Happy SUNday! – images from a 1959 lens.

Very nice colors and contrast. This 35mm lens, when used on a crop sensor camera like the Fuji, provides an effective focal length of approximately 52mm, which is considered a “normal” or “standard” lens.
A test picture showing nice contrast and color from a sixty-five-year-old lens.
An Asahi Takumar f3.5 35mm wide-angle lens from 1959 mounted on my modern Fujifilm mirrorless camera via an adapter.
This classic lens looks right at home on my Fuji X-T2.

I enjoy using classic lenses on my modern cameras. It’s easy and inexpensive to adapt your lenses to your mirrorless digital cameras.

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The ‘Original’

Asahi Pentax 35mm SLR

The original Asahi Pentax 35mm SLR. The first eye-level pentaprism camera from Asahi Pentax (1957-1958). It’s also known as the ‘AP’ and ‘Original’.

It’s shown with its proper lens, the Takumar f/2 58mm and Asahi 46mm UV filter.

This camera pre-dates the original Nikon F, which was released in 1959.

I believe it’s a much better camera than the original Nikon F (I use both). Its sleek, still modern-looking design is unmistakably Pentax.

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wordless (almost) wednesday

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Take your airplanes to the beach day.

Amelia Island.

Someone just needed to get in some quality beach time. They just happened to have a couple of airplanes on the trailer.

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A day at the beach with Hurricane Erin

A day at the beach. Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach. The clouds in the distance are cirrus clouds from Hurricane Erin. The surf was up, but I’ve seen worse. I’m glad this storm missed the US.

The clouds you see in the distance are cirrus clouds from the hurricane.
Always at the ready.
The surf was up, but not bad.
Beach parking is only allowed in a few places on Amelia Island. The island has about 13 miles of Atlantic coast.
Hurricane Erin is heading north.

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2 pics

Two images are quite different.

Dawn on Long Island. A very good friend sent me this image this morning. Nikon D7100.
Hurricane Erin at 1:30 pm, August 20, 2025. The center was about 400 nm due east of Amelia Island, Florida. Moving North at 13 mph.

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wordless wednesday

Happy SUNday! – strange stuff

I have two Martin County, Florida, House of Refuge Bicentennial Medals (1776-1976) and one Sears Centennial Coin (1886-1986).
Remember these?
US and Canadian coins.
Lens caps and a Leica Inspection Tag (Hang Tag).
A vintage loupe with its original box.

I found a box in my home office-studio with some cool old stuff. I put these on Mercari in case someone might have a desire to add them to their strange stuff box.

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a comfortable old friend…

Goin’ Old School today.

Canon OD F-1 (1978) with a Canon Power Winder F and chrome-nosed Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 lens (early batch, May 1971).

Comfort food for the soul.
Canon OD F-1 Olive Drab). A special edition Canon F-1 made in 1978 in limited numbers (about 3000).

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