Our “dream” vehicle… Toyota Land Cruiser
1971 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ43
Check out this amazing website for a peek at some automotive magic!
Have a great day y’all!
Chris and Carol ^.^
Happy SUNday!
Year 2018
Always with me…
My mom, Mary
Miss her all the time.
Happy Mother’s Day
Chris
Nicca Type 33 and the Yashica YE… Mighty Morphing Classic Cameras!
Another look at these often overlooked and underappreciated cameras.
Some background – Yashica acquired Nicca in May 1958. Nicca was well known for making high quality 35mm rangefinder cameras since the late 1940s.
Nicca cameras normally came with lenses branded as Nikkor. When the Nicca Type 33 was released in 1958, it came with a Nicca branded lens. We don’t know if Nicca was the actual lens maker or another company made the lens and Nicca had their name affixed. Either way, when Yashica took over the company the Nicca 33 was sold with the Nicca branded lens.
Cute original advertisement from July-August 1958 for the Nicca Type 33 35mm camera and lens.
If you look closely at the ad above, you can see that the lens is marked “Nicca Camera CO.” and is a 50mm f2.8 lens. The serial number isn’t completely clear but looks like a prototype number or some sort (maybe not)… maybe 8000 or something…
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Vintage Glass – Vivitar FD 300mm f5.5 Telephoto Lens
Offered here is a very nice example of some early (1970s) Vivitar lens making.
This wonderful lens was made to some very high standards in Japan during the late 1970s. This manual focus telephoto is set up to mount to Canon (FD mount) film body cameras such as the AE-1, F-1, A-1 and the T Series of 35mm SLRs. This heavyweight lens (almost 2 pounds worth) of glass and brass was designed to compete with the best optics out there but at a reasonable price. This one owner lens is in mint new condition and functions like it too!
It’s easily adapted to most any digital camera body – this one is set to use on my Fujifilm X-A10. Of course, it’s able to use straight up on any Canon FD mount film body and most any vintage 35mm film cameras with an adapter.
It’s available for purchase from our online shop at https://www.ccstudio2380.com for a very reasonable price.
Thanks for stopping by!
Chris
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On the Corner of Blue and Yellow
POP!
Boxed in at the Ikea – Jacksonville 5.7.2018
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit our online store at https://www.ccstudio2380.com for some really neat cameras and all sorts of vintage stuff!
Chris
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Happy SUNday! A simpler time – 1959
Happy SUNday y’all! Hope it’s going well.
Here’s a neat item from a much simpler time. We love that the prescription is in Carol’s mom’s first name only and that there’s no mention of what the drug was. Can you image? It’s almost 60 years old now – it’s amazing that her mom kept the bottle!
Thanks for stopping by!
C&C ^.^
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Rare Yashica ‘Happi Coat’ from the 1960s
Carol and I have decided to start cutting back on our extensive collection of mostly Yashica “stuff”. Some of the items we’ll be listing rarely come up for purchase and are in some cases, the only known examples in existence.
This item, the Yashica ‘Happi Coat’ was made in Japan around the mid-1960s to coincide with Yashica’s new line of electronic cameras. The advertising phrase, “Pioneer in Electronic Photography” became more widely known as Yashica included it in almost every advertisement and brochure. As we understand the origins of this coat, Yashica provided it to salespeople to wear while demonstrating Yashica cameras in US camera stores. I know of only one size – something of a large-medium-large that was designed to fit a majority of wearers. If you were larger than that the happi coat could be left open and worn without the belt. It’s made from a heavyweight high-quality cotton and is very vibrant. The silk screening is sharp and colorful too. Only a slight hint of some discolorations are noted on the fabric. More detailed pictures can be found in our Etsy Shops. By the way, our “model” is about 5′ 9″ tall as a point of reference.
It kinda looks like something Doc would have dressed Marty up in for the Back to the Future movies.
This wonderful coat can be seen in more detail in our Etsy Shops.
It’s also available at https://www.ccstudio2380.com
Stay in touch as we endeavor to list most of our collection by the end of the summer (well by the end of fall at least).
Thanks for stopping by!
Chris and Carol ^.^
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Spam-a-lot – Don’t You Just Love IT?
No, not the movie or the “food” item. Those annoying SPAM messages in your emails. Sometimes the mixture of stuff can be funny. Like this weird combination…
Apparently, there’s a herpes “blitz” going on (whatever that is). Not sure what a “MILF” is either but I don’t want to know. Does anyone else’s SPAM look like this? Or even more bizarre I bet.
Oh well, we always hit the delete key.
Happy Day to y’all – skin tags and all!
Art is Art – Even at the Outback
As the title implies, art is art no matter where you find it. Art is appreciated only when you invest time to notice it. Here are a few “common” bits of art that you may (or may not) have seen while dining at the Outback. It’s actually quite good. Amazing colors! Hats off to the artists!
Disclaimer – No free Bloomin’ Onions (rats!) were offered for this post. ^.^
Thanks for stopping by! “Good on ya, mate!”
Chris
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Another Unlikely Photograph
We felt compelled to submit another image for consideration for this week’s photo challenge – Unlikely
Sometimes the most “unlikely” locations provide the best opportunities for a great photograph.
Silhouettes, shadows, and a bit of mystery.
The light was perfect for only a brief moment – the sun reflected off a car’s windshield in just the right way to illuminate the ceiling of the Outback restaurant we were dining at. I grabbed my phone and was lucky to capture this wonderful image.
Another version below but with an extreme crop and no color shift.
The original uncropped version below.
You can see why this original view inspired me to take the image in the first place. I could see the final, cropped version in my head (in monotone too).
My favorite image is the top one. I think I have the crop and tone just right. What do you think? Which is your favorite?
Thanks for stopping by!
Chris
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Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 