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The Kaiser Dragon is a car model based on the a second-generation Kaiser that was manufactured by Kaiser Motors Corporation in 1953. The dragon name was first used in 1951 for a special trim option on Kaiser cars featuring vinyl upholstery claimed to resemble dragon skin.
The Kaiser Dragon model was introduced on October 31, 1952, for the 1953 model year. This time, the Dragon was a separate model, not a trim option, positioned above the "Manhattan.". The special upholstery and padded roof now featured a grass-patterned "Bambu" vinyl and heavy-duty Belgian linen "Laguna" cloth with overlapping patterns.
Available only as four-door sedans, these cars were upscale in addition to the special trim. Standard equipment included Hydramatic automatic transmission, power steering, electric clock, radio with rear speaker, front and rear center armrests, numerous courtesy lamps, heater, tinted glass, 14-karat gold plated hood ornament and fender nameplates, interior trim (including a nameplate on the glove box door that was personalized with the owner's name), and padding in the glove box. The Dragon models provided for a luxury feel with "almost 200 pounds (91 kilograms) of insulation to quiet the ride and give it a sense of additional heft." Front leg room was 45.1 in (1,146 mm), with rear leg room at 39.5 inches.
Safety features were built in so Kaiser called it "the world's first safety first car" (even though the Tucker 48, a car known for unique features, including safety items, came out five years earlier). Among the standard features were a full padded dash and recessed instruments, extra large and pop out windshield, a low center of gravity, steering designed for better control as well as brakes with “more stopping power” and special lighting for better visibility at night.
These cars were expensive for the time at US$3,924 (equivalent to $39,743 in 2021) A comparable 1953 Buick Roadmaster was priced at $3,358 and came with 188 hp (140 kW) 322 cu in (5.3 L) V8 compared to the Dragon's 118 hp (88 kW) 226.2 cu in (3.7 L) I6 engine. Along with being more expensive, Dragon's 0-60 mph time was 15 seconds.
A total of 1,277 were sold.
I grew up in New Bedford, a city that was once one of the wealthiest in the world. Those days are long past, but some of the history of the place remains in the inhabitants who migrated to the city in search of work in the local industries: whaling, textile mills, manufacturing, and fishing. Many in the city can trace their roots to mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, Quebec, Poland, and Ireland. As you might guess from that mix of peoples, that also means that there's a strong Catholic tradition in the area, and Easter is "the big one" holiday-wise for Catholics.
My next-door neighbor growing up, Mrs. Souza, would often bake my family a big loaf of massa sovada as a gift at Easter, and those loaves would usually have a half-dozen hard boiled eggs, shell and all, baked into the loaf as a decoration (a traditional tweak to the recipe at Easter). She never shared her recipe outside of family so far as I'm aware, and while sweet bread is easy to come by (there are numerous Portuguese bakeries that make it), I wanted to know how to bake it myself, and spent a good decade working on a recipe that I adapted from various family recipes that were contributed to things like local school fundraiser cookbooks. It was more challenging than it sounds, if only because like so many family recipes, there's a lot encoded in measurements like "add enough of" or "the usual amount of", or instructions like "until it looks right." But, I think I've landed on something that, at least to my memory, matches what Mrs. Souza used to make. My father-in-law, who is the son of Portuguese immigrants, has given it the thumbs-up, too.
The bread is sweet, but not overly sweet, and the crumb is relatively moist. The Portuguese also brought this bread with them to Hawaii, and it's popular there, too, although there it's likely to be called Hawaiian bread.
Ingredients
2 lb. all-purpose flour
10 oz. milk
8 oz. unsalted butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 pkg active dry yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water (~100°F)
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp. ground mace
grated zest of 1 lemon (or 1/2 tsp. lemon extract)
grated zest of 1 orange (or 1/2 tsp. orange extract)
Directions
Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and set aside to hydrate.
Scald the milk. Add 4 oz. of the butter, the sugar, and the salt, and stir until the butter has melted. Let cool a bit, then add the zest (or extract) and whisk in the eggs.
Put the flour in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add the milk and water mixtures. Stir with the dough hook until a single mass forms, then increase the speed and "knead" for 5 minutes. Note that the dough will be very sticky and not pull away from the sides of the bowl cleanly; this is a pretty wet dough, intentionally. Add the remaining softened butter 1 tbl. at a time, letting each addition incorporate before adding the next one. Turn out onto a floured surface, shape into a ball, and put in a large well-oiled bowl. Cover with a bit of cling wrap and a towel, and allow to rise until doubled, 3-4 hours. When doubled, punch down, reshape, and let rise until doubled again (roughly 2 hours).
Oil two 8" cake pans (I use 3" high pans). Divide the dough into two equal-sized pieces, shape gently into balls, and place in the cake pans. Cover again, and let rise until the cake pans are filled. I do this overnight in a cool spot.
When the dough has risen to fill the pans, preheat your oven to 400°F. Brush the tops of the dough with a little melted butter, and place them in the oven, scattering some ice cubes on the bottom of the oven to add some steam. Bake at 400°F for 10 minutes, then tent each loaf lightly with foil, reduce the heat to 350°F, and continue baking 35-40 minutes until the loaves sound slightly hollow when rapped.
Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pans and cool to room temperature on wire racks.
Start of a new series of images showing the fascinating world of micromachines and components. I've recently had the privilege to work with Microfabrica (www.microfabrica.com/ ) to provide images for their new web-site. This company specializes in an additive fabrication process which enables manufacture of metal part and complex machines at a sub-mm scale.
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
The original version had a top speed of 407.12 km/h (252.97 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The current Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), and the roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
Name origin
The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honour of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti. The "EB" refers to Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti and the "16.4" refers to the engine's 16 cylinders and 4 turbochargers.
World record controversy
A controversy developed in 2013 over the Veyron Super Sport's status as the world’s fastest production car, ultimately resolved in the Veyron's favor.
In early April 2013, driving.co.uk (also known as Sunday Times Driving) began an investigation following claims from US car maker Hennessey that its 928 kW (1,244 bhp) Hennessey Venom GT was entitled to the Guinness World Record. With a recorded speed of 427.6 km/h (265.7 mph) the Hennessey was 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph) slower than the Veyron but Hennessey dismissed Bugatti’s official record saying that the Veyron Super Sport was restricted to 415 km/h (258 mph) in production form and that for it to achieve its record top speed of 431.0 km/h (267.8 mph), the car used was in a state of tune not available to customers. Hennessey said its Venom GT was road-ready and unmodified and was therefore a production car in the strict sense of the term.
Driving.co.uk requested clarification from Guinness World Records, which investigated this claim and found that the modification was against the official guidelines of the record. Upon finding this, Guinness World Records voided the Super Sport's record and announced it was "reviewing this category with expert external consultants to ensure our records fairly reflect achievements in this field."
After further review, Shelby SuperCars, the producers of the Ultimate Aero TT, said that they had reclaimed the record, however Guinness reinstated the Super Sport's record after coming to the conclusion that "a change to the speed limiter does not alter the fundamental design of the car or its engine."
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, World Record Edition (2010–)
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is a faster, more powerful version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Production is limited to thirty units. The Super Sport has increased engine power of 1,200 PS (880 kW; 1,200 bhp), a torque of 1,500 N·m (1,100 lbf·ft), and a revised aerodynamic package. The Super Sport has a 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) top speed, making it the fastest production road car on the market although it is electronically limited to 415 km/h (258 mph) to protect the tyres from disintegrating.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport World Record Edition is a version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. It is limited to five units. It has an orange body detailing, and a special, black, exposed, carbon, body.
The vehicle was unveiled in 2010 at The Quail, followed by the 2010 Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca, and the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
[Text taken from Wikipedia]
This Lego miniland-scale 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 88th Build Challenge, - "Let's go Break Some records", - for vehicles that set the bar (high or low) for any number of vehicles statistics or records. In the case of the Veyron Super Sport, the fastest road car in the world - 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).
Daisy was manufactured at Douglas Aircraft Company's plant in Long Beach in South Los Angeles, California 1943, with serial number (c/n) 13883, as a C-47 A-60-DL Skytrain, a military version of the DC-3 with large cargo door, strengthened floor and larger fuel tanks. She was delivered to the US Army Air Forces on 5 October 1943 as USAAF s/n 43-30732. On tail fin the number 330732 was painted.
Daisy was shipped directly to US Army Air Forces in October 1943 and was based in Oran in Algeria, where she transported troops, cargo and supplies. In 1944 she moved to England in preparation for the Allied invasion of occupied Europe. Daisy took part in the parachuting drop on D-Day on June 6, 1944, dropping members of “Easy Company”, the Role Models for the TV-serie “Band of Brothers”. Daisy is probably one of very few DC 3’s that was used for parachute jumping during WW2 and is still licensed to do this.
On 23 september 1945 she returned to the United States and was transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), an organization within the U.S. Government Administration that sold out military war surplus materials. In 1946 she was converted from a military C-47 to a civilian DC-3 of Canada Air Ltd. The conversion included the large cargo doors were replaced with an ordinary passenger door, the cabin soundproofed and she got more comfortable chairs.
After the conversion Daisy was sold to the Norwegian Aviation AS. In Norway, and given civilian registration number LN-IAF and the name Nordfugl. In 1948 Scandinavian Airline System, SAS, was formed by Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Nordfugl was now painted in SAS’ classic colours and given the name Fridtjof Viking, which she still carries. Daisy thus became one of SAS' first airplanes.
Daisy was sold to ABA 1957 for use in the Swedish domestic airline, Linjeflyg, with the Swedishregistration SE-CFP.
In 1960 Daisy was sold to the Swedish Air Force. She was operated by the Swedish Air Force from 1960 to 1982 under the designation TP79. Daisy's military number became 79006. Having first regained military cargo doors again at the Swedish Aviation workshops at Bulltofta, she was first based at F7 Såtenäs, and then at F Malmslätt. During her time in the Swedish Air Force, she was hired out to the Red Cross for humanitarian operations in Ethiopia. During the three months she transported 325 tonnes of supplies and 826 passengers.
Daisy was sold by the Air Force 1982 and 1983 to her present owner, Flying Veterans Foundation. Daisy is operated by Flying Veterans Association. The Foundation's founder, together with voluntary forces conducted a comprehensive technical review and restoration to civilian condition of the aircraft. On 26 June 1984, she regained the same civil registration she had during her time with Linjeflyg, SE-CFP. And since 1984 Daisy is operated as a vintage airplane.
Manufactured by F.E. Dzerzhinsky factory, Kharkov, Ukraine, former USSR
Model: c. 1975 type 4b (produced between ?)
All FED-4 produced between 1964-80 and with quantity 633.096units
There are 6 types and 10 sub-types of the camera,
as to Alexandr Komarov
35mm film rangefinder camera
Lens: Industar-61(ИНДУСТАР ) 52mm f/2.8 Mount: M39 screw mount, filter slip-on serial no.8723878
Aperture: f/2.8-f/16setting: ring and scale on the lens shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-20m+inf
Lens release: simply screw counter-clockwise
Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder,
distance scale and ring on the lens, w/ DOF scale
Shutter:rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane, speeds:1-1/500 +B, setting: dial on the right of the top plate, Not. When setting to low speeds you will hear a clockwork winding voice.
Shutter release: beside the winding lever, w/ cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: coupled with the cocking lever, advance type, manual reset
Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/ rangefinder, w/ Diopter correction ring, around eyepiece
Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium sensor, metering by a needle window on the top-plate
Exposure setting:Set the film speed on the setting dial. Even though the speeds on the dial are in GOST, just set the ASA value; Point the camera to the scene you want to photograph; Turn the light meter dial until the needles in the window match; Read off the suitable shutter speed and aperture combinations on the dial and set the camera accordingly
Re-wind knob: a thumb wheel on the left side of the camera
Re-wind release: set to B the collar aroun the shutter release
Flash PC socket: on front of the camera
Cold-shoe
Memory dial : on the winding knob
Self-timer
Back cover: removable, opens by two folding levers on the top plate
Engraving on the back of the top plate: FED logo, Made in USSR and serial no.
Tripod socket: ¼"
Strap lugs: none
Body: metal ; Weight: 780g
Serial no.8705008
The early Leica cameras, and the other Leica inspired cameras like Canon III, FEDs and Zorkis, and almost any camera which winding also causes the film speed selector turning, always cock the shutter before changing film speeds.
Main difference from FED-3 is added selenium light meter.
The Fed-4 were produced in two versions. The first model (reffered to as Fed-4 (a)) has wind knob and was modified from Fed-3 (a) to accept a light meter. The Fed-4 (b) has much higher viewfinder assembly to add a light meter. The light meter control knob is where the rewind knob was so the rewind knob now sticks out of the side. The Fed-4 (b) camera again was available with either single or dual lettering.
More info: in Fotoua
+Original leather ever ready case
Manufactured by Canon Camera Company, Inc.
Model: 1951, (Produced between 1951-52)
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Lens: Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.9, M39 Leica mount, collapseable, serial no.46369
Aperture: f/1.9 - f/11 setting: ring and dial on the lens
Focusing: coincidence rangefinder, yellow images in viewfinder, via a lever and ring on the back side of the lens, distance and DOF scales,
when lens changing the focusing lever must be locked in the Infinity Catch
Focus range: 3.5 - 50 feet (1-15m), +inf.
Shutter: double rubber and cloth focal plane shutter, horizontaly travelling
Speeds: 1) High speeds: 1/40 - 1/1000, +B, settings: via the high speeds dial (HSD) on the top plate, lift and turn, dial turns when winding
2) Slow speeds: stepless but there are marks on the dial, 1/2-1/4-1/6-1/25 +T,
setting: via the low speed dial (LSD) on front of the camera, for closing the diaphragm on T mode turn the dial to 1
When using HSD, set the LSD on 25, on the contrary set the HSD on 25-1, and for 1/25 shutter speed set both of the dials on 25 and 25-1
Winding knob: also cocks the shutter, double exposure prevention, on the top plate, right
Film counter: manual setting, advance type, beneath the winding knob
Shutter release: on the top plate, just beside the winding knob, turns when re-winding
Viewfinder: coupled view and range-finder, no parallax correction
Range-viewfinder magnification selector: beneath the re-winding knob, marks F, 1x, 1,5x.
This feature helps to sharp focusing, also for 100 and 135mm Serenar lense's field-of-views
Re-winding knob: on the left of the top plate, turns when winding
Re-wind release lever: marks A and R, just beside the shutter release
Film loading: drop-in bottom loading, the bottom plate opens by a lock-knob on it,
follow the loading instruction drawing on the inside of the camera, Special removable take-up spool, (there was the Canon Film Magazine for bulk film )
Flash PC socket: none, synchro: none
Cold-shoe
Strap lugs
Body: heavy metal, 720g
serial no. 54783
+ Old leather strap
The early Leica cameras, and almost any other Leica inspired cameras that winding on also causes the film speed selector to turn, always cock the shutter before changing film speeds.
The Canon III is a very close copy of a Leica IIIc. But there are some differences, mainly Canon's combined view/rangefinder which surpasses the Leica, straight body edges, and lots of other technical features. Its finish is fully up to Leica standards.
There are some 500 individual camera models originate from about 21 original Leica inspired cameras. Many of these were prototypes or produced low numbers. Main brands that produced large quantities are FED, Minolta 35, Nicca, Yashica YE, Zorki, Canon III.
Yonge Street Looking South - Toronto
Philip K. Dick and Ridley Scott are incredible creative visionaries! - Mike
*****
"Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically manufactured beings called replicants – visually indistinguishable from adult humans – are used for dangerous or menial work on Earth's 'off-world colonies'. Following a replicant uprising, replicants become illegal on Earth and specialist police called 'blade runners' are trained to hunt down and 'retire' escaped replicants on Earth. The plot focuses on a brutal and cunning group of recently-escaped replicants hiding in Los Angeles and the semi-retired blade runner, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment.
Blade Runner initially polarized critics: some were displeased with the pacing, while others enjoyed its thematic complexity. The film performed poorly in North American theaters. Despite the box office failure of the film, it has since become a cult classic. Blade Runner has been hailed for its production design, depicting a 'retrofitted' future. It remains a leading example of the neo-noir genre. Blade Runner brought author Philip K. Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and several more films have since been based on his work. Ridley Scott regards Blade Runner as 'probably' his most complete and personal film. In 1993, Blade Runner was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2007, the American Film Institute named it the 97th greatest American film of all time in the 10th Anniversary edition of its 100 years... 100 Movies list.
Seven versions of the film have been shown, for various markets, and as a result of controversial changes made by film executives. A rushed Director's Cut was released in 1992 after a strong response to workprint screenings. This, in conjunction with its popularity as a video rental, made it one of the first films released on DVD, resulting in a basic disc with mediocre video and audio quality. In 2007 Warner Bros. released in select theaters and DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray, the 25th anniversary digitally remastered definitive Final Cut by Scott." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner
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"Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and transcendental experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.
The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate history and science fiction, earning Dick a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975. 'I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards,' Dick wrote of these stories. "In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real.' Dick referred to himself as a 'fictionalizing philosopher.'
In addition to thirty-six novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, many of which appeared in science fiction magazines. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, nine of his stories have been adapted into popular films since his death, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly and Minority Report. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the one hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
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"Sir Ridley Scott is a British Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe, Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster and Body of Lies. His brother is fellow film director Tony Scott.
Initially Scott was hardly known as an actors' director, but he has become more receptive to ideas from his cast as his career has developed. Examples include Susan Sarandon's suggestions that the character of Louise pack shoes in plastic bags in one scene of Thelma & Louise, and another where her character exchanges jewellery for a hat and other items, as well as Tim Robbins' collaboration with Scott and Susan Sarandon to rework the final scene with a more upbeat ending. Russell Crowe has commented, 'I like being on Ridley's set because actors can perform and the focus is on the performers.' Paul M. Sammon, in his book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner, commented in an interview with Brmovie.com that Scott's relationship with his actors has improved considerably over the years.
On the other hand, he can be a demanding and difficult director to work for. He was nicknamed 'Guvnor' in the Blade Runner production. Several crew members wore protest t-shirts with slogans such as 'Yes Guvnor, my ass' and 'Will Rogers never met Ridley Scott' in reference to Will Rogers' most famous quotation, 'I never met a man I didn't like'. This was mainly in response to the way that Scott directed his first American crew, which some considered too harsh.
His striking visual style, incorporating a detailed approach to production design and innovative, atmospheric lighting, has been influential on a subsequent generation of filmmakers — many of whom have simply imitated his style. Scott commonly uses slow pacing until the action sequences, which are characterised by frequent, rapid edits. Examples include Alien and Blade Runner; the LA Times critic Sheila Benson, for example, would call the latter 'Blade Crawler' 'because it's so damn slow'. Another commonly employed technique is his use of sound or music to build tension, as seen in Alien with hissing steam, beeping computers and the noise of the machinery in the space ship.
Scott has developed a method for filming intricate shots as swiftly as possible:
'I like working, always, with a minimum of three cameras... So those 50 set-ups [a day] might only be 25 set-ups except I'm covering in the set-up. So you're finished. I mean, if you take a little bit more time to prep on three cameras, or if it's a big stunt, eleven cameras, and — whilst it may take 45 minutes to set up — then when you're ready you say 'Action!', and you do three takes, two takes and is everybody happy? You say, 'Yeah, that's it.' So you move on.'" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott
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Out of frame to the left is both a warehouse and a separate manufacturing plant called Auburn Manufacturing. Beyond the train is 'Maine Wood' which takes in Centerbeams and up the line about 10 miles in Paris is another NEPW warehouse. With little doubt, the first 15 miles of the SLR is a fierce industrial center in Maine that supports the railroad. At this point the train was a bit late -- waiting on a busted host on the FRED before getting going. The sun was in and out and I opt'd to wait here for a time for the train to arrive. Friendly visits from some Auburn Manufacturing folks and the local PD keep it lively as a bit of bewilderment as they aren't used to folks taking pictures of the trains (mostly because they've run at night for 10 years).
Seen here in Mechanic Falls, ME with a lengthy consist but only the first two units providing the power.
between Cannsregio (left) and Castello (right)
zwischen Cannaregio (links) und Castello (rechts)
Cannaregio (Italian pronunciation: [kannaˈredʒo]) is the northernmost of the six historic sestieri (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest sestiere by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people as of 2007.
Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, is associated with the district.
History
The Cannaregio Canal, which was the main route into the city until the construction of a railway link to the mainland, gave the district its name (Canal Regio is Italian for Royal Canal). Development began in the eleventh century as the area was drained and parallel canals were dredged. Although elegant palazzos were built facing the Grand Canal, the area grew primarily with working class housing and manufacturing. Beginning in 1516, Jews were restricted to living in the Venetian Ghetto. It was enclosed by guarded gates and no one was allowed to leave from sunset to dawn. However, Jews held successful positions in the city such as merchants, physicians, money lenders, and other trades. Restrictions on daily Jewish life continued for more than 270 years, until Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the Venetian Republic in 1797. He removed the gates and gave all residents the freedom to live where they chose.
In the 19th century, civil engineers built a street named Strada Nuova through Cannaregio, and a railway bridge and road bridge were constructed to connect Venice directly to Mestre. Today, the areas of the district along the Grand Canal from the train station to the Rialto Bridge are packed with tourists, but the rest of Cannaregio is residential and relatively peaceful, with morning markets, neighborhood shops, and small cafés.
(Wikipedia)
Castello is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice, Italy.
History
There had been, since at least the 8th-century, small settlements of the islands of San Pietro di Castello (for which the sestiere is named). This island was also called Isola d'Olivolo.
From the thirteenth century onward, the district grew around a naval dockyard on what was originally the Isole Gemini. The land in the district was dominated by the Arsenale of the Republic of Venice, then the largest naval complex in Europe. A Greek mercantile community numbering around 5,000 in the Renaissance and late Middle Ages was based in this district, with the Flanginian School and the Greek Orthodox Church of San Giorgio dei Greci being located here, of which the former comprises the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice[1] and the latter is now the seat of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy.
Other significant structures were by the monasteries in the north of the quarter.
Napoleon closed the Arsenal and planned what are now the Bienniale Gardens. More recently the island of Sant'Elena has been created, and more land drained at other extremities of Castello.
(Wikipedia)
Cannaregio ist der am dichtesten besiedelte Stadtteil (Sestiere von Venedig) Venedigs. Die 13.169 Einwohner (Stand 12. Dezember 2007) des Sestiere verteilen sich auf die Pfarren San Giobbe e Bernardino (mit Opera Pia Contarini), San Marcuola (mit Santa Fosca), Madonna dell’Orto (mit San Marziale, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli und Casa Card. Piazza), Sant’Alvise (mit San Bonaventura (Carmelitane) und Canossiane), San Girolamo (mit Santa Maria Madre del Redentore und Ist. Suore Dorotee), San Felice (mit Santa Sofia), Santi Apostoli (mit Gesuiti) und San Canciano (mit San Giovanni Crisostomo und Santa Maria dei Miracoli). Die Flächenausdehnung beträgt 150 Hektar.
Cannaregio liegt im Nordwesten von Venedig und wird von der flächenmäßigen Ausdehnung nur noch von Castello übertroffen. Der Name leitet sich angeblich vom Zustand des Sestiere ab, den es vor der Besiedlung hatte, als es sich noch um ein versumpftes Gebiet handelte, in dem Schilfrohr (italienisch canna: Schilf) wuchs.
Gliederung
In Cannaregio beginnt der Canal Grande, von den Venezianern „Canalazzo“ genannt, der sich in Form eines umgekehrten „S“ nach San Marco windet. Ursprünglich war die dem Festland zugewandte Öffnung des Canal Grande nicht der Haupteinfahrtsweg. Diese Funktion erfüllte der Cannaregiokanal, der nach der Ponte delle Guglie beim Palazzo Labia in den Canal Grande mündet.
In Cannaregio wohnen überwiegend Arbeiter und Angestellte, viele kleine Gewerbebetriebe sind dort angesiedelt. Schlagader des Bezirks ist die Trasse der Strada Nova, die sich von der Ponte delle Guglie, zu Beginn noch Rio terrà San Leonardo, danach Rio terrà della Maddalena und kurz noch Via V. Emanuele benannt, bis zum Campo SS. Apostoli hinzieht. Von der Strada Nova Richtung Bahnhof, nur vom Campo San Geremia unterbrochen, kommt man in die Rio terrà Lista di Spagna. In dieser Straße finden sich entlang der Hausfassaden in den Straßenbelag eingelassene weiße Marmorstreifen. Hinter diesen Streifen war exterritoriales Gebiet, waren hier doch viele ausländische Botschaften untergebracht. Der Begriff „Rio terrà“ leitet sich vom Umstand ab, dass diese Straßen ursprünglich Kanäle waren, die man zugeschüttet (interrare: zuschütten) und dadurch begehbare Wege geschaffen hat.
(Wikipedia)
Castello ist der größte der sechs Stadtteile (Sestiere) der italienischen Lagunenstadt Venedig. Er liegt im nordöstlichen Teil der Stadt und reicht fast bis zum Markusplatz. Auch die Friedhofsinsel San Michele knapp 420 Meter nördlich sowie die auch mit Brücken verbundenen Inseln San Pietro di Castello und Sant’Elena unmittelbar (40 bzw. 12 Meter) östlich gehören zum Stadtteil. Der Name Castello leitet sich ab von der antiken, befestigten Residenz des Bischofs von Olivolo, die sich auf der gleichnamigen Insel befand. Heute erinnert auf der Insel, die jetzt San Pietro di Castello heißt, nur mehr das Fondamenta di Castel Olivolo an den alten Sitz der venezianischen Bischöfe.
Geprägt wird der Stadtteil durch das 32 Hektar große Arsenal (Werft und Waffenlager) und die ehemaligen Wohnanlagen für die Arsenalarbeiter.
Das Sestiere hat eine Fläche von 186 Hektar[1] und hatte 2006 ungefähr 18.000 Einwohner, die sich auf die Pfarreien San Zaccaria (mit der Kirche Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore), Santa Maria Formosa (mit den Kirchen San Lio und La Fava), San Zanipolo (mit San Lazzaro dei mendicanti im Ospedale civile), Santa Elena (auf der gleichnamigen Insel), San Piero Apostolo, San Giuseppe di Castello, San Francesco di Paola, San Martino Vescovo (mit Ca’ di Dio und San Biagio, Ordinariato militare), San Francesco della Vigna (mit Suore Francescane di Cristo Re und San Giovanni Battista di Malta), San Giovanni in Bragora (mit Pietà und Casa di riposo San Lorenzo), verteilen.[2]
In Castello befand sich seit 1091 der Sitz des römisch-katholischen Patriarchen von Venedig. Bischofskirche war San Pietro di Castello. Erst nach dem Ende der Republik wurde die Basilika San Marco, die ehemalige Palastkapelle der Dogen, Sitz des Bischofs von Venedig. Aus dem alten Patriarchenpalast in Castello wurde eine Kaserne, heute ist er wie auch andere Paläste Venedigs, in einem pflegebedürftigen Zustand. Das Sestiere hatte im Jahr 1171 zwölf Contraden (Kirchengemeinden). 1586 war die Zahl auf 13 gestiegen.
Die im Osten von Castello liegenden Parkanlagen wurden 1810 während der französischen Herrschaft über Venedig angelegt, nachdem mehrere Kirchen und profane Bauten abgerissen worden waren. In der Parkanlage befinden sich Pavillons verschiedener Nationen, in denen während der Biennale Ausstellungen ausgerichtet werden. Entworfen wurden die Pavillons von Architekten, wie Scarpa, Stirling, Aalto. Sie bilden daher selbst ein kleines Museum zeitgenössischer Architektur.
Zu den bedeutenden Sehenswürdigkeiten Castellos zählen neben dem Arsenal, die Kirchen San Piero, San Francesco della Vigna, San Giovanni in Bragora, San Zaccaria, ehemals eines der reichsten und bedeutendsten Nonnenklöster der Stadt, sowie die bevorzugte Grablege der Dogen, die Dominikanerkirche Santi Giovanni e Paolo mit der benachbarten Scuola Grande di San Marco und dem Reiterdenkmal des Condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni. Eine weitere, wegen ihrer Bilder berühmte Scuola in Castello ist die Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni mit den Fresken Vittore Carpaccios.
(Wikipedia)
Die Brücke Ponte del Cavallo (deutsch: Pferdebrücke) ist eine der über 400 Brücken von Venedig. Sie liegt im Sestiere Cannaregio, überspannt den Rio di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti und verbindet neben dem Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo mit der Calle Larga Giacinto Gallina auch die beiden Sestieri Cannaregio und Castello. Ihren Namen verdankt sie dem in unmittelbarer Nähe befindlichen Reiterstandbild des Bartolomeo Colleoni.
Die Brücke diente unter anderem dem britischen Maler Charles John Watson als Motiv.
(Wikipedia)
SLR Class :- M4
Manufactures Model :- MX 620
Introduction year :- 1975
No of Locos :- 14
Loco Nos :- 743 to 756
Builder :- Montreal Locomotive Works
State :- Canada
Prime Mover :- ALCO V12 25 1 C3
Mode of Power transmission :- Diesel Electric (AC to DC Power Transmission )
Power :- 1700 hp
rpm :- 1050
Weight :- 98 ton
Length :- 58' 3"
Wheel arrangement :- Co-Co
Brake system : - Air and Vacuum
Max speed :- 104 Km/h
Gauge : - 1676 mm
Type :- Locomotive
Purpose/Used line :- Main line Passenger and Freight train Presently not to run beyond Rambukkana.
M4 753,754,755 and 756 were Special designed with Dynamic Brake for Upcountry (Colombo to Badulla) Rail track.
M4 750 damaged due to Bomb blast at near Vavniya in 2000 back in service after repair.
M4 752 re painted Red and Yellow colours for use Jaffna Intercity. again Repainted Blue & Silver.
Upgraded with Air brake at C.M.E. Ratmalana.
M4 751used for Inaugural run “Yal Rani” Passenger Train Between Kankasantrei Murukandi in 11.07.2022
All Locomotives are presently on service.
M4s were named,
743 : Madu
744 : Sigiri
745 : Ruwanweli
746 : Namunukula
747 : Kelani
748 : Walawe
749 : Dunhida
750 : Isurumuni
751 : Diyaluma
752 : Point-Pedro
753 : Samanala
754 : Menik
755 : Mahaweli
756 : Luxapana
Information as at 04.07.2023
Manufactured by Zeiss Ikon AG, Stuttgart, West Germany
Model: c. 1960 (produced between 1959-1962)
This camera is an old Contaflex Super
The catalog number for the Contaflex Super is 10.1262
All Contaflex series produced between 1953-1971
35mm film SLR camera, rigid body
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar 50mm f/2.8, interchangeable with alternate front element's tubes of 35mm, 85mm, 115mm Pro-Tessar converter lenses by a bayonet mount
filter thread 27mm, push-on 28.5mm, serial no.2684773
Lens front element release: by a small push-in lever on the lens-shutter barrel with a red dot, then simultaneously turn the front element milled ring to counter-clockwise,
mounting: red-dot to red-dot then turn clockwise
Aperture: f/2.8-f/22, setting: Auto: coupled with speed setting ring, turning the speed ring automatically turns the aperture ring into the opposite direction
Manual: by the thumb-wheel (light selector disc) on left front of the camera. This is the device to turn the aperture ring on the lens barrel independently and to change its relation to the speed ring so that other speed/aperture combinations become possible.
Focusing: Fresnel Matte ground glass screen, matching split image rangefinder, and fine microprism ring around the split image,
focusing ring and scale behind the lens-shutter barrel, w/ DOF scale, w/ two easy-turn handle
Focus range: 2.5-20 feet +inf
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, speeds: 1-1/500 +B,
left to B there are green figures 4-125 full seconds
setting : ring and scale on the lens, w/ two easy-turn handle
Shutter release: on the winding knob, w/ cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke
Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, manual setting, additive type
Viewfinder: SLR pentaprism, mirror image of meter needle at right hand
Mirror: not rapid turning, turns after cocking the shutter, then after shutter release stays upwards. This is necessary for full aperture viewing for easy focusing on this special lens-shutter barrel
Exposure meter: Coupled Selenium cell meter, on the front side of the prism,
match-needle window on the left of the top plate, works properly after cocking,
surprise working !..
Film speed range: ASA 8-1300, setting: scale in the light selector disc on left of the front cover, press the center and turn, w/ 2x and 4x exposure compensation marks
Exposure setting: match-needle metering , turn the speed setting ring until the needle match with circular mark in the window / in the finder, this provides correct speed and aperture settings at the same time
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: turn the right catch on the bottom plate to R marking
Flash PC socket: on the left of the lens flange, flash sync at all speeds
Cold-shoe
Memory dial: around the re-wind knob, for film type and ASA
Self-timer: by a green lever under the lens-shutter barrel, set to V by simultaneously pressing a small push-in lever on the right lower side of the lens-shutter barrel, after releasing the shutter, turns to X automatically,
also with this green lever you can adjust M or X flash settings
Back cover: removable with bottom plate, opens by two folding catches on the bottom plate
exchangeable with an other magazine back
Engraving on the back cover: Zeiss Ikon logo and Made in Germany
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: all metal, Weight:
serial no. U 48244, inside the camera
+ original leather ever ready case and strap, + Opteka 27mm UV filter
The Contaflex SLR was introduced in 1953 as one of the first 35mm SLR cameras equipped with a between-the-lens leaf shutter.
Such an arrangement requires the shutter to stay open before the picture is taken, in order to see through the reflex finder. This in consequence, requires a second shutter behind the mirror to stay closed. When the release button is depressed, a series of events must take place very fast: Close the lens shutter, reduce the lens aperture to the preset f-stop, raise the reflex mirror and open auxiliary shutter. Then the exposure can take place by opening and closing the lens shutter. Note that the shutter moves three times. In later models it was also required to open again at the end of the sequence to restore the viewfinder image, and eventually one would also have wished for the lens aperture to open fully again. This is a very complex cycle of operations to accomplish satisfactorily and reliably.
The advantages are low manufacturing costs, compactness and flash sync at all shutter speeds. The limited number of lenses possible to combine with the shutter. The range was from 35mm to 115mm focal length; at the time regarded as quite sufficient, as most would only be used with the standard lens anyway.
more info: Camerapedia
Car: Morris Minor.
Engine: 1098cc in-line 4.
Year of manufacture: 1963.
Date of first registration in the UK: 14th May 1963.
Place of registration: Pembrokeshire.
Date of last MOT: 20th January 2010.
Mileage at last MOT: 19,036.
Date of last change of keeper: 9th April 2003.
Number of previous keepers: 8.
Date taken: 16th June 2023.
Album: Carspotting 2023
Interior of the big nissen type building at Spoland Bridge. They manufacture all sorts of springs in here.
FORD FIESTA GHIA
1117cc Petrol Manual
Was manufactured in 1986
Was purchased on 01/08/1986
Quite an eventful MOT history...
11/07/2017 Pass - Mileage: 73,336 miles
Advisory Notices
Fuel pipe slightly corroded
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Various corrosion under body
Alternator drive belt excessively worn
11/07/2016 Pass - Mileage:72,792 miles
Advisory Notices
Fuel pipe slightly corroded
Oil leak ()
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Various corrosion underbody
11/07/2016 Fail - Mileage: 72,792 miles
Refusal Notices
Nearside rear inner body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sill (6.1.b.2)
Advisory Notices
Fuel pipe slightly corroded
Oil leak ()
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Various corrosion underbody
22/07/2015 Pass - Mileage: 72,187 miles
Advisory Notices
Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'a' (8.3.1d)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Nearside rear body has slight corrosion (6.1.b.2)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside front seat belt retracts slowly
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Oil leak
Various under vehicle corrosion
22/07/2015 Fail - Mileage: 72,187 miles
Refusal Notices
Offside front vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.b.2)
Nearside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Advisory Notices
Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'a' (8.3.1d)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2)
Nearside rear body has slight corrosion (6.1.b.2)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside front seat belt retracts slowly
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Oil leak
Various under vehicle corrosion
22/07/2015 Pass - Mileage 72187 miles
Advisory Notices
Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'a' (8.3.1d)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Nearside rear body has slight corrosion (6.1.b.2)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside front seat belt retracts slowly
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Oil leak
Various under vehicle corrosion
22/07/2015 Fail - Mileage 72187 miles
Refusal Notices
Offside front vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.b.2)
Nearside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Advisory Notices
Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'a' (8.3.1d)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2)
Nearside rear body has slight corrosion (6.1.b.2)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside front seat belt retracts slowly
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Oil leak
Various under vehicle corrosion
30/06/2014 Pass - Mileage 71388 miles
Advisory Notices
Offside front vehicle structure has slight corrosion (6.1.b.2)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside front seat belt retracts slowly
Oil leak
Various under vehicle corrosion
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Rear axle corroded
03/07/2013 Pass - Mileage 70563 miles
Advisory Notices
Rear sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.g.1)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Vehicle has quiet few surface corrsion underneurh vehicle
03/07/2013 Fail - Mileage 70563 miles
Refusal Notices
Nearside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Nearside rear brake cable insecure (3.5.1d)
Nearside front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (2.5.c.1a)
Nearside front seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Nearside front suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Offside seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Nearside rear tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.e.1)
Advisory Notices
Rear sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.g.1)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Vehicle has quiet few surface corrsion underneurh vehicle
04/07/2012 Pass - Mileage 69758 miles
Advisory Notices
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nearside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside rear brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
12/07/2011 Pass - Mileage 69355 miles
Advisory Notices
Nearside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
Offside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
Nearside front tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.e.1)
11/07/2011 Fail - Mileage 69355 miles
Refusal Notices
Nearside front brake hose excessively deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside front brake hose excessively deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Nearside rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)
Offside rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)
Offside front shock absorber has negligible damping effect (2.7.5)
Advisory Notices
Nearside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
Offside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
Offside front coil spring corroded (2.4.c.1b)
Nearside front tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.e.1)
13/07/2010 Pass - Mileage 68744 miles
Advisory Notices
Nearside front brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Offside front brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Nearside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
Offside rear shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
22/07/2009 Pass - Mileage 68245 miles
17/07/2009 Fail Mileage 68245 miles
Refusal Notices
Offside front headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced (1.7.5a)
Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.5c)
Rear exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Emissions not tested (7.0)
Nearside rear body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.b.2)
Offside rear body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.b.2)
Advisory Notices
Nearside front tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.e.1)
14/07/2008 Pass
18/07/2007 Pass - Mileage 64736 miles
18/07/2007 Fail - Mileage 64736 miles
Refusal Notices
Front windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
14/07/2006 Pass Mileage 65511 miles
BODY
Manufactured by Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, Dresden, East Germany
Model: 1964, Version 2.1.2,(A&R: 2, Hummel: 053), (produced between 1963-64, quantity 16000)
All Exa-1 produced between 1962-64
Version, manufacturing year, body and lens info are as to Andrzej Wrotniak
35mm film SLR camera
Engraving on the top plate: Ihagee Dresden
Lens release: by a lever on the left side of the lens mount
Focusing: ground glass screen, ring and scale on the lens, w/ DOF scale
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: ring and scale at bottom around of the re-wind knob,
Mirror: returns to up position after cocking the shutter
Shutter release: button, left upper side of the lens mount flange, w/ cable release socket,
it can be pressed with the plunger on the lenses, w/ cable release socket also
Shutter lock device: a lever and a red dot behind it, on the back left side of the top plate
Cocking knob: also winds the film and returns the mirror, right side of the top plate
Frame counter: coupled with the cocking knob, on it, manual setting, decreasing type
Viewfinder: Waist level finder, w/ a magnifier, opens by a small black knob on the back side of the finder, interchangeable with SLR pentaprism finders
Finder releasing: simply up-ward pushing by the black handle on the back lower side of the finder
Re-wind knob: left side of the top plate
Re-wind release: small silver knob, beside the winding knob
Flash PC socket: on the right upper side of the lens mount flange, sync marks engraved on the top plate, near the speed setting ring, bulb and electronic flash icons for X and M
Memory dial : on the rewind knob
Self-timer: none
Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by thumb ring on the bottom plate
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metallic, Weight: 681g
serial no. 173642
Lens: E.Ludwig Meritar 50mm f/2.9 , 3 elements, (standard Exa-1 lens),
preset type, Mount: Exacta bayonet mount, interchangeable with Exakta Varex lenses,
filter thread: 35.5mm, serial no.1424681 (introduced in 1956)
Aperture: f/2.9-f/16
setting: ring and scale on front of the lens, for setting to a f number, push back the second ring which just behind of the aperture ring, after setting push forward this ring, it engages to the aperture ring, thus you can fully open the diaphragm to compose the image brightly by turning this ring clockwise as far as it goes, and then turn the ring anticlockwise as far as it turns, now the aperture ring is on the your preset f number, then take the picture.
Focus range: 0.8-12m +inf
Exa-1 is totally different body shape than its precursor Exa series. The rounded body shape is larger and heavier.
Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, in Dresden, which was the largest independent camera manufacturer in Germany and was founded in 1912 by Johan Steenbergen.
The true Exaktas and Exas are ones made by Ihagee in Dresden.
Although Exa is much simpler than the professional Exakta cameras, the workmanship is equally good, finish similar, and the family resemblance obvious. With its lower price, Exa cameras are addressed to the amateur photographers.
During the 25th year of production of the 35mm Exaktas, Ihagee introduced the black and white labels as for Exacta IIa as for the Exa.
Ihagee did not produce their own lenses. Instead, they relied on many of the major optical firms of their day to each produce a series of lenses for their cameras, eg. Carl Zeiss Jena, Meyer-Optik Görlitz and Schneider-Kreuznach. The lenses from these three makers, in terms of the number and variations of lenses produced, are the most plentiful and in most cases the easiest for collectors and users to acquire. Maybe, over 80% of the Exaktas offered for sale are equipped with normal focal length lenses from these three firms.
Notes about Exa/Exakta classification
I use the Exa/Exakta classification of Andrzej Wrotniak. As to me, it is the best.
Some opinions of a serious Exa/Exakta collector, F W Tappe :
Andrzej Wrotniak uses a very sensible classification, listed on his website, which I personally like the best. It is multi dimensional in setup, without being complicated!
Richard Hummel's 1995 book lists an "one dimensional" classification, which is incomplete, but many sources still refer to this.
Aguila and Rouah (A&R) in their 2003 edition of "Exakta cameras 1933 - 1978", come to an improved classification. They built on their previous 1987 edition classification, which was the leading standard among collectors.
Klaus Wichmann, prolific writer of books about Exakta - and Exa cameras, published his classifications earliest.
More info Captain Jack, Maurizio Frizziero, F W Tappe, Exa Original in Camerapedia
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He is making a big wodden barrel for fermenting miso (soybean paste).
The firm is now manufacturing "ohitsu", a kind of small wooden barrels to put cooked rice in. (Rice tastes better by doing so!)
岡田製樽所で撮った他のフィルム写真は blanc[che] にて。(see more film pics in the linked page:)
Lovely lagoon area in the park, with the Central Manufacturing District clocktower visible behind the trees. This park has a very interesting history. The CPD website recalls, " At the time, Chicago's existing parks were far away from the filthy, noisy, overcrowded tenement neighborhoods in the center of the city. Superintendent J. Frank Foster envisioned a new type of park that would provide social services as well as breathing spaces in these areas. To test the idea, in 1901 the park commission began acquiring property near the Union Stockyards. Composed of open prairie and cabbage patches, the site had previously been the Brighton Park Race Track. The experimental McKinley Park originally offered ballfields, lawn tennis, swimming and wadinglagoon, and a lovely classically-designed bathhouse. More than 10,000 people attended the park's dedication on June 13, 1902. The effort was so successful that the following year the South Park Commission began creating a whole system of new neighborhood parks for the south side. Opened to the public in 1905, the first ten were: Sherman, Ogden, Palmer, Bessemer, and Hamilton Parks, and Mark White, Russell, Davis, Armour, and Cornell Squares. These innovative neighborhood parks influenced the development of other parks throughout the United States..."
The “front door” of the hardboard manufacturing process is where raw material physically enters the plant. Note the lines of pulpwood logs straddling the conveyor that takes the logs in for chipping. Look closer and you will find the three railroad tracks on this end of the factory, on either side of the larger chip pile. This facility was served by Northern Pacific and later Burlington Northern. You can read the full story on this industry now and see many more pictures too at: zenithcity.com/pegboard-puzzles-pre-made-furniture/
Shot while I was taken on a tour of the Viberg Boot factory located in Victoria, BC. Originally posted as a VSCO journal entry that can be found here: hugochisholm.vsco.co/journal/viberg-boots.
Made and manufactured by Paco Amusement Co Ltd of Singapore in 1980s. Replaced 1990s Duck kiddie ride "Dopey Duck". Filmed at QQ #1 Superstore, Inc. In 6019 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY on June 10, 2018. This particular model has lost its two decals off the base. The playback speed used to be 0.9 and now it keeps on pitching down. Fitted with EM2021B4 Control box. It played It's A Small World After All. It's gone now :(
A fascinating article, one of a series looking at major printing companies, this being the September 1934 description of the works and production of John Waddington Ltd whose head office and main works were in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They also had a subsidiary works in Stoke Newington, London, that dealt with letterpress posters for more 'immediate' and 'local' consumption such as for theatrical, cinema and sporting events in London. They also had sales offices in Charing Cross Road, London.
Waddington's were formed in 1905 in Leeds and became a limited company in 1921 with major works on Wakefield Rd in the city on a site that now houses First Direct's bank offices. These works had an interesting history in that they were constructed as a typewriter manufacturing plant to be produced using war wounded workers. This 'laudable effort' failed and Waddington's bought the works in 1922. Aside from printing - the company increasingly specialised int he production of colour posters using lithographic processes - they'd diversified into games and playing cards, jigsaws, greetings cards and cartons. I suspect most people recall them for their playing cards and games as, in the 1930s, they became the UK's manufacturer of the American game Monopoly, licensing this from Parker Bros who, in turn, took the US rights for the Waddington's game Cluedo.
The various images show different areas of the works and apart from showing clearly the scale of the machine rooms, composing departments and artists studios also show 'hints' of several posters such as a multi-sheet poster for Worthington's Beer. The artists' department includes finsihed posters for Robin Starch and Reckitt's 'Blue' both brands owned by Reckitt and Colman, Nestle's Milk and Wills Gold Flake.
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