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Self Portrait - Day 2 - Went fishing solo at Greenlake in Seattle, wasn't catchin too much again - so I thought I'd learn how to use my new tripod, timer, and SB-600 flash (set just above the water to camera's right) while fishin'.
A lesser version of the FED-2D meant for the domestic market, it has no rangefinder, or self timer. Sporting an Industar-22, but came with either the I-10 or 26M. The infinity lock on the I-22 interferes with the body, as the mounting flange is more flush with the exterior than on a Zorki, which came standard with the I-22.
8-16-2010
You don't see this method of raking hay into windrows with all the modern farming equipment. This gentleman uses all old or antique equipment to harvest the hay and grain he uses to feed his workhorses.
September 2013 ; Sen2 Zeko Wisper Bacon Jarus Kwest Stare.
Can You Rock 2011 ; Tchug Dfek Timer Rubin Deem "King Bee" Sen2 Logek Maniak Zeko Fone Ewol Sewer.
This was the first camera I purchased back in the late 80's. Behold... the mighty YASHICA FX-3 Super! The word "Super" tells you it's good. NOW, with a built-in light meter and blazingly fast 1/2000th of a second shutter speed.
Mean Old Timers @ Greenwich London
Vehicle make JAGUAR
Date of first registration 18 July 1990
Year of manufacture 1966
Cylinder capacity (cc) 4200cc
CO₂Emissions Not available
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Tax not due
Vehicle colour GREY
This camera is a gift from my friend Dr.Mithat Çamlıbel
Manufactured by Canon Camera Co.Inc, Tokyo , Japan
Model: c.1966, (produced between 1965-69)
All Canonet series produced between 1961-82
35mm film Rangefinder camera
Engraving on the top plate: Canonet QL19 E
Lens: Canon SE 45mm f/1.9, 5 elements in 4 groups, filter thread: 50mm
Aperture: f/1.9-f/16, setting: Auto speed
Focusing: matching rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 0.8-5m +inf
Shutter: Seiko SE electronic, speeds:1/15-1/500, setting: Auto speed, manual for flash mode, ring and scale on the lens
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate
Shutter release: on the winding lever button
Frame counter: advance type, auto-reset, beside the cocking lever
Viewfinder: Coincidence rangefinder coupled with reverse Galilean viewfinder,
parallax correction with bright-line in the finder, w/ a red light doubles as a over/under exposure warning and a battery checker and flash signal
Exposure meter: fully-automatic program EE auto electric eye, fully coupled to the ASA, aperture and speed.
The CdS meter cell round window, above the lens but inside the filter thread.
Metering range: EV 5.8 - 17
Film speed range: ASA 25-400, setting: ASA/DIN window and setting ring on the lens
Exposure setting: set the mode ring on the lens to auto
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: a button on the bottom plate, turns when winding
Flash PC socket: on front of the camera, set the mode ring on the lens to flash or bulb modes
Hot-shoe
Self-timer: lever on front of the camera
Back cover: Hinged, opens by a latch on the left lover side of the camera
Film loading: by Quick Loading (QL) system. The QL cover opens simultaneously with back cover, film leader must be aligned at mark then close the back cover and advance the film to the first frame with winding lever
Engraving on the back of the top plate: Canon Camera Co.Inc. Made in Japan
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 699g
Battery: One 1.3 V MP mercury cell PX625, replacement is possible with Varta 1PX alkaline 1.5V (V1PX), also known as PX1A / 1A / A1PX / 1100A / PC1A / LR50
Battery compartment: on the bottom plate
Battery check button: beside the re-wind lever
On/off switch: none
serial no.200251 (on the back cover)
QL19 E is the first Canon camera that have an electronic shutter. The shutter blades were controlled by magnet. The QL19 E has no manual controls and like wise little information about exposure. The “E” version was made with a Sieko EE shutter vs. the standard Copal SV shutter on the rest of the QL line.
Canonet QL range was introduced by 1965, as a development of the Canonet, with shutter priority CdS-meter controlled auto exposure and manual override. Their difference in name corresponds to those of their apertures. The QL17 had a 45mm f1.7 lens, the QL19 an f1.9, and the QL25 an f2.5, set in Copal SV shutters and QL19E model, from 1965 with a 1/15-1/500s electronically-controlled Seiko ES shutter.
more info: Canon Camera Museum Camera Hall , Camerapedia , Sylvain Halgand Collection , Canonet
I put the timer on 13 minutes. It takes longer if the eggs are straight from the refrigerator. Even then it's still faster than the old method of putting eggs in cold water, bringing it all to a boil, and then letting it cool for twenty minutes.
IMG_3880
Funny that i just got back from 8 days in the British Virgin Islands...and that my first post is of the night sky. Its been years since i have seen this many stars, it really was an amazing sight seeing as i can usually only see about 5 stars in the night sky above Chicago. This shot is of a portion of the edge of the milky way disk which was clearly visible across the sky. 15 seconds, 50mm at 1.4 ISO ranged between 800 and 1600, which on my 40D is really pushing it.
I didnt have a tripod with me, so i used a small table from the room and put it outside. The camera was slipping around, so i put a damp towel under the camera to give it some traction, then used a tube of suntan lotion to help position the camera in the right direction.... and used the timer to trigger the shutter.
Nigel the 1979 Vanden Plas 1750 - the 'posh' Allegro - arrives home in Peterborough, after an epic trip of 500 miles that saw practically everything possible go wrong. Owner looks suitably resigned... Self-timer shot, taken December 2004.
photoscape
final overlay (a) and (b)
a) MOND - nebliger Nachthimmel
Xnview
entrauscht
focus extreme
b) Irfan
Harrys filter
grün und blau
diagonal
Photofiltre
framed shadow
EXIF
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ 41, TZ 41,
Exposure Program Landscape
Settings: 1/125 ƒ/6.4 ISO 250 86 mm
Digital Zoom Ratio 2x = 40x Zoom
Focal Length (35mm format) 960 mm
Exposure Bias - 1.66 EV
using Tripod
self-timer 10 sec
Timer and temperature gauge a top a stove.
Bloomfield, NJ
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Other interesting old cars which I found on Google Street View in Lamego are for example this Peugeot 505 Break Familial.
The 1979 505 Berline replaced the 1968 Peugeot 504 Berline. It was designed by the Peugeot Styling Departement in cooperation with Pininfarina. The interior was styled by Paul Bracq.
Also in Portugal was an assembly plant (Movauto, Setúbal).
Production 505 Berline: 1979-1989.
Production 505 Break: 1982-1992.
Original Portuguese reg. number.
Number seen: 5.
Lamego (P.), Rua da Boavista, N226, June 2014.
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Delivered in 1994 to Yorkshire Rider as their 5311, 34311 L311PWR has had a very long career with First in West Yorkshire, then Essex and to Potteries. That was expected to be its swansong but a late move to Cornwall seemed to indicate a short term pre DDA excursion.
Instead, it lasted into 2017 and was seen on Sep 11 2017 working the Falmouth Park and Ride, though temporarily halted on Killigrew Street by a badly parked car.
Produced by the KMZ factory in Krasnogorsk, Russia, the Zorki 4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras, with 1,715,677 cameras made. The Zorki 4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west.
When the Zorki 4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, Canon L1. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki 4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M4 and M5, Nikon F2, and Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.
The Zorki 4 is basically a Zorki 3S with a self-timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S. The early bodies have vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds - 1s, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 +B - and strap lugs. Later bodies (post ~1965) have fabric covering and the more modern base 2 logarithmic shutter speed progression -1s, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 - and the figures are silk-screened. By the mid-sixties, the strap lugs had disappeared. Lenses were interchangeable, fitting via a 39mm Leica-type thread. The camera was supplied with either a Jupiter-8 50mm f/2, or Industar-50 50mm f/3.5 lens; several other lenses were available.
Fuente: www.camerapedia.org
A7R and Df, comparison of shutter release time lag. Upper is A7R, lower is Df. Each using self timer with 1s shutter. A7R's time lag is about 160ms. Df's time lag is about 55ms. For me, A7R is a bit difficult to catch a fast moving object like a bird or a cat.
The mills are an important feature of Maynard's development. The earliest saw and grist mills were built in the early 18th century. Two of the earliest mills were the Puffer Mill and the Asa Smith's Mill, which were located on Taylor Brook and Mill Street, respectively. These were the first mills to use the Assabet River for power; therefore, they were very slow and sluggish. The grist and saw mill were then followed by paper mills, which were built starting in 1820.
The Mill is easily Maynard's most prominent feature. The complex takes up 11 acres in the middleof what we call downtown. The Mill complex began in 1847 as set of wooden buildings used to manufacture carpets and carpet yarn. Amory Maynard helped construct this mill. His partner, William H. Knight, helped him build a dam across the Assabet and dug a canal channeling a portion of the river into what is called Mill Pond. The Mill changed hands a few times but it would eventually become the largest woolen factory in the world till the 1930s.
The 1950's ushered in a change from textiles to businesses like computer manufacturing. With the start of the final decade of the century the Mill is on the cusp of being transformed again.
It is said that "as the Mill goes, so goes Maynard". While the town isn't as dependent on the Mill as it was in 19th century it continues to play an important role in shaping the character of the town.
We hope you enjoy this historical perspective of the Mill. It has been pieced together from a variety of sources and continues to be enriched as we discover new materials to include, increase the number of hyperlinks and add pictures, diagrams, and sound..
The Mill from 1847 to 1977
The site of the mill was once part of the town of Sudbury, while the opposite bank of the Assabet River belonged to Stow. The present town, formed in 1871, was named for the man most responsible for its development, Amory Maynard.
Born in 1804, Maynard was running his own sawmill business at the age of sixteen. In the 1840's, he went into partnership with a carpet manufacturer for whom he'd done contracting. They dammed up the Assabet and diverted water into a millpond to provide power for a new mill, which opened in 1847, producing carpet yarn and carpets. Only one of the original mill buildings survives: it was moved across Main Street and now is an apartment house.
Amory Maynard's carpet firm failed in the business panic of 1857. But the Civil War allowed the Assabet Manufacturing Company, organized in 1862 with Maynard as the managing "agent", to prosper by producing woolens, flannels and blankets for the army. This work was carried on in new brick mill buildings.
Expansion of the mill over many years is evidenced by the variations in the architecture of the structures still standing.
The oldest portion of Building 3 dates from 1859, making it the oldest part of the mill in existence today, but several additions were made afterwards. Buildings constructed in the late 1800's frequently featured brick arches over the windows, and at times new additions were made to match neighboring structures.
The best-known feature is the clock donated in memory of Amory Maynard by his son Lorenzo in 1892. Its four faces, each nine feet in diameter, are mechanically controlled by a small timer inside the tower. Neither the timer nor the bell mechanism has ever been electrified; custodians still climb 120 steps to wind the clock every week- 90 turns for the timer and 330 turns for the striker.
Amory Maynard died in 1890, but his son and grandson still held high positions in the mill's management. The family's local popularity plummeted, however, when the Assabet Manufacturing Company failed late in 1898. Workers lost nearly half of their savings which they had deposited with the company, since there were no banks in town. Their disillusionment nearly resulted in changing the town's name from Maynard to Assabet.
Prosperity returned in 1899 when the American Woolen Company, an industrial giant, bought the Assabet Mills and began to expand them, adding most of the structures now standing. The biggest new unit was Building 5, 610 feet long which contained more looms than any other woolen mill in the world. Building 1, completed in 1918, is the newest; the mill pond had been drained to permit construction of its foundation. These buildings have little decoration, but their massiveness is emphasized by the buttress-like brick columns between their windows.
The turn of the century saw a changeover from gas to electric lights at the mill. Until the 1930's the mill generated not only its own power but also electricity for Maynard and several other towns. For years the mill used 40-cycle current. Into the late 1960's power produced by a water wheel was used for outdoor lighting, including the Christmas tree near Main Street. The complex system of shafts and belts once used to distribute power from a central source was rendered obsolete by more efficient small electric motors, just as inexpensive minicomputers have often replaced terminals tied to one large processor.
As the mill grew, so did the town. Even in 1871, the nearly 2,000 people who became Maynard's first citizens outnumbered the people left in either Sudbury or Stow. Maynard's first population almost doubled in the decade between 1895 and 1905, when reached nearly 7,000 people. Most of the workers lived in houses owned by the company, many of which have been refurbished and are used today. The trains that served th town and the mill, however, are long gone - the depot site is now occupied by a gas station.
Most of the original mill workers had been local Yankees and Irish immigrants. But by the early 1900's, the Assabet Mills were employing large numbers of newcomers from Finland, Poland, Russia and Italy. The latest arrivals were often escorted to their relatives or friends by obliging post office workers. The immigrants made Maynard a bustling, multi-ethnic community while Stow, Sudbury and Acton remained small, rural villages. Farmers and their families rode the trolley to Maynard to shop and to visit urban attractions then unknown in their own towns, including barrooms and movie houses.
Wages were low and the hours were long. Early payrolls show wages of four cents an hour for a sixty hour week. Ralph Sheridan of the Maynard Historical Society confirmed that in 1889 his eldest brother was making 5 1/2 cents an hour in the mill's rag shop at the age of fourteen, while their father was earning 16 1/2 cents per hour in the boiler room. (As of 1891 one-eighth of the workers were less than 16 years old, and one-quarter were women.)
Sheridan's own first job at the mill, in the summer of 1915, paid $6.35 for a work week limited to 48 hours by child labor laws. The indestructible "bullseye" safe still remains in the old Office Building.
Sheridan remembers the bell that was perched on top of Building 3:
"...the whistle on the engine room gave one blast at quarter of the hour, and then at about five minutes of the hour the gave one blast again. And everyone was supposed to be inside the gate when that second whistle blew. And then at one minute of the hour this bell rang just once, a quick ring- and we referred to it as "The Tick" because of that..... everybody was supposed to start work at that time, at that moment."
A worker was sent home if he'd forgotten to wear his employee's button, marked "A.W.Co.,Assabet".
The millhands really had to work, too. Sheridan recalls one winter evening when there was such a rush to get out an order of cloth for Henry Ford that the men were ordered to invoice it from the warehouse, now Building 21, instead of from the usual shipping room:
"There was no heat in the building, never had been. And it was so cold that I remember that I had to cut the forefinger and the thumb from the glove that I was wearing in order to handle the pencil to do the invoicing....the yard superintendant at the time brought in some kerosene lanterns and put 'em under our chairs to keep our feet warm."
Building 21, built out over the pond, remained unheated until DIGITAL took it over.
As in most Northern mill towns, labor relations were often troubled. In 1911 the company used Poles to break the strike of Finnish workers. When no longer able to play off one nationality against another, management for years took advantage of rivalries between different unions. The Great Depression hit the company hard, however. In 1934 it sold all the houses it owned, mostly to the employees who lived in them; and New Deal labor laws encouraged the workers to form a single industrial union, which joined the C.I.O.
World War II brought a final few years of good times to the woolens industry. The mill in Maynard operated around the clock with over two thousand employees producing such items as blankets and cloth for overcoats for the armed forces. But when peace returned, the long-term trends resumed their downward drift, and in 1950 the American Woolen Company shut down its Assabet Mills entirely. Like many New England mills, Maynard's had succumbed to a combination of Southern and foreign competition, relatively high costs and low productivity, and the growing use of synthetic fibers.
'Til then a one-industry town, Maynard was in trouble. In 1953, however, ten Worcester businessmen bought the mill and began leasing space to tenants, some of which were established firms, while others were just getting started. One of the new companies which found the low cost of Maynard Industries' space appealing was Digital Equipment Corporation, which started operations in 8,680 square feet in the mill in 1957.
A Mill Chronology
1846 Amory Maynard and William Knight form Assabet Mills.
1847 Maynard and Knight install a water wheel and build a new factory on the banks of the Assabet River.
1848 The Assabet Mills business is valued at $150,000.
The Lowell and Framingham Railroad carries passengers over branch road.
1855 The Mill now has three buildings on the site. Massachusetts is producing one-third of the textiles in the United States.
1857 Assabet Mills collapses after a business panic. The Mill complex is sold at an auction.
1862 The Mills are reorganized as Assabet Manufacturing Company. This involve replacing wooden buildings with brick, and the installation of new machinery. To fulfill contracts to the government during the Civil War production is switched from carpets to woolen cloth, blankets, and flannel.
The first tenement for employees are also constructed.
1869 Millhands peition President Ulysses S. Grant for a shorter work week ... 55 hours.
1871 The Town of Maynard incorporates. The population stands at 2,000
1888 A reservoir is installed for $70,000 to supply a growing population.
1890 The Assabet Manufacturing Company is valued at $1,500,000.
1892 Lorenzo Maynard donates clock in his father's name.
The Mill Complex contains seven buildings.
1898 Assabet Manufacturing Company declares bankruptcy. Many people in town lose much of their savings as banks have not yet been established.
1899 American Woolen Company purchases the Mill complex for $400,000. This company would eventually control 20% of the woolen textile market in the U.S. Wool was shipped all over the country to keep up with demand.
1901 160 additional tenements are constructed with their own sewage system. The streets are named after U.S. presidents.
The first electric trolley in Maynard begins service.
Building Number 5, the Mill complex's largest, is built in nine months. Electric power is introduced with the addition of dynamos on site.
1906 The Mill complex now has 13 buildings.
1910 The Mill complex grows to 25 buildings. Floor space is at 421,711 square feet. The property takes up 75 acres.
1918 With the addition of three new buildings the American Wollen Company and the Mill are in their heyday. The fortunes of the industry begin to decline over the next 30 years.
1947 After a brief spell of prosperity during World War II, the Mill phases out production as demand for woolen goods declines.
1950 Mill closes. 1,200 employees lose their jobs.
1953 Maynard Industries, Inc. purchases the Mill for $200,000. Space is rented to business and industrial tenants.
1957 Three engineers set up shop on the second floor of Building 12. With $70,000 and 8,600 square feet of rented space Digital Equipment Corporation is formed.
1960 Over thirty firms are located within the Mill complex.
1974 Digital Equipment Corporation purchases the entire Mill complex for $2.2 million. The Mill has over 1 million square feet in 19 buildings residing on 11 acres.
1992 The 100th anniversary of the Mill Clock is celebrated.
1993 Digital Equipment Corporation announces that it plans to leave the Mill complex. A search for a new tenant is started.
1995 Franklin Life Care purchases the Mill. Digital continues to rent space in Building 5.
1998 Mill purchased by Clock Tower Place.
Sources
* "Digital's Mill 1847-1977", a brochure published by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977.
* "A Walk Through the Mill...", published by Digital Equipment Corporation for the Mill Clock Centennial.
In 1932 Sir Harry Lauder celebrated his Jubilee as a performer. To celebrate he returned to Arbroath where, 50 years earlier, he had sung his first song in public. He had lived in the town and was a 'half-timer' (schoolchild employee) in Gordon's Mill. He enjoyed lunch at the Imperial Hotel, where the picture was taken, and staged his concert at The Picture House. In the picture were, from left - Provost Hanick, Forfar; Bailie George Sherriffs, Provost Sir William Chapel, Sir Harry, former Provost G. Rutherford Thomson, John Stewart, manager of the British Linen Bank; Alex Lauder, Sir Harry's brother; and F.F. Macdonald, solicitor: second row - George B. Lowe, Arbroath Herald; William Page, manager The Picture House; Alex Hood, manager Dundee Equitable Co-operative Society; J.W. Morgan, farmer; W. Cochrane, Manchester; Charles Young, Dundee; Robert Finlayson, Town Clerk; Ernest F. Cobb, Town Chamberlain; and H.A. Garvie, manager Commercial Bank of Scotland: back row - John Joss, journalist; E.W.R. Myles, son of the author of The Toon of Arbroath, which Sir Harry sang in the High Street after his concert; John Lamb, Harry Vallance, Sir Harry's brother-in-law; W. Brown, London; S. Banks, proprietor Imperial Hotel; and Chief Constable James Macdonald.
Manufactured by VEB Pentacon, former East Germany
Model: c. 1979, version 4.1 (A&R 1, Hummel 059), (produced between 1977-83)
All Exa 1b produced between 1977-85
as to Andrzej Wrotniak
35mm film SLR film camera
BODY
Lens release: simply screw counter clockwise
Focusing: simple matte glass screen, ring and scale on the lens
Shutter: Mirror acts like a curtain as a part of the shutter, vertical moving, due to this maximum speed is limited to 1/175
Speeds: 1/30-1/175 +B setting: dial under the rewind crank knob
Shutter release: on the left fron of the camera, w/cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, regressive type, manual setting
Viewfinder: eye level SLR pentaprism, interchangeable
Finder release: by a small lever on the back of top plate, turn it left and pull-up the finder
Mirror: not instant return. Mirror is actually a part of the shutter mechanism. When the shutter released, the mirror goes up as in a conventional SLR, but when the exposure is over, a second cover rotates upward to block the light. There is no real shutter curtain.
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: by a small knob beside cocking lever
Flash PC socket: on the right front of the camera, M and X, setting with the speeds knob
Cold-shoe: none
Self-timer: none
Memory dial: for ASA, a ring on the cocking lever knob under the frame counter
Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by a thumb wheel on the bottom plate
Engaving on the back cover: Made in G.D.R.
Film loading: special take-up spool
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight:
serial no.700490
LENS:
Domiplan (Meyer Optik), 50mm f/2.8, fully automatic, 3 elements
filter thread: 40.5mm serial no.10416736
Domiplan is the standard lens of Exa 1b.
Mount: M42 screw mount
There is a standard M42 type arc/lever on the body, that depresses the pin on the lens that closes the diaphragm blades. When the pressure is let up, the lens opens fully again. A half-depression of the shutter release allows a depth of field preview.
Aperture: f/2.8-f/22,
Focus range: 075-12m +inf
+original ever ready case
VEB Pentacon licensed the production of screw-mount Exas (some late Ib version 4.4 and all Ic version 4.5) to Certo Camera Werk, Dresden-Großzsachwitz, a part of VEB Pentacon. Cameras built by Certo have serial numbers preceded with a letter C.
The later models of Exa 1b have black plastic top- and bottom plates.
Exa 1b body is virtually identical to Exa Ia except rewind knob replaced with a crank and the lens mount is M42 (Pentax/Practica standard), instead of the traditional Exakta bayonet mount. The camera also has internal aperture coupling for M42 automatic lenses.
Exa 1b uses most standard Exakta viewfinders, waist-level and prism.
Other main lenses are Tessar, Makinon and Super Takumar.
Exa 1b is not a real part of the Exakta/Exa system, although its family relationship with Exa cannot be denied.
Exa 1b renamed as Exa 1c without practically any other changes.
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great news!!! i won an ugly sweater contest tonight!!
also.. this is my camera remote but i cant figure out how to work it on my d70s. or my timer? anyone have any tips ive looked online but nothing has seemed to work yet. help!! im tired of using my baby camera when i have my nice camera. im thinking even though the remote was brand new.. maybe i need a new battery. maybe ill take it somewhere tomorrow and test it. (good idea hilary)
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold watches a timer while students conduct an experiment on effervescence, Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Challenger Center in Lanham, MD. During Expedition 55/56, Arnold completed three spacewalks for a total of 19.5 hours outside the International Space Station (ISS), and concluded his 197 day mission when he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in Oct. 2018. He also flew to the space station on shuttle mission STS-119 to deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
My take on AMANA, originally by Imrik, Naalo, j3 and the 4Imp crew. I worked really hard on the litestep. It has much more web integration now (see details section after the other preview images).
Credits
// OS
Windows 7 x64 SP1
Icons → Sanscons by P.J. Onori
Litestep Shell (incl command line) → AMANA² by me
Wallpaper → AMANA² by me (really just a gradient... hah)
// Windows
Visual Style → Mod of AMANA for Windows 7 by Neiio (originally for XP by Imrik)
TrueTransparency Window Borders → AMANA² by me
// Apps
Mail/Browser→ AMANA² Opera (mod of default skin by me)
Launchy → AMANA² by me
CD Art Display AMANA² by me
// WebApps
News Reader → AMANA² by me
Chat → AMANA² by me
Youtube → AMANA² by me
// Misc
Images from AMANA wallpapers by Imrik, j3
Images in the RSS reader are taken from the Final Fantasy wikia
And as Imrik said in 2007: "I would like to thank amana.jp/company/tsutawaru/ and blog.arsthanea.com/" and all of the old-timers who are still around =D
Alternate views
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A Tribute to the Original AMANA Mac shot by Imrik
Litestep Details
The login/loading screen are all done in litestep. Basically, windows boots to my account and displays the login screen (no password matching yet, but it's coming - it's a moot point, as I have a boot password set anyway...). The login text area resizes down and the loading circles resizes out. It's a pretty slick animation :). The loader animation is a throwback to the old days of cmd prompt where you would just use the / - \ | characters to make a spinning wheel.
The taskbar has an integrated information bar that shows battery, network and twitter info. Clicking on the twitter bird calls a php function (via LSActiveDesktop) that fetches and updates the latest tweet from my feed. Clicking on the box icon brings up the console.
The console is by far my favorite part of the theme. I took stole a lot of design cues from the terminal in the new tron movie. Clicking on the icons on the left side change the text in the left panel. The home screen displays weather, news, and social info (pulled from various RSS feeds). Clicking on the graph icon brings up system info (CPU clocks, RAM, etc). Currently, those are the only two implemented, but once LSActiveDesktop is more robust, the chat, reader, favorites, and video app should all be possible.
The right side of the console features a little text area where you can input !Bang commands. It's not LSXCommand, but a Text Box that parses bang commands and runs them. I wanted to use LSXCommand, but I couldn't (I can't remember why, just that it didn't work like I wanted...). You can actually control the console from within this command box (so you can feel extra l33t), but it's not useful for much else. Really more eye candy than anything.
Clicking on the <<- arrow in the top-left brings back the desktop. That's about it.
If you stuck through all of that text, I applaud you :). Merry Christmas :D