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I put my jar of sunflowers and seeds down while I cleaned out a bird feeder before filling it. It wasn't steady so I laid the jar on it's side. Eleanor was eating in another section of our backyard. When I came back it seems she had laid claim to this jar. The next thing I knew she was inside (pix for another day)! I have seen another chipmunk hanging around and even taken some photos of it - clearly a male - it seems that Eleanor has a mate. This is the first time she has brought a mate home.
ISO 250, Speed 1/800, F9, 500mm, +1/3
I had the Sunrise at Bryce Canyon all lined up in my view finder and I took a moment to look up. This is one of those moments where I swung the lens around and recomposed my shot. I am shooting this at 8000 feet above sea level and the air is thin and crisp. I look up and see my friend John and a couple enjoying the amazing sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park. The rim lighting with its brilliant red lasted only seconds but I managed to get this great shot with a human element. Beautiful light and amazing color in the sky!
Matt Tamillow, FEMA Liaison for Virginia Task Force 1 discusses the prototype technology called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) during a demonstration of the device at the Virginia Task Force 1 Training Facility, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 in Lorton, Va. FINDER can locate individuals buried as deep as 30 feet (about 9 meters) in crushed materials, hidden behind 20 feet (about 6 meters) of solid concrete, and from a distance of 100 feet (about 30 meters) in open spaces. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Zerlegte Super Ikonta III mit Klappe und Hebelmechanismus für den Entfernungsmesser.
Disassembled Super Ikonta III with flap and lever mechanism for the range finder.
The colourful Flashforge Finder desktop 3D printer - perfect for professionals, hobbyists and schools. Quiet, well-designed, safe and affordable.
On the lake with depth finder and steering wheel. We are now on the river part that runs through the lake with the depth finder you find logs which are showing in the image of the depth finder..This is where you catch Crappie , if they are biting..You have to maneuver the boat through logs that will ruin your propeller if it strikes them and drive real slow..This image was taken right around sunset and we were just really just trying to find new logs on the river to fish on . You see the water bottle but to the left there was a glass with Margarita in it..The close of the day after fishing. ;-) and hunting for new spots to fish..I love my boat , really dislike winter coming because I won't be able to be on my boat!! But look forward to spring!!! Now we shift to Hunting season on the land , We spend time then as the season changes to be with family at camp in the hunting season . I love nature and being either in the woods or on the water. Now as the seasons change I will now sit around the campfires and listen to hunting stories as they happen..It is all good!!
John Price, program manager for the First Responders Group in Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate in Washington discusses the prototype technology called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) during a demonstration of the device at the Virginia Task Force 1 Training Facility, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 in Lorton, Va. FINDER can locate individuals buried as deep as 30 feet (about 9 meters) in crushed materials, hidden behind 20 feet (about 6 meters) of solid concrete, and from a distance of 100 feet (about 30 meters) in open spaces. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
"The Grave Finder"
Paul Clark is an 85 year old volunteer caretaker at this long forgotten graveyard, Middleton Pioneer Cemetery, in Sherwood, Oregon. I ran into Paul while I was taking pictures on a grand Northwest foggy day, looking for some unusual shots.
We struck up a conversation, and quickly found that Paul has many interesting stories, for as he said, you meet some interesting people working at a cemetery.
The story I shall share here is that of the grave finder. One day as Paul was cleaning and pruning grave sites, a lady came to him and asked if they had any unmarked graves. Paul replied yes. The lady went on to say that she had an unusual skill and could locate unmarked graves. Oh, ok. She said she charged $35/hr. Well ok, we can handle that cost. Sure. I have to come back with my colleague and we will meet you.
So they met later. Paul asked, "you won't believe what tool she brought to find the graves" He asked me to guess.I said a coin detector. No. "She brought a well finder". Those y shaped branches that are supposed to allow a person to find water, not with any technology or science, but more super natural like a ouija board, or dare I say witch craft.
But she went on to find 15 unmarked Graves for the pair, and they marked them. The grave finder then asked if they wanted to know what sex they were. The men were a little dumbfounded, but said sure. She saw when she holds up the stick, if it points North, it is a male? If it points South, it is a female. So she proceeded to identify all the sexes of the unidentified graves. There were 10 men and 5 women. I laughed and he laughed at the absurdity of this whole situation. As I started to walk away to go on with my picture taking, grabbed my arm and said wait, there's more. More to the story? It seemed absolutely improbable. I said really? He said yes, and he continued his story of the grave finder.
The female grave finder then said, I have a sister with a special skill also, if you are interested in her services. Really. What might that be? She can tell you what the dead bodies are saying to each other underground. Lol. The old man an I laughed even harder.
I would like to thank Paul for his fine storytelling, historical narrative, and his volunteer service to what would be an abandoned eyesore in our community if not for people like him. And for teaching me that names do live on in stone, but also in story. What name and story are you leaving behind?
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Our Melbourne/Naarm market took place at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton on the 14-16 of October, 2022.
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A former student from the prejudice class I taught last year sent me this set of links, (included below). I combined the photos into one jpg for easier comparison (click to enlarge).
Amazingly blatant!
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White people "find" things...
news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_sh...
Black people "loot" things
news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
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One of the recipients of the group email responded humorously by saying "We're born evil, we can't help it. Why, just earlier today, I caught myself looting some water out of the business school drinking fountain…"
Really, it's laugh about it or cry about it.
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Sept. 2 Update:
news.yahoo.com/page/photostatement
(Interestingly, they have removed only the top photo, not the bottom one.)
Our Melbourne/Naarm market took place at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton on the 14-16 of October, 2022.
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This is the prototype of a viewfinder on my scanner-camera, using only a hole in the back of the scanner, and some (removable)paper coplanar to the CCD.
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Questo è il prototipo del view finder per la mia fotocamera-scanner, composto da un foro sul retro dello scanner e della carta cerata (rimovibile)sullo stesso piano del CCD
Gopalganj, Bangladesh.
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BODY:
Manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K., Japan (Nikon Corporation since 1988)
Model: c.1968, model Photomic FTN that produced between 1968-1974.
All Nikon F produced between 1959-74
35mm film camera, fully mechanical, (except posemeter)
Engraving on the top plate: Nikon and serial no. 6944460
Lens Mount: Nikon F bayonet type
Lens release: by a button on the right front side of the camera, just beside the lens mount
Focusing: screen Matte fresnel Split-image prism rangefinder, Type A, provided as standard, interchangeable with 16 other type finder screens
Shutter: Mechanical, horizontal-travel, titanium foil focal-plane shutter
speeds: 1-1/1000, +T and B, for X sync 1/60 is red
setting : dial on the top plate, coupled with the speed dial of the finder Photomic FTN
Shutter release: Threaded collar, accepts Nikon F, F2 type cable release, on the top plate
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke type, retractable,
automatic film advance possible when motor drives F36 or F250 are used.
Frame counter: on the cocking knob, Additive type, auto-reset
Reflex mirror: Automatic instant-return type
Mirror lock-up: by a lever on the right side of the lens mount
DOF preview: by a button, on the right front side of the camera, just beside the lens mount
Viewfinder: Photomic FTN, metered, SAI, eye level SLR pentaprism,
center-the needle pointer, shutter speed and apertures index visible in it, to f/32 and T&B settings, T appears as 4 sec. and B appears as 2 sec. in the finder,
Maximum aperture scale: on front of the finder:
After setting the lens to f/5.6 or lower, mount the lens on the camera and cycle first back and then forth between the minimum and maximum apertures, some spring-loaded gizmo in the finder automatically communicates the maximum lens aperture to the metering circuit
(check the maximum aperture scale)
For Nikon F cameras classic Eyelevel prism finder was standard, interchangeable with 7 other types including 4 metering prisms
Finder release: main prism release is the small silver button on the back of the top plate and second is a lever on the right side of FTN, pushed in towards the finder after the main prism release is pushed-in.
Meter switch On/Off: On button on the right side of the finder, Off button on the top-right of the finder, when the on button pressed, the meter switch-off button will pop up and a red line around its circumference will be visible. This serves as a warning that the meter is on.
Battery check: depressing the off button while the meter is off, which will cause the meter needle to move slightly right of the center notch if the battery is still good.
Exposure meter: Cadmium Sulfide cells (CdS) in prism, through-the-lens, center-weighted exposure metering, (corresponds to the 12mm in diameter ring on the screen),
Film speed range: ASA 6-6400, setting: dial on the finder
Metering range: EV 2-17
Exposure setting: manual, set the ASA then center-the-needle pointer moving between horizontally arranged +/– (over / under exposure) markers at the lower part of the viewfinder, by turning the aperture ring or speed dial, speed and aperture are visible in the viewfinder.
The needle array was duplicated on the top of the finder head to allow exposure control without looking through the viewfinder
Re-wind lever: folding crank type,
A red dot on top of the shutter release button rotates while the film is being rewound,
Re-wind release: by switching the shutter release collar to R
Flash PC socket: Possible at all speeds up to 1/60 sec with electronic flash; sync terminal provided for off camera or multiple-flash photography; sync terminal is switchable to work with flashbulbs at speeds of up to 1/1000 sec (type 6 flashbulbs)
Hot-shoe: special Nikon F-type located at base of rewind knob,
adaptors available to convert to ISO or F3-type shoes
setting: the flash sync, lift up on the milled ring around the shutter speed dial and rotate, left or right, setting which visible in the small window just forward of the shutter speed dial,
For electronic flash sync 1/60th or slower, set the white and red letters FX,
the rest of settings for using flashbulbs
Memory dial : for ASA 25-1600, on the left of the bottom plate
Self-timer: dual purpose, a lever-type, rotate it clockwise, small black tick marks for an approximately 3, 6, 10 second delay, on the ring surrounding the self-timer hub, an aid for hand held exposures at slow speeds also
activates by pressing the small silver button appears when you moving the self-timer lever
Back cover: removable with bottom plate, opens by turning open/close folding lever,
interchangeable with 250 exposure magazine back (and motor) F250
Engraving on the bottom plate: MADE IN JAPAN
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: Weight: 1049g, approx with Tn or FTn finder
Battery: Two PX-625 1.3V mercury battery (accepts PX625A / LR9, but better is 1.35v Zinc/air), for light meter only
Battery chamber: on the bottom of the finder
F body serial no / manufacturing year data, F body features / typology are as to:
LENS:
Zoom-Nikkor Auto 43-86mm f/3.5
Manufactured by Nippon Kogaku, Japan
Mount: Nikon F bayonet type non-AI lens , automatic diaphragm ,
Solid meter coupling prong, (no nostrils), single coated, filter thread: 52mm,
serial no. 486556
as to this serial no. Lens model is c.1967
All of this 43-86mm F mount lens manufactured between 1963-74 with many modifications
Aperture: f/3.5-f/22, on the scale number 16 blue coloured
Focus range: 1.2-20m +inf
Focus and zoom ring is same, zooming by sliding it,
scale with coloured lines 43-50-60-70-86mm
F mount with 5 slot screws, Chrome lens Barrel, scalloped aperture setting ring
White coloured LENS MADE IN JAPAN engraved on the black focusing ring,
the character M has vertical sides
The distance scale on the focusing ring is calibrated in feet and meters. Infinity setting is on the left side. The feet scale is yellow and is situated above the white meter scale.
The lens manufacturing year / serial no. data, model features / typology are as to:
For Nikon F cameras the lenses 50mm f2 Auto S Nikkor and later 50mm f1.4 Auto Nikkor-S was standart.
Non-AI lenses fit on the Nikon F, early F2, Nikkormat FT, FTN, FT2, EL and ELW, and the Nikkorex F. They can be used without meter coupling on the earliest AI camera bodies such as the FM and FE, but they must not be mounted on later ones such as the FM2, as it is possible to damage the camera body.
Nikon brought semi-automatic aperture indexing (SAI) from the Nikkormat FTN into the professional F with the FTN finder.
The F is the first member of the long line of Nikon F-series professional level 35 mm SLRs that began 1959 and followed each other in a sort of dynastic succession as the top-of-the-line Nikon camera. The other members were the F2,F3,F4,F5 and F6 (2004–present).
The F-series do not share any major components.
All Nikon professional F-series SLRs are full system cameras. This means that each camera body serves as only a modular hub.
Ed Chow, JPL Program Manager for FINDER, left, and NASA chief technologists Mason Peck, discuss the prototype technology called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) during a demonstration of the device at the Virginia Task Force 1 Training Facility, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 in Lorton, Va. FINDER can locate individuals buried as deep as 30 feet (about 9 meters) in crushed materials, hidden behind 20 feet (about 6 meters) of solid concrete, and from a distance of 100 feet (about 30 meters) in open spaces. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A small photo tour at Parc de la Tête d'Or, Lyon, France, to test the Pentacon lens 2.8/135 mm (former Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor) with a color film Kodak 200.
The lens was mounted on my Pentacon Praktica VLC3 SLR camera body equipped with its pentaprism eye-level finder and the micro prisms focusing screen. The 24-exposure Kodak 200 was exposed for 200 ISO using the camera reading or the indication of my Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurement. After exposure the film was processed by a local lab service using the C41 process.
November 11, 2022
Parc de la Tête d'Or
69006 Lyon
France
After process the film was digitalized using a Sony A7 body and a Minolta Slide Duplicator with a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5.
All views of the film, including the the film initialization, are presented in the dedicated album either in printed framed versions and unframed full size jpeg.
About the lens:
The Pentacon electric 1:2.8 f=135mm is the former German Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 2.8/135mm lens, conceived in the sixties on the basis of a Sonnar optical formula. The company and the lenses incorporated the VEB Pentacon Dresden, Germany, in the seventies. This sample was also modified to include the electric transmission of the aperture coupling. The Orestor has also a less common 100mm companion. The 135 mm was massively produced and most of the Praktica enthusiasts had the 2.8/135mm in their kit as a compact telephoto lens not too heavy to be transported anywhere.
About the camera:
The Praktica VLC is of the 3rd generation (VLC3, 1978-1981) and was manufactured by "VEB Pentacon" (formally Zeiss-Ikon) in Dresden, Germany. It came with orignal Pentacon accessories including, a shade hood for its normal lens Pentacon "electric Multi-coated" 1:1,8 f=50mm, a waist finder, a straight magnification finder, and the regular pentaprism. There are also 6 different focusing screens, the Pentacon hot shoe for a flash, lens and body caps, and a Praktica ever-ready case.
The camera has a CdS photometric circuitry powered by an unusual 4.5V battery that I replaced by a set of 3 LR44 alkaline batteries in series. As the ASAHI PENTAX Spomatic SP, the bridge circuit is insensitive to the voltage difference. To be independent of the finders, the cell is functioning behind the mirror as in the Topcon Super D or the Miranda Auto Sensorex EE.
This Praktica operates at full aperture using an electrical transmission of the aperture using 3 contacts on the M42 lens mount. It could however operates any non electric M42 lenses at real aperture too by acting on the rotary switch at the top left. As for the other Praktica of the L series the shutter is made of vertical steel curtains making the X-flash synchro at about 1/125 s.
Overall Pentacon produced 85 000 Praktica VLC between 1974 and 1981 among about 3 millions of Praktica "L" (LLC MTL TL L etc).
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La diapo es un tesoro que encontramos con Lluvia en un hermoso día de paseo. La habían abandonado junto a muchas otras, en la calle, así que las conservamos porque nos parecieron realmente valiosas. Con este soporte puedo intercambiar las diapos y verlas a trasluz.
Está realizado con cartón recuperado de una caja de yerba mate, un posavasos de papel bordado con hilo perlé de colores, incluye un trozo de film y también una lentejuela en forma de corazón.
Una obra de muchas que hice para Chatarra Exposición de Arte Colectivo.
Tendrá lugar del 25 al 27 de Marzo en la Capilla del Paseo del Buen Pastor, Córdoba.
"Chatarra es un espacio cultural multidisciplinario que promueve distintas formas de concientización creativa sobre el cuidado del medio ambiente, aplicando el Arte como herramienta de transformación social. El fin que persigue es generar un espacio de reflexión, utilizando herramientas creativas y didácticas para abordar, en forma original, una problemática que nos involucra a todos.
Nuestra exposición de artE COlectivo es un enorme collage donde todos estos procesos conviven, se enriquecen mutuamente, mutan y surgen nuevos para seguidamente cambiar. Es un momento de creatividad máxima, donde no existen los inútiles… Todo es útil, todo se transforma."
Desde que me invitaron a formar parte de esto me he sentido muy a gusto con el abordaje, ya que siempre que puedo recupero y busco transformar los elementos y materiales que están a mi alcance; los que surgen de las actividades diarias propias, ajenas, de hallazgos callejeros, etc.
Para más información y para contactarse con la comunidad de Chatarra, pueden consultar en su propio espacio y en particular en el evento de inauguración, a la que todos ya quedan invitados!
Por último, acá, una nota que hizo Ay Mag sobre Chatarra: www.aymag.com.ar/arte-y-diseno/chatarra-en-transformacion/ :)
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That slide is a treasure that my friend Lluvia and I found some time ago during a beautiful walk. Someone let it abandoned in the street together with some more, so we keep them because they're really lovely.
With this support I can exchange the slides and see it against the light. It is made with cardboard from a box of yerba mate, a coasters of paper with color cotton embroidery thread, includes a piece of film as well as a heart shaped sequin.
I made it for Chatarra ('Scrap'), an Exhibition of collective art which takes place from March 25 to 27 in the Capilla del Paseo del Buen Pastor, Córdoba.
."Chatarra is a multidisciplinary cultural space that promotes various forms of creative awareness about caring for the environment, using art as a tool for social transformation. The purpose pursued by is to generate a space for reflection, using creative and educational tools to address, in original form, an issue that involves us all. Our collective art exhibition is a huge collage where all these processes together, mutually enrich themselves, mutate and emerge new to then change. It is a time of maximum creativity, where there is no waste... Everything is useful, everything is transformed."
Since I was invited to be part of this I felt very very pleased with the whole idea and their approach to such subjects, since I recover and seek elements and materials that are within my reach to transform them whenever I can.
For further information and contact with the community of scrap, can be found in their own space here www.facebook.com/ChatarraCba?fref=ts
There's also an interview Ay Mag made about the whole project and this particular event here: www.aymag.com.ar/arte-y-diseno/chatarra-en-transformacion/ :)
Finders Keepers
A Handbound Book
3" x 4"
Catherine L Mommsen
2011
Layered cover, bead closure, 12 pocket pages
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Fiat G.91Y was an Italian ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft that first flew in 1966. Resembling its predecessor, the Fiat G.91, the aircraft was a complete redesign, a major difference being its twin-turbojet engines for a considerably increased performance.
Funded by the Italian government, the G.91Y prototype was based on the G.91T two-seat trainer variant with a single Bristol Orpheus turbojet engine. This was replaced with two afterburning General Electric J85 turbojets which increased thrust by 60%. Structural modifications to reduce airframe weight increased performance further and an additional fuel tank occupying the space of the G.91T's rear seat provided extra range. Combat manoeuvrability was improved with the addition of automatic leading edge slats.
The avionics equipment of the G.91Y was considerably upgraded with many of the American, British and Canadian systems being license-manufactured in Italy.
Flight testing of three pre-production aircraft was successful with one aircraft reaching a maximum speed of Mach 0.98. Airframe buffeting was noted and was rectified in production aircraft by raising the position of the tailplane slightly.
An initial order of 55 aircraft for the Italian Air Force was completed by Fiat in March 1971, by which time the company had changed its name to Aeritalia (from 1969, when Fiat aviazione joined the Aerfer). The order was increased to 75 aircraft with 67 eventually being delivered. In fact, the development of the new G.91Y was quite long, and the first order was for about 20 pre-series examples that followed the two prototypes.
Like the G.91 before, the G.91Y attained much interest as it was a versatile light fighter bomber. One of the countries that ahd an eye on the upgraded Gina was Switzerland, looking for a dedicated support or even replacement for the Hawker Hunters, which were primarily used in the interceptor role, as well as the outdated D. H. Venom fighter bombers.
Fiat's answer was the G.91YS, a version tailored to Swiss needs. A first prototype with enhanced avionics, a strengthened structure for higher external loads as well as for typical operations on short runways with steep climbs and extra hardpoints to carry AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for evaluation by Switzerland.
The first G.91YS flew on 16 October 1970, but at that time it was already clear that the machine was to carry smart weapons, primarily the AGM-65 'Maverick', which was also earmarked as new, additional Hawker Hunter ordnance.
In order to get things moving the Swiss Air Force ordered in 1972 an initial batch of 22 G.91YS, knowing that an upgrade would become necessary soon. It was a kind of stopgap purchase, though, because the original types for that role, Vought A-7 or the Mirage III derivative Milan S, were rejected after long negotiations. The G.91YS was a more simple and cost effective option, and also as a better option than a short-notice offer for second hand A-4Bs in late 1972.
The new machines were delivered until summer 1974 and allocated to Fliegerstaffel 22 which exclusively operated the fighter bomber. This came just in time because by 1975 plans were laid to replace the Hunter in the air-to-air role with a more modern fighter aircraft, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II (which became operational in 1978). The Hunter remained in a key role within the Swiss Air Force, though. Like the RAF's Hunter fleet, the type transitioned to become the country's primary ground attack platform, completely replacing the Venom, while the G.91YS was regarded as more sophisticated attack aircraft against small, single targets, including tanks (with Soviet mobile tactical missile launch platforms in mind), relying on the AGM-65 as its main armament. Four of these missiles could be carried under the wings, plus a pair of AIM-9 for self-defense. Alternative loads included unguided missiles of various sizes (incl. podded launchers), iron bombs or napalm tanks of up to 1.000 lb caliber, or drop tanks on the inner pylons.
The G.91YS’s primary mission as precision strike aircraft was further emphasized through a massive upgrade program in 1982, including improved sensors, a modernized radio system, a nose-mounted laser tracker/range finder (replacing the former Vinten cameras and greatly improving single pass attack capability and accuracy) and the integration of electronic countermeasure (ECM) systems. The upgraded machines were easily recognizable through their more rounded nose shape with a pitot tube mounted on top, a characteristic spine fairing and a radar warning system housing at the top of the fin.
In this form the G.91YS was kept in operational service until 1994, when it was retired together with the Swiss Hunter fleet. Six aircraft had been lost through accidents during the type’s career. Author Fiona Lombardi stated of the retirement of the Hunter and the G.91YS, the Swiss Air Force "definitively lost the capability to carry out air-to-ground operations". With the retirement of the G.91YS fleet Fliegerstaffel 22 was disbanded, too.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length (incl. pitot): 12.29 m (40 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.01 m (29 ft 6.5 in)
Height: 4.43 m (14 ft 6.3 in)
Wing area: 18.13 m² (195.149 ft²)
Empty weight: 4.000 kg (8.810 lb)
Loaded weight: 8.000 kg (17.621 lb)
Max. take-off weight: 9.000 kg (19.825 lb)
Powerplant:
2× General Electric J85-GE-13A turbojets with afterburners, 18.15 kN (4,080 lbf) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1.110 km/h (600 kn, 690 mph,
Mach 0.95 at 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Range: 3,400 km (ferry range with droptanks) (2,110 mls)
Service ceiling: 12,500 m (41,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 86.36 m/s (17,000 ft/min)
Wing loading: 480 kg/m² (98.3 lb/ft² (maximum)
Thrust/weight: 0.47 at maximum loading
Armament:
2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA cannons
6× under-wing pylon stations holding up to maximum of 2.270 kg (5.000 lb) of payload.
The kit and its assembly:
A classic whif – the G.91YS for the Swiss Air Force actually existed, and I just spun the idea further. The compact fighter would have been a suitable addition to the small nation’s air force, and I interpreted it as an addition to the big Hawker Hunter fleet with a dedicated role and with suitable special equipment.
The basis is the Matchbox G.91Y kit with some minor changes:
• A new nose from a Fujimi Harrier GR.3
• The jet exhausts were opened and some interior added
• Flaps were lowered
• Some added detail to the ejection seat
• The spine extension, a simple piece of sprue
• The radar warning fairing is a square piece of styrene sheet
• Replacement of the cast-on guns with hollow steel needles
• The Sidewinder hardpoints come from a Revell F-16A
• The AGM-65s and their launch rails come from a Hasegawa weapon set
Painting and markings:
The bigger challenge, because I did not want to use the typical “Hunter livery” in Extra Dark Sea Grey/SlateGrey/Aluminum – even if it would have been the natural choice for a Swiss aircraft. Choice for alternative yet authentic schemes is narrow, though – late Mirage III or the F-5Es carry a two-tone grey air superiority scheme, and I found this rather unsuitable for an attack aircraft.
So I developed my own design: a mix of the original Italian grey/green scheme and a two-tone pattern that late Turkish RF-4E/TMs carried - but with different colors and all mashed up into a modern, disruptive scheme. Experimental schemes of the German Luftwaffe in the late 70ies for their Alpha Jets and the F-4F fleet (leading to the complex Norm ’81 patterns) also had an influence.
As basic tones I used RAL 6007 (Grüngrau, Revell 67) and Dark Gull Grey (FS36231, Modelmaster, turned out to be a bit too pale for what I wanted to achieve), with added fields of RAL 7000 (Fehgrau, Revell 57) on the upper surfaces and on the mid-waterline flanks – lighter and softer than the original NATO tones and with disruptive lighter blotches that break up the silhouette.
The underside was simply painted in uniform FS36375 (Humbrol 127), which was also carried onto the fin. After a thin black ink wash panels were lightened through dry-brushing.
Cockpit interior was painted with Humbrol 140, the landing gear with a mix of White and Aluminum, trying to emulate look of real aircraft. In order not to make them stand out too much I painted the AGM-65s in olive drab, even though I think all Swiss missiles of that type were white. Artistic freedom…
Decals were puzzled together, e. g. from a Mirage III Carpena sheet and an Italieri Bae Hawk sheet, most stencils come from the OOB sheet (despite being slightly yellowed...).
A simple whif, done in a week, and based on an obscure real-life project. And the G.91 bears more whiffing potential, at least one more is to come!
I wonder what's making that appear...
It's never happened before and restarting doesn’t work ( ^ _ ^ )
Recently, when I opened the folding frame finder on my I-1 I heard something hit the floor and discovered the back flap of the finder wouldn't stay erect. Upon doing a search for a replacement I came across a seller on eBay selling a replacement using parts from an old Polaroid Colorpack camera. It's a big improvement over the original.
Manufactured by VEB Pentacon, former East Germany
Model: c. 1979, version 4.1 (A&R 1, Hummel 059), (produced between 1977-83)
All Exa 1b produced between 1977-85
as to Andrzej Wrotniak
35mm film SLR film camera
BODY
Lens release: simply screw counter clockwise
Focusing: simple matte glass screen, ring and scale on the lens
Shutter: Mirror acts like a curtain as a part of the shutter, vertical moving, due to this maximum speed is limited to 1/175
Speeds: 1/30-1/175 +B setting: dial under the rewind crank knob
Shutter release: on the left fron of the camera, w/cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, regressive type, manual setting
Viewfinder: eye level SLR pentaprism, interchangeable
Finder release: by a small lever on the back of top plate, turn it left and pull-up the finder
Mirror: not instant return. Mirror is actually a part of the shutter mechanism. When the shutter released, the mirror goes up as in a conventional SLR, but when the exposure is over, a second cover rotates upward to block the light. There is no real shutter curtain.
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: by a small knob beside cocking lever
Flash PC socket: on the right front of the camera, M and X, setting with the speeds knob
Cold-shoe: none
Self-timer: none
Memory dial: for ASA, a ring on the cocking lever knob under the frame counter
Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by a thumb wheel on the bottom plate
Engaving on the back cover: Made in G.D.R.
Film loading: special take-up spool
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight:
serial no.700490
LENS:
Domiplan (Meyer Optik), 50mm f/2.8, fully automatic, 3 elements
filter thread: 40.5mm serial no.10416736
Domiplan is the standard lens of Exa 1b.
Mount: M42 screw mount
There is a standard M42 type arc/lever on the body, that depresses the pin on the lens that closes the diaphragm blades. When the pressure is let up, the lens opens fully again. A half-depression of the shutter release allows a depth of field preview.
Aperture: f/2.8-f/22,
Focus range: 075-12m +inf
+original ever ready case
VEB Pentacon licensed the production of screw-mount Exas (some late Ib version 4.4 and all Ic version 4.5) to Certo Camera Werk, Dresden-Großzsachwitz, a part of VEB Pentacon. Cameras built by Certo have serial numbers preceded with a letter C.
The later models of Exa 1b have black plastic top- and bottom plates.
Exa 1b body is virtually identical to Exa Ia except rewind knob replaced with a crank and the lens mount is M42 (Pentax/Practica standard), instead of the traditional Exakta bayonet mount. The camera also has internal aperture coupling for M42 automatic lenses.
Exa 1b uses most standard Exakta viewfinders, waist-level and prism.
Other main lenses are Tessar, Makinon and Super Takumar.
Exa 1b is not a real part of the Exakta/Exa system, although its family relationship with Exa cannot be denied.
Exa 1b renamed as Exa 1c without practically any other changes.
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