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Robot II (24x24mm)
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Robot II (24x24mm)
Schneider - Kreuznach Xenon 40mm F1.9
ILFORD HP5 + 400
HC110 1+31, 19c , 5:40mins
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Robot II (24x24mm)
Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenon 75mm F3.8
Kodak 5222 (ISO200)
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Robot II (24x24mm)
Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenon 75mm F3.8
ILFORD HP5 + 400
HC110 1+31, 19c , 5:40mins
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I ROBOT
This is one of the first books I ever read after leaving school and it took me down the long road of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick, J G Ballard, Frederic Pohl, Jack Williamson, Robert A Heinlein and so many others.
So this is a little tribute to those imaginative folk who put pen to paper, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The little clock character was a birthday gift of many moons ago, he seemed appropriate to go on the shelf too. A bit cranky now, he doesn’t stand up by himself but leans in a very casual way and is a good timekeeper.
The next bit is a bit weird, I don’t own a copy of Asimov’s “I Robot” because it’s not in Penguin Books and I only collect Penguin Science fiction but I might make an exception and buy it along with the ‘Foundation' series at some time.
Hope some of you have enjoyed Sci/Fi too and have appreciated those writers and their imaginations. Here are a couple of other titles that I think have gone down in history as classic fiction.
“Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.”
—Diane Ackerman
A Very Brief History of Otto Berning Co. and the Robot Camera
Heinz Kilfitt was born in Germany in 1898. The son of a watchmaker, he worked repairing watches in his youth, and was acutely interested in photography. While working at an optical company in Berlin, he designed a compact, half-frame, spring-driven camera, and attempted to sell the design in 1931 to Kodak and Agfa, being rejected by each. Soon after, he successfully sold the design to Hans Heinrich Berning, who with financial backing from his father established Otto Berning & Co.
Otto Berning & Co. was granted its first patent for a Robot camera in 1934, with a United States patent following closely in 1936. The Robot I was an astoundingly compact half-frame, interchangeable-lens, viewfinder camera made of stainless steel, with a spring-loaded motor drive capable of firing four semi-automatic frames in one second using a rotary shutter capable of speeds from 1 second to 1/500th of a second. This camera used a proprietary Robot film cassette likely based on the existing Agfa cassette, and featured a built-in user-selectable yellow filter.
The Robot II was released in 1938, and was generally similar to the Robot I. Some improvements were made to ergonomics, such as a redesigned but still proprietary film cassette, and the camera was simplified in other ways, including elimination of the built-in yellow filter. At the outset of World War II, production of Robot cameras for civilian use was halted while the company focused its attention on producing cameras for the German military (mostly the Luftwaffe).
In the early 1950s, the Robot line expanded dramatically. In addition to a new version of the Robot II made to accept standard 35mm film cartridges (now called the Robot IIA), the firm created the Model III and the Robot Royal. Released in models exposing the 24x24mm and the standard 24x36mm image area, the Robot Royal 24 and 36 (as they are called) were among the final and most advanced iterations on the Robot formula. These cameras were full-featured machines with built-in rangefinders and automatic motors capable of firing up to eight frames per second (in the case of the Royal 24). These and other models would continue to be produced from 1951 to the 1990s.
Robot still exists today under a different name and as part of a larger group of industrial optical companies. For our purposes, this is irrelevant.
What is a Robot Royal 24?
Of all the cameras in the Robot lineup, the most interesting to me is the Robot Royal 24. With its built-in rangefinder, interchangeable bayonet lens mount accepting Schneider or Zeiss-made lenses, and its 24x24mm image area, it combines the highest capability with the most unique functionality.
On the top of the camera we find the film rewind knob, threaded shutter release button, a cold accessory shoe, and a film frame counter. Beyond these, the top plate is devoid of controls, which are instead mounted on the front of the camera.
Holding the camera to the eye as if to take a photo, the front left houses a protruding knob for selection of shutter speeds from 1/2 second to 1/500th of a second, plus Bulb mode for long exposure. Front right we find a similar knob with a lever attached. This switches the camera from single shot to burst mode. Additional front controls reside on the lens; manual focus and aperture selection rings. Underneath the lens is a large tab that looks deceptively like the manual focus tab found on many rangefinder lenses, but is in fact the lens release. Swinging this tab with the camera held to one’s eye as if it were a focusing tab will inevitably cause the lens to fall to the floor of an Italian camera shop in an element-shattering cascade (a lesson learned and subsequently passed on to me by a friend of mine who learned the hard way).
The rear of the camera is sparse. A viewfinder with integrated rangefinder focusing patch, a shutter lock and film rewind switch, and a film frame counter adjustment dial. On the left side is the latch for the hinged swing-away film door where standard rolls of 35mm film are loaded. The bottom plate has a threaded tripod mount, a stand-up foot, and the essential spring motor winding knob.
Here is my robot II
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Is he the little maker or the little keeper of the crystals? We may never know; we only know he is adorable! :)
Originally a phone charm, sitting atop a phone case. Crystals and more crystals!
Robot II (24x24mm)
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I Robot too.
Apologies to the Isaac Asimov estate for the dreadful pun.
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I take a certain delight in the symmetrical nature of these enormous beasts and I have been known to count the pipes of the various sections, just to make sure that I’m not being sold a pup, as-it-were.
I’d feel somewhat short-changed if I found one that was particularly asymmetrical, and I’d probably have to rotate on the spot; in an anti-clockwise direction of course.
I’ve noticed, in fact, that in the same way that people are ‘handed’ (you know, left or right) a lot of people are also ‘clocked’, which is to say that they favour a particular direction of rotation. I, for example, am right-handed and favour the anti-clockwise turn;
The question is, though, is this a real church organ or a Transformer; a robot in disguise?
ArtPrize 2021 - Grand Rapids, MI
Fire shooting robot, notice the person inside controlling the robot. It was so fun to watch.
"Robot Resurrection"
Artist: Shane Evans
Seen at Peppino's
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The collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov. Reflections of museum goers in an art piece at MOMA, NYC.
Crazy Tuesday - Creased Paper
I made this little character from a scouring sponge and folded paper. The neck, arms and legs are strips of paper folded at right angles to form a paper 'spring' that make the Robot's head and legs 'wobble' !!
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As soon as Burning Man 2018 ended, "Robot Resurrection" (right) paid a visit to "Big Charles... (An homage to Charlie Smith)" (left).
Both robots are creations by Shane Evans.
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Still working on the larger robot, though progress is slow. The upper arm is mostly done and, being stumped on the torso, I'll probably move onto the legs next.
I cloned out the stand here. Even if the rest of the robot were built, and the arm was attached to something, that elbow joint is not strong enough to hold up the smaller bot.
You see what you see in rock formations. I see pieces of other robots laying around this surviving robot.
This is the Alien World area and requires a hike in the desert.
As known as YousetsuKoma
No mouth gun, but dangerous manipulators ;p
And again -like the previous grren bot- another creation based on the same frame.
This one started off experimenting with the body shape. I think it turned out ok but I'm not super excited with it. I imagine that before the Battle for the Moon heated up, both countries established small colonies on the moon and did lunar science. When the war began and the respective militaries took over, these still useful unarmed mecha were retained for utility roles far from the front lines.
Photos from the Mid-CT Photography Meetup Group photo shoot at the FIRST Robotics Competition at the Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.