Posts in Category: Photography
Thailand analogue
It was the day of my departure back to Thailand when I met my Father and Mother for a glass of sparkling wine before I left. So my father left me a Rollei 35SE. Fortunately I had a spare film – a Kodak Gold 200 – for my Minox with me which I later inserted into the Rollei.
Country Road
The rural road in Ban Pa Taeo. Daughter and little grandchild approaching , welcomed by our dog “Suea”.
The “Russians Ton”
MTO 11CA . In Germany commonly simply called “Die Russentonne” which means the “Russians Ton”. A mirror lens. A full meter of focal length. At a 1.6 crop factor (like APS-C has) 1.6 meters equivalent focal length. Focussing this lens is difficult, even with a very steady tripod 🙁 In the viewfinder you can see the shimmer of the air. Mirror lockup and self timer are mandatory. Even on a solid tripod it takes several seconds until the construct becomes stable after the last touch . . .
A good friend has left me this part, not for free, I’ll probably take it off the for the actual market value . The front lens had some mist, the mirror some dust. I dismounted the piece and cleaned it. Needed a good half a pack of glasses towels from a well known German discounter. Just after that I’ve read that you shouldn’t clean the mirror in any case. Too late, but contrary to popular opinions it has taken no damage (up to two, three tiny scratches which do not interfere at all). And according to a pre – after comparison , I find that it is now a tick more crispy and more defined. But definitely not worse as before cleaning!
The castle Teck, photographed from about 8km away, taken a few meters from our house,
Castle Teck
Classic aircraft convention at the Hahnweide, 04-06.08.2013
Every two years at the Hahnweide in Kirchheim Teck is a great airshow, the “Oldtimer Fliegertreffen” – classic aircraft convention. It is about two and a half kilometers far from home. The weather was nice. So there was no reason not to go there.
On the way to the Hahnweide