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My '95 E36 Compact.
Unfortunately, the EXIF is missing. Note that this is an 8s long exposure lit only by a street lantern.
I did some heavy post processing on this one: desaturated all but the coloured applications (I like the rim logos best), meddled with highlights and shadows and got rid of all noise to give it a smooth look.
Charles Franklin Capps (1909 - 1973)
On this Father's Day I wanted to make a post of remembrance for my father. He was the sweetest and most considerate man I have ever known. We lost him much too soon at 64 to his first heart attack.
Since all my family photographs as still packed from the move I could only find this 2 inch diameter brass powder compact. It holds a small snapshot of my father standing by an early automobile behind a celluloid cover. It predates my birth and I think the picture was taken when he was a teenager. I find the ill fitting suit and round glasses rather endearing. I found it among my mother's things and think it may have been made when they were courting.
Boo hoo, the only Versace thing I've ever owned and I sold it on Ebay. Ruthless clear out of things I'll never use
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames the Vitra Sofa Compact was originally a design intended for their own house in California, but finally went into series production. Unusually high and divided into two horizontal strips, the backrest lends the sofa an interesting profile and clearly sets it apart from the weightiness of traditional sofas. The sofa can be folded up, making it easy to transport. Made from a chromed tubular metal frame with polyurethane foam upholstery. --------- (PAR_0507_3339 - Image copyrighted).
Vintage compacts and lipstick holders in a cabinet that once held hotel keys and messages for hotel guests.
The Photographer above the Yukon River on Christmas Day @ 35 Below (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.
Vancouver Reflections: HDR (from negative scan) - Konica C35AF2 Compact with Fuji ISO 400 Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
The ride from Romania, Dacia is a subsidy of French car manufacturer Renault, and largely builds for the Eastern European market, although it has built cars for the Western European market for a while. The UK however has been a recent addition to the Dacia market, with the likes of the Dacia Duster and the Dacia Duster starting to make inroads into the market.
The Logan has never been on the UK market, but examples have wandered over from the Continent. In Tenerife however they thrive, and often outnumber Renault products. The Logan entered production in 2004, and is built at Mioveni, Romania, and at Renault's plants in Morocco, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, Colombia, Iran, India and South Africa. The car was built as a cheaper alternative to the comparatively expensive Renault products, with a visit from French President Jacques Chirac noting that Lada products of comparative size were selling massively in relation to the Renaults. The Logan was designed from the outset as an affordable car, and has many simplified features to keep costs down. It replaces many older cars in production, including the Romanian Dacia 1310 series of Renault 12-based cars.
Underneath, the car is essentially a Renault Clio saloon but has 50% fewer parts than a high-end Renault vehicle and has a limited number of electronic devices, and is available in both this and a pickup truck variant. The car is powered by a range of Renault engines, from the 1.0L Flex-Fuel to the 1.5L Inline-4 Diesel. The developers have taken into account several differences between road and climate conditions in developed and developing countries. The Logan suspension is soft and strong, and the chassis sits visibly higher than most other compact cars to help it negotiate dirt roads and potholes on ill-maintained asphalt roads. The engine is specially prepared to handle lower quality fuel, whereas the air conditioning is powerful enough to lower the temperature several degrees (temperatures above 40 °C are common in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea).
Another XA for my collection, that's three now ^_^ - This one probably needs new light seals, when I'm feeling brave I'll get some and take on the decaying foam mess.
The XA, introduced in 1979 was the benchmark of the series containing a true rangefinder focusing mechanism and an aperture priority exposure system within its tiny case. It had a six element Zuiko 35mm f:2.8 lens, a CdS exposure meter and a shutter to 1/500. The viewfinder also houses a needle shutter speed indicator.
Three of these are vintage - one at least (and probably all 3) date from the 1950s. Bottom left is a souvenir from the 1951 Festival of Britain, the other two are golden compacts stamped 'Stratton'. Top left is the modern one - a gorgeous enamel peacock feather (and it is also not a powder compact, as it opens to show two mirrors)
Another Rollei exercise to make money solely on the name. This is a fixed lens compact, with a 28 mm wide angle. Curiously, there is no mention of the lens aperture, which is not a good sign especially coming from such a famous name. There is no menion to where the camera was manufactured.