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The Classical Garden of Suzhou was listed a Unesco World Heritage site 1991.
Ouyuan Garden
Suzhou, China
The Church of Saint-Nizier (French: "Église Saint-Nizier") is a church in the Presqu'île district of Lyon, France, Its name refers to Nicetius of Lyon, a bishop of the city during the 6th century. Begun in the 14th century and only completed in the 19th century, the church contains a variety of architectural styles, ranging from the neo-Gothic spire to the classical Renaissance facade. In 1998, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other historic buildings in Lyon.
I went there on November 22, 2023, with my French FOCA camera type « PF3 » or ***, made in Châteaudun, Eure, France, year 1954. The OPLAR normal lens was equipped with a 42mm push-on FOCA (France) AUV filter plus a generic metal cylindric shade hood.
The camera was loaded with a Fomapan Creative 200 exposed for 160 ISO. Expositions were determined using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas. The weather was a bit dark and windy in the afternoon giving typical exposure from 1/50s to f/4.5 to 5.6 outdoor. Indoor in the church, I used the slow speed module of the FOCA at 1/10s an the full aperture f/2.8.
Eglise Saint-Nizier, November 22, 2023
69002 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed using Adox Adonal (= Agfa Rodinal) developer at dilution 1+50, 20°C for 10min.
The film was then digitized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printing framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera and the lens:
This French FOCA camera type « PF3 » or ***, was made in Châteaudun, Eure, France, year 1954.
I got the set from a French dealer on eBay , including the camera and its normal lens OPLAR 1:2.8 f=5cm, a rare ever-ready bag Ref 120-503 « Luxe » with a upper compartment for three 42mm push-on filters. The bag is made of a pork leather and was in 1950 three times more expensive than a normal ever-ready bag. The set also included a FOCA view finder covering the field of a 3,5cm focal lens in its original grey and rd small FOCA box, a soft neoprene FOCA hood, three 42mm FOCA filters yellow x2.5, green x3.5, and orange x4. The kit also included a (used?) roll of Kodachrome-64 (DX-coded canister).
According to the serial number in 401.xxx, this PF3 should be a model-1 (version 5 or 6).
The camera was used very carefully and has been probably well serviced in the past. The OPLAR normal lens 1:2.8 f=5cm is a model-3 version-3 from 1954 too with the "ECD/9" diaphragm graduation 2.8...3.5...9....18.
The camera was originally sold to its first owner by « Photo-Plait » in Paris, France, one of the most important photo store, founded in 1910 and editing a well-know catalog of camera's for mail-order selling in France and overseas. Then the camera could have been sold either in the Photo-Plait store, 35-39, rue Lafayette, Paris 9ème or by mail-order selling.
When I first detailed the camera, I soon realized that it is almost pristine with very little signs of a very careful use. All functions works flawlessly, including the slow shutter speeeds and the shutter curtains are as new. The view finder and range finder are very clear and contrasted as the day 1. The lens is also very nice condition.
The FOCA PF3 is essentially the same camera as the type PF2B (PF for "Petit Format") constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) starting from 1947. The difference lies in the built-in slow speed mechanism giving 1/10s, 1/5s, 1/2s and 1s exposition times, plus the T-mode. It was manufactured in the Châteaudun OPL factory, route de Jallans, France. The factory, constructed in 1938, is still at the same place under the name of SAFRAN now producing precision devices for aerospace appliances.
Lyrics : Lakshmi Valli Devi Bijibilla
Music : Kanakesh Rathod
Publisher : Bijibilla Rama Rao
LYRICS : PARUGUNA RAARE
పల్లవి : పరుగున రారే, ఇంతులాలా
పసి బాలుని జూడగ, ఇంతులాలా "2"
అ.ప : పరిచయముతోనే ఇంతులాలా "2"
పరమొసగే స్వామిని, ఇంతులాలా "పరుగున"
చరణం : యశోద కన్నడే, ఇంతులాలా
మనకు యశముల నిచ్చేనే, ఇంతులాలా "2"
భుజగశయనుడే, ఇంతులాలా "2"
మనల భుజములపై, మ్రోయునే ఇంతులాలా "పరుగున"
చరణం : శక్తి, యుక్తులను, ఇంతులాలా
శ్రమ లేక ఇచ్చునే, ఇంతులాలా "2"
శరణను వారిని, ఇంతులాలా "2"
శరవేగమున గాచును, ఇంతులాలా "పరుగున"
చరణం : అణువంతేనే, ఇంతులాలా
పలురూపముల, దోచునే, ఇంతులాలా "2"
పరికించి చూడంగ ఇంతులాలా "2"
బ్రహ్మండ మాతడే, ఇంతులాలా "పరుగున"
The models shown here are our photographs of a Classical Mathematical Model Collection originally made by hand in the 1800's. These photographs were taken in 2012 during a vist to the Institute Henri Poincare in Paris. This was a follow up to my original visit to the institute in 1998.
Our digital rapid protoyping recreations of some of the models in these collection were originally exhibited at ACM SIGgraph as "Artifacts of Research: On Singularities".
Currently portions of the recreation are on display at the University of Goettingen Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong Department of Mathematics, The Institute Poincare in Paris and at the Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan.
Purcellville National Bank. Classical Revival built in 1915. "This 1915 Classical Revival-style building is a tall 1-story structure with one arched opening on the south side that contains a decorative stone medallion carved with the building’s construction date. There is a decorated cornice on the south side that wraps around the east and west sides but does not continue along the length of the sides". 115 Main Street East.
Contributing resource, Purcellville Historic District. National Register of Historic Places 07000277
Saturday Night's Headline performance on the main stage, Centenary square - The Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Birmingham Opera Company, accompanied by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with a Firework Finale
Artsfest 2009, The UK's biggest FREE Arts Festival
Western Cultures Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
On October 21, 2012, the State Theatre celebrated it's classical season with a reception at the Heldrich Hotel after the performance of Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Photos by Sarah Pritchard.
On December 24, 2024, I picked up my venerable Leica M3 year 1956 (see below for details) for a photowalk in Lyon city, France. I went to Fourvière, enjoying a not too cold (6°C) and clear sunny weather.
My Leica was loaded with a 36-exposure Ilford HP5+ film. I equipped the Summicron 2/5cm lens with a Hoya HMC AUV screw-on 39mm protective filter plus the Leitz shade hood for all indoor scenes, and outdoor I mounted a push-on 42mm FOCA (France) Yellow x2.5 filter and a generic cylindrical stainless steel hood that, unfortunately, induced some vignette if not perfectly aligned, that should be corrected during the processing). I should find a 39mm screw-on filter more safe to use with my Summicron 2/5cm,
Expositions were determined for the indicated 400 ISO (28 DIN) using an Autometer III Minolta light meter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas and erected for the filter absorption if any.
The outside temperature was about 6°C with a bright sunny weather in the afternoon. Typically exposures outdoor were made at 1/250s with apertures ranging from f/8 to 11 and 1/50s or 1/25s at full aperture f/2 or f/2.8 indoor.
Documentary smartphone picture
My Leica fitted with a FOCA yellow filter and a Genaro stainless steel hood (not recommended causing some possible vignette)
December 24, 2024
69005 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed in Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developper at dilution 1+25 and 20°C for 6 min. The film was then digitized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures. 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 and the lens :
This Leica M3 circa 1956 (Ref. Leitz ISUMO), double stroke, was sold to me with a Leitz Wetzlar Summicron collapsible normal lens 1:2 f=5cm of the same period equipped with a 39mm screw-on protective filter, a 42mm push-on Leica lens cap and an original Leitz shade hood (Ref. Leitz IROOA).
The camera was serviced in Paris, France, in 2018 by Gérard Métrot at Photo-Suffren, (a Leica boutique) who worked on the maintenance of camera's of famous French photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau. The camera was inspected by Odéon-Photo, Paris, another historic Leica place in Paris, in April 2024.
I sourced at the same time in Germany a stunning Leitz Leica leather bag (Ref; Leitz IDCOO) of the same model that appeared on the back cover page go the Leica brochure year 1954. This bag can accommodate the camera and a mounted Leica-Meter type M. The interior in covered with a carmin velvet in perfect condition.
The Leica M3 is one of the most iconic range-finder 35mm camera of the 50's and the 60's. It was produced in Wetzlar, Germany, in different versions at 226178 exemplars, between 1954 (n° 700000) and 1966 (n° 1164865, www.summilux.net/materiel/Leica-M3) . The Leica M3 was the result of the study of a "super-Leica" that was started before WWII and only achieved in the 50'S.
The greater improvement of the M3 compared the classical Leica's was in a magnificent and very complex range-finder combined to the view finder permitting the framing with the two eyes open, integrating the frame in the real and normal vision. The shutter integrates too the normal and the slow speeds in the same barillet. The film advance of this version of Leica M3 is also the typical "double-stroke" advance that was exclusive to the Leica M3 first versions.
The camera was transported to me from Paris to Lyon, France on April 26, 2024 and the bag arrived the day after.