I think I took some pictures of the station some 8 or 9 years ago. It has a very classic style, and it's a fairly grand looking place. Exterior is done with brick, which in this area, is not a common sight. Bricks have to be shipped here from other states, likely Georgia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hmm, it's been over 9 years since my last post here.
Don't know why, just have lost the interest in using a camera past few years.
I still take some pictures with my cameras, but I got to the point where I don't even upload them to the computer. Most of the time, I just use my cell phone.
In Summer of 2023, we took a trip to Taiwan, I didn't even bother bringing my camera on the trip, I documented the whole trip with my cell phone..
In late 2023, some random video on YouTube popped up with some adapted vintage lenses. Knowing I had a collection of older Pentax M42 and Canon FD lenses, and Micro 4/3 adapters, I thought I would give them a shot again.
This collection of test shots are made from Pansonic DMC-G3 and Canon FD 50mm. Camera set to aperture priority.
