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Explore #477 Jun 25, 2009
Taken at the CAMERA OBSCURA, EDINBURGH
These plasma balls have always fascinated me as a kid & great to see my kids just as fascinated. Just to actually feel the raw power beneath your fingertips divided by a millimetre thick dome of glass, you can actually hear the energy crackling within the dome !
A much smaller orb in its center serves as an electrode. Plasma filaments extend from the inner electrode to the outer glass insulator, giving the appearance of multiple constant beams of colored light . The beams initially follow the electric field lines of the dipole, but move upwards due to convection.
Placing a hand near the glass alters the high-frequency electric field causing a single beam to migrate from the inner ball to the point of contact. An electric current is produced within any conductive object near the orb, as the glass does not block the electromagnetic field created by the electric current flowing through the plasma (though the insulator does block the current itself).The glass acts as a dielectric in a capacitor formed between the ionized gas and the hand.
If you havent seen one of these before....put it on your Christmas list !
This Yashica TL-Electro resembles a lot the Pentax Spotmatic F. Possibly this was no coincidence and it is all for the better since it is nicely designed, looking robust, yet elegant. The camera is ultra conservative, the Spotmatic F was more advanced as it featured open TTL metering, while the Praktica LLC with its electric simulation would resemble a science fiction device to the Yashica engineers. Still, the camera seems well built, but lacks the mechanical refinement of the Spotmatic, like the advance lever that it doesn’t feel as smooth. The viewfinder is quite ok, much better than the Praktica offering and uses LEDs instead of a needle. Opposite to what the name might suggest, the Electro is just to denote the presence of the said LED’s, as this is a fully mechanical camera. This was to cash on the success of the Electro 35, no doubt. I find the camera a lot more reined than any L series Praktica, but it is also true that it has to do with an horizontal cloth shutter, but so did the Olympus OM series.
The wonderful thing about M42 cameras and lenses is that one can create an outfit as we like. In this case I coupled the Yashica TL-Electro to a Petri lens, the 55/1.8 that enjoys a good reputation and it is much nice to use in the Yashica than in a Petri SLR.
Built in March 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, Great Northern Railway 566 was a 1,500 horse power SD7 diesel-electric locomotive that carried builder number 17897. It became BN 6016 in 1970 and worked its entire career in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
More importantly, the SD7 model represented something special to the men who worked on the Mesabi Iron Range out of Kelly Lake, Minnesota. From the very beginning of mining operations here the physical plant was a series of add-ons to build out the facilities, tracks, yards, and mine spurs. The locomotives were primarily hand-me-downs brought in from other divisions. As the trains became longer and heavier more powerful locomotives came in to pull those trains.
The yard men called these early SD7 diesels, "The Five Hundreds". They were proud of these locomotives. Not just because they were new, but because they were purchased specifically to work out of Kelly Lake yard and their first assignments were switching cars here, making mine runs, and doing cross-country train movements including the likes of the Kelly Lake Local. The men who worked here considered these particular locomotives to be "theirs" since they were the first men to operate them. This time at least, Kelly Lake's locomotives didn't come from another division and the guys really liked that about the Five Hundreds.
Yep, it is not a repost, it is another Yashica Electro 35! After having only one in my collection for many years, suddenly I get bombarded with them! This is the second variation of the first generation of Electro 35s, It features the "traffic lights" in the viewfinder, not the arrows and boy, are they big and bright! Asa setting streches to 500, still no Color written on the Yashinon and there is a dedicated door latch. The body covering is also different, providing more grip. This unit is 40 years old, yet, it seems brand new. We miss you Yashica!
Yashica TL Electro. (The SLR, rangefinder shots on my feed are titled "Yashica Electro".)
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toronto west from bathurst st.
the lands below are the former molson brewery plant
www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=20004
follow the roadway on the left (lakeshore blvd) and you
see lake ontario @ humber bay
gardiner expressway is the elevated orange roadway on the right.
this is an outtake from a project requiring text, hence big sky space.
The tension is not too low... it's just that we have another factor now: color.
A vanishing line that does not vanish, but rather jumps...
Yashica TL Electro, Portra 160. Model: Kezia Find me elsewhere! Website Blog Twitter Instagram & please like Millie Clinton Photography on Facebook! Email: enquiries@millieclinton.com These images are protected by copyright, please do not use them for any commercial or non-commercial purposes without permission. For licensing queries (or any other questions!) please email: enquiries@millieclinton.com
73965 is seen at Ashford International on the rear of 3Y80, a Tonbridge West Yard to Tonbridge West Yard De-icing run via Sevington loop on 26/1/16. Atop of the formation is 73963.
On the large side for a fixed lens rangefinder the Yashica Electro 35 is a really great looking camera...
The rarest of the Rare Electros. The M5.
This one, however, has been restored, and is, for all intensive purposes, fully functional. After its CLA and a pretty much overhaul that I gave it, the camera required a new skin.
So I gave it one!
The fabric was originally destined for my Leica IIIa but it looks much better on this one!
Flash from the right, only to the bush. The blue lines are during flash exposure, the yellow is lit by ambient street light because the bush was moving in the wind during 0.5second exposure. With some white balance shift the difference of light temperature between the flash and street-lamps gets very obvious. Flash triggered with Yongnuo wireless transmitters.
Diagonal view of my "new" camera, a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. This babe has got an incredibly fast f1.7 multicoated lens, and is my first rangefinder. I was impressed by its mint condition, and I just can´t wait to use it with some cool film. I dedicate these shots to my pal Bart, from Netherlands, whose pictures encouraged me to search for an Electro 35 for me.
Yashica TL Electro. (The SLR, rangefinder shots on my feed are titled "Yashica Electro".)
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I know the photo is really poor quality, I will post a much better looking set in the future. Anyway, I have been really busy with school lately and I think the last time I actually touched a figure was in April. I want to say thank you to the 20 of you who have an appreciation for my work and show support. I hope you don't expect regular content from me, because thats something I can't do. I will upload as much as I can whenever possible. I really hope you like what awaits in the future. Thanks for sticking around.
The original Electro 35 was introduced in 1966. It has a "cold" accessory shoe and the meter accepted film speeds from 12 to 400 ASA. Light levels are measured using a cadmium sulphide (CdS) photoresistor and powered by a mercury battery. The film speed adjustment is not implemented electronically; instead, a simple twin-bladed diaphragm closes in front of the light sensor as the film speed is reduced. The light metering electronics works by accumulating the measured light level and only releasing the shutter when it has determined enough light has fallen on the film. This system allows the shutter speed to be completely step-less and to adapt to changing light levels. SLRs would wait many years for a similar capability with off-the-film metering. The metering system can keep the shutter open for up to 30 seconds. Without a battery to power the meter, the shutter defaults to its top speed of 1/500 second.