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Ybor City - Brick and old buildings

Friday, March 15, 2024

 You don't see much brick buildings in Tampa area.  I think the main reason is that we just don't have any clay in this area to produce bricks, so they must be shipped to this region.  most of the houses are build with cinder blocks, then stucco over the concrete blocks.  


there are a few older cigar warehouses in Ybor, and an older library. 

Shot with Sony A7Sii, with Minolta 50mm f1.7. 


Canon FD 50m f1.8 magic

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

 I have had this lens for a while, but for some reason, I was not able to get into it.  But recently, I picked it up again to try it out, just to verify how the FD breech lock lens gets attached to the mirrorless camera adapter, since getting it mounted to ensure the aperture ring will adjust correctly is a bit tricky.  I will post some tutorial on it, because I got a little frustrated with the whole process. 

Camera today - Panasonic G3, Fotasy FD to M43 adapter. I think I had -1 EV, so they looked a bit dark.


Anyways, I really like the way the color was rendered, now I am going to test my other 50-55mm range lenses and see how they perform.

Sunny day out and about - Dunedin

Sunday, February 25, 2024

 I live in Clearwater, FL, but there's not much going on in downtown Clearwater except for the new concert venue, The Sound, because most of the buildings there are taken up by the Scientologist. But we are only a few minutes away from downtown Dunedin, it's definitely a lot livelier with more people and things to do.

Pictures today are taken from an actual camera, Panasonic GH3 and Lumix 25mm lens.


ATM - I thought it was a pay phone at first....   😂


Lens Test - Nikon 28-105mm 3.5-4.5D

Monday, February 19, 2024

 This is a bargain of a lens I purchased from KEH. 

The range this lens provided was fairly nice.  It is much lighter than the 35-70mm, plus it has a nice 1/2 Macro feature. 

I tested this out with my new Nikon to Sony E mount adapter, no electronics, so all manual focus. 

Camera - Sony A7Sii.  

Nikon 35mm f1.8 DX. ISO200, 1/13sec. Shot handheld.
This lens' focusing motor stopped working.  Kind of pissed.  Apparently a common issue. 

Taiwan - visited old places 50 years apart

Sunday, February 18, 2024

On this last trip, while walking through a city part, I remembered I had a picture taken on this bridge when I was little, thought I would reproduce a shot.

 

March 1973
Thank goodness my parents had a camera with date feature. I don't think it was a polaroid, not sure why it's square. 
 

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