Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
As I continue to reduce my camera collection, I’ve added these two gems to my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com.
The original Nikon F 35mm SLR film camera was introduced in 1959. Here is my 1969 model.Introduced in 1971, this is a mid-1973 model of the Canon F-1 35mm SLR film camera.You can’t ask for a better camera in the Nikon line.Canon’s top-of-the-line camera for a decade.
Off subject, here is a beautiful picture that a dear friend took along the north coast of Long Island.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
From what I understand, Canon Japan may have authorized a third party to produce this limited-edition A-1 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Japan Camera Show in 1979. Other similar special editions were also made for Pentax and Minolta, and possibly others, although no concrete evidence exists.
Only 20 were produced and were only available in Japan at the show.
Its design was typical of many of the best-known Japanese camera manufacturers at that time. Canon, Contax, Nikon, and Yashica all produced similar commemorative editions featuring lizard-skin finishes and unique badges.
Twenty is an extremely low amount from such a large manufacturer. This one is currently available on eBay and Etsy.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Two jets at different flight levels along the same high-altitude jet route over Amelia Island.
What’s fascinating about these two jets’ contrails is that the higher jet’s trail lasts just a bit longer, as at that level (probably at 35k), the air was more favorable for the condesation trail, so it persisted longer than the lower jet (probably at 30k).
The jet route from South Florida that runs northward along the East Coast of the U.S. crosses over Amelia Island. The atmosphere was favorable for the formation of contrails on this day.
As a U.S. Navy meteorologist, I was often tasked to forecast the formation of condensation trails, as they play an important role in operations. As an observer, I called them sky snakes.
Just a few minutes before the top pictures depicting different aircraft.Boeing 777, photographed on another day with a 300mm lens.Enhanced and cropped.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
It’s a Thanksgiving cactus, which bloomed this past Thanksgiving and now again this past week. We also have a Christmas cactus that blooms every Christmas, like clockwork. I’ve never seen it bloom again this time of year.
I wanted to use a flash to emphasize the blossom’s stark beauty.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Whelan Drug Store on Long Island, New York. This one was in Hicksville (just north of Levittown, where I grew up). Same family name but no direct relationship. They were all over New York, and there was even one in Times Square.
Early 1950s on Long Island.Times Square in the 1930s.The less glamorous part of Times Square.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 