Chasing some images from about 4 years ago. Taken along Centre Street, downtown Fernandina Beach.
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KINDNESS IS FREE
Such beautiful and inspirational words for these hostile times we are living in. Kindness “trumps” hatred everyday! Peace to ALL!
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.” ~ Maya Angelou
How perfect are these words for so many moments in life?😊
What would you do if you found out that you only had 3 months to live and that there was no known cure? Would you scream? Would you collapse on the floor, break down and cry? Would any words ever be enough to offer even the smallest bit of consolation? Everyday, people around the world are fighting battles we know nothing about, in spite of all their suffering, all their anger, sadness and fear, they get up and somehow, they face the day. That’s a special kind of bravery, and in my books, a special kind of Heroism.
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Happy Labor Day USA!
Wishing Peace for all.
Chris and Carol ^.^
Villas Las Palmas c1910
Beautiful private home in downtown Fernandina Beach. Part of the large historic district located on Amelia Island.
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The Hoyt Building c1876
Along beautiful Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island – Florida
One of my favorite buildings along Centre Street. Such details and colors.
Taken with my Fujifilm X-A10 with Canon FD 24mm f2.8 lens
Velvia Vivid mode
Hand held at around 1/15
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Happy SUNday!
Rose in a window.
Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island – Florida
Fujifilm X-A10 with Canon FD 24mm f2.8 lens
Velvia Vivid
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Our Town – Labor Day Weekend
Always a few flags flying along Centre Street, Fernandina Beach – Amelia Island
The fudge shop always a big draw – just getting the crowd on a Saturday night.
Ice cream everywhere!
There’s that Saturday night crowd at Fantastic Fudge.
The famous Palace Saloon… you know they’ll be busy this weekend!
My camera… Fujifilm X-A10 with Canon FD 24mm f2.8 lens. Film simulation mode was Velvia Vivid. I love the gentle colors and the not “eye etching” sharpness that the Canon lens provides. ISO was generally 800-1200 and most apertures were f5.6 to f8 with super slow shutter speeds that were hand held.
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How to date a pretty little Yashica… *
More exactly, how to decode the serial numbers on the Yashica YE 35mm rangefinder camera.
*Not an official Yashica dating site.
We touched on this briefly the other day, but the Yashica YE serial number might have a date code embedded in it. We say might have because we are working off only a 25 camera database – possibly not enough to make a definitive call.
In the example above, the serial number (No. 392745) appears to decode to: 3 = March, 9 = 1959 and 2745 = 2,745th made.
The earliest camera in our database is: (No. 128049) which would be 12 = December, 8 = 1958 and 049 = the 49th made.
The latest in the database is: (No. 699821) which is 6 = June, 9 = 1959 and 9821 = 9,821st made.
Reports on some sites on the Internet claim that only 4,000 cameras were made. The serial numbers, if consecutive and continuous would seem to contradict that. For the moment, let’s keep an open mind about the serial number decoding. More info is needed to fill in the December 1958 and post June 1959 production numbers from Yashica.
If you have some additional info or serial numbers to share, please feel free to share that with us.
Thanks!
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Chris and Carol
Lovely building along the tracks.
Our “vintage” town was conceived in the mid 1850s with many of the buildings from the 1870s onward still standing (commercial and private). Our town was skipped over by progress so we’re fortunate to have retained some of our Southern charm into the 21st century.
Here’s a neat old building that’s the last one on the south side of Centre Street – closest to the railway station and still active tracks.
If you look closely at the far right side you’ll see a passing freight train.
I’ve photographed this store in it’s many versions over the years… now it’s a jewelry store that been nicely reimagined. I love the faint outlines of previous advertisements on its side.
Note the rather large cedar trees on the property. The Lesesne House. Built just prior to the start of the Civil War.
Further down Centre Street and right next to the c1911 post office is this lovely home. One of the few remaining private homes (not B&B) still left in the downtown center.
The cedar tree that is in front of this house.
The Lesesne House (c1860) as seen from the historic post office parking lot.
Side view of the Lesesne House along Centre Street (above). c1911 post office below.
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Finally! A Pentamatic II will be joining our Yashica family!
Success! After literally years of searching and countless missed bids, we’ve acquired a Yashica Pentamatic II. One of Yashica’s lowest production cameras – ever. Estimated at less than 5 thousand – and since it failed in the marketplace and wasn’t distributed outside of Japan, it wasn’t considered a collector’s camera and many were simply dumped whenever they broke. It’s hard to estimate how many exist today, but a wild guess would be around 1 to 2 thousand (and that may be high). Production started in August 1960 and for the most part ended in very early 1961 (late January) when the Pentamatic S came out worldwide.
Yashica Pentamatic II – the hardest Pokemon of all to catch!
Our camera has the original short lived Auto Yashinon f1.7 5.8cm lens. It also has the correct leather strap and strap hangers and comes with the original Yashica metal lens cap and lower leather case.
This has been a long chase – but fun! The camera was sold as “junk” – Yahoo Japan Auction speak for a camera that is not functioning properly or has not been fully tested. Sometimes junk cameras are little gems and sometimes they are as the word junk implies.
We’ll have more about our exciting find in the next few weeks as our little Yashica sails or flies across the Pacific to our studio (at many thousands of yen).
Thanks for your visit and stay tuned!
Chris ^.^
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 