Bbsteinle
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That 1971 Blend isn’t bad….
Camera and Coffee
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chuckroast
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It wasn't terrible like most of their other stuff. The one thing I'll give them is that they manage to find decent coffee for their holiday blends.
Then again, if I am stuck, I rather don't mind the McDonalds coffee, especially now that I qualify for the Senior Coffee for $0.99
38Deardorff
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At $0.99 you'll have lots of extra cash for film & paper 😉
chuckroast
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jonal928
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From the base plates, along with a cup of strong coffee.
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BG7P5313 S3 by Jeri Leibovits, on Flickr
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BG7P5313 S3 by Jeri Leibovits, on Flickr**
BobCoRn
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Sony a58, Sigma 10-20 1:4-5,6 DC EX
BobCoRn
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Sony a58, Sigma 10-20 1:4-5,6 DC EX
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Bolo Kukus
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Makkas (as they are known in Australia) have their good points. We all know the food menu is nothing to write home about, but in Melbourne, the last time I was at the Victoria Markets in the city centre, I discovered the nearby McCafe had free coffee on offer for seniors. Of course I joined the line-up, and made myself useful by pushing the wheelchair of the old gent in front of me to the coffee counter...
Sadly, it seems they are now discontinuing the one food item I've bought from them this century - the plant burger.
Again in Melbourne, if any of our Aussie coffee fan(attic)s don't already know, an ideal place to buy ground coffee or beans is the famous (well, to me anyway) McIvers in the deli house of the same market. They roast and grind the beans in-house, they are happy to mix beans to everyone's hearts' content, and they've been in business since the 1950s, if now under new owners. One charming lady there has sold me my beans since 1986.
My McIver's mix for 30+ years is half Brazil mocha half Italian espresso. Two 250g bags (one of each) costs AUD $22, a $1 price increase in the last decade or longer, which in expensive everything Australia is truly amazing. My morning brew of this heady stuffI could peel paint off a car, but it makes a potent waker-uper shot on cold winter mornings out in the Aussie bush where I live. As for my liver, well.
dickgillberg
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Cortado and an M3
chuckroast
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Vince Lupo
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Nice sun-shiny Monday morning here in eastern Ontario and I’m already onto my second pot of coffee, albeit a smaller version. This is our new coffee maker (OXO 8-cup) which seems to be working okay. I think if I had to do it all over again I might have chosen a different one, but for the price and quality of the coffee it produces it’s okay. The coffee is being brewed into our 1948 Hotel Statler 18oz coffee pot, and the coffee itself is Autentico Valle Central Grands Crus 100% Arabica that we recently got while in Costa Rica. Generally pretty good but I’m still tweaking the measurements — of course with my luck by the time I have it completely dialed-in I’ll be out of this coffee.
Accompanying this morning brew is one of my Hasselblad 1000fs. This one usually has the CFV II 50C digital back affixed to it, and I decided to pull out my 180mm f/2.8 Zeiss Sonnar that doesn’t get nearly enough attention from me. Hoping this year that will change as it’s a superlative lens. Also attached to the camera is a relatively scarce Lane-Prism that came from a seller in South Africa. Pretty interesting prism as it has a swing-out magnifier. Not quite as nice as an NC-2 prism but a nice collectible addition to the camera bag.
Coffee’s ready — hope everyone has a great Monday morning!
Accompanying this morning brew is one of my Hasselblad 1000fs. This one usually has the CFV II 50C digital back affixed to it, and I decided to pull out my 180mm f/2.8 Zeiss Sonnar that doesn’t get nearly enough attention from me. Hoping this year that will change as it’s a superlative lens. Also attached to the camera is a relatively scarce Lane-Prism that came from a seller in South Africa. Pretty interesting prism as it has a swing-out magnifier. Not quite as nice as an NC-2 prism but a nice collectible addition to the camera bag.
Coffee’s ready — hope everyone has a great Monday morning!
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agentlossing
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That's a very cool coffee pot!
Vince Lupo
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I just pulled it out of a storage box yesterday and gave it a good spit’n’polish with Barkeeper’s Friend and a wet sponge. Figured it would be better being put to use than just sitting unloved in a basement box.
You can find versions of this coffee pot on eBay — I can’t remember where we got this from but we’ve had it for about 20 years. It’s ‘hotel silver’ and it doesn’t seem to impart any kind of unwanted taste (like metallic etc) to the coffee. If you just search for ‘Hotel Statler coffee pot’ they should pop up.
chuckroast
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chuckroast
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I actually had the shutter CLAed a few years ago on this camera. Although the lens is uncoated, it is tack sharp. The body takes normal 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 sheet film holders. That assembly slides off to accept a rollfilm holder but I have no idea what the make/model etc. would be. If any one knows, please share with the class. I'd love to use this as a handheld 6x9 shooter.
The camera also came with a few all metal sheet film holders that are way thinner than a convetional Fidelity holder.
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BobCoRn
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Bolo Kukus
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Wow. Amazing...
I didn't know Barton et Guestier sold coffee - or only coffee mugs?
From much past life experience I'm more familiar with some of their other products, not usually imbibed from mugs, altho' if one is 'stemless' when the cork is pulled, a mug is better than having to drink out of the bottle.
Now to the camera - A news photographer I knew in Canada way, way back when (1960s), had one like it. Like yours, I recall it used an odd size film, 3.25 x 4.25, quarter plate. (NOTE I've just read that you've confirmed this, good one!!)
I'll risk a guess that your Tessar Jena lens, if original to the camera, would date this little beauty to 1930.
I also see it has a rangefinder - is it same-branded and clip-on or fixed? - also the classic Kodak peer-down finder and an Albada. And a spirit level. A class act costing good money back in the day. Whoever bought it new wanted the best use from it.
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chuckroast
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Just the mug as a promo thing, I think.
Normally, these were 6.5x9 cm format cameras. But this one seems to be set up for 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 and takes standard sheet film holders in that size.
Somewhere in that general time period, at least, as the lens is uncoated.
It is a permanently affixed Hugo Meyer finder.
The camera is likely a Maximar A 207/3
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p.giannakis
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Something for the Pentaxians of this forum.
(Anyway, who doesn't like Pentax...)
I don't suppose anyone has a spare ME button laying around somewhere? I tried one from an ME-SUPER but I can't fit it for some reason. The camera works well without it, it's ust for aesthetic reasons that I need it.
(Anyway, who doesn't like Pentax...)
I don't suppose anyone has a spare ME button laying around somewhere? I tried one from an ME-SUPER but I can't fit it for some reason. The camera works well without it, it's ust for aesthetic reasons that I need it.
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