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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
Compact Mining Truck
The Compact Mining Truck is equipped with a small tipper, drill, small claw, chainsaw and mining tools.
It can carry and dig energy crystals and ores.
The AMC Eagle is a compact four-wheel drive passenger vehicle manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) model years 1980 to 1987 and Chrysler Corporation, following its acquisition of AMC in 1987, for the 1988 model year.
Introduced in August 1979 for the 1980 model year, the coupe, sedan, and station wagon body styles were based on the AMC Concord.
For 1988, its final model year, only a station wagon was offered, which was marketed as the "Eagle Wagon". However, the name continued to be used by Chrysler Corporation as the Eagle brand of cars through 1998.
The AMC Eagles were the only four-wheel drive passenger cars produced in the U.S. at the time. All models featured "passenger-car comfort, plus 4WD security for all-weather security."Although the description was not in use at the time, the AMC Eagle is recognized as one of the first crossover vehicles.
The objective was for affordable cars offering a comfortable ride and handling on the pavement together with superior traction in light off-road use through AMC's innovative engineering and packaging.
The 1980 Eagle's appearance differed from the Concord's in that the bodies were raised 3 in (76 mm) further off their suspension to afford better ground clearance. To fill in the increased visual space between the tires and wheel wells, AMC used durable Kraton (polymer) plastic wheel arch flares that flowed into rocker panel extensions.
Ich habe des öfteren darüber nachgedacht, warum Hunde ein derart kurzes Leben haben, und bin zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass dies aus Mitleid mit der menschlichen Rasse geschieht; denn da wir bereits derart leiden, wenn wir einen Hund nach zehn oder zwölf Jahren verlieren, wie groß wäre der Schmerz, wenn sie doppelt so lange lebten?
(Walter Scott)
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.
Okay, some are only dark grey.
Some statistics:
17 cameras all in all
Film advance: 10 x manual, 7 x motor
Exposure mode: 12 x programmed AE, 4 x aperture priority AE, 1 x single shutter speed.
Focusing method: 8 x guess-o-matic, 7 x AF, 1 x RF, 1 x fix focus
If Framlingham Castle is a castle without a keep then nearby Orford Castle is a solitary keep without a castle. Orford once had a compact castle on this site but quarrying and stone robbing has been so complete that the outer walls and even some of their foundations have disappeared. One reason why the keep survived was that it was regarded as a navigation aid for passing ships. It was a signal tower during the Napoleonic Wars.
www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/albums/7215766898257... to see the whole set.
Prior to the building of Orford Castle, Suffolk had been dominated by the Norman Bigod family, who held the title of Earl of Norfolk and owned key castles at Framlingham, Bungay, Walton and Thetford. King Henry II confiscated these four castles from the rebellious Hugh Bigod but returned Framlingham and Bungay to Hugh in 1165. Henry then decided to build his own royal castle at Orford, about 12 miles from Framlingham. Construction work began in 1165, finishing in 1173. Henry II's plan may have been to establish a strong royal presence on the coast to keep an eye on the Bigods but also to create a point-of-entry into their territory where he could land and provision an army quickly. The sea would be the quickest and safest route for re-supply.
The design of the Orford keep is unique, and has been termed "one of the most remarkable keeps in England" by historian R. Allen Brown. The 90-foot (27 metre) high central tower was circular in cross-section with three rectangular, clasping towers built out from the 49-foot (15 metre) wide structure. The tower was based on a precise set of proportions, its various dimensions following the one to the root of two ratio found in many English churches of the period. Much of the interior is built with high-quality ashlar stonework, with broad, 5 foot 6 inch (1.7 metre) wide staircases linking the floors. The best chambers were designed to catch the early morning sun, while the various parts of the keep were draught-proofed with doors and carefully designed windows. Originally the roof of the keep, above the upper hall, would have formed a domed effect, with a tall steeple above that.
The keep was surrounded by a curtain wall with flanking towers and a fortified gatehouse protecting a relatively small bailey; these outer walls, rather than the keep, represented the main defence of the castle. The nearby marshes were drained to turn the village of Orford into a sheltered port. The castle, including the surrounding ditch, a palisade and stone bridge, cost £1,413 to build, with the work possibly being conducted by the master mason Alnoth. Some of the timbers were brought from as far away as Scarborough and the detailed stonework was carved from imported Caen stone.
The design of the keep has attracted historical interest. Traditional explanations for its unusual plan argued that the keep was a transitional military design, combining both the circular features of later castles with the square angled buttresses of earlier Norman fortifications. More recent scholarship has critiqued this explanation. Historians now believe that the design of Orford Castle was instead probably driven by political symbolism. One historian argues that the plain, simple elegance of the architecture would, for mid-12th century nobility, have summoned up images of King Arthur, who was then widely believed to have had Roman or Greek links. The banded, angular features of the keep resembled the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople, then the idealised image of imperial power, and the keep as a whole, including the roof, may have been based on a hall that had been recently built in Constantinople by John II Komnenos. The Orford keep is said to have been an object of delight to King Edward I and may have inspired his own later castle building, in Wales, where Caernarvon Castle is also said to have been inspired by the walls of Constantinople. Perhaps it was also inspired by Orford.
Orford Castle today is easily accessed from the village of Orford and has a small car park. Disability access is poor and certainly not suitable for wheelchairs. I managed to get into the building but found the spiral staircase especially daunting and very hard work. However I did manage to get to the top - with several rest breaks along the way - and was rewarded by a splendid view of the Suffolk coast.
A 2002 excavation of the heaps of spoil and deep ditches around the site confirmed the presence of three towers in the lost curtain walls and has suggested another three lost towers plus a gateway tower. This gateway was reached by a high-walled passageway which led over the castle's moat via a bridge. The building is now in the care of English Heritage and their recently reprinted guidebook contains an imaginative construction of the castle in its prime.
My recently acquired Walther PPK .32 ACP pistol.
Just for the curious, PPK stands for Polizei Pistole Kriminal Modell or Police Pistol Detective Model. It was first issued in 1931 in 7.65mm (.32 ACP) and made to be used for undercover police work. They were also issued to German military police, Luftwaffe and Nazi Party members during WWII. Hitler committed suicide with his PPK. Also famous for being James Bond's sidearm.
Most PPKs in the US were made under license by INTERARMS or Smith & Wesson (which is who made this PPK) due to laws on importing firearms this small.
(Note: This is a PPK and not a PPK/S, which uses a larger frame to hold an extra round of ammo)
The second model based on the stacked triangle twists just uploaded.
This model:
Alios kraft, hexagon from 30x30 cm square, 40 division grid.
Included CP and several views, backlit, with and without flash.
Architect: James Herbert Brownell (1962)
Developer: Pearce & Co.
Builder: Fergin-Griffin Co.
Location: San Diego (Pacific Beach), CA
Brownell was an architect based in Corona Del Mar, just up the road in Orange County. These sixteen homes demonstrate an ingenious solution to a series of narrow, sloping lots with views on one side. The solution was to build them as row homes, and push them as far up the hill as possible to maximize the views.
This is from an ad that appeared in the local newspaper at the time.
This is a multi-shot hand held pano of kick off at a Rugby League match. Largely I wanted to prepare it to produce another real world example of what you can get out of these sort of 1" sensor size compact cameras.
This was shot hand held at IS800. Unfortunately I needed to shoot at the 24mm equivalent focal length which is noticeably poorer than other focal lengths on the Canon G7X. None the less, its actually a decent image with a fair amount of usable resolution.
RAW conversion done in Capture One v8.2, stitching done in Autopano Giga v4.0 and blending and processing done in Photoshop CC with some help from NIK Color Efex.
Photographed using the Vivitar Ultra Compact, and Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 film.
Taken in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.
One has to admire the expertise of Canon when it comes to compacts. The APS system was a failure, yet, Canon APS camera were best -sellers, the designs were very interesting. While others regarded making APS cameras as unwanted chore, Canon presented APS cameras that were inovative and sophisticated.
The Ixus line, was a star, and stardom continue during the digital age, right to the present day. I thought this camera was a digital model, the design is so fresh, so little changed.
The Canon Ixus Z 70 is a little class act, heavy, brushed stainless steel body, sophisticated lens with 2 aspheric elements.
Shame that APS film is so hard to find, I would like to try this second generation Ixus.