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I, after years of gearlust, finally got my hands on a Hasselblad Xpan II. Here's a photo from the first roll of film I ran through it -- Kodak Ultramax 400 shot in the halfway abandoned Vallco Shopping Center in Cupertino, California (a half mile from the Apple Inc. headquarters). This is using the 45mm lens, at either f/4 or f/5.6
Seattle Freeway 4-level stack. Reminded me of the old Hot Wheel cars and tracks
Seattle I-5 West Seattle Freeway interchange near Qwest and Safeco field.
(Thanks gearlust for the location)
Thanks everyone from 100+ Examples of Brilliant Tilt-shift, I'm honored to have 2 tilt-shifts listed there.
My trashcam Minolta SRT101 and the four lenses I have to accompany it:
- Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2
- Vivitar 20mm f/3.8
- Vivitar 28-70mm f/3.5-4.8
- Cosina 28mm f/2.8
The camera works well in full manual. Whatever electronic or automatic features it once had are long gone. The camera is bulky, making it uncomfortable and difficult to carry, especially with that giant 20mm lens attached, but it's my only old-school SLR, so I use it when I want to shoot that style.
Ignore the blood red background. The satanic rituals taking place in San Jose tonight are nothing to be concerned about. Most people usually survive and the nightmares eventually go away.
The M151 MUTT is the vehicle that the US military adopted to replace the jeep after word war II.
Eventually the MUTT was itself replaced my by the HumVee (HMMWV).
I think MUTT stands for Mobile Utility Tactical Truck, but I'm not 100% on that.
I believe they were developed and manufactured by Ford, thought there probably would have been at least one other manufacturer at some time - the US military didn't used to like single supplier kit back in the cold war - too easy for a single factory to get nuked - people thought different in those days.
By all accounts the MUTT was a bit of a death trap, with all around independent suspension which caused it to roll a lot and no roll cage.
You don't see many of these in Australia - normally vehicles like this only become available from US government disposal auctions, which mainly occur in the the US, Europe and other places that there are large permanently basedUS military formations - these days i think this would include the Middle East. It would not surprise me if this was the only one in the country, and even if not it wouldn't surprise me if it was the only one of this particular FFR variant in the country,
This particular MUTT was apparently imported from Japan, which did (and perhaps stil does) have a permanent US formations based there.
The owner/importer was a japanese amateur radio operator (i.e. a ham).
If you look behind the driver seat (it's left hand driver - we are facing the driver side) you can see a military radio of some kind - I'm not sure which..
This vehicle was what the Australian and British Army would call FFR ( fitted for radio) i.e. had an electrical harness and hardware to mount radios, and probably has an extra alternator/generator and probably extra batteries to run the radio while the engine is switched off.
The vehicle appeared to be fairly complete - it appeared to have full CES (complete equipment schedule - that means all the tools, ropes, manuals, pioneer tools etc that the vehicle would normally be issued with).
It also has a fording kit - note the really long exhaust pipe at the back, and the snorkel for the air intake on the front.
I couldn't really get the driver's story - he's English was poor and my Japanese is 1000 times worse.
Still no language was required for me to communicate my admiration for his awful sexy boy toy, nor for him to understand my admiration of his lovely bit of militaria.
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The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
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The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
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Black Diamond Ascension Nylon STS Skins, Scarpa Spirit 4 Randonee Boots, Goode Randonee Skis. There is some serious Gear here. Triathletes line up shoes and equipment in careful position here at the transition zone, with shoes already in shoes shoes ready for instant ejection as they move on to the next part of the Xterra races. © www.Fordesign.net
The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
strobist: sunpak 433d into brolly box at 1/8 camera right. Super awesome natty light from a hole in the roof for rim light.
Borrowed Tim's 135L for this one... I looove that lens. So fast, so sharp. We met up with Justin, Spencer, and Boaz today to do a little urbexing and play with our lights. After exploring an old building for a while we all set up for our stuff and then went off to have fun in the old elevator. All in all 'twas a good day.
2.13.2010
The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Here's my Nikon FM3a, Nikon's last all mechanical SLR, with the MD-12 Motor Drive and the 50mm f/1.2 AIS Nikkor and a print of my nephew JuJu in the bokeh zone.
The FM3a can work without batteries, but needs a battery for the meter and the aperture priority mode, which is a great addition over the FM2n.
Leica M9 with a 50mm f/1.4 ASPH SUMMILUX-M.
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Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
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Flickrite f1design, working the fence at the exit to turn 10, Mosport International Raceway.
For your viewing pleasure, this photo has been solarized, inverted, had its levels tweaked, black and white converted, and tinted with a layer of coppery orange faded using "colour burn" blending mode. Because, as they say, I have nothing better to do.
You may notice a few things - despite being armed with very long zoom lenses, he's shooting with I believe a 50mm prime. And he's shooting through the fence. The results, which I suggest you go and check out in his photostream, speak for themselves.
My MusicMan StingRay V at the Nutty Brown cafe with Doc and the Medicine Man, March 2010. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
My Steinberger bass at the Warehouse with Al Monti blues, January 2010. Holga 120 camera, 35mm film scan, LR 2.6 post.
Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Leica M9 with a 50mm f/1.4 ASPH SUMMILUX-M.
Read the corresponding blog post.
My MusicMan StingRay V at the Nutty Brown cafe with Doc and the Medicine Man, March 2010. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
The Fujifilm X100s -- A beautiful camera with a deep and luxurious mojo
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
Various test situations for the Fujifilm X100s.
Read the review in the corresponding blog post.
My MusicMan StingRay V at the Nutty Brown cafe with Doc and the Medicine Man, March 2010. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
My MusicMan StingRay V at the Nutty Brown cafe with Doc and the Medicine Man, March 2010. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
Leica M9 with a 50mm f/1.4 ASPH SUMMILUX-M.
Read the corresponding blog post.
Unknown bass player sitting in at Nutty Brown Cafe on his MusicMan StingRay V. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
My MusicMan StingRay V at the Nutty Brown cafe with Doc and the Medicine Man, March 2010. Holga 120 film scan, LR 2.6 post.
Got a N95 8GB to play with for a few weeks. Going to compare it against the VX6800.
And then blog about the experience. The agreement I signed with the Nokia promo folks in order to take delivery of the N95 and blog about it is astonishingly flexible.
Mrs. Wirehead's got a little bit of gearlust over it. And she'll get to use it, too, because she's got the only GSM phone in the house and the Nokia promo folks didn't include a SIM card. :)
I'm sooo tired today that I really couldn't do much except edit, eat and flickr. You guys didn't tell me how much Flickring and meets would be so addictive that I think I'm suffering a bit of withdrawal and overconsumption at the same time. LOL. No, really...it has been so much fun the last couple weeks and a bit obsessive. When I get into things...I really get into it. This coming week, I must catch up on my knitterly hobbies....seriously!! I have a shawl to knit and fiber to spin.
But first, must finish Salton Sea photos (still!).