Happy SUNday!

November 2, 2025November 2, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Daisy. Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM lens with Canon EOS R.

Daisy 2. Fujifilm X-T2, TT Artisan AF27mm f/2.8 Lens. Film Sim Acros.

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Friday Fotos! – Photowalk with my 600mm Canon lens.

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

A few images from a quick photowalk along the Amelia River here in Fernandina Beach this afternoon. What contrasts—industrial ugliness mixed with our natural beauty.

Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM lens with a Canon Extender 2x III. 600mm of reach!

‘Talaria’ Denver, Colorado. That must have been one heck of a trip!

One thing is obvious: Fernandina’s riverfront isn’t dull.

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The Bailey House – 1885

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Not that Bailey House, this one sits at the corner of Ash and 7th Streets in the Fernandina Beach Historic District on beautiful Amelia Island.

Queen Anne style Victorian era home. A perfect early autumn day.

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Early Nikon F and Nikon S4

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

From well-known Australian photographer and camera collector Bruce Thomas, used by permission.
Both cameras are marked with a ‘T’ on their rewind knobs, indicating Nikon’s approach to identifying tax-exempt or duty-free cameras sold in Japan in the early 1960s. Not to be confused with the more common ‘EP’ mark, which appeared across all camera brands in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and even a few from Canon in the early 1980s.

Nikon S4 top and Nikon F below. The ‘T’ mark appeared in 1960 on some Nikon cameras sold in Japan and possibly in Hong Kong, though there hasn’t been hard evidence yet.

The Nikon F was developed from the Nikon SP rangefinder camera from 1957. It’s easy to spot the similarities between the S4 and F. Finding a mint condition SP today is quite expensive, but there are “plenty” on online auction sites.

A translated Japanese document from Nikon.

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Old Florida

October 29, 2025October 30, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I was going through some photographs I took of the first house I lived in while going to college in 1973. Sandy’s was a converted roadside fruit stand, mostly oranges, and when I lived in it, it still looked like a fruit stand inside. Shot with my Yashica TL Electro-X on Kodak Ektachrome.