friday fotos – Disney Details

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Walt Disney World’s EPCOT World Showcase is all about the details (as are all of Disney’s properties). I enjoy photographing the often-overlooked details and bits that add to something spectacular. These are from our most recent visit to EPCOT, celebrating our 51st wedding anniversary this past March. Camera, Samsung Galaxy S8+.

Pizza magic happens inside this building.

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Peter and ‘Friends’

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

It’s one of my favorite stories and Disney movies as a child.

Peter Pan at Disney’s EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2024.

What’s your favorite early Disney story? Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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EPCOT Butterflies

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Part of Disney’s Flower and Garden Festival 2024 at EPCOT from March of this year.

The gardeners do such a beautiful job creating these fantastic displays.

Thanks for stopping by. Do you have a favorite park in WDW that you visit often? – Chris

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Another look at my Nicca Flash

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

In this post, I asked what ‘B.C.B.’ meant regarding how the flash was powered. It’s widely accepted that ‘B.C.’ is battery capacitor. The last part is speculated to mean battery. I say this because the flash can also be used with just batteries (usually D cells) and doesn’t need a capacitor battery combination. What do you think?

Nicca Flash Unit from around 1953

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my favorite

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Nicca 3-S with W-Nikkor C 28mm f/3.5 Lens – None nicer!

A classic 35mm rangefinder camera from Nicca. The lens is a Nippon Kogaku Japan W-Nikkor 2.8cm f/3.5 lens with a matching 2.8 optical viewfinder.

My favorite 35mm rangefinder, hands down.

Nicca 3-S distributed by Hinomaruya, Tokyo (1951-1958)
They may have made the Nicca branded lens hood for the Nikkor 50 mm f/2 lens.
Hinomaruya also distributed the Melton camera and Nikkor lenses.

I enjoy this Nicca over my much-heralded Leica IIIg.

Nicca 3-S from c1955.

It’s one of the nicest cameras in my collection.

Do you have a favorite 35mm rangefinder camera? Tell me in the comments. Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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wordless wednesday 2

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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wordless wednesday

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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pics at a starbuck$

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Random pics at the local Starbuck$.

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Vivitar Series 1 24-70mm f/3.8-4.8 Lens Test

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

It’s no secret that I enjoy using classic (vintage) lenses on modern mirrorless digital cameras. It’s a fantastic way to test an older lens and “see” things differently. Many of the older film camera lenses were designed to produce a specific look, given the era in which they were made. I believe that lenses from the 1950s have a different look to the images made compared to a more modern lens made in the 1980s.

This Vivitar lens was released in 1988 and was made by the Japanese lens maker Cosina from a design by Vivitar. I’ve attached the lens to my Fujifilm X-T2, which has a crop factor of 1.5. At 70mm, the lens has an equivalent focal length of 105mm.

It does make a handsome combo mounted on the Fuji. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy my X-T2?

The lens has lots of metal and glass; compact wouldn’t be how I’d describe it compared to a similar zoom lens from today. It has 11 elements in 10 groups and a large 67mm filter ring.

It was cloudy and late afternoon when I shot this plant outside my studio window. I believe it is at f/11 ISO 400, 105mm equivalent.

My garden gate at about 24mm (36mm equivalent).

Bald cypress tree in its late autumn blaze. 105mm equivalent (70mm).

I checked on eBay, and there isn’t another one of these lenses for sale currently or recently sold. It’s actually relatively uncommon. I like the images it produces. I have it in my Etsy shop if you are interested. Canon FD mount. Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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A nifty little rangefinder from 1958.

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024Chris and Carol 3 Comments

Ricoh Five One Nine – 1958

The Ricoh 519 is a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Riken Optical Industries, Ltd. of Tokyo in 1958. The 35mm rangefinder field was extremely crowded in 1958, with Yashica entering the market with its first rangefinder at about the same time. Almost every major and relatively unknown Japanese camera maker had at least an entry in the marketplace. In general, the designs of cameras during this period could range from downright ugly to beautiful – I would place this Ricoh in the beautiful category. I love its lines and thoughtful engineering details. The build quality is exceptional – everything fits nicely, and the finishes are extraordinary. Who wouldn’t love the extra attention to detail with the “519” written in script?