in this aerial view, #108 has topped the steep initial climb out of Hill City and is now winding between the hills on a light downgrade before the drop into Keystone.
Moon and Venus were setting in the evening. The view was really beautiful. I felt ambient air cool and transparent. I could enjoy successive seven clear nights during this stay in Chile.
equipment: Sony DSC-RX1 on a compact tripod on the ground
exposure: 1/32 seconds at ISO 200 and f/5.6
site: 2,434m above sea level at lat. 24 39 52 south and long. 70 16 11 west near Cerro Armazones in Sierra Vicuña Mackenna in Coast Range of Chile
Ambient temperature was 15 degrees Celsius or 59 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind was mild. Sky was dark, and SQML was 21.21 at the night.
strobist info : 2 speelihgt behind the model, left n right for side light. 1 speedlight on my back upper right(with umbrella octagon softbox). and 1 more speedlight with square softbox on my below left.
What a moment!
Two at the same time. One on my front, one on my back.
Shots with compact sony manual mode.
I feel like I've been ignoring my local beaches recently so spotting the opportunity for a nice sunset I made a dash to Polhawn beach near Rame Head. This time of year the sun sets behind the land for most of Whitsand Bay but Polhawn is far enough down that you can still see the sun. Unfortunately the clouds on the horizon stopped any after glow but it was still nice to get out.
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Year of manufacture: 1999.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th May 1999.
Place of registration: Chelmsford.
Date of last MOT: 7th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 100,621.
Last change of keeper: 9th August 2020
Date taken: 3rd June 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
It started with the LC-A, that I got in a 2nd hand shop in Budapest 2 years ago, I took it to test it the next days on my way by train across Bulgaria/Romania to Istambul, and I finally figured out that P&S were the way to travel without worries. always ready, and in a simple pocket. SET
Eventually the lc-a fell and so I could try to fix the frame counter it had to get a new dress.
Also, missing some shots because of the zone focus it was not ideal, so I started looking for some cheep AF ones, and they had to be as pocketable as the lc-a, on that area the mju II is the winner.
I don't think this collection will grow much more, unless I stumble upon some expensive models or so, for very cheap (ricohs gr, minolta TC-1 etc...) I'm happy with these ones for now, let's see what comes next.
(1 week after)
I just came back from the fleamarket with some more P&S cameras, Mju I (another),
Ricoh FF70(it's a DOA after all), Fuji HD-M, Konica EU-min and a Porst 135AE
#2 UPDATE
additions : Olympus XA2, Ricoh FF-1, Leica C2-zoom, Nikon AF600, Rollei 35B