R.I.P. Cat Number One
Last day in the sun
Cat number one passed away March 1st. She came to live with us in August 2003 at about 8 weeks old and was the first pet in our family. She was my birthday present that year, one of the best presents I ever had.
This post includes some photos from over the years, there seem to be a lot of them! They are from the family archive – snapshots with various point and shoot digital cameras. I have posted quite a few photos on this blog over the year, and mostly they can be found at this link. The picture above was taken on her last full day with us; she had found a patch of sun at the end of winter and spent a few hours in the sun after spending most of her time indoors while it was cold out. She weighed almost nothing at this point and it must have been hard to keep warm. Below our granddaughter shows off the quince tree that she helped choose and plant.
Zero 2000 Pinhole Fixed (Mostly)
Towards sun, arc of flare in upper left possible residual fault. 2 seconds, small lightweight tripod allowed camera shake.
I think I have largely corrected the main problems with my Zero Image 2000 pinhole camera which I documented in a post (link) a couple of days ago. I blackened the brass fitting that holds the pinhole, both inside and outside, with a felt pen. The surface is still shiny and this may explain on some photos a strange arc of flare in the upper left. I suspect blackening the brass is what eliminated the circular flare I was getting before. Eventually it would be worth applying a flat black paint to the brass fitting.
I also attached felt to the underside of the shutter, and that is most likely what eliminated the (more…)
Testing an Olympus Superzoom 76G
I bought the Olympus Superzoom 76G in a thrift store two weeks ago for three dollars. I usually stay away from the zoom point and shoot cameras, but this one had a short zoom range and apparently reasonably fast lens for these kinds of cameras. I have come to learn that many of the Olympus point and shoots are very good little cameras, and few are less than competent, so three dollars did not seem like much of a risk.
I can’t find a manual on-line for this model, but the Superzoom 80G/Infinity Zoom 80 model seems nearly identical (it can be found here). I was fooled at first by the duplication of names for the 80G into thinking that the Infinity Zoom 76 would be the same as the Superzoom 80G, but in fact it is very different, so unfortunately that readily available manual can’t be used. Not having exactly the right manual results in uncertainty about things like aperture and DX code ranges and so on. However, since the 80G looks identical with same controls and LED displayed icons and so on and appears to differ only in zooming an extra 4mm focal length I think it is likely that the information for that camera will be close enough for this one too.
There are some things to like about this camera including (more…)
How to Fix my Pinhole Camera
I am hoping that my some questions I have regarding the performance of my new-to-me Zero Image 2000 pinhole camera can be answered by some of you readers. These pictures were shot on Worldwide Pinhole Day a few days ago in full sun. There are a few issues that I would like some control over, most to do with flare. I don’t mind a bit of flare, but the circular flare on most of these pictures (see the gallery below) is often a bit much, especially the brighter spot in the middle of the circle.
Thus my first question regards the circular flare which has a radial line extending from the center, pointing almost exactly at the sun. (more…)
Recycle
It took me a while to figure out what the cargo is on this car seen in the West Hollywood area.
The mass of glass liquor bottles in the back suggests that the bags are filled with lighter weight plastic bottles.
A notable specimen of the recycle-mobile.
Miracle Beach III
Another from a January trip up island for our granddaughter’s fourth birthday.
Miracle Beach was well worth a visit, as these earlier posts show.
Worldwide Pinhole Day 2017
As metered, 4 second exposure
Yesterday was Worldwide Pinhole Day for 2017 and once again I took instant film pinhole photos with my home-made pinhole camera. I also ran a roll through a new-to-me Zero Image 2000 that I recently got – it was the first roll on black and white film and I won’t see the results for a few days.
I kept it simple by going to the storm drain (where else?) and with the Polaroid pinhole I mostly shot slightly longer (more…)
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