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wordless wednesday

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

USS Midway (CV-41)

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

USS Midway (CV-41)
Anchored off the coast of Western Australia near Fremantle.
September 1977.
In the lower left of the image, you can see the Liberty Party about to board one of the many ferries that carried us ashore.
The Midway was a grand old ship, first commissioned in September 1945.
I served onboard in the Operations Department, OA Division, as an Aerographer’s Mate assistant forecaster from March 1977 to March 1980.

Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.

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Happy SUNday! – new, in my camera shop.

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Lots of new items in my Etsy camera shop this week. Take a look. http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

Canon gear direct from my collection. Many are hard-to-find items in mint condition.

Visit http://www.ccstudio2380.com for more.

I’m also listing my rare Canon T70 U.S. Navy 35mm SLR film camera.

1985 U.S. Navy Canon T70 set. One of the best.

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Small changes…

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

This is the original Polaroid image taken in December 1961 with my dad’s Polaroid Pathfinder 110 medium format camera (which I still have). I enhanced the original and did something that was impossible before, had the two of us standing together! AI did make me a tad taller in the changed image, but overall, I like the changes.

The airplane is a Republic RC-3 Seabee. A rather unique post-WWII all-metal plane.

The original was only slightly enhanced for clarity.

How about a touch of color? My dad told me to do something instead of just standing still, so I grabbed the rope for this dramatic action shot.

Mom and I are standing together after all these years.

I don’t have an issue with using AI to help an image as long as it stays faithful to the original.

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wordless wednesday

May 20, 2026May 20, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I don’t have an issue with using AI to help an image as long as it stays faithful to the original.

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wordless wednesday

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I don’t have an issue with using AI to help an image as long as it stays faithful to the original.

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Queen Elizabeth and Me

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

New York City, sometime in 1961. Enhanced and colorized from the original Polaroid (below).

She was likely moored at Pier 90 along the Hudson River.

The original Polaroid image was taken by my Dad.

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Happy SUNday! Mother’s Day

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Always thinking of you, especially on this day.

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Friday Fotos! – Early 1971 Canon Ad

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Here is an early Canon advertisement for its F-1 (and others).

In the United States, Bell & Howell was the distributor for Canon products.

The Canon F-1 was first released in the US in March 1971. Some cameras were produced as early as September 1970 to meet the release date. If you find an F-1 with a very low serial number (less than 1000), it could have been made in 1970. The internal date code would carry a ‘K’ as its first letter (K=1970).

My earliest F-1 is from mid-1971.