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T.L.C. Disposal - White Compact w - Garwood 700 -
This White Compact was one of the trucks I worked on as a young man.
Thanks to Eric V. for finding & passing along this bit of my history from so many yrs. ago.
Circa 1970
Photo Courtesy of: Eric V. / CRT
The Silver Dollar City groundskeepers keep things blooming throughout the year. These Compact Innocence (Nemesia fruticans) blossoms are used all through the park.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandugo
The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna the chieftain of Bohol on March 16, 1565, to seal their friendship as part of the tribal tradition. This is considered as the first treaty of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos. "Sandugo" is a Visayan word which means "one blood".
The Sandugo is depicted in both the provincial flag and the official seal of the government in Bohol. It also features the image of the blood compact. The top of the seal explains the history behind the Sandugo event that occurred in Bohol, the fleet and the location where the Spaniards anchored and the place where the treaty was conducted which was dated on March 16, 1565
I debated for a long time if this shot is a keeper, particularly because of the somewhat dull background. I thought about cropping it out, but then the shot loses depth. Eventually, the gorgeous colors won me over. I didn't have a tripod at the time, but was able to recover some sharpness in photoshop. This morning taught me the wisdom of having extra time at hand when going for a sunrise. We were staying just outside the park boundaries, and those of you who went there know that it's the smallest of national parks. So we never thought getting there in time would be an issue. As it happened, we missed the sign for sunset point and by the time we made a U turn and found it, the first lights had already appeared. Nonetheless, sunrise at Bryce is something I will never forget in my life.
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
(not the lens...)
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Canon EOS 5D MkII + EF 1.4/50mm
ISO 3200 1/60 f3.2 -2EV