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Macro Day : Nikon D1X, Nikkor 35mm f/2 nonAi, Nikon extension tubes, SB-28, ReyGay Flash Diffuser, SC-17
+ as the title says, these are precision bees. They move like UFOs :D. They can move quickly at any direction and stop better than ABS brakes :D, then go up or down, turn their bodies in the same place place and seemingly effortless. These are not the normal bees that move at any angle. These bees move at almost only straight angles!
+ and they move super fast and my success focus ratio is 20 to 500 :D, yes that's right, out of around 500 frames, only about 20-30 shots were focused and only a few are cool looking :D
+ no photoshopping, no cropping, just loaded to NX2
A Honey Bee weighted down with pollen makes a precise approach to her next stop, A Blue Eyed Mary Wild Flower, Collinsia verna.
A Lakland 44-64 PJ bass in candy red stands upright against black, the white pickguard and the chrome hardware bright against the glossy finish. The reflections and the dark backdrop make the instrument look polished and sharp.
"Film d'essai" (test film) of my newly-arrived FOCA Universel "R", a French range-finder 35mm camera of the 50's.
The camera was loaded with a Fomapan Creative 200 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 160 ISO (that appears to be the real sensitivity of the film given the technical data provided by FOMA) using an Autometer III Minolta light meter fitted with a 10° finder. The Oplarex lens was equipped with a Foca AUV push-on 42mm protective filter and a generic cylindrical shade hood.
Institut Lumière, April 12, 2023
Rue du Premier Film
69008 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was revealed using Tetenal Ultrafin Liquid developper at dilution 1+20 and 20°C for 7min30. The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
The Foca Universel "R" is the late series (circa 1956-1962) of the Foca Universel 35mm range-finder camera appeared in 1950 and produced until 1956. The Universel model of FOCa was fitted with a bayonet mount instead of the 36mm screw mount of other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1947. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This exemplary of Foca Universel R was likely manufactured in 1959 or 1960.
The camera is equipped with the collapsible OPLAREX lens 1:1.9 f=5cm with the OPL bayonet mount.
3000 years ago these blocks were cut with a precision that allowed the stone to be dry stacked perfectly. Modern machinery can only match today. What happened to that skill that it should be lost for so long?
I'm a big fan of older manual focus Nikkor lenses. This one in particular is my Nikkor 135mm f2.8 AI. It was taken with my latest acquisition a Micro-Nikkor 200mm f4 macro lens.
EyeInSky Applied Drones in Education & Industry
@EyeInSky was born out of an intense love of flight. Started by building custom drones for leisure, it now focuses towards industrial applications and raising awareness on its potential through education.Aspiring to make learning drone tech affordable to anyone, @EyeInSky is committed to teach classes here at MakerBay. We are developing kits allowing anyone to learn the components and dynamics of drones from scratch, thus encouraging even more revolutionary utilization ideas for the tech in the future. @EyeInSky is also part of DarkMatterLabs, engaging in R&D applying drone tech to industries such as plantations, construction, and environment monitoring integrating open source platforms.. We have recently delved into mapping plantations using modified cameras to detect plant health through NIR (Near Infrared) photography. We are currently looking for industrial partners and investors to apply our expertise in tailoring solutions to solve real world requirements.
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All photos are courtesy of Ken Chew