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Print:
Lith print: Rollei Superlith (170) aprox. 15 min.
Paper: Adox Fine Print Variotone Premium (Matt)
Toned with selenium
Camera:
Canon EOS 500n (New EOS Kiss/EOS Rebel G)
Sigma Compact Hyperzoom 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6
Film:
Ilford HP4+ 125
Stand development, Rodinal 1:100
© Kasper Hemmer Pihl 2017
Olympus OM2 w/ 135mm f/3.5
Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400, expired 05/2019
Home Developed in Argentix.ca C-41 kit (Unicolor)
Pakon F135
The theme for today in the Kerrisdale Cameras daily photo challenge is “Compact”. I struggled with this one until I saw one of my daughters CD’s (Compact Disc) sitting on the table reflecting light from a nearby window #kcphotochallenge
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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.
Creating the Big Bang on the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland.
* I do not remember where I got this sensational photo in my Flickr automatic uploads. I think it was in a Space App on my iPhone. If anyone knows the original source, please tell me so i can give a proper citation.
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.
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Lo Zenitista
L'importatore non ufficiale (ma quello che "fa i numeri") è quello che importa, oltre alla fotocamera, anche i polacchi che la vendono. La fotocamera è stata progettata e costruita in Russia per la Russia (vabbe', i modelli vecchi in CCCP). Le tolleranze meccaniche sono progettate per la temperatura media di -20, per cui in Italia gli ingranaggi quasi non si toccano, e la fotocamera è mezzo centimetro più larga delle misure di progetto. La famosa Zenit E, una delle prime disponibili, montava l'altrettanto famoso Industriar 50 f/3,5, un obiettivo talmente compatto che per regolare i diaframmi o la messa a fuoco bisognava chiamare l'orologiaio. L'ultima versione disponibile oggi è sostanzialmente la stessa con la meccanica ricarrozzata in plastica in forgia di R8 (ma una volta copiavano meglio). Il mirino mostra il sette per cento del campo inquadrato, ed ha un telemetro a microprismi che definire "micro" è un vero eufemismo, visto che sono grandi come mattoncini Lego.
Il top dell'ergonomia lo raggiunge il pulsantino di sblocco del riavvolgimento, coassiale al pulsante di scatto, che va ruotato, premuto, e bloccato in posizione. La manovella del riavvolgimento è progettata per sfuggire di mano ad ogni giro. Vera nave scuola per decine di fotoamatori sgranati, ha una tal serie di difetti che chi impara a fotografare con una Zenit è in grado di scattare con qualsiasi cosa. Paladina dell'"understatment" è apprezzata anche dai nostalgici dell'Unione Sovietica, che nel leggere il manuale di istruzioni in cirillico si commuovono pensando a quanto faceva lo stato russo per diffondere la cultura fotografica.
Gli obiettivi. Si è sempre detto che le ottiche russe sono di ottima qualità, ed è vero; a patto che non siano state prodotte di lunedì o di sabato, nel qual caso è bene controllare che almeno il numero delle lenti indicato nelle specifiche corrisponda al numero di lenti montate sul nostro esemplare. Episodi di radioattività sono stati rilevati su ottiche luminose (in tutti i sensi!), e, più tardi (dopo Chernobyl), anche su corpi macchina e barilotti degli obiettivi. In conclusione le Zenit sono macchine rozze, mal costruite, mal progettate, costano una zucca di latte e danno grandi soddisfazioni a chi le possiede (VAI A CAPIRE LA FOTOGRAFIA...). ;/)
Зенит-ET (Zenit ET) "Telefono, Casa" by BeLomo, soviet SLR. (**)
ГЕЛИОС-44-2 - 2/58 (Helios 44-2) pre-set soviet lens by Valdai.
Kodak ColorPlus 200 @ 160iso
1/60 F5.6read with Sverlovsk 4 "the Owl Edvige" soviet lightmeter.
Tetenal Colortec C41, homemade development, tank AP Compact, 30 °C about.
Epson V600
The news of the passing of the Dutch engineer who invented the audio Compact Cassette, Lou Ottens, got me to thinking how useful and handy these were back in the day and efficient - even a provision to prevent accidental ereasure. The quality of the audio wasn't up there with reel-to-reel, but they paved they way for portable music. Even after portable compact disc (which Mr. Ottens was involved in the development of) players came out, portable cassette players were the best way to go - easier to fit into a pocket and slower battery drain - though it took many years to get the player down to the size of the cassette itself. Until at least MP3 players came out, which like everything else digital revolutionized everything.
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
slinks away
and grinning, makеs his way up
i grasp the pieces of rose
and your raven locks of hair
i hear the turn of the key
as I hiss my final prayer
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Date of first registration: 17th March 1999.
Region of registration: Swansea.
Latest recorded mileage: 13,578 (MOT 28th March 2019).
Date taken: 16th August 2019.
Album: Street Spots
Car: BMW 316 Compact (E36/5)
Date of first registration: 6th March 1995.
Registration region: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Latest recorded mileage: 61,125 (MOT 9th November 2018).
Date taken: 19th March 2019.
Album: Street Spots
What might look like an abstract artwork is actually a novel antenna, small enough for a minisatellite, to track global ship traffic from orbit.
Commercial vessels are mandated to transmit Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals, which are used to track maritime traffic – the oceangoing equivalent of air traffic control. The system relies on VHF radio signals with a horizontal range of just 40 nautical miles (74 km), useful within coastal zones and on a ship-to-ship basis, but leaving open ocean traffic largely uncovered.
However, in 2010 ESA fitted an experimental antenna to Europe’s Columbus module of the International Space Station, demonstrating for the first time that AIS signals could also be detected from up in orbit, opening up the prospect of global ship tracking from space.
“Based on our testing, this new prototype designs offers a four-fold increase in ship detection performance,” explains ESA antenna specialist Nelson Fonseca, overseeing the project.
“The AIS detection system on Columbus employs a low-gain ‘whip’ antenna, receiving signals within a very broad beam, with corresponding potential for signal overlap and interference.
“This antenna design combines higher-gain with a more reduced footprint, allowing more of a focus on regions of highest interest, and can also discriminate between polarisations, increasing the likelihood of detection for any individual AIS signal within the antenna field of view.”
In addition, clever engineering has shrunk the overall antenna size to a size where up to five could be hosted on a single cubic-metre minisatellite.
“Despite its name, VHF is quite a low wavelength in space terms, implying a bulky antenna of about 1 m across and half-a-metre thick to operate ideally at that frequency,” Nelson adds.
“But the patterned square-shaped structure on the underlying face of our antenna changes the signal behaviour, enabling us to shrink the design to 50 cm width and 3 cm thickness – making it suitable for hosting on a smaller platform.”
The antenna was developed through ESA’s ARTES Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems – Advanced Technology programme with Italian companies CGS as prime contractor and MVG as subcontractor in charge of the electrical design.
“CGS and MVG are highly interested in moving forward with the optimisation and environmental qualification of this outstanding antenna element,” explains Andrea Di Cintio, managing the project at CGS. “The next step will be to identify a specific mission and then optimise the design and qualification accordingly.”
“Significant reduction of antenna dimensions and weight without compromising electrical performance was challenging,” adds Andrea Giacomini, lead antenna designer at MVG. “It required a radical change in the design and validation approach. We are proud to have been involved.”
Credit: ESA–G. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
New constructions for the wall - Compact St Jude's Dungeness - Wood, nails, 13 years of gloss paint, lichen, stabilizer and varnish
Compact is a neat little studs up font. Basic, but gets the job done. Perfect for signing mosaics.
Try writing with the font or check the details on Swooshable.
1998 BMW 316i Compact.
Previously registered G2 OTL.
Subsequently re-registered S255 SBJ in June 2025.
Last (extended) MoT test expired in November 2020 (SORN).
No previous keepers.
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