Olsen
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VictorM.
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Maybe Luigi can make a grip to protect your delicate fingers?
OdDbaLL said:
OdDbaLL
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Oy! Enough about my delicate fingers!
I was at the Mitchell Library here in Glasgow a few weeks back looking through a giant pile of building plans from the 1800's from the archives. You have to ask for them to brought up and promise not to manhandle them too much, sign papers stating their use, you can't photograph them with flash... so far all good and formal as you would expect from a serious archive.
As I was working my way through them i noticed that one of the drawings was a bit crumbly and the top edge was all gooey with moldy sludge so I put it aside and when the archivist came to collect it I pointed out that it there was mold growing on the edge and they might want to do something about that.
The response:
In the Austin Power's Fat B*****d accent: "Oh you're a delicate flower!"
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dee
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Cameras / coffee ...and dyspraxia don't bode well for me ...
arbib
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Ok,
Here is my "Camera & Coffee" addition to this thread
after reviewing 100's of photo's, I desided to add a "Jazz Camera & Coffee" photo. There are many great photo's here. It was tough trying to get an original idea. I think this works.
Bessa R2 with Industar 61 LD (55mm/2.8)
Coffee is Taster's Choice
Piano: Trayser Piano Company Richmond, Indiana Cirta Dec-1917 by SN - 54" Harp - Upright Grand.
Here is my "Camera & Coffee" addition to this thread
after reviewing 100's of photo's, I desided to add a "Jazz Camera & Coffee" photo. There are many great photo's here. It was tough trying to get an original idea. I think this works.
Bessa R2 with Industar 61 LD (55mm/2.8)
Coffee is Taster's Choice
Piano: Trayser Piano Company Richmond, Indiana Cirta Dec-1917 by SN - 54" Harp - Upright Grand.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Arbib: Very cool, and I really enjoyed learning that once pianos were made in Richmond. But I respectfully suggest that this is a camera and coffee thread, so the Taster's Choice choice is, uh, maybe over the line? 
VictorM.
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Trius said:Arbib: Very cool, and I really enjoyed learning that once pianos were made in Richmond. But I respectfully suggest that this is a camera and coffee thread, so the Taster's Choice choice is, uh, maybe over the line?
Au contraire! Tasters Choice and Bessas were separated at birth.
fotorr
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As a resident of Richmond, Indiana (45 years) -don't forget the Starr
Piano/Record company.
Piano/Record company.
arbib
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Trius said:Arbib: Very cool, and I really enjoyed learning that once pianos were made in Richmond. But I respectfully suggest that this is a camera and coffee thread, so the Taster's Choice choice is, uh, maybe over the line?
That's all my Wife Drinks, I drink Starbucks mosty on the way to work.
arbib
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fotorr said:
Star Piano had about 12 lines of Piano's, This was one of them. BTW, Trayser was one the 2 original builders, Star was the other. Trayser was from Germany and brought Piano Design with him. That is what he did. Star knew how to Build them. In their time, their Piano's were world re-noun for quality in the Upper Lines., and they made about 100 a year until the early 1900's. A fully restored Star.. Piano will fetch $7,000 - $12,000 today. Mine would fetch $7,000. We paid $50.00 at a Good Will, and it costs $3,000 to refurbish/repair most any Upright Grand. A good investment indeed when and if we do it.
rbiemer
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Nuno
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Contax G1 and Coffee
Picture taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50/2.8 on a Canon DSLR...
Picture taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50/2.8 on a Canon DSLR...
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Rob: I'm thinking it's a fake, maybe LHSA can verify? Was the coffee black or did you add something to give it creamy bokeh?
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Trius said:
I suspect it's a Mirro re-paint.Rob
Gordon Coale
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I was finishing up a batch of straps this morning and had to make a neck strap for my new Zeiss Ikon. It's a 70 year old Super Ikonta B 532/16. It makes 6x6 negatives on 120 roll film. The lens is a 80mm 2.8 Tessar. The 532/16 went into production in 1937 with the integrated viewfinder and coupled rangefinder. The lens serial numbers in 1937 ranged from 1930150 to 2219775. Mine is 1932042, an early one. It's in great shape. A friend of mine had it. He paid $70 for it which is a very good price. The chrome is coming loose on the film counter and advance and there is a piece of leather missing on the end on the top, otherwise the body is beautiful. The major problem is the focus was frozen. He had another 532/16 that had been to Jurgen and didn't want to spend money on this one and wasn't into doing his own repair. He had cleaned it up. He said to make an offer. I offered $30. I picked it up last night. He was showing me how it worked and was adjusting the focus by turning the front lens element directly instead of using the little finger wheel. It wasn't frozen, just really stiff. I've loosened it up enough to be able to focus with the finger wheel, although it is slow and a little painfull. (The sacrifices we make for photography!) There are a couple of websites that show how to take the front apart and relube it. I will also need to remove the top plate and relube the film advance and clean off all the glass in the rangefinder but is is useable right now for testing and I have a roll of FP4 in it.
I enjoyed looking at it with a fine cup of Mukilteo Coffee French Roast slow roasted right here on Whidbey Island.
I enjoyed looking at it with a fine cup of Mukilteo Coffee French Roast slow roasted right here on Whidbey Island.
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Pherdinand
the snow must go on
gordon...you offered him $30, while he bought it for $70 at a good price?? i guess i'm missing somehting...
Anyhow. My super ikonta III had a similarly hard to turn focus "wheel" and I solved the problem by carefully inserting silicone lunricant at the sides of the wheel. I realized the focus helicoid was not frozen, only the wheel (the lens seemed to turn easily).
It works fine now.
Anyhow. My super ikonta III had a similarly hard to turn focus "wheel" and I solved the problem by carefully inserting silicone lunricant at the sides of the wheel. I realized the focus helicoid was not frozen, only the wheel (the lens seemed to turn easily).
It works fine now.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
gordon...you offered him $30, while he bought it for $70 at a good price?? i guess i'm missing somehting...
Anyhow. My super ikonta III had a similarly hard to turn focus "wheel" and I solved the problem by carefully inserting silicone lunricant at the sides of the wheel. I realized the focus helicoid was not frozen, only the wheel (the lens seemed to turn easily).
It works fine now.
Anyhow. My super ikonta III had a similarly hard to turn focus "wheel" and I solved the problem by carefully inserting silicone lunricant at the sides of the wheel. I realized the focus helicoid was not frozen, only the wheel (the lens seemed to turn easily).
It works fine now.
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
Nice Gordo. I like it. ~ ahhh, one of these days.
1015
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I finally got around to posting something here in this particular topic - captured with my 'half decent' phone cam (SE K800i) in less than decent circumstances, it does not come up to the heels of the 'Leica cum Starbucks' showcases I have seen here passing by
But here my try anyway:
But here my try anyway:
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Trius
Waiting on Maitani
1015: That's pretty luscious looking and the SP always has a place in my heart...
BTW, try a wrist strap on the SP, it's my preference. Gordy made mine.
BTW, try a wrist strap on the SP, it's my preference. Gordy made mine.