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I’ve come across a few old onsite waste compactors in the past, however unfortunately I failed to consider taking pictures of them all for the purpose of documenting their existence. One classic system I did photograph recently is this stationary unit consisting of a solid blade packer coupled to a tough old ribbed 27m container, not at all resembling the new bulk handling gear out there today. According to what is indicated on the top left corner surface, but not visible in this photo, this compactor was fabricated in January 1982... I’m sure this classic refuse mechanism has always resided at this particular city shopping centre which has been around forever. It’s also a MacaPak system, produced by none other than MacDonald Johnston Engineering. Near the front of the container you will get hinted involvement of AB Equipment, from a previous search I got the impression they’re involved with dock equipment and one of their customers is Kmart. I have no idea which company serviced this bin in the past, but it was definitely a dino truck, yet I’m not even sure who does it today, although it’s a hook lift job now. Sitting adjacent to this packer and right behind me in the photo is another identical stationary blade packer, but that one is hooked up to a modern Cleanaway container and serves the Coles store.
Guiris con compactas por el barrio gótico de Barcelona.
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Tourists carrying compact cameras in the Gothic barrio of Barcelona.
Some of the compacts that I love. I think these are some of the most fun you can have with a film camera.
Shot in... Paris with my... Compact camera, it fell in some vodka at some point I think, so it is a bit blurry at the center.
The second generation of the Renault Kangoo was built from 2007 until 2021. Part of the range is this Compact model. This model is often used by surveillance companies over here. It's seems to be a little too small for the owner of this one, seeing the additional box on the roof...
Perhaps Grand Central don't expect many passengers on their Sunderland to Kings Cross service. 22.03.2017
Le Manx est un chat de taille moyenne à grande et au corps musclé, compact, puissant mais tout en rondeur. L'ossature et la musculature sont fortes, le dos droit. Les pattes sont de taille moyenne à courte, là aussi avec une bonne ossature et musculature. Les pattes postérieures sont légèrement plus hautes que les antérieures et les pieds ronds et fermes. La principale caractéristique du Manx est sa queue... ou plutôt son absence de queue (causée par une mutation du gène M.) On distingue plusieurs types de longueurs de queue :
Rumpy : absence totale de queue.
Rumpy riser : la queue est réduite à une excroissance de cartilage, 1 à 3 vertèbres sacrales, au bout de la colonne vertébrale. Ce nom vient du fait que le moignon est visible uniquement quand le chat tente de le lever (en anglais « lever » se dit to rise).
Stumpy : la queue ne mesure que quelques centimètres et est composée de 1 à 3 vertèbres caudales.
Longy : certains chats de race Manx peuvent avoir une queue de longueur pratiquement normale, mais elle peut être tordue et n'est pas acceptée en championnat.
On peut trouver dans une même portée Manx des chatons ayant des longueurs de queue différentes. On ne rencontre généralement en concours que des Manx rumpy. La tête est large et arrondie avec des pommettes saillantes et un nez court, large et bien incurvé. Les yeux sont grands, bien ouverts et ronds d'une couleur accordée à la robe. Les oreilles, de taille moyenne à petite, sont larges à la base avec le bout arrondi et sont placées bien espacées sur le crâne. La fourrure est courte, dense et avec un sous-poil épais. Toutes les couleurs et robes sont acceptées pour cette race.
(not the lens...)
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Canon EOS 5D MkII + EF 1.4/50mm
ISO 3200 1/60 f3.2 -2EV
Agfa Compact, with Agfa Solinar 2.8/39. Introduced in 1980, it has a winder for film advance and the motor also moves the lens out and in, a very advanced feature in those days.
I bought this copy with jammed main switch, the shifter on the right side which also covers the viewer window. "Jammed main switch? Easy to repair!" I thougt. A complete misjudgement. This small camera (it is really compact) is jam-packed with tooth wheels, rods and levers, mostly unsecured, they just fall out if the camera is tilted at the wrong moment. You'll get a sophisticated puzzle.
Perhaps you know that some Agfa Sensors have a peculiarity: the rewinding is done with the advance lever. When you open the back, a part the bottom pops out and you can see the complicated mechanism. The coupling to the film cartridge also swings out, so the camera can be made more compact. Though the Agfa Compact has a winder for rewinding the film, it has that complex mechanism. No wonder, that most Compacts are out of order.
End of the story: I assembled the rest of the camera to take this picture, I have lots of small parts left ...
UPDATE: found a working copy and loaded it immediately with a roll of film. It's really a special model; it's nice, but I have to fight a little bit with the viewfinder and its brilliant frame, and every time the motor driven lens extended I thought, it could be the last time. The exposure meter is very sensitive to back light, only a small source of light in the picture causes underexposure, a button for back light compensation would be really appropriate. On the other hand, the lens itself can handle strong back light very confident.
The results were somewhat disappointing, colors were dull and the contrast low, but I blame the film for it, a Kodak Farbwelt 200 (although "Farbwelt" means "world of colors"). Sharpness is a mixed bag: some pictures taken under cloudy conditions are very sharp, some pictures at bright sunlight are not.
Examples:
For sharpness: you can easily read the "10" on the signs in the background.
For back light