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this model came out August 1963 the original model was made up until 1966 by popular demand of its originality this example i have ..yes you guest it is from september 1966 the last of the originol edition the desighn was never used again after 1966 its exacly the same as the 1963 machine IT SAYS THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE INSIDE OF THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT the last edition of the original model from August 1963 it would have cost about £175-£200 in todays money the original has a unique desighn a white base and no peep hole window in the cassette door to view the tape and no AC adapter battery only you was maybe wondering why they always use to sell that table top compact cassette at Argos maybe a Sony its becouse that is how the original machine looked all them years ago in 1963 and it comes with microphone and leather case WICH THE LEATHER IS IMACULATE NOT EVEN A AGEING CRACK BETTER PUT SOME DUBBING ON IT HO HO the 2 hour cassettes came out in 1967 along with the mini compact cassette recorder used for dictation machines pictured with the large player wich also dates back to 1967 THIS MACHINE USES A CLASSIC ONE BUTTON DOES IT ALL APART FROM A SEPERATE RECORDER BUTTON fast farward,stiop and rewind and play is done with just that little white button the Sony Walkmans came out in 1968 they are named the walkman becouse they was took on the Apollo mission and becouse of man walking on the moon they was called walkmans they are pricey! £500 in todays money its a super little silver machine look out for them they are called the Sony TC-50 with super scope written on the side it is more mythology that stack systems came out in the 60s the closest you are going to get to a stack is a 8 track better known as the stereo YES THAT WAS 8 TRACK THE STEREO compact cassettes not a stereo untill maybe the mid 1970s 8 track is a stack system becouse of its desighn wich is a front loading machine compact cassette is a top loader and resembles nothing like the stack systems of later years you could maybe assemble a home made seperates system with a record deck and a seperate amp and speekers but it would more resemble a music centre hense to popular fad lasting into the early 80s of the top loader audio desighn- Yes you can get a stack hi fi seperates in the 60s easy but it will only be 8 track machine domesticaly 8 track was discontinued in 1988 the last title released on 8 track was Fleetwood Mac LP BUT radio stations continued to use 8 track machinery into the 1990s there was two versions of 8 track recording devices a reel too reel and catridge but are not linked like Betamax Beta is still on sale today its used by the BBC and ITV camcorders and video recorders Betamax tured 36 years old in April 2011 it first went on sale April 16th 1975 Check it out i have it listed in a photo entitled the worlds most expensive camcorder the Betacam DVW-970 HAY! lets take them all back to Argos anyway and ask for a refund else we play hell YUMMY SMELL THEM CHIPS SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON IT AND LEFT MYSELF WITH NOTHING TO EAT good old Argos understand that the custormer is always right god bless you lovely and a coke please PS if you are looking for one they are rare to find but you will find one it can take up to four weeks to find one
¿La diferencia entre realidad y ficción? La ficción tiene mayor sentido.
original de esta foto, tal cual salió de la compacta SONY
Dawson City on Christmas Day 1976 (with texture) - 35mm Compact Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
I currently own and use the following digital compact mirrorless cameras:
The Canon G5 (back left) is the oldest digital camera that I still use. I would like to retire it but it has one useful feature that none of my other camera have -- a built-in intervalometer.
The Canon G11 (back center) has a reticulated LCD screen that I find useful when I am shooting still life or close-up subjects with the camera mounted on a tripod or a copy stand.
The Canon G15 (back right) is the one I take when I need to travel with a light photographic load. The f/1.8 to 2.8 28mm to 140mm fixed zoom lens covers 80% of the subjects I need to shoot. If it had a reticulated LCD, it would be close to perfect for me.
The Olympus E-p3 (middle left) and the Olympus E-p1 (middle right) were my handheld available light cameras until I replaced them with the X-Pro1. I am now using them as dedicated black & white cameras.
The Fuji X-Pro1 (foreground) is my current handheld available light camera.
All six cameras have the following important features that I need:
1. Quiet operation -- especially when shooting theater or in audio recording studios
2. Excellent image quality (jpeg and RAW)
3. Size, weight, and style of a Leica rangefinder
4. A simple user interface that relies more on dials rather than menus
5. Video
Some of the important features that I need but none of the six cameras have are:
1. Fast and accurate manual focus control
2. Input jack that accepts a microphone for video audio track
3. Accessory battery pack for extended shooting sessions
Some of the important features that I need that some have and some do not include:
1. Built to withstand daily usage -- my G5, E-p1, and E-p3 break too often and too easily
2. High quality, fast, interchangeable lenses -- the Canon lenses are not interchangeable
3. LCD screen that swings, tilts, and rotates -- only on the Canon G5 and G11
4. Hot shoe and PC flash connections for external flash units -- all have hot shoes but only the X-Pro1 has both
Metrolink M5000 double unit nos: 3021 & 3009 with a Bury service approaches Shudehill stop, Manchester 9-4-15
Olympus AF-1 compact
Agfa Vista Plus ASA200
CanoScan 9000F
Any hallway in a train is usually quite narrow and small to begin with, but the corridor in Moonlight Dome added the height constraints imposed by the dome above, resulting in quite a tight space.
Photographed using the Vivitar Ultra Compact, and Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 film.
Taken in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.
Not all amateur photographers own a DSLR. They are expensive, heavy and bulky, while compacts camera fits anywhere. Some of them have a nice macro feauture, that allow to really get close, but for a 1:1 macro you will have to experiment. On this image, apply the same macro coupler principle for a DSLR. I have a box of all kind of surplus lenses and found a small 20mm, reversed and mounted with electrical tape, set the compact to telephoto. My compact at telephoto is 20mm, so 20 /20=1. So able to reach a 1:1 macro with this setup. This small red fly is not a regular size fly, it only measure 2.5mm long, is really hard to see because of it's light color. But this macro setup was able to resolve even the microscopic hairs on the back of this red fly. Recommendation: Use the camera on Program mode with flash and low ISO. If the flash is too strong, cover it with a darker film.
Data: Canon PowerShot A2200 @20mm with a reverse 20mm tape on, f/5.9, 1/160, ISO: 1600, Maginfication: 1:1, Mode: Program, Focus: auto, Support: handheld, Flash: none, Process: Zoner Photo Studio 12, file: IMG_0455, Date: July 13, 2012.
Spanish: Mas abajo esta la versión en Español.
Taking the lily pictures reminded me of a few took a little while ago using the LX2.
I like lots of the flower work that Mirthe Duindam does:
www.flickr.com/photos/mirthe-1/
These mimic that work a little.
One of the longest running Citroen products and replacement for the legendary DS, the Citroen CX was a worthy continuation of the groundbreaking developments that made its predecessor such a household name, and was able to mix a spacious interior with incredible comfort and all the panache and style you'd expect from a French family car.
The car was designed and styled by Robert Opron, and took on many external features from the previous DS, including a long sweeping body and smooth curved back. Internally the car updated the many endearing features of the original, with unique hydro-pneumatic integral self-leveling suspension, speed-adjustable DIRAVI power steering (first introduced on the Citroën SM), and a uniquely effective interior design that did away with steering column stalks, allowing the driver to reach all controls while both hands remained on the steering wheel.
The car was powered by a range of 2.0L to 2.5L Inline-4 Citroen engines, producing power outputs between 102hp and 141hp, whilst there was also a 180hp edition featuring SM Injection Electronique.
The car was rushed to launch in 1974, sadly resulting in many teething troubles such as a lack of power-steering, making the car very difficult to drive as 70% of its weight is carried over the front wheels. Originally, the CX was developed as a rotary-engined car, with several negative consequences. The CX engine bay is small because rotary engines are compact, but the Comotor three-rotor rotary engine was not economical and the entire rotary project was scrapped the year the CX was introduced. The firm went bankrupt in 1974, partly due a series of investments like Comotor that didn't result in profitable products.
Throughout its production life however, the company continued adding developments to the car, including a 128hp GTi edition in 1977, rustproofing and fully automatic transmission in 1981, and a new 2.5L Turbo-Diesel engine in 1984.
Although the car garnered a reputation for poor reliability at first, it was soon lauded as one of the best Citroens ever built, and a credible replacement for the legendary DS. By the late 1980's however the car's 15 year old design was now in deep water, and competition such as Audi's and Mercedes of the time were starting to damage the sales. As such, in May 1989, the replacement car, the Citroen XM, was launched, but suffered from poor reliability issues due to the electronic hydropneumatic suspension. As such, the CX Estate version remained in production until 1991 when both problems with the XM were rectified, and a later developed XM Break was released.
In total, 1.2 million of these cars were produced, and are widely considered to be the last great Citroen cars before Peugeot took control in 1976. However, many people forget this car as well as the XM that replaced it, most feeling a strong affection towards the original DS of the 1950's. The car did however make a comeback on Top Gear, as Jeremy Clarkson converted a CX into a gigantic block of flats that doubled as a Motorhome, only to be blown over in the wind and eventually be pushed off a cliff!
Canon Powershot A10 with 2.8-4.8/5.4-16.2 lens.
Just for fun, up to date in 2001: 1.3 Megapixels (1280x960), no video mode, ISO 100 fixed, jpg-only, CF-card, 4 Mignon cells. There is still a delay between pressing the shutter button and taking the picture, action photography would be somewhat cumbersome.
The image quality is amazingly good, especially the colors. It could be possible, that the lens (35 to 105 mm in 35mm world) is responsible for that.
The camera requires an extra battery (CR2016) for the clock and keeping the settings in memory. There were still pictures on the CF-card, and the last one was taken 9 years ago, surprizingly the clock was more or less right in time. I've made the experience that clocks in digital devices, even in expensive ones, are running out of time after a month already.
Meditaive Space - (23 of 35) - Contax T2 Carl Zeiss 1:2.8 38mm T* Compact and Expired Kodak Ultra Color Professional 400UC (Expired 2008) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
Portraits of a make-up artist.
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Lighting info
Most of the time I shoot portraits and headshots of ordinary people with no or very little makeup, but this one was a bit diferent. She worked as a makeup artist with her own salon, so she did know a thing or two about how to prepare her face and skin for a photo shoot. Lucky for me.
The lighting I used was a Profoto 5 foot Octa as fill behind the camera and me, and a White Softlight Reflector (beauty dish) above it and a bit closer to her face. A Profoto Compact in a Strip Softbox with softgrids was my hair/rim light on some of the photos.
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Developed in Lightroom 3 using the Portrait profile, adjusting the white balance and adding some contrast/sharpness. Nothing more really, her excellent makeup skills did all my retouching work for me.
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