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From back of photo: "Emma Gleeson DeHart, Pauline Gleeson (Hall), Patsy Gleeson (Spears)."
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Charlotte Irene "Patsy" Gleeson Parrish, 1929-2018
Emma Campbell Gleeson DeHart, 1904-1995
Pauline Gleeson Hall, 1925-2013
A fourth study film with my Nikon F4 to test further of its numerous functions. In particular, I would like to test in this session the matrix zone metering in the "A" automation mode (aperture priority) combined with the TTL mastering of the Nikon Speedilght SB-26 electronic flash for automatic equilibration of ambient and artificial light (fill-in exposition).
The Nikon F4 was loaded this time with an Ilford FP4+ with the DX coded nominal 125 ISO film sensitivity (transmitted to the SB-23 that displays it). The weather was quite darkened at first, but the sun appeared slightly in the middle of the afternoon. The AF Nikkor lens 1:1.4 f=50mm was fitted with a protective Hoya HMC anti-UV 52mm filter plus a generic cylindric metal shade hood.
For focusing I used all the time the single autofocus mode. As for my medium-format sessions, I took a bit of time to note on a session ticket the main parameters (shutter speed, aperture, focusing distance, flash control mode, etc).
Contact sheet
November 18, 2024
Parc de la Cerisaie - Villa Gillet
69004 Lyon
France
After completion, the film was rewound using the rewinding motor (lever R1 then lever R2). During the film rewind (manual or auto) the view counter decrements and I switched-off the R2 lever just arrived at -2 to keep the leader out of the cartridge. I then processed the film developed using 300 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 9min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta Auto Bellows with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
The results show that the Nikon F4 matrix metering coupled to the automatic shutter timing and TTL control of the SB-26 Speedlight torch gives amazingly well-exposed view quite consistent with my traditional way to determine the exposition manually for fill-in exposure mixing ambient and electronic torch.
Overall this third session with the Nikon F4 confirms that the camera is very pleasant to use despite its 1.7kg (fitted with its standard 1.4/50mm). The minimalistic Nikon neck strap remains comfortable and well proportionated to the camera even when the SB-26 is fitted to the camera body.
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About the camera :
Maybe it would have been better not to ask for this question: « what’s new do you have at the moment?» to my local photo store, because Christine grab underneath the counter, stating « I have that … » . What a beast ! A Nikon F4 in the exact state of the Nikon brochure year 1990, presented with the standard AF Nikkor 1:1.4 f=50mm. I was already hooked by the machine. After two days, I decided to buy it even with some little common issues found on early Nikon F4 (see below), fortunately not affecting the whole, numberous functions of this incredibly complex professional SLR of the year 1990’s.
Nikon F4 came to the market on September 1988 starting with the serial number 2.000.000. Fully manufactured in Japan (modules came from 3 different Nikon factories) the F4's were assembled in Mito, Ibaraki (North to Tokyo) Nikon plant (no more in the mother factory of Tokyo Oi like the Nikon’s F). When I lived in Tokyo in 1990-1991, Nikon F4 was the top-of-the-line of Nikon SLR camera’s. I saw it in particular in Shinjuku Bic Camera store when I bought there, in December 1990 my Nikonos V.
Nikon F4 incorporates many astonishing engineering features as the double vertical-travel curtain shutter capable of the 1/8000s. Compared to the Nikon F3, the F4 was an AF SLR operated by a CCD sensor (200 photo sites). The film is automatically loaded, advanced with to top speed of 5,7 frame/s !! With the MB-21 power grip (F4s version). The F4 is a very heavy camera (1.7kg with the AF Nikkor 1.4/50mm), incredibly tough and well constructed. This exemplary is devoid of any scratches or marks, and in a condition proving that it was not used for hard professional appliances, for those it was however intended. The camera has still it original Nikon neck strap, the original user manual in French. The lens is protected by a Cokin (Franc) Skylight 1A 52mm filter and the original Nikon front cap. The two small LCD displays (one on the F4 body, one in the DP-20 finder) are both affected by the classical syndrome of « bleeding ». Fortunately, all information could still be read. One says that 70% of the early Nikon F4 suffer from this problem but also found on other models.
According its serial number and the production rate of about 5000 units/month, this Nikon F4s was probably manufactured in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan in May 1989.
The camera was exported abroad thereafter attested by the presence of the golden oval little sticker("Passed" on the DP-20 viewfinder. In order to certify the quality production, two Japanese organizations, the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII) and the Japan Machinery Design Center (JMDC), joined forces to verify and mark the conformity of products for the foreign market. This is how, between the 1950s and 1980s, this famous little gold sticker was affixed, with the legendary "Passed", meaning that the device had been checked. Finally, when we say that the device had been checked, the production line had been checked because each device could not be checked individually.
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About the flash :
I received from a German seller for 50€ this Nikon Speedlight electronic flash SB-26 that was, at the time of Nikon F4, the most powerful dedicated Nikon flash (Guide Number 36 at full power and 100 ISO).
The SB-26 communicates with the Nikon F4 body (and many other Nikon camera's) and can be operated in many different modes including TTL real-time metering with automatic equilibration of the ambient light using the 5-zone matrix metering done by the DP-20 photometric viewer as well in the center-weighted mode. Other possibilities include the normal TTL mode, an Auto mode using the own sensor of the flash and a manual mode with 7 power levels.
The flash head can cover the optical field from super-wide angle lenses 18-20mm, wide-angle lenses 28mm and 35mm, normal lenses 50mm, and long-focal lenses at 70mm and 85mm. The head can be rotated according two axis for indirect lightening. In addition, the SB-26 has a special focusing aid for the Nikon F4 autofocus system, projecting in the the darkness a red focusing image. SB-23 flash can be also used as master or slave flash in a coordinated flash system.
The flash requires 4 AA alkaline cells for approximately 100 lights at full power and much more with energy recycling at lower power levels.
From back of photo: "Howard Wilson Gleeson." Possibly at the Thorofare School, Thorofare, NJ.
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Howard W. Gleeson, 1904-1967
From back of photo: "August 1939. Mother gave me this. Age 66. Lydia Eastlack Gleeson. Mother of Charles, Lydia, Florence, Emma, James. Grandmother of Florence and Dolly DeHart."
Lydia P. Eastlack Gleeson, 1872-1953
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Slides my mom had which I have cheater-digitized; I shot the slides with my dslr while they were on the slide viewer. I don't know where this was taken, and the year is probably about 1965, 67 or 68.
My world is primarily digitized. I'm a programmer & entrepreneur, and while I (fortunately) don't have to look at the keyboard while I type anymore, it's presence is always there.
I participate in IG far more than I initially thought I would. What I'm really enjoying about it is that my "industry followers" (people who know me from companies I've worked for or projects I've participated in) haven't found me here, so I'm free to be a rookie at something again.
I have an artistic background -- I went to school to study acting after high school, and pursued an acting career for a few years after that. These days, the I use those "art of presentation" skills in investor pitches, tech conference speaking gigs, and … not a lot else. IG lets me tickle my creative side in ways I haven't been able to in a long time, and I'm really enjoying that.
Thank you to all who let me get outside of my "normal" digital world a bit, without forcing me to stray too far from it. :) @homework #homework50 #tinyplanets
This lab contains equipment to scan items, such as postacrds, letters, old documents, etc, and make it available digitally. Jacksonville is seeking a grant to help fund a large digitization project which would make these historical documents widely available.
From back of photo: "Josiah (Joe) Budd Eastlack. John Eastlack. Children of John & Mathilda Eastlack. Brothers of Lydia E. Gleeson. Uncles of Emma G. DeHart. Piper and Marcus Studio. Formerly Clifford's. 270 S. Second Street, Philadelphia"
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John Eastlack, Jr., 1877-1961
Josiah B. Eastlack, 1878-1969
The Chartreuse Mountains (French: "Massif de la Chartreuse" [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south. Chartreuse is one of my preferred site for enjoying a simple excursion in the Alps for a half day coming from Lyon city.
Chartreuse is shared between the Dauphiné and Savoie and the former border between France and Savoie is still observable is some places and monuments in the Entremont area (Les Echelles, Saint-Pierre-d’Entremont).
On June 16, 2025 I decided to return there for the first time with a film camera with my FED-4 (see below for details about) equipped of another standard lens FED Industar-L61 1:2.8 f=53mm (the one of my other FED-4 that has the lens Nr. 8711586). For all the views, the lens was equipped with 42mm push-on FOCA orange filter x3.5, and a Genaco cylindric stainless-steel shade hood conceived for a lens around 45mm focal length.
The film used was a 36-exposure Rollei RPX 100. Expositions were determined for 40 ISO to compensate the absorption of the orange filter, using a Minolta Autometer III lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow areas.
View Nr. 23: 1/250s f/6.3 focusing @ 3.9m, FOCA orange filter
Ski station du Désert d'Entremont, June 16, 2025
Route du Désert
73670 Entremont-le-Vieux
France
After completion, the film was rewound and processed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 9min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.3.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with a frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the FED-4 camera :
In the USSR, the first 35 mm camera was the FED, first produced in the 30’s by the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkov, Ukraine. The FED was a straight reproduction of the pre-war Leica IIc. After WWII the production of camera’s was restarted in Kharkov and FED produced a first completely new model in 1955 with the FED-2 that was produced until 1970 under different versions.
The FED-4 is the fourth model of the FED produced at about 633.000 units in Kharkov from 1964 to 1980. With the FED-3 and the FED-4, the camera inflated in size and weight in a less streamlined and less elegant design. The large-base range finder returned to a narrower basis.
The second version of the FED-4 (1969-1980) , the film is now advanced by a modern lever mechanism instead of a rotating button. The shutter could be now operated in the slow-speed (1/15s to 1s) range. The camera integrated a selenium photo-cell lightmeter with galvanometer. The normal lens Industar-61 1:2.8 f=52mm is also a Tessar type lens, its version « L» includes special glasses with lanthanum improving the lens performances. The FED-4 was largely exported a sold under different brand names as « Revue » the brand of the Photo-Quelle in west Germany.
I found my FED-4 version-2 for 25€ in June 2025 from a French eBay seller, with the Industar lens and the leather bag. After a complete detailing, the camera turned to be « as a new » and in a stunning mechanical and optical conditions. The range finder was still correctly aligned and calibrated and the selenium cell still operating giving correct values compered to my other trusted light meters.
From back of photo: "Oct. 1936. Mary Nichol, Dolly DeHart, Florence DeHart. Florence & Harold Nichol."
Mary E. Nichol, 1934-2014
Florence L. DeHart Burns, 1934-
Ernestine (Dolly) DeHart Renaud, 1935-2024
Florence B Murphy Nichol, 1907-1997
Harold A. Nichol, 1908-1992
From back of photo: "Joseph Platt. Son of Aunt Annie (sister of Lydia Eastlack Gleeson). Cousin of Emma G. DeHart. Haberle, 210 N. 8th St., Philadelphia."
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Joseph Platt, 1894-1991
An enjoyable and quiet photo-walk in my neighborhood, in Lyon, France, April 12, 2024, also a good occasion to use my newly arrived waist-level finder version 2 for my lovely Ihagee Exakta Varex IIa.
The camera was equipped with the Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1:2 f=58mm holding a generic yellow 49mm filter plus an Olympus OM-system rubber snap-on shade hood. The film loaded with a taken 135 cartridge was a Kentmere Pan 100 36-exposure film. Expositions were determined 64 ISO instead of 100 ISO to compensate the yellow filter light absorption, using an Autometer III Minolta light meter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Shutter speeds from 1/50s to 1/500s were used with aperture to f/3.5 to f/11.
April 12, 2024
69001 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was revealed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developper at dilution 1+50 and 20°C for 10 min. The film was then digitized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures. Some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures are also presented in the dedicated album.
About the camera and the lens :
The camera arrived from Berlin, Zehlendorf to Lyon, France, on February 7, 2024, It is indeed a "wunderbar" Ihagee Exakta Varex IIa, year 1957, with its normal lens Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1:2 f=58mm "Q1" (First Quality).
The camera was offered by the vendor to his father who was a former development engineer at Ihagee company, Dresden, Germany. During all his career he could even not imagine in DDR to buy such wonderful and expensive camera almost all exported abroad. He carefully restored and maintained the camera to he factory standards.
The Exakta Varex was, for a time in the fifties, before the Nikon F, a trusted system 35m SLR camera that was successfully used in professional, technical and scientific appliances. The Varex followed the Kine Exakta started before WWII in the 30's. The Varex IIa (1956-1959) is tough to be the series of best quality. Exakta stopped the production in 1970 with the ultimate VX1000 but several further camera's were after sold out under the name of Exakta as the Exakta RTL1000 for instance.
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From back of photo: "Mother (Lydia Eastlack Gleeson), Pauline Gleeson, Patsy."
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Lydia P. Eastlack Gleeson, 1872-1953
Pauline Gleeson Hall, 1925-2013
Charlotte Irene "Patsy" Gleeson Parrish, 1929-2018
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From back of photo: "1940? Ted W., Lydia, Jimmy, Florence, Dolly. Woodbury. Grandma Gleeson's yard."
Theodore (Ted) B. Warrington, 1898-1990
Lydia Gleeson Warrington, 1899-1988
James C. Gleeson, 1939-2012
Florence L. DeHart Burns, 1934-
Ernestine (Dolly) DeHart Renaud, 1935-2024
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Slides my mom had which I have cheater-digitized; I shot the slides with my dslr while they were on the slide viewer. The year is probably about 1965, 67 or 68.
I do know this one is at White Sands. What the hell with a pistol? Are you literally shooting photos?
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The Chartreuse Mountains (French: "Massif de la Chartreuse" [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south. Chartreuse is one of my preferred site for enjoying a simple excursion in the Alps for a half day coming from Lyon city.
Chartreuse is shared between the Dauphiné and Savoie and the former border between France and Savoie is still observable is some places and monuments in the Entremont area (Les Echelles, Saint-Pierre-d’Entremont).
On June 16, 2025 I decided to return there for the first time with a film camera with my FED-4 (see below for details about) equipped of another standard lens FED Industar-L61 1:2.8 f=53mm (the one of my other FED-4 that has the lens Nr. 8711586). For all the views, the lens was equipped with 42mm push-on FOCA orange filter x3.5, and a Genaco cylindric stainless-steel shade hood conceived for a lens around 45mm focal length.
The film used was a 36-exposure Rollei RPX 100. Expositions were determined for 40 ISO to compensate the absorption of the orange filter, using a Minolta Autometer III lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow areas.
Smartphone documentary picture
June 16, 2025
73670 Entremont-le-Vieux
France
After completion, the film was rewound and processed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 9min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.3.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with a frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the FED-4 camera :
In the USSR, the first 35 mm camera was the FED, first produced in the 30’s by the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkov, Ukraine. The FED was a straight reproduction of the pre-war Leica IIc. After WWII the production of camera’s was restarted in Kharkov and FED produced a first completely new model in 1955 with the FED-2 that was produced until 1970 under different versions.
The FED-4 is the fourth model of the FED produced at about 633.000 units in Kharkov from 1964 to 1980. With the FED-3 and the FED-4, the camera inflated in size and weight in a less streamlined and less elegant design. The large-base range finder returned to a narrower basis.
The second version of the FED-4 (1969-1980) , the film is now advanced by a modern lever mechanism instead of a rotating button. The shutter could be now operated in the slow-speed (1/15s to 1s) range. The camera integrated a selenium photo-cell lightmeter with galvanometer. The normal lens Industar-61 1:2.8 f=52mm is also a Tessar type lens, its version « L» includes special glasses with lanthanum improving the lens performances. The FED-4 was largely exported a sold under different brand names as « Revue » the brand of the Photo-Quelle in west Germany.
I found my FED-4 version-2 for 25€ in June 2025 from a French eBay seller, with the Industar lens and the leather bag. After a complete detailing, the camera turned to be « as a new » and in a stunning mechanical and optical conditions. The range finder was still correctly aligned and calibrated and the selenium cell still operating giving correct values compered to my other trusted light meters.
From back of photo: "Thought I had better tell you that this is James taken at school the other day and he wanted to send it to you rather [soon isn't it]?
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James H. Gleeson, 1912-1986
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From back of photo: "Aunt Elsie, Ted Gleeson, and Esther's birthday. Sept. 1946. 'The Party,' 1946. Ernest, Grandma Gleeson, Emma, Lydia, Ted Warrington, Dolly, Florence and Florence B. Gleeson X on them."
Ernest R. DeHart, 1903-1991
Lydia P. Eastlack Gleeson, 1872-1953
Emma Campbell Gleeson DeHart, 1904-1995
Lydia Gleeson Warrington, 1899-1988
Theodore (Ted) B. Warrington, 1898-1990
Ernestine (Dolly) DeHart Renaud, 1935-2024
Florence L. DeHart Burns, 1934-
Florence (Ted) Budd Gleeson, 1901-1980
Elsie L. Heritage Eastlack, 1881-1969