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I wanted to take a shot like this where I focussed directly into the lens. I wish I had a zoom lens that would go in further than 135mm and probably do macro so that I could zoom right in on this but this is as close as I could get and still focus.
Strobist: SB800 on camera at 90º
The valve (or tube) kicked started the world of electronics in the earlier part of the 20th century, but it wasn't until the invention of the transistor by Bell Labs in the late 40s did it really take off. Then when Jean Hoerni and Fairchild invented the planar manufacturing process, the integration of many transistors using fundamentally a photographic reduction deposition and growth process, did the world of Integrated Circuits start. The transistor is now pretty much taken for granted, but it kick started and enabled the modern world.
Other photos and history here : flic.kr/s/aHsjuRVBDk
I will be using this camera in week 364 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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Olean, NY. October 2019.
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When I’m not flying between countries, I have taken up the hobby of collecting my dream cameras of the past via Ebay. I picked up this mint Nikon F Photomic for only $50 (not including the lens). It looks like it was never used. This joins my Nikon F2 that I got a few months ago.
I find myself cycling invisible film through these cameras when I am relaxing with a glass of wine and looking for inspiration.
There is something obscene about the fact that a piece of technology like this can barely be used today, due to the virtual death of film. We can collect and drive a classic old Ferrari, because it still uses gasoline. But the “gasoline” of these old pieces of art is almost dead.
The person who bought this 1969 camera would have been a Pro. It was much too expensive for most people, except serious amateurs and pros. The user would have to understand how to set shutter speed and aperture to get the image that he/she was trying to attain. He/she would use his/her brain to focus, and understand how lighting would affect the final image, which would only be seen later after the film was developed. You had 20 or 36 shots to get the images right, and there was a cost involved that limited your use of film.
Today’s pro digital SLRs have settings for aperture and shutter speed, but most consumers don’t have a clue what the A, S, and M settings mean. Many set their expensive pro DSLR to AUTO and produce well-exposed and properly-focused boring pictures … that is what you generate when you leave your brain out of photography and let the camera do everything.
Your camera doesn’t know about the rule-of-thirds in framing an image, or that you want the background to be out of focus so you don’t have tree branches “growing” out of people’s heads in the image.
I love digital photography and would hate going back to film, but I am also glad that I grew up understanding how photography works, and I would never buy a digital camera that doesn’t allow manual settings. The best automation in today’s DSLR cameras can only approach the capability of a serious teenager photographer’s brain…. that’s all.
All the bulls**t about needing 90-point autofocus and 15 frames per second to take pictures at your son’s soccer game is just that – marketing bulls**t and bragging rights for dad at the soccer game.
I picked up this Autocord from a Dyxum forumer from Vancouver in February. My first TLR and it is a joy to use, the focusing mechanism is a bit stiff but everything works fine. You can see some photos I took with the camera on my Blog.
Lighting was two strobes, one with a shoot through umbrella, another with an octagonal softbox. Background is a big piece of leather.
The March Field Air Museum is a non-profit organization. Admission prices are: $8 for adults, $5 for children (5-11), and kids under 5 are free. For tour group rates, call 951-902-5949. We are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. six days a week (closed on Mondays) and most holidays excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter. A hot dog stand with cold drinks and ice cream is on the museum grounds on weekends only. Additional information is available at 951-902-5949. The museum is often available to co-host special events for private parties, click here for more information.
March Field Air Museum, and the P-38 National Museum are adjacent to the March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California. March Field Air Museum serves as home to over 60 historic aircraft and many inside displays relating to the history of March Field, now known as March Air Reserve Base. The main building was erected in 1993. Its style reflects the traditional hangars of earlier aviation days. The distinctive checkerboard roof can be readily seen from the Interstate 215 freeway. At the museum visitors can watch modern military aircraft as they land and take off daily. Inside the museum the visitor will find thousands of artifacts on display covering the years from 1918 to the present. Also displayed in the hangar are some rare and unusual aircraft, including a P-59 fighter, the first operational jet adopted by the U.S. Air Force over 50 years ago. The building also contains a theater in which visitors may view films about the history of March Field and U.S. military aviation, the General Curtis E. LeMay Library, a well-stocked Museum Store, a G-force Flight Simulator, and the museum offices. A unique feature of the museum is its Heritage Courtyard in which inscribed six-inch tiles may be placed for a reasonable charge as personal memorials, records of past service, etc. Part of the Heritage Courtyard includes the 15th Air Force Wall area, which contains a bronze sculpture of General "Jimmy" Doolittle and Heritage Tiles commerating the various Bomb Groups and Squadrons of the 15th Air Force. Another part of the courtyard contains the War Dog Memorial Sculpture with Heritage Tiles around the base commerating both War Dogs and family canine memorials.
The P-38 Museum is operated by the P-38 National Association and is normally open only on weekends. A full scale fiberglass replica P-38 is on display.
This building always caught my eye going down 33 from Elkhart to Goshen, Indiana. The town of Dunlap may or may not actually exist but that is what the commercial strip is called. Of course since I had finally made the effort to photograph it, it soon was demolished. I think there might have been a fire.
Remember CB Radios?
Mysterious electronic equipment discarded in an a forgotten warehouse at Fort Ord Army Base in Monterey, CA.
Night, heavy fog and sodium vapor light outside, completely dark interior, natural and red-gelled flashlight.
Manufactured by Miranda Camera Co., Tokyo, Japan
Model: 1966, type 1
All Miranda Sensorex produced between 1966-1972
as to Miranda Camera Co
35 mm SLR film camera
Lens: Auto Miranda 35mm f/2.8, in 5 groups 6 elements, fully automatic diaphragm coupled to TTL CdS exposure meter, w/ diaphragm setting and DOF preview levers, interchangeable, Miranda bayonet mount, filter thread 46mm, serial.no.2222339
Aperture: f/1.9 - f/16, no click stops
Focus range: 0.3-5m +inf.
The lens mount also has 44mm inner screw for Miranda 44M or other screw mount lenses via adaptors
Lens f number selector dial: settings between f/I.4 - f/8 , on left front side of the camera
Lens release: While pressing the lens lock lever on the right side of the lens barrel, turn the lens counterclockwise l/8 of a full turn. When the red dot on the barrel stops at the red line on the camera body, the lens comes off easily.
Focusing: by multi-microprism screen center, ring and scale on the lens, w /DOF scale
Shutter: cloth, horizontal focal plane, speeds 1-1/1000 +B, red marking of flash sync.1/60
setting: by a knob on the winding lever
Shutter release: on the left front of the camera, close to lens mount, w/cable release socket
Film counter: advance counting, auto-reset, left side of the pentaprism on the top plate Cocking lever: also winds the film, retractable, short strokes, double exposure prevention, on the right of the top plate
Film winding indicator (shutter cocking): red: cocked, white: not cocked; beside the cocking lever
Mirror: Instant return
Viewfinder: SLR Pentaprism, interchangeable, (but not screen), no parallax (difference between the area covered by the viewfinder and by the taking lens)
Vievfinder release: by small silver button on the back of the top plate, slide the knob to left and slide the finder to backwards
Exposure meter: CdS meter, TTL, bottom-weighted average metering (eliminates the light-influence of the sky), fully open aperture light reading
Exposure setting: firstly set the desired speed, set film ASA, set the lens selector dial for the lens on the camera, and turn on the meter switch, then turn the aperture ring until the needles (one is in open C shape) match in the viewfinder, (indeed these needles are on the screen)
ASA setting: 25-1600, window on the speed dial; setting: by lifting and turning the outer ring
On/Off switch: near the re-wind knob ,
On/Off indicator:, small window beside the "Battery" stamping, on the flash synchronizer selector ring on the bottom of the re-wind knob
Re-wind lever: knob with collapsable crank
Film rewind release button: on the bottom plate of the camera
Flash PC socket: left side of the camera
Flash synch: FP (flash bulbs focal plane) 8t, X 1/60t, setting via flash synchronizer selector ring, small window beside the "Flash" stamping, on the bottom of the re-wind knob
Self timer
Back cover: hinged, w/ double safety self-locking device; detachable
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: near 1000gr
Battery: only for lightmeter, Mercury 1.35v PX625, (accepts PX625A / LR9, but better is 1.35v Zinc/air)
Battery chamber: on the left back of the top plate
serial.no.705778
w/ case and old leather strap
Miranda Sesorex is a system SLR camera with a wide interchangeability of both viewfinders and lenses. It is TTL progression from the Automex models in 1967.
There are seven almost-the-same but distinct versions of Sensorex.
There are two very peculiar features in Miranda: the interchangeable prism (the Nikon F was the only other camera at the time with this feature), and the front-mounted shutter release.
Low noise shutter and vibration-free mirror mechanism.
After removing the pentaprism, the camera is fully functional, can still meter and focus, especially handy for close-up work.
Sensorex was the flagship model at that time. Miranda was apparently the first Japanese SLR manufacturer, and for a time, Miranda used to compete with Nikon and Topcon for build quality and optics.
The Miranda was also sold as Soligor in Europe.
The Miranda Camera Company, originally named the Orion Camera Company, manufactured cameras in Japan between 1955 and 1978. Their first camera was the Miranda T. Unlike many Japanese made cameras, Miranda did not make their own lenses and had to rely on other manufacturers to supply them.
Many Miranda SLRs had advanced or sophisticated features for their day. Almost all Miranda SLR's shared the same basic lens mount, but the mount complexity increased over the years to accommodate more aperture and metering controls.
Unable to keep up with the increasing manufacturing automation of the larger manufacturers, and the increasingly sophisticated electronics of competing cameras, Miranda ceased producing cameras.
More info: Miranda Camera Co ,
in J Ollinger Camera coll , Miranda in Wikipedia, Manual in Butkus org, Karen Nakamura, Miranda in Camerapedia
MICROCHIP
Un gioellino dell'elettronica il mio notebook.
Oggi accusa un pò il peso dei suoi 2 anni e mezzo ma quando me lo portai a casa era pregno di energia: processore a 64bit, vagonate di RAM, wi fi e roba varia.
Usato di rado e con estrema cura, ad oggi ancora puzza di nuovo.
All'incirca un mesetto fa lo appiccio per sistemare due foto e lo lascio acceso mentre scendo per pranzo; mi rimpinzo con il sano fritto e quando risalgo in camera il gioellino si è spento.
"Si sarà stancato" penso.
E lo riavvio.
Non si riavvia.
Stacco l'alimentatore e metto la batteria.
Non si riavvia.
"E' andato" penso.
E lo ripongo nell'armadio.
MICROCIOP
All'indomani decido di portarlo al centro assistenza, che poi non è altro che il rivenditore dove lo comprai, ovvero da quei mattacchioni di Computer Discount.
"Sicurametne è l'alimentatore" mi fa la tipa.
"Non credo, non parte neanche con la batteria" faccio io.
"Avrai la batteria scarica" fa lei.
"Non credo" faccio io.
Ci attacca un altro alimentatore.
Non si appiccia.
"Toccherà mandarlo in assistenza" fa lei.
"E mi sa" faccio io.
Lo mandano in assistenza.
Passa una settimana e ripasso al negozio per chiedere notizie; mi accoglie il tecnico.
Mi fa: "Mi sono appena interfacciato con l'HP per avere notizie".
Gli faccio un giro intorno per vedere dove ha la USB per interfacciarsi direttamente con l'HP e me ne rivado, chiedendogli che cortesemente mi aggiornino su eventuali sviluppi.
Mi aggiornano pochi giorni dopo, via telefono "Sicuramente è la scheda madre e non è conveniente sostituirla, se vuole provano ad aggiustarla, ma la avverto solo il preventivo, eventualmente sono 72€".
"Non fa nulla" faccio io "non mi va di rischiare che poi sicuramente non si può aggiustare e spendo a 72€ a vuoto".
"Ma, guardi solitamente ci riescono e con una cifra modica aggiusta il computer; in tal caso il preventivo non lo paga, ma solo la riparazione".
"Ok, allora va bene". Immediatamente dopo ho la sensazione inequivocabile che non lo aggiusteranno. Lo so, me lo sento.
Chiamano la settimana successiva.
"Non si può riparare, occorre sostituire la motherboard, costa 498€".
"Un prezzo onesto" faccio io "Lasci stare, appena posso passo da voi e vi dò i 72€ di preventivo che tanto già li avevo pronti..."
"Ok, mi spiace sà, quando viene comunque le mostro anche dei preventivi che le ho preparato sui 600/700€ per un nuovo notebook"
"Ah ok, me li stampi"...affarista si, ma rincoglionito non ancora...
Dopo aver ritirato il malato elettronico (72€ preventivi inclusi) torno a casa e mi affido ad una delle mie poche certezze: Ebay.
Raccatto una motherboard usata e funzionante dall'Inghilterra: 118€ spedita.
La monto. Qualche periferica (inutile) non corrisponde, qualche altro pezzetto mi tocca aggiustarlo da me, diverse viti mi avanzano.
Ma una volta chiuso tutto non si vede nulla e soprattuto: FUNZIONA!
Il gioellino è tornato.
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Greece, NY. October 2018.
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1977
This receiver is a classic in the middle of the marantz series with 38 watt power per channel. It's looks fine. Very good tuner section.
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Dieser Marantz Receiver aus der Serie um 1977 ist ein Modell der Mittelklasse mit 38 Watt Leistung pro Kanal. Er ist gut erhalten und hat eine sehr gutes FM-Empfangsteil.
Bristol, TN. June 2016.
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Yesterday I got a new 5D mk II. Nope, not a mk III, for me the price is too high for a better AF (wich I don't need really, because I shoot a lot of landscapes). These are my two favorite cameras now; the 5D mk II (with the Sigmalux attached) and the Fuji X100. Both completely different cameras, but I love them both :)
Shot with a 5D Classic + Canon 135 F/2L
The 2 lives of a Canon EOS 7D. Left camera has been fitted with a Rode NTG-2 Shotgun Mic, Zacuto Z-Finder and Juiced Link microphone pre-amp. Right camera is straight out of the box. Both cameras have a Canon 28-135mm f3.5 lens.This was the set-up I used in a video where I transformed a factory Canon 7D into a stunning HD video camera.
The details and video can be found at my site:
therenderq.com/zacuto-z-finder-and-rode-mic-installation-...
My Electronics Workbench includes computer Analysis and Diagnostic capabilities, working alongside a collection of Vintage
1950's - 70's reconditioned testing and evaluation equipment. My so called obsolete equipment includes a (factory built) HeathKit
Model 0-12 oscilloscope which has been around for over fifty years, However this device has been modified and serves me well.
I also use a Tektronix 465 scope and a computer scope for comparative purposes.
My Hewlett Packard collection includes the 410B, 400D voltmeters, a 5512A electronic frequency counter and a 202C low
frequency oscillator.
I have several vacuum tube testers. My primary unit is a Sencore MU140, which has been painstakingly reconditioned.
The unit was removed from it's original briefcase enclosure and was mounted into a slide out drawer under my workbench.
My secondary unit is a custom built computer assisted tube analyzer and the third unit is a B&K 747 for continuity and
comparison, providing me with backup in the event of a failure.
A note of possible interest: when I removed the Sencore's control panel from it's case, I found a Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory (NASA) Service Technician's punch list sheet with notes, plus additional Sencore documents in a plastic envelope
glued to the inside bottom of the briefcase enclosure which was a fascinating find.
I also have a few other interesting devices tucked away. Some other essential pieces of equipment I have besides a few extra
multimeters is a hand built multi outlet isolated & regulated power supply, several variable DC power supplies and a variable
metered autotransformer.
This equipment is just a chain of readily available components on the power supply end of an electronics workstation, assuring
an outcome that results in the best possible performance from your equipment and the tasks at hand. However a typical power
supply and protection setup like this is not fool proof and can be vulnerable and unreliable under certain conditions, making it
necessary at times to use battery operated (standalone) equipment in conjunction with your AC equipment while performing
certain multi point tests to avoid misleading readings.
All and all, I have enough confidence to use my vintage test equipment without computer assistance, weather it's a checkup,
test and repair job or even on a new build.
Some of the devices mentioned but not seen in this photo are kept in an easily movable autonomous roll out equipment
rack under my workbench.
Recent equipment includes an additional Sencore MU140 tube tester, a Hewlett Packard 339A Distortion Analyzer, a UDB /
DDS multi-function signal generator, a handheld Owon 60Mhz dual oscilloscope with advanced multi-functions and a Heath
Zenith variable isolated AC Power Supply, plus the lion's share of assorted specialty hand tools.
Surface mount devices have really miniaturized the electronics industry. These resistors (R63, R64) are only about 1mm x 2mm in size, replacing resistors that were about 10mm x 3mm in size a few years ago.
Crutches - Jazz & the City - 18.10.2024 - Toihaus Theater
Besetzung:
Olga Reznichenko: Keyboard;
Jan Frisch: Gitarre und Bass;
Laure Boer: Electronics;
Valentin Schuster: Schlagzeug;
I did something different at the 2010 New York auto show by photographing a dashboard of a car, and I picked this Dodge Challenger as my guinea pig. :-D
This dash certainly befits a sports car like the Challenger, with a 180-mph speedometer and a full tach, plus two small gauges - fuel on the left, engine temperature gauge on the right - strategically and symmetrically placed. Black and white - very chic.
I think that girl on the left was trying to send me a signal. :-D
Olympus OM-D E-M5 with the Zuiko 12mm/f2 lens and newly fitted with a leather wrist strap from Gordy's Camera Straps.
Photo by Michael Brunk / nwlens.com
Kingsport, TN. June 2016.
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My current Prime line up
Strobist info:
30 Sec Exposure lit by Modelling Light bursts from various angles from my Metz. 58AF1. 2 shots fused.
the last of my old desktop radios, another rca victor. the model number is x6|4a, which apparently doesn't exist, but that's what the original tag reads.
filteramics date from the mid-60s and some had a great little light above the dial. this one manages to put out blasts of noise on occasion, but, like me, is reluctant to work reliably.