Godfrey
somewhat colored
I saw this lovely, unrestored early Porsche 911, probably about 1967 vintage, while out on my walk yesterday. The light was terrific and it was parked just right for a nice shot...
Early Porsche 911 - Santa Clara 2020
iPhone 11 Pro
ISO 25 @ f/2 @ 1/120 @ 6mm
Enjoy!
G
Early Porsche 911 - Santa Clara 2020
iPhone 11 Pro
ISO 25 @ f/2 @ 1/120 @ 6mm
Enjoy!
G
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Beauty! Drool-worthy. (And lovely exposure and bokeh -- who needs a rangefinder anyway? 
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)valdas
Veteran
Beauty! Drool-worthy. (And lovely exposure and bokeh -- who needs a rangefinder anyway?
Yes, nice, especially colors. I am not sure I agree about the bokeh though
madNbad
Well-known
Before moving west, I grew up in Warrington, Pennsylvania which is also the home of Holberts' Porsche. Bob Holbert opened one of the first Porsche dealerships in the U.S. in the mid 1950s. The original building was a squat brick and glass affair and with both Bob and his son Al being involved with Porsches' racing program, there was often a prototype car on display.
zuikologist
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I just googled images of those old offices - classically mid-century building. With a lot of Porsches in the forecourt
David Hughes
David Hughes
There was a dealer who had the registration number "THE 911S", I saw it once and read about it I wonder if it is still about?
Regards, David
Regards, David
Did you view the model number on the engine cover ? Could be a 912...
Dralowid
Michael
Was that Charles Follett, just past Chiswick on the way to Heathrow?
Godfrey
somewhat colored
I checked specifically as I thought it might be a 912 too due to the wheels ... It was a first or second year 911, with the appropriate 911 emblem on the engine cover and on the dashboard.
Of course, someone could have changed the emblems but I'm not about to go poking about under a car parked on the street...
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zuiko85
Veteran
How automobiles have changed! Rather have this one than a brand new one. A few months ago Mike Johnston on the Online Photographer noted that at 0-60 a new Toyota Corolla is a couple of seconds faster than the original Porsche 911. And now automatic transmissions have better mileage than stick shifts!
Driving is just no fun anymore. Cars are just computer run appliances with four wheels.
Driving is just no fun anymore. Cars are just computer run appliances with four wheels.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Thought a lot but the mind is a complete blank.
This old age is a pita; my mother always said that if you're lucky you'll be run over by a bus before you reach 55 as it's all downhill from there. OTOH, my dad said no point in getting old without getting more cunning...
Regards, David
PS FWIW you couldn't fit a rifle in a hard case in a 911. Just thought I'd mention it.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
I drive a Jeep Wrangler these days. I don't have to bend to get into it, the way I once had to do with my Porsche 356C coupe. But for that 911, I would be tempted to bend, arthritis and all. Very nice Porsche!
CMur12
Veteran
Lovely car and a worthy use of an iPhone!
My guess is that it is a 1968 or newer, based on the seats with the headrests and the post-regulation headlights.
(The seats could well not be original equipment, but I don't think anyone would change the previous covered headlights to these.)
- Murray
My guess is that it is a 1968 or newer, based on the seats with the headrests and the post-regulation headlights.
(The seats could well not be original equipment, but I don't think anyone would change the previous covered headlights to these.)
- Murray
Godfrey
somewhat colored
You're probably right ... '68 or '69 most likely because of the headlamps and headrests. By '70, there were other clearly noticeable detail differences.
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Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Nice photo.
Can you select aperture with your iPhone (without special apps)?
On my Motorola Android, I can switch to manual mode for shutter speed, etc., but aperture is always wide open.
Can you select aperture with your iPhone (without special apps)?
On my Motorola Android, I can switch to manual mode for shutter speed, etc., but aperture is always wide open.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
This is an interesting point.
Apple provides the standard Camera app which is intended to do most of everything automatically for the 90 percentile user. Like the Polaroid SX-70, the control is basically a lighten/darken slider. And then there are dozens of more sophisticated camera apps from third party providers that allow excruciatingly fine control of every adjustable camera parameter. But an explicit aperture setting is not one of them.
Many of the tiny cameras in these devices do not have an adjustable aperture in the lens at all, much like a Minox 8x11 submini does not have an adjustable aperture. The notion is that the lens is optimized for wide open setting and the DoF is so great because of the tiny sensor format that they don't need an adjustable aperture. The exposure is balanced by adjusting sensitivity against exposure time, not by adjusting the size of the lens opening. Also, stopping down the lens on these teensy focal lengths would likely be an immediate drop into diffraction-size lens openings and poorer quality imaging.
The iPhone 11 Pro has three cameras with 1.54mm f/2.4, 4.25mm f/1.8, and 6mm f/2 lenses respectively. I doubt you could stop any of them down by more than a stop, if that, and not get diffraction problems immediately. They're all three right on the edge of diffraction limits wide open.
The Light L16 camera, which has sixteen small cameras partitioned into 3 groups of effectively 28mm f/2, 75mm f/2, and 150mm f/2.4 equivalent focal lengths (I don't have the actual focal lengths near to hand) also basically operates with all camera lenses wide open to promote the best capture capable. All "stopped down" settings are simulations/computationally provided adjustments based upon modeling of the lens and sensor characteristics. 10 of the 16 cameras are used for every exposure at all focal length equivalents from 28mm to 150mm, and the integrated result in each exposure is computationally able to achieve f/2 to f/16 aperture settings which you can adjust in the processing software to manipulate the effective focus zone, both in-camera and on your computer...
Fun stuff ... and rather different from lens dynamics on cameras with formats bigger than a quarter the size of your little fingernail.
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It’s not a 1969 as the photo shows a short wheelbase model, which was 1964-1968.
The longer wheelbase started in 1969.
The giveaway is the location of the torsion bar cover in front of the rear wheel.
Looks like US-style headlight trim rings. Euro trim rings/headlights are preferred, IMHO. I changed to Euro on my ‘85 Carrera.
I love the early 911s but they are far too valuable now for me to ever own one. I have had several 911s including two long wheelbase (‘70 and ‘73), fabulously fun cars to drive. The best examples are in California.
The longer wheelbase started in 1969.
The giveaway is the location of the torsion bar cover in front of the rear wheel.
Looks like US-style headlight trim rings. Euro trim rings/headlights are preferred, IMHO.
I changed to Euro on my ‘85 Carrera.I love the early 911s but they are far too valuable now for me to ever own one. I have had several 911s including two long wheelbase (‘70 and ‘73), fabulously fun cars to drive. The best examples are in California.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
I suspected the fixed aperture - and I know what you mean by optimization: my Minox 8x11 cameras can produce surprisingly high resolution photos.
The three-camera iPhone is a clever design. Your photo has a nice soft background with the 6mm (!) long lens.
jarski
Veteran
... Your photo has a nice soft background with the 6mm (!) long lens.
see white fire hydrant, you see blur effect applied to the top section, but bottom is sharp. this, for a vertical object that is same distance from the lens and sensor. clearly Apple's AI still have some things to learn
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
see white fire hydrant, you see blur effect applied to the top section, but bottom is sharp. this, for a vertical object that is same distance from the lens and sensor. clearly Apple's AI still have some things to learn
"Apple's AI" has nothing to do with it.
All blur effects and other rendering artifacts were done in Lightroom by myself, manually. Whether I did a good enough job to meet your expectations is all that matters. I didn't intend for the photograph to be examined pixel by pixel by a bunch of image dissection specialists... LOL! It's supposed to be looked at to enjoy the beautiful old Porsche 911...
If you want to see what the Apple Camera app recorded, click on the finished rendering below to see what the original HEIF image looked like.
The slight noisiness due to the lack of blur just above the roofline on the grasses is the only thing I might fix, but over all I'm happy with it.
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