| that was the week that was
A busy week with not much time for posting. We visited Zoe's mom, Gerry, today. I think this is the best I've seen her since she moved to the care facility for her Alzheimers. As soon as she saw us she started to wave her arms in the air to catch our attention and had a big smile on her face. She definitely still recognizes us. She still can't talk well and she sat the entire time we were with her so I don't know how she is doing physically but part of her is still in there and it was good visiting with her.
Camera strap business is up and so is shooting. My pano test failed. Somehow I didn't allow for overlap so the stitching software would work. A definite brain fade. I should be getting three rolls of 120 roll film back from Panda Lab tomorrow. One is my first roll of black and white Efke 25 shot in the Salut-S. I'm very interested in how this almost grainless film comes out. There is a roll of Ilford FP4 shot with the Salut-S. It's a black and white ISO 125 film. It has a couple of hand held panos on it, with lots of overlap. And a roll of Ilford Delta 3200, shot with the Mamiya Universal with a combination of pinhole and 65mm (28 mm equiv.)
There was a thread at Rangefinder Forum this week on the Zorki I. I've having more appreciation of the Leica II, early Leica IIIs, and the Zorki 1. Similar to my Leica IIIc but even smaller. A perfect body for my collapsible Industar-50. In the end I decided to use the Industar-50 on my Leica IIIc. The IIIc has a diopter adjustment for my aging eyes and it has slow speeds. That and I already own a IIIc.
The lens collapses for carrying around. The little Leica, with the non-collapsible J8, will fit in my side coat pocket. With the little I-50 it fits in the inside chest pocket in my coat.
It pulls out and locks for use.
The cute little lens hood is an A36 from CameraQuest but they don't seem to have them anymore. It's great for when I want to carry around one camera on a daily basis.
My potato bonsai project has started. I bought the potato tonight. Pictures, many pictures, will ensue. Be afraid. |
