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First public share of a test shot from my new old FujiFilm X-E1 and Meike 35mm f/1.7
It was pretty dark hence the shot is not perfectly sharp, I am discovering 'no ibis' time again. The picture is not touched by editing software, SOOC.
I think I must spend some time to get used to manual focusing and shutter speeds similar to what I had when shooting film.
I really like the bokeh of that Meike. It's pleasant, not disturbing.
Taken w/ Polaroid SLR 680 and Impossible Project PX 680 Opacification V4B test film.
Shot indoors with AC on, allowed to develop face-up, no shielding done.
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Latency test on Novatel U727 WWAN card. Let me know if you want an earlier hop theshizabox. Can someone explain to me why no local hops in Florida show up on a visual route trace. Are WWAN radio traffic rerouted over fiber to the main servers sometimes in other states?
Acrylics on canvas
200x90cm
忍 受 試 探 的 人 是 有 福 的 ． 因 為 他 經 過 試 驗 以 後 、 必 得 生 命 的 冠 冕 、 這 是 主 應 許 給 那 些 愛 他 之 人 的 。｜聖經 雅各[1:12]
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.｜ James [1:12]
First test cast and face up! He'll be around 65cm when done. Still debating on casting his hands and forearms before resin rose. He'll be on display there. I'm really pleased with how he's coming along. ❤️❤️
My obligatory shot of the very heavily photographed Alstom Avelia Liberty consist that has been testing on the Northeast Corridor. This was very much a grab shot as I arrived on the platform at Edison, NJ seconds before the train passed.
Amtrak has ordered 28 of these sets to handle the next generation of Acela Express service.
AMTK 2102 Avelia Liberty/Acela Express
For this pinhole test I've taken three different views of a carved Tasmanian Devil outside the Wool Centre in Ross. Each were taken with the Nikon D850 and the Thingyfy pinhole adapter. I call this a test because I wanted to see how this object in deep shade would appear with the right exposure.
With a digital camera the aperture is set to the size of the pinhole which registers as f/0 in the camera. Focus is impossible because there is an unlimited depth of field, and it will be soft. In any case the viewfinder doesn't work. Manual exposure is required. One can then either set the ISO high (but this brings with it noise in the dark shadows), or on a tripod set a long exposure. I find the best results come from using 100 ISO as a base setting and then adjusting the exposure time to match the light. Pinhole is about hands on trial and error. But once you get a feel for the light conditions it is possible to make accurate guesses at exposure times and your biggest challenge will be framing the shot.
Once again the effect is not unlike that of a Holga toy camera or even some early Polaroids.
SOME RESOURCES:
Here is a really good introduction to digital pinhole photography by Frederik Boving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=89YyclkpOkA
One of the masters of pinhole camera building and technique is Joe Van Cleave (he also collects old typewriters). He has produced many videos, but in this long one he shows you how to make a cigar box camera from scratch. "Circular Image Pinhole Camera" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KaqJAT5yOg
This is the lower half of Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River in Arizona (An earlier posting shows the full view). The site is located above the Grand Canyon and a short distance below the Glen Canyon Dam that forms Lake Powell. It is near the town of Page, AZ and the Antelope Canyons are just a short distance away.
Oh, and I have even better photos, but I picked this one since you cannot distinguish the individuals. It is an amazing place, but if you visit, stay safe. Having said that, I do like the sense of size that the people add to this photo. For a further sense of size, note the wake from the 3 boats on the far end of the river.
Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 mm f/2.8 at 24 mm
1/320 sec at f/8 ISO 250
October 21, 2015
A dull miserable 16th May 1984 and a bright looking ex-works 50019 Ramillies rolls into Newcastle with the Doncaster Works test train.
testing my new Pentax K1 with the Irix and the Astrotracer. Sky is tracked, foreground ISO400 Image with 300sec. Look at the corners in the Sky.
this morning, I made some digital test shots exploring the possibilities that exist within the idea of artistic blur. here is one... I plan to make some of these on film in the near future.
I ran across this photo in my archive. It's really a throw-away image; it was a lens test of Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED on a Canon 5D. I bought the lens to use for astrophotography, but I took it out one day after work to see how the lens worked in general. I think I shot this to explore the lens's foreground blur. The quality of the light struck me, though.
After trading places a few days before with BMEX 259, RPRX 2010 finally hits the main line performing some tests that will possibly lead to the Union Railroad buy some gensets. Here 2010 leads a train of 10 slabs past the class yard bound for Irvin, the 259 struggled up the grades in the Mon Valley with only 7 slabs, the 2010 on the other hand handled the train with no problem.
One from last year which never got to see the light of day on here.
A very very lucky catch indeed. Greater Anglia 90008 in its part-refurbished stage pauses in Platform 10 at Crewe Railway Station. This was working TEST, an internal move to and from Crewe Electric Depot. Presume to test electrical equipment.
The handsome Usher Hall: like concert venues up and down the land and across the globe, it has been shut for almost a full year now. Walking past during the recent snows, I noticed it was open again - as a Covid testing centre. The nearby international conference centre is meanwhile being used as a vaccination centre.It makes sense, these places have been empty, they are designed to handle a large volume of people, have lots of space etc. Like everyone though I do wonder when we will get to use them again as actual venues....
Kentmere Pan 400. Xtol stock, Agfa Compact 935
The Agfa Compact (Optima 935) is a quite rare camera, and even more difficult to find in working conditions so I'm very happy of this finding.
It was the last camera built by Agfa in Germany in 1981
Testing how the film works in the new old camera. Will need to give an extra stop. However, this shot at the winery came out interesting.
Canon Elan II
Canon 50f1.8 (Shot at 1.8)
Svema MZ3 (ISO3)
The first pictures from the new Telescope Explore Scientific ED80FCD100. Mount was the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer. Cameras: Sony A 7 A and Canon EOS 700 Da. Location: Coesfeld, Germany
After checking the weather for days, on Thursday morning June, 29 I decided to head east as weather forecasts were showing it was the only direction with a chance of good weather.
Riding with me that day was my mother who was visiting for the week and my wife. It was out the door at 5 AM, and eastbound we headed. All week long the smoke from the Canadian wildfires had been chocking out any sun there had been. By Painsville, OH, we were in full sun. We eventually made it to Erie, PA.
With a heads up from a friend, I was informed that even though workers were striking at the Wabtec management would be out testing locomotives and off to the Erie East Commercial test track we headed.
Not long after arriving at the only grade crossing on the test track 4 units made a slow pass eastbound. Knowing it would not be long before they came back west and I set up for this shot.
Heading back west under a heavy load, at slow speed CSXT 7276 a newly rebuilt CW44AC, now a CM44AC leads GECX 2015 & 2014 both ET44AC's, and NS 7635 a ES40DC, back towards the plant.
The three of us hung around for 3 more passes while they kept testing the CSX and NS units as I changed photo angles.