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Lyon Arboretum, Mānoa, O‘ahu.
The bright magenta flowers of ‘Ohi‘a ‘ai, or Mountain Apple (Syzygium malaccense), blanket the trail.
Le Bambole Mk. II, "The Compact" Pinhole Camera. Kodak Extar 100. Exposure: f/256 and 15 seconds.
Minolta DiMAGE S304 3.3Mp digital camera from 2001. Minolta launched the DiMAGE 5 (3.3Mp), DiMAGE 7 (5.2Mp), S304 and E201 at the same time, their first major foray into the digital market. There was the DiMAGE EX interchangeable CCD sensor and lens camera in 1998, but as a concept it didn't work and no new sensors were introduced. The 5 and 7 were the first bridge cameras, the S304 and E201 more traditional 35mm compact shapes, the S304 the higher end of the two. The 'prosumer' S304 sold for approx 800 GBP new !
MInolta f3.0 GT lens, 7.15-28.6mm (35-140mm 35mm equivalent),11 elements in 9 groups. GT lenses had G-lens technology applied to minimise abberations. There was a fully manual mode, and you could add voice memos and date stamps to each photo.
So this version might be seen by many as insane why buy one of the fist makes or series of this bot…
I mean why not buy the latest model!
But here I will sum down some of the advantages in buying this vintage model instead of a shiny new one of a later series…
Number one: they are more compact, so if you need a Plummer, miner, rescue-bot it can enter much smaller spaces, in mining it would mean that you would need to excavate a much smaller shaft than otherwise…
Number Two: it is not prone to mechanical breakdown, since it has less joint and any joint it has is firmly attached / connected by a few rivets and bolts, ok it limits the scope of arm-movement, but Hey it might not be as good at opening a door for you as a newer model, but for drilling straight in front of you, this chap is you guy…
Number Three: Spare parts, yes, those are readily available despite its age, ok a genuine arm might be expensive, an original, but our firm NeoThech Binoc. create new replacement parts at a fraction of the cost and almost as durable as the original…
/ CEO of NeoThech: Nigel Q. Boltzman
The XD was the first iteration of the project known as 'Blackwood' - the new Falcon launched in 1979. The result was a large family car, designed to look as modern and compact as possible, despite being based on the preceding XA-XC Falcon platform, itself derived from the US model of 1966.
The car had a very modern appearance for the time, very crisp edged, in the manner of Pininfarina and Italdesign designs seen in Europe on cars such as the FIAT 130 and the VW Golf.
The fuel crises during the 1970s had led to a number of studies to develop a smaller, lighter car, potentially in combination with Mazda. Indecision (a common Ford malady) led to a re-skin of the existing car, despite an observed swing to smaller cars. The Blackwood was fitted with 3.3L and 4.1L inline six-cylinder engines, along with 5.0L and 5.8L V8 engines.
The main Australian competitor, Holden, had developed a new car, derived from the GM Europe V-Var platform, debuting in 1978, including a 4-cylinder engine, had Ford sweating out the remainder of the year, with ever-reducing sales of the outgoing XC Falcon model.
Despite these headwinds, there was still a perceived customer need for a broad rear seat, an advantage that Ford made the most of in advertising materials for the new car.
Enter the 1980s, and despite a general movement to smaller cars, a reduction in fuel prices, along with fuel efficiency gains to the Falcon engine (in conjunction with Honda), let to an upswing in Falcon sales (at the expense of the Commodore, delivering Ford Australia market leadership for the first time.
The indecision that had put the company at risk had delivered the car that the market had wanted once the fuel crisis had subsided. Ford enjoyed healthy profits throughout the life of Blackwood (1979-1988), while Holden had required significant cash-injections from its GM parent to provide the funds to develop a bigger car as a more direct competitor to the Falcon (the VN Commodore) in late 1988.
Shown here is the XD Falcon wagon model (with optional driving lights), which drove on a longer wheelbase than the regular sedan model. This was popular with families, as the second row could be optioned with four seatbelt positions. Like a few models this month, a model just like this was owned by family friends at the time.
An curious little anecdote. For some reason my father (who was otherwise quite mechanically practical) when offered to drive the car at some point, and for inexplicable reason, was unable to drive the car, as he did not know how to operate the automatic transmission controls - odd that I can remember this detail from 35 years ago.
A pair of GX85s with the 12-35 and 35-100 Vario collapsing zooms along with the Oly 12/2, Panny 20/1.7, and Panny 8mm fisheye. Still weighs close to four pounds though!
Just update the calendars for 2012. I printed them out and took the picture at the local Starbucks. Original calendar page is here.
Nikon announced three new Coolpix cameras, the Coolpix S3500, the advanced compact P330 and the superzoom L320. Rounding up the new releases is a new FX lens, the AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR. Pricing and availability for all the new products will be announced at a later date. Have a look on fabulous cpmpact camera series here: tinyurl.com/amyvdrv
Agfa Optima Sensor compact 35mm camera. Top plate showing rewind button, depressed and turned to use the advance lever to rewind the film.
Specifications:-
Type: 35mm compact camera
Size: 104 mm x 68 mm x 54 mm (W x H x D)
Image Format: 24 x 36 mm (W x H)
Lens: Agfa Solitar, 40 mm f/2.8
Diaphragm: Automatic f/2.8 to f/22
Focusing: Manual scale pictograms on top of the focus ring/ meter/feet scale on bottom, focusing 3ft/1.09m - infinity
Shutter Speeds: 1/500 second - 15 seconds
Viewfinder: Large direct finder with parallax marks for near focus
Film Loading: Manual
Film Transport: Manual single stroke lever, also used to rewind film when the 'R' button is depressed and turned
Film Speeds: 25 ASA/15 DIN to 500 ASA/28 DIN, selected on a ring around the lens
Flash Contact: Hot shoe, aperture selected manually with flash
Cable Release Socket: On left hand side of the camera body
Tripod Socket: 1/4 in. on right hand side which doubles as camera strap attachment
Battery: 3 V625U batteries, located by opening the camera back
Remember when Gentle Giant made the 12 inch versions of the vintage 3 3/4 scale Star Wars figures ?
The one I wanted was this Monster !
It would be cool to suspend it from the ceiling, like it is flying in space ......Hey I can dream about it :)
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It's nice to finally have a phone with a camera good enough to use as a point-and-shoot (it's a Z3 Compact, not sure why Flickr is calling it a D5803).
This is my favourite of the walk to work shots, although I did get a couple of looks as I crouched down and fiddled with a rusty old incinerator dumped by the main road.
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.
2011 -Bohol, Philippines
The three-inch Compact Floppy Disk. Amdek was a big vendor of Compact Floppy drives for the popular U.S. 8-bits (Apple II and Atari, anyway).
I grabbed such a drive and a box of blank Compact Floppies for cheap back in the late 80s for an Apple IIe of mine. It plugged into the standard Disk ][ controller and offered 140K per side (they are "flippy").
These are at least twice as thick as today's (well...yesterday's?) 3.5-inch microfloppies.
The Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk with broad, rounded wings as with most from the Buteo genus. Females range up to 24 inches long, wingspan up to 50 inches, but only weigh up to 2 lbs. This species is monogamous and territorial.
Depending on the habitat, this hawk preys mostly on snakes, frogs, insects and mice.
Only around half survive their first year. Most threats are due to natural causes, logging of environment, road accidents, starvation, and humans hunting them. This species is not currently considered conservation dependent.
Location: central Arkansas.
Photo # KS3_0502-504.