tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14239012024-03-18T18:03:13.983-06:00 Photography & Vintage Film CamerasMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-52363558556356024222024-03-10T21:57:00.003-06:002024-03-15T07:37:15.986-06:00Some Black & White from the Pentax ME<p> I walked around the neighborhood with my Pentax ME loaded with a roll of Kentmere 400, and then revisited the current exhibition of Canadian Indigenous Art at the Art Museum.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYIaKmzcZc4-WHzWjNj-jmgvDLt5bOWok-oY_ML16OMq-ps8s2gZnI8yhyjHcSQazUfO7exvDfjGqtf0RhtX7h1IOwmcZCLRDGVPye703MBxE5EghojeVcetHIwi1d48ELtrAoSWumcnwZWfnhrtIPV5Lcfv7wNJIU0d0Oqi3i2CnFz6A8APi/s900/04b.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="636" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYIaKmzcZc4-WHzWjNj-jmgvDLt5bOWok-oY_ML16OMq-ps8s2gZnI8yhyjHcSQazUfO7exvDfjGqtf0RhtX7h1IOwmcZCLRDGVPye703MBxE5EghojeVcetHIwi1d48ELtrAoSWumcnwZWfnhrtIPV5Lcfv7wNJIU0d0Oqi3i2CnFz6A8APi/w452-h640/04b.png" width="452" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJX6dBW8TgwMUmkwwIxoEYyQoESs4QqzeZ2TOeu6kUW-btz8GMrseuCah3NPB7jbz5CpvtWzoupoMqSN1hTb3oZkwnimvu2atO13y2K2nYB7p3Ev5tcc062Dxp6wPmxFlCKkoKo0GcoNwrhB6uRuT-D3w-9QDU6IwepiHCmJwc5zcbRGngQ93/s1177/03.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1177" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJX6dBW8TgwMUmkwwIxoEYyQoESs4QqzeZ2TOeu6kUW-btz8GMrseuCah3NPB7jbz5CpvtWzoupoMqSN1hTb3oZkwnimvu2atO13y2K2nYB7p3Ev5tcc062Dxp6wPmxFlCKkoKo0GcoNwrhB6uRuT-D3w-9QDU6IwepiHCmJwc5zcbRGngQ93/w640-h490/03.png" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was pleased to get some usable images of the masks on film given the dim light in the Museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u3XlOCXdBu4b9HnnN2ej-6ImAGCvjvgn0aqbmIrmqP1qVNDWYQfvMWPXZbE-ci9hwcmI6embJPSQgOdQP0zlM2JBWmLEUn6-q7zzttbgYXOXzDYzjEna1PAAps-FwcwM6SVg-2E-27YgXZcs582ABAKdMzw9VV_qDdkS6laoTjK8vRAQnC_t/s900/16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="585" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u3XlOCXdBu4b9HnnN2ej-6ImAGCvjvgn0aqbmIrmqP1qVNDWYQfvMWPXZbE-ci9hwcmI6embJPSQgOdQP0zlM2JBWmLEUn6-q7zzttbgYXOXzDYzjEna1PAAps-FwcwM6SVg-2E-27YgXZcs582ABAKdMzw9VV_qDdkS6laoTjK8vRAQnC_t/w416-h640/16.png" width="416" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknn0kh1F9rfEYqplf-kHOeOwDMkJZ6bEUSueR9djI7az-Pj9ZwqY8Jh2-E6fdKD2vDJfLT8nlnjfOrWN1dLFzjYAakVBdILSL3hsdWdKl2mV_usoKCUNiqUROUHmi45Zevg7IyK_vaybQtH7KZEijvPyHyQMmtkj3uR-jE5N3NTKgImcySLKu/s1376/15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1376" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknn0kh1F9rfEYqplf-kHOeOwDMkJZ6bEUSueR9djI7az-Pj9ZwqY8Jh2-E6fdKD2vDJfLT8nlnjfOrWN1dLFzjYAakVBdILSL3hsdWdKl2mV_usoKCUNiqUROUHmi45Zevg7IyK_vaybQtH7KZEijvPyHyQMmtkj3uR-jE5N3NTKgImcySLKu/w640-h418/15.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigENbrSNgxCju5UJZDR1boPLxsb9J3PkJJJ1s0tDflVhR2Fd8L-_Al9QUgC5TGFBqN56CZNYFniMPD0LdFdInckXhu4UoFnE3z11dTqmoH3wZ7OhqUerKFDkZAwbMuLg5AMS-_eU9Tqz0AJrg28oTqRSAzAkEbojErpGukE_Cq7JHNbI6CDb9K/s1367/18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1367" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigENbrSNgxCju5UJZDR1boPLxsb9J3PkJJJ1s0tDflVhR2Fd8L-_Al9QUgC5TGFBqN56CZNYFniMPD0LdFdInckXhu4UoFnE3z11dTqmoH3wZ7OhqUerKFDkZAwbMuLg5AMS-_eU9Tqz0AJrg28oTqRSAzAkEbojErpGukE_Cq7JHNbI6CDb9K/w640-h422/18.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The black & white worked well for the shot of the visitors, but the masks really needed color. Luckily, I had my little Canon digital in my pocket, so I made shots of the indigenous art collection with that camera, and they are posted on <a href="https://mgconnealy.blogspot.com/2024/03/at-museum.html" target="_blank"><b>my other blog</b></a>.<br /></p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-55743896025627518292024-03-06T17:26:00.011-07:002024-03-07T18:57:59.222-07:00Resurrection? Maybe, Maybe Not<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPzCyIqic-jmnWCCJma18ahJwFPtrAsbIDTrBjoTiLprQgJ2GScXkmxXgKRKC1JRyVHtirDnHQPLdzt8FHOTx3C7cftEyilXcKcaqqjlc1Z9k7wcnWqKBwXVIdNJwWVfeebAefkSgXpJNJ9epTHn5O9RGsImhh32BpJ47pmxqX9rIdOtJMGaY/s937/01d%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="937" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPzCyIqic-jmnWCCJma18ahJwFPtrAsbIDTrBjoTiLprQgJ2GScXkmxXgKRKC1JRyVHtirDnHQPLdzt8FHOTx3C7cftEyilXcKcaqqjlc1Z9k7wcnWqKBwXVIdNJwWVfeebAefkSgXpJNJ9epTHn5O9RGsImhh32BpJ47pmxqX9rIdOtJMGaY/w640-h614/01d%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wtf ? <i>I thought this was supposed to be a blog about film photography.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> I tipped over my old Dell desktop computer on its side so I could take off the side panel. I could not see any obvious reason why it would not boot up, so I replaced the panel, plugged it in and pressed the Start button. The computer started up normally. <p></p><p> I moved the computer back to its place on my desk, hooked up monitor and keyboard and pressed the Start button again. The cooling fans roared for about five seconds and then everything went quiet. Another four or five tries produced the same result, leaving me again without access to Photoshop CS2 and the Silverfast scanning program which runs my old Epson flatbed.</p><p>Acquiring a copy of CS5 that would run on my IMAC provided a considerable improvement over GIMP for photo editing on the IMAC, but I was still left relying on VueScan, which I find to be much slower and unintuitive in use compared to Silverfast. I was motivated to take one last stab at getting the old Dell to come back to life. </p><p>I laid the computer over on its side again, plugged it in and pressed the Start button. The fans and the hard drive came back to life along with the Windows XT splash screen. I did a test scan with Silverfast and then did a software restart which worked fine. At that point I was tempted to just leave the Dell running, but that just seems too wasteful. So I am shutting it down and we'll see what tomorrow brings.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">* * *</span> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUkGnxgAw8t8dh4vDVbaAXbQ5iYncSJb_TvAlR2Zq7P3Y62yU0I87fmbF0ZpgTkQ6TpQbdVJF245kfG25aeZcPDKG6Ro3vbj5lHB1z2YT8egvp5mO2aYkc_1QTWrOgu3t2_aZy_uAZtLNd7J5hEDleeyflS690_H0FD7YRxecW_FyjNS47LQ2/s1067/1557.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUkGnxgAw8t8dh4vDVbaAXbQ5iYncSJb_TvAlR2Zq7P3Y62yU0I87fmbF0ZpgTkQ6TpQbdVJF245kfG25aeZcPDKG6Ro3vbj5lHB1z2YT8egvp5mO2aYkc_1QTWrOgu3t2_aZy_uAZtLNd7J5hEDleeyflS690_H0FD7YRxecW_FyjNS47LQ2/w200-h150/1557.JPG" width="200" /> </a> <b>Thursday Morning: </b>I attached the power cord to the back of the Dell and then pressed the Start button on the front panel.The computer made a low moaning sound and went silent. I'll probably try a few more times to get it going today Looks like a nice day coming up. The sun is out. No wind. I still have half a roll of Kentmere to shoot in the Pentax ME.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> Thursday Night (6 PM):</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back in business. It seems to matter how I plug in the power cable and how I press the Start button. This time I first connected the power cable to the back of the computer. Then I plugged the cable into the power strip and immediately pressed the Start button briefly. Not sure if this is evidence of some short circuit, or some other issue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3Ub4V7wgN1YEB_wodmBE_iASO5K5bUxdlXhAoUXWH9LKOk2OzGh_MgMoOQLrOiLmw-SOHp-ah5S-VMSPuILSy-VMDH2u1Pns7ohMq2a3aEVXygrnryDXUC73R16eBBUbhsIJX286os6el3o3tEV2igv74Bh65o5xbQm-WRgls_71SxsaR69k/s993/screenx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="993" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3Ub4V7wgN1YEB_wodmBE_iASO5K5bUxdlXhAoUXWH9LKOk2OzGh_MgMoOQLrOiLmw-SOHp-ah5S-VMSPuILSy-VMDH2u1Pns7ohMq2a3aEVXygrnryDXUC73R16eBBUbhsIJX286os6el3o3tEV2igv74Bh65o5xbQm-WRgls_71SxsaR69k/w640-h388/screenx.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi1tdV1_olKv_dHjSnBVyB5g_u6LyQJ7nA2B8Jge68U70XGu1x7Zrz3uknHZJHXXnsIpcunbJYP2zu75Qe1Ys5Rd84JHkJl7UeRQ1xv4XLsYFfQ4hpNHJfpcKnYiZsB2_MHzPSKz7RUJeRdjlXGW1suzUUtJbViOptezQzuiqxF0dp0quqJ0g/s900/scan0029.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi1tdV1_olKv_dHjSnBVyB5g_u6LyQJ7nA2B8Jge68U70XGu1x7Zrz3uknHZJHXXnsIpcunbJYP2zu75Qe1Ys5Rd84JHkJl7UeRQ1xv4XLsYFfQ4hpNHJfpcKnYiZsB2_MHzPSKz7RUJeRdjlXGW1suzUUtJbViOptezQzuiqxF0dp0quqJ0g/w460-h640/scan0029.png" width="460" /></a></div><p>I met three of my fellow film photographers for coffee at a shop on Central in Albuquerque. The half-frame vertical format encourages this kind of composite of adjacent frames.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0PzdPWna7_B75JFp9IR6tF4sUKu30Lskm9CarrBK84X8qut2kI9tQWEtjvBdEzbGa7USi49d3pvOLDxrpQIJGaWYQZAwcfNEFf7EuyB1WMRf9BJ9wgZuAkptmjXD1xzhs1J0Y66NefDg4CR7KS5EpsUi-6CLI5vd9gBZszrt0DLA6w1FY-RD/s1509/scan0032x.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1509" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0PzdPWna7_B75JFp9IR6tF4sUKu30Lskm9CarrBK84X8qut2kI9tQWEtjvBdEzbGa7USi49d3pvOLDxrpQIJGaWYQZAwcfNEFf7EuyB1WMRf9BJ9wgZuAkptmjXD1xzhs1J0Y66NefDg4CR7KS5EpsUi-6CLI5vd9gBZszrt0DLA6w1FY-RD/w640-h254/scan0032x.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>I've shot about ten rolls of Kentmere in the Olympus Pen-FT now, and it and the fine F.Zuiko lens have performed faultlessly. I am, however, hearing some faint grumbling comments coming from the cabinet holding my other old cameras about neglect. I'm out of 35mm film at the moment, but I have quite a pile of Kentmere and Fomapan 120 in the refrigerator's film drawer, so there is likely some medium format in my near future.</p><p>I've run into a bump in the road regarding film scanning. My ancient Dell computer running XT is again refusing to boot up. That means I have lost access to my favored Silverfast for scanning and Photoshop CS2 for editing. The pictures in this post were done with VueScan and Gimp on my old IMAC. The results aren't awful, but it takes me a lot more time and effort to get to images I consider acceptable.<br /></p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-33820028098131906232024-02-24T12:32:00.003-07:002024-02-24T20:57:48.285-07:00Two Favorites<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SjlmRkfjyqHB5QUtH3X2d_DS8l7YRRRyEFhFduNux2h9IfJzRyxpMdkd0j0_P3gYaaOQr6wLcE8q8nShX4QJDXvRkrA3BlLsQc6Dys12j4tm-RWxh3DOFiYdLdBA47xKujaW6lQ7Pqwk5LrGXSGoPZ6J9JEE0DtsgwEreFKTfSQ6ZPoC-CFX/s825/NikkomatFTncopy.jpg.d5972a7081bc974c831c4a51a65ed161.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="749" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SjlmRkfjyqHB5QUtH3X2d_DS8l7YRRRyEFhFduNux2h9IfJzRyxpMdkd0j0_P3gYaaOQr6wLcE8q8nShX4QJDXvRkrA3BlLsQc6Dys12j4tm-RWxh3DOFiYdLdBA47xKujaW6lQ7Pqwk5LrGXSGoPZ6J9JEE0DtsgwEreFKTfSQ6ZPoC-CFX/w182-h200/NikkomatFTncopy.jpg.d5972a7081bc974c831c4a51a65ed161.jpg" width="182" /></a></div>There are a lot of people collecting vintage photo gear these days. <p></p><p>Not many make the old cameras sing like these two:</p><p><b> </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.photo.net/forums/topic/551389-film-camera-week-for-feb-23/?do=findComment&comment=5816937" target="_blank"><b>Rick Drawbridge</b></a> From NZ on Photo.net</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="attribution-info" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1708802234398_31237">
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</div><p></p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-47733737077298355422024-02-12T12:32:00.000-07:002024-02-12T12:32:43.977-07:00Leah - Idaho - 1980<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq3kvb_n4p0YtxiSqNEcVmVg9Bb8niEJcqyiAebhyphenhyphenIGVdY1aGtqjRMI7ybWaF4AlM8r-FL7hLdTPYCe4Hqc8enV5zq7uHTd0CimqtzdE1qdtquGQ-zPMqFzkKmf4VLhj8bI-bsOLUjeyfv3OHRAWCax4pjFc5zCuevpXDcqsFK00Ws9MVcTds/s800/leahx.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq3kvb_n4p0YtxiSqNEcVmVg9Bb8niEJcqyiAebhyphenhyphenIGVdY1aGtqjRMI7ybWaF4AlM8r-FL7hLdTPYCe4Hqc8enV5zq7uHTd0CimqtzdE1qdtquGQ-zPMqFzkKmf4VLhj8bI-bsOLUjeyfv3OHRAWCax4pjFc5zCuevpXDcqsFK00Ws9MVcTds/w432-h640/leahx.png" width="432" /></a></p><p> Margaret made a deep dive into the clutter on her desk and turned up this photo made beside the corral of our house in King Hill. I don't recall the details of this bow, but the size seems to suit her. I would have still been shooting my 30# Fred Bear brought from San Francisco. Must have been a drugstore print as I was not doing any film processing in those days, and certainly no scanning. The camera could only have been our Spotmatic.<br /></p><p></p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-62000793775511057482024-02-10T06:00:00.001-07:002024-02-10T06:00:00.136-07:00Zorki 6 and Jupiter 8<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWXRRW5kOagRUHTxv4LkvUEQOyzgwRVBlBpQ3zdRCB4Zx1s4R5xx7JNs4dY3YtSiwAEGkucuBYqfcj9Ww4qXb49LFgi8rEa9fV5Bw0QqURdyh5PMJnbVp15-x5jLk_z189D8Mbgbt3aFr0ZV2lKxPwJgQjTXMJVzUyonKL7GZoQVGwX48gccm/s1097/P1040411.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1097" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWXRRW5kOagRUHTxv4LkvUEQOyzgwRVBlBpQ3zdRCB4Zx1s4R5xx7JNs4dY3YtSiwAEGkucuBYqfcj9Ww4qXb49LFgi8rEa9fV5Bw0QqURdyh5PMJnbVp15-x5jLk_z189D8Mbgbt3aFr0ZV2lKxPwJgQjTXMJVzUyonKL7GZoQVGwX48gccm/s320/P1040411.png" width="320" /></a></div>The Zorki 6 has just about every imaginable improvement over its Barnack-style predecessors: <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Easy loading hinged back</li><li>Fixed film take-up spool </li><li>Lever advance</li><li>Large combined viewfinder/rangefinder window</li><li>Viewfinder diopter adjustment </li></ul><p>My only complaint with the camera's design is the forward placement of the strap lugs. When you hang the camera strap over your neck the camera is left pointing upward at about 45 degrees. That results in the lens pointing upward in the direction of the sun and a possible danger of burning holes in the shutter curtain.</p><p>I took the Zorki 6 on a walk through Old Town Albuquerque loaded with Kentmere 400 which I processed at home with HC-110b. What showed up in the results was a remaining intermittent light leak and a bit of shutter capping. So, still a bit of work to be done on this camera.</p><p>I was pleased with the performance of the Jupiter 8 lens which I used on this occasion. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSw6cdU_xXfR5YZwZSCzJ3SIIAxYVYePDJDa-W6Td9UdK9P3QsFuJCRuJBKwwSWG2vUOt1yjaUMsMuaLFdLPDoRW1j5FaPb7nJ6FT6aPxkQie2ogoPRNYIhiksJt0lm25v7xD8yueVdQExDffbeebJCgGkg1bCa4D0ZvLuRJNjDqQQk-XVQmfV/s1263/06x%20copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1263" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSw6cdU_xXfR5YZwZSCzJ3SIIAxYVYePDJDa-W6Td9UdK9P3QsFuJCRuJBKwwSWG2vUOt1yjaUMsMuaLFdLPDoRW1j5FaPb7nJ6FT6aPxkQie2ogoPRNYIhiksJt0lm25v7xD8yueVdQExDffbeebJCgGkg1bCa4D0ZvLuRJNjDqQQk-XVQmfV/w640-h456/06x%20copy.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm5iYhC1CFDYJ2_VOzCtf_tdPZmQafkyNcfE5ZOODjIPrIVteW6fgSd26U0Zq4nx3flgB16EzGe2U2LDqmWIXbRz3CTmtq9wQ0xg9_eORIAWmAe7x6-nG0usCQilT9xF1f_CeW1POO8HImV6HT2c0KIr1OLjmROq-SE7_W2SD9_W4Whzvk6oK/s900/07x%20copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="595" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm5iYhC1CFDYJ2_VOzCtf_tdPZmQafkyNcfE5ZOODjIPrIVteW6fgSd26U0Zq4nx3flgB16EzGe2U2LDqmWIXbRz3CTmtq9wQ0xg9_eORIAWmAe7x6-nG0usCQilT9xF1f_CeW1POO8HImV6HT2c0KIr1OLjmROq-SE7_W2SD9_W4Whzvk6oK/w424-h640/07x%20copy.png" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><p>The last time I used the lens it was mounted on my Leica IIIa. I had intended to make some shots from the top of the Chaco Hotel, but when I got out of the car there the camera fell out of my pocket and onto the pavement. The camera was unhurt as the lens landed nose first, but there was a substantial dent in the lens's filter ring. The Jupiter 8 is probably my best Soviet-era lens, so I decided to get a proper tool to make the needed repair.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZE1-QF72UP9nAFLvzxA5jho1qO4WBYsD2G6MOI6pOv1PBv2fw-HUQHF7EYXQzvQASZFxsybtrtOwnfg4f2Ami7n3WHz5TMC9aUdDcE6x7rqy2kInTbJtJ-ucOzsD8Q8ipBXpdLdTEvTooMYl7Hl8nErXSIekQXPSVvpc_TNUBc9mEEY7-kjI/s900/P1050897%20copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZE1-QF72UP9nAFLvzxA5jho1qO4WBYsD2G6MOI6pOv1PBv2fw-HUQHF7EYXQzvQASZFxsybtrtOwnfg4f2Ami7n3WHz5TMC9aUdDcE6x7rqy2kInTbJtJ-ucOzsD8Q8ipBXpdLdTEvTooMYl7Hl8nErXSIekQXPSVvpc_TNUBc9mEEY7-kjI/w400-h266/P1050897%20copy.png" width="400" /></a></div>The tool straightened out the dent perfectly, and I used it on a couple other damaged lenses as well. Given my history of dropping things, it seems like a good investment.<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-4263642908592347852024-01-26T06:00:00.004-07:002024-01-26T06:00:00.130-07:00Trash Cans of Tiguex<p> and some other stuff.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJfA-39002FAn2567BBC6IXfOQNUNGiNls-bFK44XFYGv59_Zucnw4aae9C6ITft6UwgLODsoY-1L0og7SUQvEm8uSJ5SdAvCvxB-C2_pKmkL4ANivENp5uXqhiUa8eLXNXvtUus7QWyfcSymgQXwsKky9pQynGCi_fSqejHz3qFKVRvxrWbd/s1231/28x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1231" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJfA-39002FAn2567BBC6IXfOQNUNGiNls-bFK44XFYGv59_Zucnw4aae9C6ITft6UwgLODsoY-1L0og7SUQvEm8uSJ5SdAvCvxB-C2_pKmkL4ANivENp5uXqhiUa8eLXNXvtUus7QWyfcSymgQXwsKky9pQynGCi_fSqejHz3qFKVRvxrWbd/w640-h468/28x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7OyrgrJNdMXfq6oicAeYL5vXxt4guGBer8f3MZ4Oukuh4LzYqSPNKVeJM6L6I2BRW2CVZKhJhcfATkvvtiF7JwnuFCW3TW4R3g6LBBKlXczwptLXfC__GzDg8vFOjhgkbHvE-NY-xEKpPb7JqPq9tdtYXEiGPBtSwJwrW0NH0YU1DqqbiiN5/s900/22x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7OyrgrJNdMXfq6oicAeYL5vXxt4guGBer8f3MZ4Oukuh4LzYqSPNKVeJM6L6I2BRW2CVZKhJhcfATkvvtiF7JwnuFCW3TW4R3g6LBBKlXczwptLXfC__GzDg8vFOjhgkbHvE-NY-xEKpPb7JqPq9tdtYXEiGPBtSwJwrW0NH0YU1DqqbiiN5/w432-h640/22x.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p>I saw some nice work on the Facebook Pen-F group done on Kentmere processed in Ilfosol 3. I wanted to see how that combination compared to what I get with developing in PMK Pyro. I thought the results weren't bad, but they don't seem to me to be quite as nice in regard to tonality and fine grain. I'm thinking I may try the Ilfosol 3 with some medium format Fomapan next.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-54825270521385873812024-01-23T06:00:00.001-07:002024-01-23T06:00:00.129-07:00Tlaloc<p> I first came across Tlaloc, the Rain God, in an arroyo near Rincon in southern New Mexico. The depiction of Tlaloc was on a rock face overlooking a <i>hueco</i>, a natural rock tank that collects rainwater and holds it long after the late summer monsoons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwDX4TwoeevMbeeoMOqt2HIKLH5kIX3up05qSSiz7FcUoIEnfXYKHQ4HMa8vjEYfR3umhgQu9px7Y_l3uH5_P27dK6GceTlzb1ASVrkzbPsI0oNlT8kCudUxg7wy6yMlYrBWGWyTjwRWVQBZUfc49SOykI0m2MvSouqmpwDAGxN9pQZTD19oV/s525/2718bwpn%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwDX4TwoeevMbeeoMOqt2HIKLH5kIX3up05qSSiz7FcUoIEnfXYKHQ4HMa8vjEYfR3umhgQu9px7Y_l3uH5_P27dK6GceTlzb1ASVrkzbPsI0oNlT8kCudUxg7wy6yMlYrBWGWyTjwRWVQBZUfc49SOykI0m2MvSouqmpwDAGxN9pQZTD19oV/s320/2718bwpn%20copy.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>According to rock art expert, Polly Schaafsma, Tlaloc representations with their rectangular heads and goggle eyes can be found throughout southern New Mexico wherever there are Jornada-style petroglyphs. The Rain God may have come along with the corn that found its way north from Mexico around two thousand years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are certainly mask-like designs everywhere I have found rock art, but the only other one I have seen that was clearly Tlaloc was high on a rock wall in Chaco Canyon. That unusually ornate example inspired me to offer a haiku in tribute:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnP-AhPa8D82lfLohFjPUA-mM_LTRp3kSZj4-mqJSZYtzhHEV7F4zTqJWrmPoteEu1v2rlnCYb9c-I6KoGjtQ1ldZTUMt4G3uZ9OlVN_1TeZuhtOwBNgBp_kfbBzeyNQ2mVWWrWcTQFApvN-EXC5xMyc8GWsX4dEqwUYLZ2xg7VzfKgAFU2iA/s500/5985.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="409" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnP-AhPa8D82lfLohFjPUA-mM_LTRp3kSZj4-mqJSZYtzhHEV7F4zTqJWrmPoteEu1v2rlnCYb9c-I6KoGjtQ1ldZTUMt4G3uZ9OlVN_1TeZuhtOwBNgBp_kfbBzeyNQ2mVWWrWcTQFApvN-EXC5xMyc8GWsX4dEqwUYLZ2xg7VzfKgAFU2iA/w262-h320/5985.jpeg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Tlaloc, the Rain God,</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes dons strange disguise</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">To walk among us</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in the process of redesigning the web site I maintained for displaying my rock art images I decided to create a Tlaloc-like figure as the favicon, the icon for the site that is displayed in the head of the browser. At the time, New Mexico was deep in a long drought and it occurred to me that each time a visitor clicked on the url of the site, the Rain God would be called. Perhaps not a guaranteed drought remedy, but it seemed like it was worth the gamble.</p><p>I closed down the rock art web site not long after moving to Albuquerque. Mike Elek picked up the html code and images and preserved <a href="https://www.mikeeckman.com/photovintage/rockart/index.html" target="_blank">Sacred Places: New Mexico Rock Art </a>as part of his vintage camera site, but the Tlaloc favicon did not go along. I then decided to reuse the Tlaloc favicon for my <a href="https://mgconnealy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Everything Else</a> website that I use for digital photography and various other purposes. So, Tlaloc is still working to ameliorate our dry spells.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_mY860kw6Z6pW1w1Agyh0kUsu73CfZGxEQbNCdG0uvVlV0XE06yByKPKZPmd9m5PGA9TYU-IGt0v78ajuJi4Fow1AqBgbZJrs9yhgQLi71g0x5ujLDZ4Mw4iBE-qxU_UTokVT9ZivHIz3F6TTOI9K9sUUffg4k2VhJfHnJRJaRL6mLO7K0pd/s387/icon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="387" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_mY860kw6Z6pW1w1Agyh0kUsu73CfZGxEQbNCdG0uvVlV0XE06yByKPKZPmd9m5PGA9TYU-IGt0v78ajuJi4Fow1AqBgbZJrs9yhgQLi71g0x5ujLDZ4Mw4iBE-qxU_UTokVT9ZivHIz3F6TTOI9K9sUUffg4k2VhJfHnJRJaRL6mLO7K0pd/w200-h186/icon.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-60919723156854000002024-01-22T13:49:00.002-07:002024-01-22T15:34:50.444-07:00Endurance<p> My recent visits to view the rock art at a couple sites that are part of the Petroglyph National Monument got me to thinking about the production and life span of images. Indigenous people throughout the world created compelling visual records of important aspects of their cultures which in many cases have endured for thousands of years. They did so using the simplest of tools along with patience and perseverance. This petroglyph found at <a href="https://connealy.blogspot.com/search?q=crow+canyon" target="_blank"><b>Crow Canyon</b></a>, for instance, depicts important qualities of Navajo culture including their reflex-recurve bow design which they brought centuries ago from the far North.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyYqu8ZEmmemYpax5dKIHpnt8eeFbSprBj1tzQb6s9wvcWSKiNcg3sqyBcQIxFVB_9U5IuXgmHkhuh8eG1TxuJqR1rcDWU9PTULdkFdjaJjiL7m-EDKnLpk_eh3_7PopEkhSu0d0atEn3DAwSydnl6_ucFZSJTvt63A4-zHeXeDtR0QyH9_k07MUk-PU/s900/28b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="900" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyYqu8ZEmmemYpax5dKIHpnt8eeFbSprBj1tzQb6s9wvcWSKiNcg3sqyBcQIxFVB_9U5IuXgmHkhuh8eG1TxuJqR1rcDWU9PTULdkFdjaJjiL7m-EDKnLpk_eh3_7PopEkhSu0d0atEn3DAwSydnl6_ucFZSJTvt63A4-zHeXeDtR0QyH9_k07MUk-PU/w400-h259/28b.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>By contrast, the millions of images produced daily using our technologically advanced methods and tools have life spans which can mostly be measured in hours, or even less. Publishing them online or storing them on hard drives enhances longevity only an insignificant amount. If a lasting impact is a goal, then trading a camera collection for a chisel and hammer would probably be a good choice.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-75862753901568197222024-01-19T06:00:00.006-07:002024-01-24T12:23:18.506-07:00Piedras Marcadas<p>Albuquerque had a fine sunny Wednesday, so I decided to take a hike through the Piedras Marcadas section of the Petroglyph National Monument. Access to much of the site is limited by rope barriers, so photography is best undertaken with the help of a telephoto lens. With my camera of the day, a No.1-A Folding Pocket Kodak Special, I had to limit most of my photo making to panels close to the trail.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vU0Ufp29WAhcKXlZfqKDqfcLiHBzLokMO8-yy4uU_vjFfvdxZJqJemkvpvVD5jWEftxEB4YWKtZFnFNNLfS5ubgySWGlYTH7gKaXicxdpeJj8neGX4uDIiwlT40z76AFOwZXaIZiv-y_Mi1xf2YnO6LBLJmgqQw3fU_xHDAMuJdc3Em_hRI0/s1507/01c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1507" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vU0Ufp29WAhcKXlZfqKDqfcLiHBzLokMO8-yy4uU_vjFfvdxZJqJemkvpvVD5jWEftxEB4YWKtZFnFNNLfS5ubgySWGlYTH7gKaXicxdpeJj8neGX4uDIiwlT40z76AFOwZXaIZiv-y_Mi1xf2YnO6LBLJmgqQw3fU_xHDAMuJdc3Em_hRI0/w640-h382/01c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYZJEE5YxpXBUsrinrSzlI8BNX00IJpWdJ44PHIWexqZyMnsS9rcyc9sLg6IzKVsJPh0ROvQdhOL1zDLBPu9NNRgyE1FgGsEPrFkNDr0rKaoO-bTVaKyEHCOLLY7KigPWYRPHPbm9lMH2Vib600F6Q9AXL5hwYPSiYZQwWj9ZsBnWgVotKXo3/s1271/03c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1271" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYZJEE5YxpXBUsrinrSzlI8BNX00IJpWdJ44PHIWexqZyMnsS9rcyc9sLg6IzKVsJPh0ROvQdhOL1zDLBPu9NNRgyE1FgGsEPrFkNDr0rKaoO-bTVaKyEHCOLLY7KigPWYRPHPbm9lMH2Vib600F6Q9AXL5hwYPSiYZQwWj9ZsBnWgVotKXo3/w640-h454/03c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdkB8h5CZWYM_Y5hAIJIwoT1Y5sNbDmbtFidwj2RJdEKjz8vz7CLr8dDO_GyaJ8dL_zdRKq7lPAN9HepSdpm5OdB4_BOwyRybR-1PUPqNPuIHaNEZL3OfSnOGRn2Kn9W9mXJzc2pkewuhQdHjRIaFtWctKSRLvo0lYOP0febF4re2A3o_7TIU/s1500/04b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1500" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdkB8h5CZWYM_Y5hAIJIwoT1Y5sNbDmbtFidwj2RJdEKjz8vz7CLr8dDO_GyaJ8dL_zdRKq7lPAN9HepSdpm5OdB4_BOwyRybR-1PUPqNPuIHaNEZL3OfSnOGRn2Kn9W9mXJzc2pkewuhQdHjRIaFtWctKSRLvo0lYOP0febF4re2A3o_7TIU/w640-h384/04b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The film was Fomapan 100, processed in HC-110b. In the camera, FPP 120 to 116 spool adapters were used to hold the roll film firmly in place. Eight rotations of the winder takes the film to the first frame. Two-and-one-half rotations separates succeeding frames.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDPdMEnVFCmt83mS3U5yxypzkSDYGeiUBfIcT9znkiMmTw-lXVt49JgN9opmbktSxd1a_B55ZyFkwqHB99y_2FIKaHPugcMkLxd_C3Ev2I-AQVlzgdxMWTxeZ1c11jXu6yx2wwjPpNKKKIw2kf53_bkjQAvXhfe-v4BAp1VSaFG_lyPuEgrcu/s421/kodak.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDPdMEnVFCmt83mS3U5yxypzkSDYGeiUBfIcT9znkiMmTw-lXVt49JgN9opmbktSxd1a_B55ZyFkwqHB99y_2FIKaHPugcMkLxd_C3Ev2I-AQVlzgdxMWTxeZ1c11jXu6yx2wwjPpNKKKIw2kf53_bkjQAvXhfe-v4BAp1VSaFG_lyPuEgrcu/s16000/kodak.jpeg" /></a></div><p>I also made quite a few shots of the rock art with my little digital Canon A1000 IS and I'll post some of those on my other blog.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-57950326705447969652024-01-04T06:00:00.001-07:002024-01-04T06:00:00.247-07:00Time Flies<p><b> The arrival of wintering Sandhill Cranes</b> is usually heard before it is seen. Their strange, trilling calls carry for great distances in the winter blue sky. It is a sound that came from the sky a million years before the first humans appeared anywhere on the planet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopsacAiURflgOXrIrEOl0PbmADVyRomSg4CfFJOz4Hl0lfMv1CDsNQM2ACd-0bvf5JMSZdS_qlcF2adKs1WKvjiojplIWz-F-xfXq4MRFBQM-pTLMXkR4_6wGNFpX7S7WLi83a5Nx9QcurEdX_KA_YnGw3amfllXwCrGpfpG01cRpN7IvxaEj/s1250/03x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1250" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopsacAiURflgOXrIrEOl0PbmADVyRomSg4CfFJOz4Hl0lfMv1CDsNQM2ACd-0bvf5JMSZdS_qlcF2adKs1WKvjiojplIWz-F-xfXq4MRFBQM-pTLMXkR4_6wGNFpX7S7WLi83a5Nx9QcurEdX_KA_YnGw3amfllXwCrGpfpG01cRpN7IvxaEj/w640-h410/03x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have seen fewer cranes this year in the usual places I find them. I attribute that to the fact than no corn was planted this year at the Los Poblanos Open Space. It took me a week of walking around the Open Space fields and through the riverside forest to get close enough for a few shots of the birds with my longest telephoto.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU398xDEY7biavsjGT1NpqLgB0L6dPBZfAvc20Zd374zoT14Jyhy3-4Hon1u79x4KdZKzbDOIj_nsm2bKyLI2L9dF_tcIpPxvqSUHsMRK2R2bn5qvem-2Q0eW0_r5n2HAECGiBTGmzxvz1GT_v_K9XF6YvFPXDGW6nwbrjwZowOSMfi_3_4eIw/s800/24x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU398xDEY7biavsjGT1NpqLgB0L6dPBZfAvc20Zd374zoT14Jyhy3-4Hon1u79x4KdZKzbDOIj_nsm2bKyLI2L9dF_tcIpPxvqSUHsMRK2R2bn5qvem-2Q0eW0_r5n2HAECGiBTGmzxvz1GT_v_K9XF6YvFPXDGW6nwbrjwZowOSMfi_3_4eIw/w468-h640/24x.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EZqHiBPsNuPTqo3I5cPUnRPGIE50EA7TGKq52HHRN9xmWqYUJi0Dp_FHqUmpp3bGVvtbiYCMnPTr9-nM7wJBU3XX_tw6A8g6SCK1yVApp2p8CnLcIsmIT9m8ks5VXlFxDa5F1jv3noo1pakafRNM-rMgM0dhrphm9beHGX0dPJbkPbein8a3/s1334/07x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1334" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EZqHiBPsNuPTqo3I5cPUnRPGIE50EA7TGKq52HHRN9xmWqYUJi0Dp_FHqUmpp3bGVvtbiYCMnPTr9-nM7wJBU3XX_tw6A8g6SCK1yVApp2p8CnLcIsmIT9m8ks5VXlFxDa5F1jv3noo1pakafRNM-rMgM0dhrphm9beHGX0dPJbkPbein8a3/w640-h384/07x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQnyvapy3_hjV5zEN6QhzcZODcwxODu3P5yBzpV63UwM2lN2fNxKQr8CHdVgkVBfzJbGhS3ZmaxfCcUrQ1PzTrWTWaa52hY2-wzkRlE1xZLW_QVqBQCIWrIl6WC6z_BnFEOgd6TGR_5sYvzkw4pEiTpDvBFg9lcyaed-xir4HQbOKnRZm2qHz/s1114/19x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1114" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQnyvapy3_hjV5zEN6QhzcZODcwxODu3P5yBzpV63UwM2lN2fNxKQr8CHdVgkVBfzJbGhS3ZmaxfCcUrQ1PzTrWTWaa52hY2-wzkRlE1xZLW_QVqBQCIWrIl6WC6z_BnFEOgd6TGR_5sYvzkw4pEiTpDvBFg9lcyaed-xir4HQbOKnRZm2qHz/w640-h460/19x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B45DLj4OG4B97evTCvfFwtDv4mNRAb0zOnFZkg34IgLfQtSqVita9qUL5cxqQQQK-0spQD16KpGY_pijFy5YFQliS687UOuzNQJ_4_lmAjL6PSYZXXt7CK7XVzHmPg33R7xqlenKfAkJBTHwg04IhQNvUvf6uKnZlLgM3T23Q8FqFA9Ys5nj/s1217/26x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1217" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B45DLj4OG4B97evTCvfFwtDv4mNRAb0zOnFZkg34IgLfQtSqVita9qUL5cxqQQQK-0spQD16KpGY_pijFy5YFQliS687UOuzNQJ_4_lmAjL6PSYZXXt7CK7XVzHmPg33R7xqlenKfAkJBTHwg04IhQNvUvf6uKnZlLgM3T23Q8FqFA9Ys5nj/w640-h420/26x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-90470353444269735682023-12-26T06:00:00.001-07:002023-12-26T06:00:00.139-07:00Trip Report<p> We took the dog for a run in the big public open space on Albuquerque's West Mesa which is bordered by some small volcanic peaks. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRZyDK3ka1aXfaromXaaNU_16-yxyo6iUWyYNE9P4DBo90r9BY1yQ1axCIeZ3sZJ2MPzraXhG151ZEGD5cOCA8CEr3GLl_5Jv5Ztm8kM1kew_DNOyDwh5Nk_cB1pFXKvpRjNvZFFOZUQelAH6vTfiJVzFAeqosHhZdw9ssuih8Df3bclZqEil/s800/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="583" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRZyDK3ka1aXfaromXaaNU_16-yxyo6iUWyYNE9P4DBo90r9BY1yQ1axCIeZ3sZJ2MPzraXhG151ZEGD5cOCA8CEr3GLl_5Jv5Ztm8kM1kew_DNOyDwh5Nk_cB1pFXKvpRjNvZFFOZUQelAH6vTfiJVzFAeqosHhZdw9ssuih8Df3bclZqEil/w466-h640/09.png" width="466" /></a></div><p>In the past we have seen coyotes, Cooper's hawks and rabbits for the dog to chase. On this day the only sign of life was the curled up carcass of a centipede.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12SH7vpp_V9zOmW6wUhGHFlMlIVlQJ-fmD_b3pOndZIgCrZCm1SddfbEDMrA9d6to-tHy-V_b78_QMxWjxDS56ae0hkIc2GB7h9P0_OFmlE1eQbbkim4duLXn8A9l2U-veE0cM-F8N3e2QKEx7_Ysa1cWf2mrkcoK6PYZC3PTXptTW3FBYjp4/s800/13c.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12SH7vpp_V9zOmW6wUhGHFlMlIVlQJ-fmD_b3pOndZIgCrZCm1SddfbEDMrA9d6to-tHy-V_b78_QMxWjxDS56ae0hkIc2GB7h9P0_OFmlE1eQbbkim4duLXn8A9l2U-veE0cM-F8N3e2QKEx7_Ysa1cWf2mrkcoK6PYZC3PTXptTW3FBYjp4/w504-h640/13c.png" width="504" /></a></div><p>There was the whine of engines to the South, so we drove down to the <a href="https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/facilities/maloof-air-park" target="_blank"><b>Maloof Air Park</b></a> where rc models are flown.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTHqekDQkxLs9GqqO1xwrY6pWulRbtBsQDoUQv-x-ZiBHNlOsxXK3FeydPquSkJyp5qUa3w2FclU0RfPxWgHEU6LsEhm8MbeGDw1NIXJvaETtFTMfFy45KhAxvW1WS-058bd66_2mluLmN8XnRbouCvwCDZcFWRP4_Bns2_U5MTu68SPEtuC/s1292/20b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1292" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTHqekDQkxLs9GqqO1xwrY6pWulRbtBsQDoUQv-x-ZiBHNlOsxXK3FeydPquSkJyp5qUa3w2FclU0RfPxWgHEU6LsEhm8MbeGDw1NIXJvaETtFTMfFy45KhAxvW1WS-058bd66_2mluLmN8XnRbouCvwCDZcFWRP4_Bns2_U5MTu68SPEtuC/w640-h386/20b.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>All the flying model planes these days have electric engines driven by 22 volt batteries. There are a few with props, but most are ducted fans.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDqQBw1ijyLIjFuvVeRhTBZTOIxTNGbrjBmlXR1bN1aqLn0bBaVqxmpYCAUt9bAoLvfq3PrkyPYjJobOzrrdYsDi8eQFQbRyl7jc42jYBO0u0qk-m_CxKR4UzUlRN2Uohn_43swjh_ha1WhP6BLcyfkCLG3n5BzLxKYvYLOF2kad-tvbEbASF/s1121/15b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1121" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDqQBw1ijyLIjFuvVeRhTBZTOIxTNGbrjBmlXR1bN1aqLn0bBaVqxmpYCAUt9bAoLvfq3PrkyPYjJobOzrrdYsDi8eQFQbRyl7jc42jYBO0u0qk-m_CxKR4UzUlRN2Uohn_43swjh_ha1WhP6BLcyfkCLG3n5BzLxKYvYLOF2kad-tvbEbASF/w640-h456/15b.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The field has an 800 foot runway which is used by the radio controlled craft. There are also areas for helicopters and for control line flying, but nobody does that anymore. Over the years I have visited the site, the planes have gotten bigger, faster and more maneuverable. One fellow showed me a big model of a troop carrier that could eject parachutists on command. I'm looking forward to getting back to see that.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTImXnnEXY2bPCx4KvdAH3e1jEIDw7V7q7hyphenhyphen9mNehefjC62UmoKmaQ8JJ0yNnMSqtKn50MMErFbpO9K492hdSHmxAZV6unucJj516JuMJpoRpwvsGW9V3abRH7YlSE0QFjVnBykBnqiDv-TyGlh7AAOMoQMEu0OARuML7a2BgujX5iFTBLlI5J/s800/18b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTImXnnEXY2bPCx4KvdAH3e1jEIDw7V7q7hyphenhyphen9mNehefjC62UmoKmaQ8JJ0yNnMSqtKn50MMErFbpO9K492hdSHmxAZV6unucJj516JuMJpoRpwvsGW9V3abRH7YlSE0QFjVnBykBnqiDv-TyGlh7AAOMoQMEu0OARuML7a2BgujX5iFTBLlI5J/w410-h640/18b.png" width="410" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-90455979955097786732023-12-24T06:00:00.001-07:002023-12-24T06:00:00.132-07:00Winter Light<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hQ8q_Jd_ZrhRKHFYQmE4cl6w55CnlSYjEyQoPzyTX8s83syPPb71fgK6smsI2eaXNaW9J2NjTcLZOWrxD-6_JVAceXn222q9IiNvZpLdsYdN3GbszCVSk-e5z0Xshy1jDf0Urb9SPPlcAXeTI1QizSfig8Z1NjRy1orln9vgH0p_hVKohdjp/w426-h640/P1050883.png" width="426" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I've been somewhat intimidated by the prices for lenses to fit my Olympus Pen-FT, so I was surprised recently to find an ebay listing for a 100mm telephoto for just forty bucks, shipping included from Japan. It was clearly a risk on several levels, but there are no blemishes on the glass or the external surfaces and the focus is smooth. The small size of the lens is a bit shocking, particularly because the 100mm actually corresponds to 140mm on a full-frame 35mm camera</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">* * *</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I loaded a roll of Kodak Gold 200 in the Pen-FT and started off with some shots of familiar subjects around the house and in Old Town for the sake of comparison.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihExieGWaLpNRGP-bfr36o5FEiAgHDsdtFyZYU3yPQlbtjbVHQF4l2n2zGfYbpCiXFVvf656_eTeDP5QEzYNP_parJ7f_pYZbmuEQCfMFOYZEureHhmJZDzDB4GmzOIPybykii_GFTbHVwghHdAlnEyoVvQreR7mfpzXKjW9gIvWNok-AL8NMx/s800/15x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihExieGWaLpNRGP-bfr36o5FEiAgHDsdtFyZYU3yPQlbtjbVHQF4l2n2zGfYbpCiXFVvf656_eTeDP5QEzYNP_parJ7f_pYZbmuEQCfMFOYZEureHhmJZDzDB4GmzOIPybykii_GFTbHVwghHdAlnEyoVvQreR7mfpzXKjW9gIvWNok-AL8NMx/w458-h640/15x.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zLEQURx5rqla2QZnoVmiV5dqGRYOqylxmwiRfmT-Vjxv-rYNbA0ZabKAe7nIOho-VFNjuHIGcs72cRF3sIrCDHfp8TG7Ly26dKxIif0qs-86WrAb_NVCuo3xFu-t3_X6cDspHvTMiIXxpgl9eXL2E34DGbwl9Tpm6lrYZJoF-mlWMeXp0fhH/s1110/18x.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1110" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zLEQURx5rqla2QZnoVmiV5dqGRYOqylxmwiRfmT-Vjxv-rYNbA0ZabKAe7nIOho-VFNjuHIGcs72cRF3sIrCDHfp8TG7Ly26dKxIif0qs-86WrAb_NVCuo3xFu-t3_X6cDspHvTMiIXxpgl9eXL2E34DGbwl9Tpm6lrYZJoF-mlWMeXp0fhH/w640-h462/18x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day I mounted the new telephoto and finished off the roll at the Zoo.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWyeWMcirTpNnBYJPGrJsrcahhqi8KYzjsHRZju4ODcKdwQuSB6WmCP8K-iJ6jWljvJRtOz7LerNLANaHyX9MLhJEitdEj1CL0tYfC1ObfCukV4Gu32gLIStx4fOidfktv38pOhFHXgWh0-0mRaOp1aU6tk3a1y5uMbaCjUSBO9mKx0cKiwQJ/w410-h640/34x.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><p>No complaints about the image quality from the 100mm; it seems to me that the contrast and resolution are up to what I expect from Olympus. However, the 3.5 maximum aperture did challenge my focusing ability with the cloudy day lighting.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-37341091287037910582023-12-09T06:00:00.005-07:002023-12-09T06:58:08.685-07:00Another Nikon EM<p>My Nikon EM developed a problem I was unable to fix. I haven't used the EM a lot, but I liked it for it's compactness and reliable performance. I decided I would like to replace the camera, though it seemed unlikely I would find another for the same cost of $10 which I paid at a neighbor's yard sale. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhFckufPEkRv28IpPNKDTZgm0kLR4wYIcfCoHwX9cbpaJnFxB1fLdOyCe2hNrBMktZOagNwNLUnlFjdI3OJYAJnJmVZSSuSWxLACxvnWbjnWoba8hJWO-eqEmUqs-ML5O6zo4kVwPS-QKKlH5WHFktT140GBvgRcNui57y2qoQofF0Yy2WPat/s624/0503.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhFckufPEkRv28IpPNKDTZgm0kLR4wYIcfCoHwX9cbpaJnFxB1fLdOyCe2hNrBMktZOagNwNLUnlFjdI3OJYAJnJmVZSSuSWxLACxvnWbjnWoba8hJWO-eqEmUqs-ML5O6zo4kVwPS-QKKlH5WHFktT140GBvgRcNui57y2qoQofF0Yy2WPat/w400-h320/0503.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>To my surprise I did find another Nikon EM on ebay for $13. A test roll of expired film showed the shutter and meter working, but all the images had a broad stripe light leak near center. I scraped the old seal material out of the channels on the back of the body and replaced it with black yarn. What actually got rid of the leak, however, was a strip of black foam which I installed near the back hinge. I then shot a new roll of Kentmere 400 while walking the dog around the neighborhood, and that showed the new seals to be performing properly. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUhmT1Eicu_WQtSuYW1oLwxuKlXj9e3eGWcngPlhDw8q4iExv0cOYJX_kxLUZFLMsR-KTPgBAPSo42Yi1oktXy5s5B5UAX4f0LVBcqu6m0ikPg1dOU_fNbfG8__6gHedfFBPdRqg_mgnxxaU9ktBjiJRmw42ECndwGJi5b7e5RXfNCiOm82K_/s1487/04x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1487" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUhmT1Eicu_WQtSuYW1oLwxuKlXj9e3eGWcngPlhDw8q4iExv0cOYJX_kxLUZFLMsR-KTPgBAPSo42Yi1oktXy5s5B5UAX4f0LVBcqu6m0ikPg1dOU_fNbfG8__6gHedfFBPdRqg_mgnxxaU9ktBjiJRmw42ECndwGJi5b7e5RXfNCiOm82K_/w640-h388/04x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDOSi7lSMYUa8gqeeqparOPx3yE814fXGre3QuHviUarpyIvkiK4q0WQYnNhItat1ifdLAnync07hcUs1C9qwLWcRYr8z0gNigufdFyoho0HXoODTwLLV2Jft5DEgpFxcBjDsr08_f75JsfCSCdaof7Sz7NCSqhPGeVKo9Ofg2o5X8gfD5IQV/s1344/02x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1344" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDOSi7lSMYUa8gqeeqparOPx3yE814fXGre3QuHviUarpyIvkiK4q0WQYnNhItat1ifdLAnync07hcUs1C9qwLWcRYr8z0gNigufdFyoho0HXoODTwLLV2Jft5DEgpFxcBjDsr08_f75JsfCSCdaof7Sz7NCSqhPGeVKo9Ofg2o5X8gfD5IQV/w640-h428/02x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA7WsWzoOeeyFbNJ6mst5GkCUMq_REVZnRkoLoGQ6uOVl4qh93fUv1rR7JAxkj2kwOezyMhWokfLluXeAaAf8-wV02ZKojViaAwurzeQZ_lUY_j8acszdsyruPCIxITMboHydr5EGWh7bTD8yID_hhErcjhcAgpYlVj1SZ5mU-r9kLJxSrx8E/s900/11x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA7WsWzoOeeyFbNJ6mst5GkCUMq_REVZnRkoLoGQ6uOVl4qh93fUv1rR7JAxkj2kwOezyMhWokfLluXeAaAf8-wV02ZKojViaAwurzeQZ_lUY_j8acszdsyruPCIxITMboHydr5EGWh7bTD8yID_hhErcjhcAgpYlVj1SZ5mU-r9kLJxSrx8E/w416-h640/11x.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLcdudZko5jxNortcM2bTegLqzg3hps8E9WPBgtinSN6KSGqOqsdELKEhUDHKEhCG2ns-FIFMMJDl8lWb3wrQssJ5TRNRZeCs3hDvOPPfJSq9In_4B2jb4TLeJbd6UfJdLEBJYckBwN2KzwVcj_mJnXkSKqmM1RGc2-06IYop_neRSY47H8fK/s1305/05x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1305" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLcdudZko5jxNortcM2bTegLqzg3hps8E9WPBgtinSN6KSGqOqsdELKEhUDHKEhCG2ns-FIFMMJDl8lWb3wrQssJ5TRNRZeCs3hDvOPPfJSq9In_4B2jb4TLeJbd6UfJdLEBJYckBwN2KzwVcj_mJnXkSKqmM1RGc2-06IYop_neRSY47H8fK/w640-h442/05x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMRYdN9BY3uQRW4HkECpHNJPCBzLzgOt5IK5qnFcGxU3x9dTTltuRZgYd4yllWEO_Vaj9XEw4uPQxHJ1btuqgMvr41H2NzQ9E7adJaWU-8phvB0evVhKIW0CjIZfkK4I8VQ_YGiwXXPMaO19fY1UZ-hjlxd-bdDzmcql2AAbMMNVwJG_c-THC/s1617/09x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1617" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMRYdN9BY3uQRW4HkECpHNJPCBzLzgOt5IK5qnFcGxU3x9dTTltuRZgYd4yllWEO_Vaj9XEw4uPQxHJ1btuqgMvr41H2NzQ9E7adJaWU-8phvB0evVhKIW0CjIZfkK4I8VQ_YGiwXXPMaO19fY1UZ-hjlxd-bdDzmcql2AAbMMNVwJG_c-THC/w640-h356/09x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The residence of the Brothers Mathias is just across the street, so it has ended up being the subject of a lot of camera tests. I noticed some nice shadows on the building late in the afternoon, so I made a picture that shows a broader view of the structure than I have shown in the past.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTq65cybFEhCe7v3NOqGdJWh7zenmWxDnNTmF93i3wLnIRO6o4Gc0WJPx5ADsCwGvDorSzS1kYGPq59hwkn7qwiFaCnm_7Z9-5aZkxmMw9IjrVD54NHNzUbkfLTsjrnH0BiS8fWvHMViVMlfxkKzTkHrDNvhV9BbLiFPrJtN0C5oeKc_Kenhg/s1461/07x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1461" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTq65cybFEhCe7v3NOqGdJWh7zenmWxDnNTmF93i3wLnIRO6o4Gc0WJPx5ADsCwGvDorSzS1kYGPq59hwkn7qwiFaCnm_7Z9-5aZkxmMw9IjrVD54NHNzUbkfLTsjrnH0BiS8fWvHMViVMlfxkKzTkHrDNvhV9BbLiFPrJtN0C5oeKc_Kenhg/w640-h394/07x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>One of the Brothers welcomed us to the neighborhood when we moved in fifteen years ago. That is the only time I recall speaking with any of the residents.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCe14MRq-Gq5mH-b9ii4oPTs1DWulPmRILYMowH8Th8_HD0foYKdA_Bl6PbjVjuCmEdgGpe9Mt0e995aBTYbFwWkDsKWLEje4XLDDyw9KkeN9sv7dWN6tRFqb-0nqyJa3LTebPEgaa3PJMmih4hROuSmZuH68YpxeDZIwnkKS-Mde9RKQylbD/s900/03x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCe14MRq-Gq5mH-b9ii4oPTs1DWulPmRILYMowH8Th8_HD0foYKdA_Bl6PbjVjuCmEdgGpe9Mt0e995aBTYbFwWkDsKWLEje4XLDDyw9KkeN9sv7dWN6tRFqb-0nqyJa3LTebPEgaa3PJMmih4hROuSmZuH68YpxeDZIwnkKS-Mde9RKQylbD/w412-h640/03x.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><p>So I'm pleased to have a working Nikon EM again, particularly because I nearly always have used the camera with the nice little 1.8/50mm Series E lens which probably would not get much use otherwise.</p></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-13252531689517502762023-12-04T12:01:00.000-07:002023-12-04T12:04:17.009-07:00Film for Half-Frame<p> I've been going back and forth with 100 and 400 Kentmere for use in my Olympua Pen-FT. The images from the slower film is slightly smoother, but at the on-line display size the difference in grain seems inconsequential to me. For processing in PMK Pyro I increase the exposure by a stop for both films, so higher speed gains some advantage in terms of motion control and depth of field, and I think the tonal range is also a bit better. 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I may also shoot one in the Mercury II-CX to see how the performance of that old half-frame compares to the Olympus.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-91776055522432682722023-11-29T06:00:00.026-07:002024-01-11T19:42:38.653-07:00Plants & Animals<p> Albuquerque is having fine Fall weather. Daytime temperatures are in the 50s, while the nights are cold enough to cause the mulberry trees to lose all their leaves. I spent the week walking around with my Olympus Pen-FT, visiting the botanical garden, the riverside forest and the Rio Grande Nature Center.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u7qAruzfRtsoKHdyVRQ3Nk4qn7wdoNj92SmhDf1TxRTmXl0cZXrwSJeYUnNAW86idjJAILIz7CKxN4xPEADXERQYkG4T55vl0NZCupVKqbOTQXsDrJ_m_b6TqkpoCwpfUYtlUATn5eU8rjLpW1ysVd_5iAXmHqTiLABOIJwaZcoLD-4omKxJ/s1261/01b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1261" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u7qAruzfRtsoKHdyVRQ3Nk4qn7wdoNj92SmhDf1TxRTmXl0cZXrwSJeYUnNAW86idjJAILIz7CKxN4xPEADXERQYkG4T55vl0NZCupVKqbOTQXsDrJ_m_b6TqkpoCwpfUYtlUATn5eU8rjLpW1ysVd_5iAXmHqTiLABOIJwaZcoLD-4omKxJ/w640-h456/01b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc6fDLyhhbmgiBUl-CeKTKlAJLDCjzHytJzOdUNL4jvuuzTyJS80Au5B9JFgZyz1u2i5kf8Gubl65BDfoypVB9mZjsivSErreTyKX03FAjiaMEwyWAzkuyTWCq-IwyQf7vk3ZDy0U7uWcyddpfR9-3otSqxQHZsARdcz2QoeFMF-kRXdNaZ1A/s1270/03b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1270" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc6fDLyhhbmgiBUl-CeKTKlAJLDCjzHytJzOdUNL4jvuuzTyJS80Au5B9JFgZyz1u2i5kf8Gubl65BDfoypVB9mZjsivSErreTyKX03FAjiaMEwyWAzkuyTWCq-IwyQf7vk3ZDy0U7uWcyddpfR9-3otSqxQHZsARdcz2QoeFMF-kRXdNaZ1A/w640-h454/03b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJPL7uzFaZVBAL00mdZxvKGQX3tN7KbC-VzBAEQKRBUaHMAIFv_dSdiwSh73br4FfKe3PUzJ-G_FEfjsJu2i5lts6xsCqN2ISHd_Lz-KDYHkZyjqb7m-NkBpLS4CT3iDxJHoqEtHiGlFnPEiO5kEEp0A0KQ0aPFesCO6mK4qDeU_kRNXK6XpF/s1119/29b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1119" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJPL7uzFaZVBAL00mdZxvKGQX3tN7KbC-VzBAEQKRBUaHMAIFv_dSdiwSh73br4FfKe3PUzJ-G_FEfjsJu2i5lts6xsCqN2ISHd_Lz-KDYHkZyjqb7m-NkBpLS4CT3iDxJHoqEtHiGlFnPEiO5kEEp0A0KQ0aPFesCO6mK4qDeU_kRNXK6XpF/w640-h514/29b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The local wildlife rescue group put on their yearly education event to give visitors to the Nature Center an opportunity for a closeup look at the area's common raptors, a Kestrel, a Red-Tailed Hawk and a Great Horned Owl. All three had wing injuries preventing them from living free in the wild, but they were all healthy looking and well behaved.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_S0gQ_pyosn5hxOrYe6FCpwg1TQXVpauXFMpkogwKYpCvavCc0Ka5ZsVFOxVTBP26wQhti0MNwsBeDdfYuLWwfj5bY5GW8-Lr1hqErNkP2ZV6aXD35VuNRBIxz4e18Ra4UD9ORgqtw7u3l35T_NWHQRyCOpi5uhnrahM_Sy8qd4DQORAk3uF/s1112/05b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="907" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_S0gQ_pyosn5hxOrYe6FCpwg1TQXVpauXFMpkogwKYpCvavCc0Ka5ZsVFOxVTBP26wQhti0MNwsBeDdfYuLWwfj5bY5GW8-Lr1hqErNkP2ZV6aXD35VuNRBIxz4e18Ra4UD9ORgqtw7u3l35T_NWHQRyCOpi5uhnrahM_Sy8qd4DQORAk3uF/w522-h640/05b.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tgYA_IM1tswwmJk-qpO_clFRK-z-ZPu9QS8a2bgFvzrFiftWNVWgdN0fbfTWPwBccvMLQsLEyIgH0RHsQo3e9XI_3vkvJCTPqdSaH1yWJZU1lqPhFjzxi3yUce25w-X9RI3uXTxleOmduHWCqR3Lc19lux0sdQnPeL1vBBbDU_zbBDw1Icjz/s900/11b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tgYA_IM1tswwmJk-qpO_clFRK-z-ZPu9QS8a2bgFvzrFiftWNVWgdN0fbfTWPwBccvMLQsLEyIgH0RHsQo3e9XI_3vkvJCTPqdSaH1yWJZU1lqPhFjzxi3yUce25w-X9RI3uXTxleOmduHWCqR3Lc19lux0sdQnPeL1vBBbDU_zbBDw1Icjz/w494-h640/11b.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93eod438ItPW_Flklss1uJ2-YqO-xn4tT7JJOvBoN19tN_oXFwwNz56CfwPZtKfr46AOcHoHOb5YDncPIHcMPK3RG8iWgpWHS-6-NmJgeOybN1WPA-zqG1R_GTWjvkrZ8UR2Ek5G8FAy317mtHays6arIF3WEH4cefj7a8k3CzLNhEjIHe6UT/s900/16b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93eod438ItPW_Flklss1uJ2-YqO-xn4tT7JJOvBoN19tN_oXFwwNz56CfwPZtKfr46AOcHoHOb5YDncPIHcMPK3RG8iWgpWHS-6-NmJgeOybN1WPA-zqG1R_GTWjvkrZ8UR2Ek5G8FAy317mtHays6arIF3WEH4cefj7a8k3CzLNhEjIHe6UT/w458-h640/16b.jpg" width="458" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-83268258119698015022023-11-19T06:00:00.001-07:002023-11-19T06:00:00.142-07:00Full-Frame<p> I shot some Arista 200 in the Leica IIIa with the Elmar 3.5/50mm for the purpose of comparison with the images I have been getting from my half-frame Olympus Pen-FT. At the size I normally show on-screen I think there is little difference, but at larger sizes the full-frame images from the Leica do show some better sharpness and finer grain which allow considerably more enlargement.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4XJoMHrDEQaxCqiZNmmXtNZuUCo-itlikUMBLSk3Kg7jhsPrI4MXXJV02vg8LW6KByD7ojlXKFAgsXFjaoQbDSMWkc03royKtBq8CmxRNxVt6GEiy1t8ftt7ZSfTVgBIqOtBvTPKrVcfeNJHIViJVMze0gVzdxeAWjm5XRNs-_pHUWGicsTF/s2167/17b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="2167" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4XJoMHrDEQaxCqiZNmmXtNZuUCo-itlikUMBLSk3Kg7jhsPrI4MXXJV02vg8LW6KByD7ojlXKFAgsXFjaoQbDSMWkc03royKtBq8CmxRNxVt6GEiy1t8ftt7ZSfTVgBIqOtBvTPKrVcfeNJHIViJVMze0gVzdxeAWjm5XRNs-_pHUWGicsTF/w640-h384/17b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The camera squeezes 53 frames onto the film strip, spanning a variety of scenarios and trying my patience to move on to processing and seeing what I've got. I mostly tried to stick to close-ups at home and at the Botanic Garden with this fourth roll through the camera. I'm on the lookout for additional lenses for the Pen-FT, but I'm still very pleased with the sharpness and close focusing capacity of the 1.8/38mm F.Zuiko.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjukx9LD7AZ5349kTS-6wqheCQ_kDO7Z3_ZnqCHwJk2bXzenccVf2SmLGWJqq-cjZoKLF_g7k5fj-T8TLyU9HFEq1OR84H93gKUsNDMnEpyFoJQdOMWCrO5mSo6aqMCDM2cdfyPcFvBJywKCg-QoXSVmFjz-DUPYlLIMzJkEunKH0rrIgVbJ7A/s1071/12c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="989" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjukx9LD7AZ5349kTS-6wqheCQ_kDO7Z3_ZnqCHwJk2bXzenccVf2SmLGWJqq-cjZoKLF_g7k5fj-T8TLyU9HFEq1OR84H93gKUsNDMnEpyFoJQdOMWCrO5mSo6aqMCDM2cdfyPcFvBJywKCg-QoXSVmFjz-DUPYlLIMzJkEunKH0rrIgVbJ7A/w590-h640/12c.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-_SKnM53Vbc01Xp5187f6U5Syqlatf4tjjOX45-r8nbU4SM7eZix7BkXRufdZ3eqohU3NHJx2W3F4CsMvkD3fxoICLj-Xmzjzq38zphD6cOHBRd6lhpKNU91W1tP4auCt65Rj0wQCtaP5nBzBFP-sDGimC_HwLx_iromFBIZ_N7rBwjoMxHv/s1174/13b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My main strategy has been to cover a lot of ground and make pictures of whatever I come across of interest. Lately, my walking has suffered some injury-related setbacks and getting a leg over the seat of my sturdy old bike is a challenge. </p><p>So, when we stopped in at my favorite thrift store on the east side of the Sandias recently I was pleased to find a bike that looked a good match for my current capabilities. It is a new looking, light-weight Schwinn ten-speed with a step-through frame, handbrakes and skinny tires. I peeled the $20 price sticker off the fender and took it into the cashier who informed me that everything that day was half-price and I had to part with just ten bucks to load the bike into my truck!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3foUoWovqTWf9GL9da_hsgvjS6zTGbh5APUKlLjs9fx2cTv0x5sRNgWoAEekJGu4rmBzSjAhtUeHThUI7VjbQKfNVpRDqgEFgVldOhJsEIfk4jE66vJzx5QceMwiTvBZ-p47hrPTttr3q9jVpA9maZxmIXYbG6uYMrlmMeKdrQPyNQhoRXr7Z/s1498/01b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1498" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3foUoWovqTWf9GL9da_hsgvjS6zTGbh5APUKlLjs9fx2cTv0x5sRNgWoAEekJGu4rmBzSjAhtUeHThUI7VjbQKfNVpRDqgEFgVldOhJsEIfk4jE66vJzx5QceMwiTvBZ-p47hrPTttr3q9jVpA9maZxmIXYbG6uYMrlmMeKdrQPyNQhoRXr7Z/w640-h452/01b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>My compact Olympus Pen-FT will be a good match with the bike as it slips pretty easily into a jacket pocket.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVPshUmeuQM_e3G5RUtibXqNBe2uGe56rkcTM7mkMDofV0BlUZOBR7EExu1gPUU2Q5Jhfv1owa8SEu42ohIdFRNmn5dsgGVy3guLFD4I-0Gkw1zHRXFR_4R9gymonUuqh7ZxNUoQKwblm42IDO9VXrn_-yXxHcL-k8aid_LpJ5blBM1z8U4jb/s868/P1050872%20copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="868" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVPshUmeuQM_e3G5RUtibXqNBe2uGe56rkcTM7mkMDofV0BlUZOBR7EExu1gPUU2Q5Jhfv1owa8SEu42ohIdFRNmn5dsgGVy3guLFD4I-0Gkw1zHRXFR_4R9gymonUuqh7ZxNUoQKwblm42IDO9VXrn_-yXxHcL-k8aid_LpJ5blBM1z8U4jb/w640-h442/P1050872%20copy.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>I've come back unscathed from a couple trial runs with the bike, so I'll get out with bike and camera for a real photo shoot this week.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-53573624840986917772023-11-06T06:00:00.007-07:002023-11-06T06:00:00.131-07:00Arista Edu Ultra 200<p> I have a little film left on a bulk roll of Arista 200, so I loaded a short roll and shot it in my Olympus Pen-FT. I chose familiar subjects in Old Town with the intension of comparing the results from the Arista with the Kentmere 100 and 400 that I had used previously in the same camera.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaPT-loLKisCQWQIeqz6dDgDDFS8rhOCxxuhCgEPQUQloNyMlPJ3MU5ktDkE2gy4_VrnVeo-eaG8cxN_pL1PUZ3w6nkBvnj1qKgZcJqMvBdawd2dezj_ptSHxUb4JPQtx9p-UQSjzAWjXnJkBWHBzqwOLaET67Zc3ER7NkAYGKxafmtZGdr27/s1491/12b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaPT-loLKisCQWQIeqz6dDgDDFS8rhOCxxuhCgEPQUQloNyMlPJ3MU5ktDkE2gy4_VrnVeo-eaG8cxN_pL1PUZ3w6nkBvnj1qKgZcJqMvBdawd2dezj_ptSHxUb4JPQtx9p-UQSjzAWjXnJkBWHBzqwOLaET67Zc3ER7NkAYGKxafmtZGdr27/w460-h640/12b.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-PKf-HQOdhGzjMaeUaw52CEnOOX6f5YOMAdJ0HmLYahR_QPeJQ5-IWTxHrCPonZtX2BkvkAI7jobpzb-vIClrxW8hKjaT8J_ilPnhJGtdS0CxF6vh4Bcnb1ylFbR4_USnO6oiy-VQlTOV-NPaECVsrAYrUfRVOna4f9rSGF1UZskYoBMUtGH/s1624/05b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1172" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-PKf-HQOdhGzjMaeUaw52CEnOOX6f5YOMAdJ0HmLYahR_QPeJQ5-IWTxHrCPonZtX2BkvkAI7jobpzb-vIClrxW8hKjaT8J_ilPnhJGtdS0CxF6vh4Bcnb1ylFbR4_USnO6oiy-VQlTOV-NPaECVsrAYrUfRVOna4f9rSGF1UZskYoBMUtGH/w462-h640/05b.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEzaxtOGhULtNZvOEBMZ4ZwpROKm_8z-gNrKux-B2B8lALOPppLtYe1__Xd0BDhW4-8uv_Bt6Qk814ci61kySVyrOdOiJvDyWKxha1635x7n-lHsh9Z4maREB6IIH768HmwtgJYHwIwOS0OrLpMKHyWMDlB3vSrQf7LLoRn_EiNfHLyzHRMgO/s1599/13b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1094" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEzaxtOGhULtNZvOEBMZ4ZwpROKm_8z-gNrKux-B2B8lALOPppLtYe1__Xd0BDhW4-8uv_Bt6Qk814ci61kySVyrOdOiJvDyWKxha1635x7n-lHsh9Z4maREB6IIH768HmwtgJYHwIwOS0OrLpMKHyWMDlB3vSrQf7LLoRn_EiNfHLyzHRMgO/w438-h640/13b.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><p>All three films were developed in PMK Pyro. I don't see any very significant difference in the quality of the images. The Kentmere 100 has a bit finer grain than the 200 or 400 speed films, but I think the tonal values are pretty similar among them, and scanner and Photoshop adjustments can easily over-ride other factors.</p><p>The prices of all three film are under six dollars for a 24-exposure roll. Bulk rolls of Kentmere are a few bucks cheaper than Arista at B&H. So, any of these three films seem like they will be fine for half-frame negatives. I have a couple fresh rolls of $6.99 Kodak Gold 200 in the refrigerator which I'll try in the Pen-FT as soon as I get a new Cinestill C-41 kit.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-42589764999140401402023-11-01T06:00:00.005-06:002023-11-02T12:32:24.223-06:00Pen-FT - Roll 2<p> <b>The Day of the Dead</b> events got underway during the weekend with a line of pickups in the Plaza Vieja decked out with <i>ofrendas</i>. I had the Pen-FT loaded this time with Kentmere 100. That gave me finer grain images than the 400-speed film of the previous roll, though in this instance I think I prefer the deeper tonal range and the enhanced depth of field provided by the faster film. Too early to make any judgements about those issues, but I think it will be interesting to try some C-41 in both b&w and color.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaUzKRNCXCeAofaoHftUUIvEtD-1aUZSHsz7hYQKNz38FiwnF_EVTJGU7j5YaQBGTqLSQK6OhnevRi-aLFdtGWWi_VaUS4uAeN0cygLIxsdnRznMpCAqQTfhhIPhVESqFDXzOTilvEifHjzjlE6P4EtogsCzmur8LDAT2s12ytly5s4_vzFpb/s1658/01b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="1160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaUzKRNCXCeAofaoHftUUIvEtD-1aUZSHsz7hYQKNz38FiwnF_EVTJGU7j5YaQBGTqLSQK6OhnevRi-aLFdtGWWi_VaUS4uAeN0cygLIxsdnRznMpCAqQTfhhIPhVESqFDXzOTilvEifHjzjlE6P4EtogsCzmur8LDAT2s12ytly5s4_vzFpb/w448-h640/01b.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKh43rUVLKabiTrwb4lNUdn5kdPYfOHVosHIaF7fwaDSmwvXT2w_Jh8ljvpoDb5h5THxUMFxXbitAafTloEZdSbqshVJ-2XVUslsagxMMgolwSnbdjZKEScj3UFBCHafuyA7kaDhIw_jWL3mPxrTNDygE2BegI9yk-cNIQ8ypX5rw5Ix4-S0C4/s1598/06bbb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Zuiko lens wide open at f1.8.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbfXvlCaJbrLeh3ZP-gUBpakeMimOVE388wKWzwaA9EvYOOQujW8OVP5XsOAlHzk3ytIQ95H-aPdPF0cbCORd4NF1s5t2UWgYbJGApG7Z4crsvTLyX0PIgxxnELgcq81hygoKBj7fhbc-vE-aH9bXnB4AZjBouip4RdFaVw0eJXS03ngegVTF/s1277/41b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="1022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbfXvlCaJbrLeh3ZP-gUBpakeMimOVE388wKWzwaA9EvYOOQujW8OVP5XsOAlHzk3ytIQ95H-aPdPF0cbCORd4NF1s5t2UWgYbJGApG7Z4crsvTLyX0PIgxxnELgcq81hygoKBj7fhbc-vE-aH9bXnB4AZjBouip4RdFaVw0eJXS03ngegVTF/w512-h640/41b.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-88331948143327222552023-10-21T14:06:00.006-06:002023-11-30T21:02:25.295-07:00Half the size, Twice the fun<p> The upside of the increase in film prices is that it gave me an excuse to acquire another half-frame camera. It is one of Maitani's masterpieces, the Olympus Pen-FT.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zj37Er_1a9qRlFn5c5bIMdMzxXYT8ixSN0Ma5hBpTtvXkY7e1pmhbsYDBAn9PPjLHSQoVjJ8H6jIAn6PwBS5nirx51yK3PKj4m7ve-v2fg6tdeBHVghyD_nq-QRxuf0g7q8JvslQkuxe9v3kCtPVKJVPZ6z7EYNCVgsUxjEbOFopMUpsqy1S/s868/P1050872%20copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="868" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zj37Er_1a9qRlFn5c5bIMdMzxXYT8ixSN0Ma5hBpTtvXkY7e1pmhbsYDBAn9PPjLHSQoVjJ8H6jIAn6PwBS5nirx51yK3PKj4m7ve-v2fg6tdeBHVghyD_nq-QRxuf0g7q8JvslQkuxe9v3kCtPVKJVPZ6z7EYNCVgsUxjEbOFopMUpsqy1S/w640-h442/P1050872%20copy.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Pen-FT is only marginally larger than my Leica IIIa. It seems amazing that Maitani was able to fit a single lens reflex system into such a small container.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PiJJyUF17wo3-SyiOVWMob_Sq82TjfkE3jMKnGkiWQGKStvsDacd4Nun8603K-cV1sLpuPi7MAK-pSuvn5b3mZi9mfjc1fTJBG-VUqPv1lwNKYGIw6JImppICKxWY0HaCFLv8FQxe22KzTCAjhFeSMgofq4Ko3phFEs2Vtkxlz6Ek9rUHwhb/s708/P1050867%20copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="708" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PiJJyUF17wo3-SyiOVWMob_Sq82TjfkE3jMKnGkiWQGKStvsDacd4Nun8603K-cV1sLpuPi7MAK-pSuvn5b3mZi9mfjc1fTJBG-VUqPv1lwNKYGIw6JImppICKxWY0HaCFLv8FQxe22KzTCAjhFeSMgofq4Ko3phFEs2Vtkxlz6Ek9rUHwhb/w640-h632/P1050867%20copy.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>On the morning after the camera's arrival I loaded it with a roll of Kentmere 400, first shooting a few frames near home, and then going down to the Plaza Vieja to finish off the roll. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXiuCTjQ7LvhpftWeNyC9SHCxyj49VFz9ud5zgaOWai-fFsna8oUW5MWl8Riz-9pQb2_KQgalbge04BYgRE5pfd5_afC0U-5TLRiM295GXY5S4KTsr0SGguWuygcFJg-BdYrqvDITLW-XMYwofmrV2qy3Vj4SR3wIQpl3O66xx0Qv3VNWwdgB/s1135/03b%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1135" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXiuCTjQ7LvhpftWeNyC9SHCxyj49VFz9ud5zgaOWai-fFsna8oUW5MWl8Riz-9pQb2_KQgalbge04BYgRE5pfd5_afC0U-5TLRiM295GXY5S4KTsr0SGguWuygcFJg-BdYrqvDITLW-XMYwofmrV2qy3Vj4SR3wIQpl3O66xx0Qv3VNWwdgB/w640-h452/03b%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The F Zuiko Auto-S 1.8/38mm lens focuses down to about one foot.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcYbg9ntU7DfW2ks5ge07aQ-0HmGD2Hgkm5SIiu6zEjobxYJdOXT7t_LtGK3XAVKnfXgJDh2fPzcLgeI0LEj_n4aDQiEOuZzQJmSzXuNSqnX0nBSVrX9XTEwRtezPcAJzhs_E9_nLmYvsSSQNOc9oG3QOZsRFdD98vd5w3eM-lMa4ppLvsfgk/s800/05c%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bumped into my friend, Bob, in the Plaza so we took pictures of each other with the Pen-FT.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihRAekPILr5BrgCgYMqUVED9AVAvP3iMplgnHO3-k8jDSUQ9J1l53m39cRr3eUS2WVhe4u57ZA0ccymSTxzyxvfvO-Sa9SUmHR3ox5ykIc7HCn0t30_Kh2azeHStmSuzujZf06ChsvIUnSXOsOcpBWblcuY4eQSwFM_yhDUDnX_ddZdb3mYJq/s818/25b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihRAekPILr5BrgCgYMqUVED9AVAvP3iMplgnHO3-k8jDSUQ9J1l53m39cRr3eUS2WVhe4u57ZA0ccymSTxzyxvfvO-Sa9SUmHR3ox5ykIc7HCn0t30_Kh2azeHStmSuzujZf06ChsvIUnSXOsOcpBWblcuY4eQSwFM_yhDUDnX_ddZdb3mYJq/w520-h640/25b.jpg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The camera worked perfectly. I have ordered six rolls of Kentmere 100 and two of Kodak Gold 200 which I think will be well-suited to the half-frame capability. I will probably also get some bulk film so I can make up some film rolls with a smaller number of frames.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.cameramanuals.org/olympus_pdf/olympus_pen_ft.pdf" target="_blank"><b>The manual</b></a> has illustrations showing the great array of lenses and accessories made by Olympus for the Pen-FT including adapters allowing the use of many standard 35mm lenses from Nikon, Practica, Leica and Exakta.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C4TUSQRvLIu6oAH9GSq2MA7_AgEBOvVvu6YlWUcZEdauAM4NJU9LyBu1Qso49QVSD0UyENSUCc9T-ilaI_PbVrlB0-YHfnJyj7DkILN5dMpo-QtrhJ0s65RgOdx1rXWl3yqxUBS-N1eg8UOUpEeqLRCuzS0eni4r1FFSjRI_dKBmrpeYJMB_/s846/penman.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="615" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C4TUSQRvLIu6oAH9GSq2MA7_AgEBOvVvu6YlWUcZEdauAM4NJU9LyBu1Qso49QVSD0UyENSUCc9T-ilaI_PbVrlB0-YHfnJyj7DkILN5dMpo-QtrhJ0s65RgOdx1rXWl3yqxUBS-N1eg8UOUpEeqLRCuzS0eni4r1FFSjRI_dKBmrpeYJMB_/w466-h640/penman.png" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, of course, this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitepsnmf9lbYjGDLgIWowXAS2Yar0ACwNqnfVG8xoBnAuM0FQzWBvv-g9axEAjzvWmKYADBTBxXy7C3mJUNlQ0koNIwnAl2KCt5ZDQu1z73xKHAKt5hklCDnPDs2zyO2vwG6AhnsDNnQm7qP5lQWq51xwB0QRhkzJ-ivCHR2fLIA7WNXWO3WLy/s876/genesmith.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitepsnmf9lbYjGDLgIWowXAS2Yar0ACwNqnfVG8xoBnAuM0FQzWBvv-g9axEAjzvWmKYADBTBxXy7C3mJUNlQ0koNIwnAl2KCt5ZDQu1z73xKHAKt5hklCDnPDs2zyO2vwG6AhnsDNnQm7qP5lQWq51xwB0QRhkzJ-ivCHR2fLIA7WNXWO3WLy/w452-h640/genesmith.png" width="452" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-68977467722894752032023-10-16T23:56:00.002-06:002023-10-17T00:10:16.863-06:00Sunday in Old Town<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT3_iLRYuAXiOPWm69MPXxvG09esOpXU60s1SBUu7Jpew8xBDPeSkdKL1rhmx-VNgrS4tepGId-eN3sjq1sq0pYS5wSXFU5IfbBxYah39fK70rBRy2im7mY5WyOFH40m9W3v5jkfAxXVVVkmh8au4PNQo2cEAhuwoPzZnk8eFRbAj9fUg_Zwfkkr8RRM/w444-h640/17b.jpg" width="444" /></a></div>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-73789111679451944452023-10-08T06:00:00.001-06:002023-10-08T06:00:00.152-06:00Arista<p> I was given a roll of Arista Edu Ultra 200 some time ago. I liked the results I got from it when developed in Rodinal, so I got a bulk roll and tried it with a variety of developers, none of which really produced results that I liked, including my last roll which I processed in Caffenol. I have picked the three images from that last effort which seems to best show the film's potential, which I think is quite nice in regard to grain and tonality.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6elsBJOzzfZ_t2x7bCdsaE0r1iLiRXSZtI5fPuhzrc5FK77fQ2TX4-_u2CE0ZD9wew-O9r8-3OZ1zrq0xFughj-ovOJi8aGbSFzgqTkTDC4hWN144ScMDrVMHJ8TBYcY_phjKQc2NttoqxSg5SLbl3yetZDJLybtstndH7UfclhyphenhyphenKJoIWcVhS/s900/01d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="691" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6elsBJOzzfZ_t2x7bCdsaE0r1iLiRXSZtI5fPuhzrc5FK77fQ2TX4-_u2CE0ZD9wew-O9r8-3OZ1zrq0xFughj-ovOJi8aGbSFzgqTkTDC4hWN144ScMDrVMHJ8TBYcY_phjKQc2NttoqxSg5SLbl3yetZDJLybtstndH7UfclhyphenhyphenKJoIWcVhS/w492-h640/01d.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluqP3svziUN1-XHD6MHx3L9cmiY5T7_gJf9fGh-SLD9Jnfqs94qC-PMTNRvi5Vb28pqkawIZFeZiu8nqXXCuc1ROdK0JkI9xvNBhEQh94UThqUUeJ0VY2fk5WdY4U0kvnE5oBj5uJRb811p7N81nSCLCpWF8kNwO8uMMigav6A0TsYvrFUdci/s800/02b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="491" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluqP3svziUN1-XHD6MHx3L9cmiY5T7_gJf9fGh-SLD9Jnfqs94qC-PMTNRvi5Vb28pqkawIZFeZiu8nqXXCuc1ROdK0JkI9xvNBhEQh94UThqUUeJ0VY2fk5WdY4U0kvnE5oBj5uJRb811p7N81nSCLCpWF8kNwO8uMMigav6A0TsYvrFUdci/w392-h640/02b.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKD8qxGOOFl-5M_5MsIjMtED1uKCa7f1rijpoCHimX6OWMK5golqgF0wXXsNjgLyzY4E8TuyCpYUqvfeB4rUve2cfVLqnRRoY5KW3GxGOHasYdL1FYXLGPyliGHO85h-hW9WgrpE9fJ37RJVblfebJ8XGLN3LnDp73hyphenhyphenixpa4vwXTm-NeTvV9/s800/16b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKD8qxGOOFl-5M_5MsIjMtED1uKCa7f1rijpoCHimX6OWMK5golqgF0wXXsNjgLyzY4E8TuyCpYUqvfeB4rUve2cfVLqnRRoY5KW3GxGOHasYdL1FYXLGPyliGHO85h-hW9WgrpE9fJ37RJVblfebJ8XGLN3LnDp73hyphenhyphenixpa4vwXTm-NeTvV9/w424-h640/16b.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><p>I've got at least a couple rolls of Arista left in the bulk loader, so I'll take another whack at it, paying more attention to shooting technique and processing. I'll try rating the film at 100 ASA and maybe give it a little more time in the development as well.</p>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.com7