Category Happy SUNday

Happy SUNday! – Kodak EasyShare Max Z990

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The Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 was released in 2011 with a 12 MP BSI CMOS sensor. It’s considered a bridge camera, a compact digital with some features and styling of a larger DSLR. It has a 30x optical image stabilized lens made in Germany. I love the bold, bright, and contrasty photos it captures.

Fernandina Beach lifeguard Gavin is standing watch over the beaches of Amelia Island, Florida.
Busy beach.
My three ‘test’ palms.
More expansive view – note the three ‘test’ palms.
Wide angle of about 28mm.
Telephoto at around 800mm.
HDR setting.
Kodak film simulation of ‘Vivid’ is closely associated with Kodacolor film. Sharp and contrasty.
This is a lifeguard stand shot with the camera’s ‘HDR’ setting. Notice how the yellow flag shows movement since HDR takes three images in succession and then combines them into one image.

The Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 is a worthy digital camera from the early 2010s. At 12 MP, it has plenty of resolution for most applications, and its superzoom lens (28-840mm) blows away most other cameras in its class. By the way, all these images are straight from the camera – no post-processing. JPEGs can be sharp and colorful.

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Carol, 1979, Yokohama, Japan.
US Navy base housing, Area 2, Honmuku, Naka-ku.
Canon F-1
Kodak Kodachrome

I love this picture of my always-smiling wife (now 50 years married).

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Kodak No. 3-A Folding Brownie Camera.

Model A made from 1909 to 1915. This is the first model with the F.P.K. Automatic shutter and Bausch & Lomb Optical Company lens. It originally used 124 roll film, but the proper adapter can shoot 120 films. This camera is from the collection of well-known New Mexico photographer and writer Ken Cobean (Hial Kenyon Cobean, Jr.)

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Comments are always welcomed, as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by, and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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Happy SUNday! – classic cameras and lenses

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Fujifilm X-T2 with Tamron-F 135mm f2.8 classic short telephoto lens. The effective focal length is about 203mm.
Canon PowerShot A95 from 2005.
Canon A95 image.
Canon A95 image.
Canon A95 image.
Canon A95 image.
Fujifilm X-T2 with Tamron-F 135mm f2.8 lens.

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Happy SUNday! – under the bridge

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Headed north. Amelia River, Amelia Island, Florida.
Light, Shadow, and Structure. Canon A-1 with Canon FD 200mm f4 lens.

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Happy SUNday! – random images

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Out on a ledge. Yashica Pentamatic (1960). Fernandina Beach historic post office (c1911) overlooking Centre Street.
Nassau County (Florida) historic courthouse clock tower c1881. Fujica GW690 6×9 Professional medium-format camera from 1977 on Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 film.
Courthouse clock tower spire. Canon FD 500mm f8 mirror lens.
Postmaster’s office since 1911. Fernandina Beach post office.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church c1881-1884.
Newest camera in my collection. Asahi Pentax H2 from 1959.

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Happy SUNday! – (found) pictures of my dad

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Pictures of my dad Paul Whelan in Paris in 1945. He was an MP and spent most of the war at the Brooklyn Navy Yard which was just down the street from where he was raised and his family still lived. He wasn’t posted to Europe until later in the war.

A Brooklyn “kid” in Paris. My dad was about 31 in this picture.
My dad was in the CCC before the war started and worked for the NYC Transit Authority.
Great smile and a note for my mom.

Me in 1975 at my first duty station (NAS Pensacola) after Navy Aerographer’s Mate school (weather).

22-years old and still skinny from boot camp.

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A simple day at the beach.

Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS – It’s a great little “mini-bridge” camera – 10 MP, AF 15x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon 28mm to 420mm zoom lens.
Released in September 2008.

Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island. Summer fun at the beach (no issues, just always at the ready). Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Navy Times

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My Aerographer’s Mate A School class from April 1975. I’m in the second row, third from the left (the tall guy who looks out of place). Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey

We were fresh out of basic training in the above picture. What is an Aerographer’s Mate (AG)? We are meteorologists and oceanographers, flight weather forecasters, tropical weather experts, severe weather predicters, and all around environmental forecasters (land, sea, air, and sub-surface). The rating just celebrated 100 years of service.

December 1989. Naval Oceanography Command Detachment Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. My detachment of fellow Aerographer’s Mates pose for our annual Christmas Card photo. I’m the last guy in the first row to the extreme right. The detachment was located on Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in the Operations Building which was adjacent to the airfield.
Aerographer’s Mates in OA Division onboard the USS Midway (CV-41). I’m the last guy in the far right. Late 1977, underway from our homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.

I served on three aircraft carriers during my 22 year Navy career. The USS Midway (CV-41), USS Forrestal (CV-59), and finally the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). Other duty stations included NAS Pensacola, NAS Jacksonville, and the Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay, Georgia. It was a blast!

Our detachment logo in 1990 reflected our support mission to the submarine community (Trident subs).

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