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Samstag, 14. März 2015
Namdaemun Market - used photo equipment
Namdaemun Market - wide choice in used photo equipment and plenty of motives to test it on the spot. Forgive me - this is a quite Canon oriented sight.
Human powered flight photos
New photos found for my very small collection on man-powered flight. About the first I did not think too much, but after some research I am sure, it is a quite importent shot.
It turned out to be the Shafter Version of the Gossamer Condor. The Photo is most probably from the first Kremer price flight on 23rd of August 1977, the rider/pilot is Bryan Allen.
The Kremer price was established by the British industrialist Henry Kremer in 1959, but for more than 17 years nobody even came near to win it. Dr. Paul MacCready from California startet in 1976 a family and friends team to start a completely new approach to man-powered flight. He took his experience from hang gliders and built a very light design of lightweight plastics and aluminum spars with 29 meters wingspan, more than a DC9, but much much lighter and intended to fly at a very low speed.
After a quick start with promising success, than a long serie of failures, a simple try and error - crash and repair - methode improved the design slowly. In March 1977 the team moved to Minter Field at Shafter Airport in California, where the wind conditions were expected superior. The same time Bryan Allen joined the team and brought professional bicycle racer power into the project. In the meantime a Japanese team had the same approach and their successful flight times were alarming for the Condor team. The design was improved with higher effort and on 23rd of August 1977, Bryan Allen succeeded in completing the Kremer eight-figure course. The Gossamer Condor is now preserved in the collections of the Smithsonian National Space and Air Museum.
Further readings and sources:
It turned out to be the Shafter Version of the Gossamer Condor. The Photo is most probably from the first Kremer price flight on 23rd of August 1977, the rider/pilot is Bryan Allen.
The Kremer price was established by the British industrialist Henry Kremer in 1959, but for more than 17 years nobody even came near to win it. Dr. Paul MacCready from California startet in 1976 a family and friends team to start a completely new approach to man-powered flight. He took his experience from hang gliders and built a very light design of lightweight plastics and aluminum spars with 29 meters wingspan, more than a DC9, but much much lighter and intended to fly at a very low speed.
After a quick start with promising success, than a long serie of failures, a simple try and error - crash and repair - methode improved the design slowly. In March 1977 the team moved to Minter Field at Shafter Airport in California, where the wind conditions were expected superior. The same time Bryan Allen joined the team and brought professional bicycle racer power into the project. In the meantime a Japanese team had the same approach and their successful flight times were alarming for the Condor team. The design was improved with higher effort and on 23rd of August 1977, Bryan Allen succeeded in completing the Kremer eight-figure course. The Gossamer Condor is now preserved in the collections of the Smithsonian National Space and Air Museum.
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| Shafter Version of the Gossamer Condor at the Kremer Price flight on 23rd of August 1977. This photo was published by the Sun Magazine in Baltimore in March 1979 and was some time in possession of the Du Pont Archive. |
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| A later Version of the Gossamer Condor, photo is dated March 1979. |
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| This photo is dated June 1979. |
Further readings and sources:
Freitag, 6. März 2015
With my SWC round the Petronas Towers
For
my recent Kuala Lumpur trip I took with me my Hasselblad SWC from 1978 additional
to the Canon DSLR. I brought a tripod (Gitzo Traveler) too and only one
film back for the SWC with an Ilford HP5+ already loaded with some shots already done long time ago and two
new Ilford FP4+ films.
I used the SWC on two days around the Petronas Towers, which are clearly a hot spot for extreme wide angle lenses. On the first day I shot the remaining frames of the HP5+, which is a 400 ASA film and in the bright KL sun this resulted in high apertures even hand held. Two of the results you will find here, not as grainy as I thought, but still.
I used the SWC on two days around the Petronas Towers, which are clearly a hot spot for extreme wide angle lenses. On the first day I shot the remaining frames of the HP5+, which is a 400 ASA film and in the bright KL sun this resulted in high apertures even hand held. Two of the results you will find here, not as grainy as I thought, but still.
Second day with the much slower (125 ASA) Iford FP4+, this time I used the tripod, therefore high apertures too and longer shutter speeds were possible.
All negatives are scanned here in Jungmuro professional, I get files with 8700 x 8700 pixels and about 200 MB. I edit them in Photoshop Elements and for internet use I compress to 3600 x 3600 pixels. Sharpness is still amazing IMHO.
All negatives are scanned here in Jungmuro professional, I get files with 8700 x 8700 pixels and about 200 MB. I edit them in Photoshop Elements and for internet use I compress to 3600 x 3600 pixels. Sharpness is still amazing IMHO.
Since some time I like to play with digital Sepia toning,
herewith a few results.
Freitag, 13. Februar 2015
Canon EF 300 mm 1:2.8 L
Canon EF 300 mm 1:2.8 L, late first version, built at the Canon Utsunomija factory, Japan in Oktober 2003. I got it for a good price in the Jungmuro area in Seoul, a little paradise for used photo equipment, for finding any sort of film, for framing photos and any printing jobs.
This Canon lens got enthusiastic reviews from it's first entry on in 1988. For Nikon it took nearly 10 years to launch an equally fast 300 mm.
This tele lens is my first lens, where I have to mount the camera to the lens, not the other way round. Quite a heavy photographic challenge and I took it serious.
First real test in my most nearby surroundings. Mounted to the Canon EOS 1 Ds III as in the photos above. The shots are hand held, this combination is still great to hold. Although I do not want to carry it around more than about half a day.
Nest building Magpie's, it seems that spring is coming. The above photo is a quite small crop from this one aside. The comparison shows the sharpness of the lens.
This 300 cm lens turned out to be as incredible sharp and has fast autofocus. Traditionally it is used for wildlife photography, birds, sports and even by Paparazzi.
For the next field test on Nansam hill I combined the lens with an extender Canon EF 1.4x II, resulting in a 420 mm tele lens and mounted it to my EOS 5D III. To increase the picture quality I used a tripod. My Gitzo Series 2 Traveler seems not to be the right one for this weight and lenght, but turned out to be helpful anyway.
Further reading:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/300mm-f28.htm
This Canon lens got enthusiastic reviews from it's first entry on in 1988. For Nikon it took nearly 10 years to launch an equally fast 300 mm.
This tele lens is my first lens, where I have to mount the camera to the lens, not the other way round. Quite a heavy photographic challenge and I took it serious.
First real test in my most nearby surroundings. Mounted to the Canon EOS 1 Ds III as in the photos above. The shots are hand held, this combination is still great to hold. Although I do not want to carry it around more than about half a day.
This 300 cm lens turned out to be as incredible sharp and has fast autofocus. Traditionally it is used for wildlife photography, birds, sports and even by Paparazzi.
For the next field test on Nansam hill I combined the lens with an extender Canon EF 1.4x II, resulting in a 420 mm tele lens and mounted it to my EOS 5D III. To increase the picture quality I used a tripod. My Gitzo Series 2 Traveler seems not to be the right one for this weight and lenght, but turned out to be helpful anyway.
Further reading:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/300mm-f28.htm
Samstag, 29. November 2014
Canon EOS analog and digital
The Canon EOS 1Ds was the first professional full frame digital camera from Canon and was introduced in September 2002. This 11.1 megapixel camera is still very similar to the last analog Canon professional camera, the EOS 1V. Nearly all analog setting knobs are at the same place as at the digital sibling. The EOS 1Ds was replaced in September 2004 by the Mark II.
Both cameras, the EOS 1V and the EOS 1Ds I found here quite cheap and they are both still a joy to use. The following photos shall illustrate the near relationship between the analog and the digital Canon professional ‘workhorses’.
Further readings:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos/1v.htm
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos1ds
Both cameras, the EOS 1V and the EOS 1Ds I found here quite cheap and they are both still a joy to use. The following photos shall illustrate the near relationship between the analog and the digital Canon professional ‘workhorses’.
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| right: EOS 1V, left: EOS 1Ds |
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| Canon EOS 1Ds with EF 1.4/35 |
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| testphoto with EOS 1Ds and EF 1.4/35 |
Further readings:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos/1v.htm
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos1ds
Sonntag, 3. August 2014
Visitors at Summit House - Angela and Juan
Am vorigen Wochenende Freitag abend sind Angela und Juan nach längerem Warten und Bangen doch noch angekommen. Der Start in Tianjin hatte sich wegen Taifun-Warnung verzögert und es war lange unsicher, ob Freitag überhaupt noch ein Start möglich wäre. Tianjin ist nur eine Stunde und 20 Minuten Flugzeit von Seoul entfernt, aber die Wartezeit war ein Vielfaches davon.
Freitag war es dann schon spät, wir haben nicht mehr viel unternommen. Am Samstag morgen hat es geregnet, wir waren trotzdem schon früh draußen, spazieren und fürs Frühstück einkaufen. Nach dem Frühstück gings mit der Ubahn zur Insa-dong.
Nach längerem Spaziergang sind wir im Tteuran Tea House eingekehrt, ein Platz, den ich immer noch gerne besuche.
Am nächsten Morgen gab es als Frühstück eine kleine vorgezogene Geburtstagsfeier für Angela.
Dann wieder per Ubahn zum Gyeongbokgung Palace, dem koreanischen Königspalast. Den habe ich auch noch nie besichtigt, also auch für mich eine Überraschung.
Freitag war es dann schon spät, wir haben nicht mehr viel unternommen. Am Samstag morgen hat es geregnet, wir waren trotzdem schon früh draußen, spazieren und fürs Frühstück einkaufen. Nach dem Frühstück gings mit der Ubahn zur Insa-dong.
Nach längerem Spaziergang sind wir im Tteuran Tea House eingekehrt, ein Platz, den ich immer noch gerne besuche.
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| Angelas 'neue' Canon |
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| Glücks-Klee am Weg |
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| Abstecher zum Jogyesa Temple, der hat eine neue Himmels-Dekoration |
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| mehrstöckiges Einkaufs-Zentrum an der Insa-dong |
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| Begutachten der Einkäufe |
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| Abendessen in Min's Club |
Am nächsten Morgen gab es als Frühstück eine kleine vorgezogene Geburtstagsfeier für Angela.
Dann wieder per Ubahn zum Gyeongbokgung Palace, dem koreanischen Königspalast. Den habe ich auch noch nie besichtigt, also auch für mich eine Überraschung.
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| beim Eingangstor |
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| im Palastmuseum, Angela vor dem königlichen Automobil |
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| Aufzug zur Expresszug zum Flughafen |
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