Leica & Stylus Around the World: Round #9

[lxdude]

Rachelle:

Did you ask if you could send the camera with a chicken installed?

If she did, I'll bet she looked sheepish.

 

[lxdude]

Fred is working without battery ? So on what kind of energy he is relying to post ? Solar ?
If I dare, I wouldn't even venture that is can be of course... natural gas !

Talk about explosions...

 

[Shawn Rahman]

Crazy idea:

So to try something new - when and if we ever get to that point - in addition to posting all the pics I thought we'd commemorate and share the results of this round by making contacts of the rolls and then scanning and sending a copy of the contacts to everyone by email.

D76 on glossy, then scanned and emailed to everyone. No cost to anyone; I'll take care of all of this.

And to go a step further, if the results are particularly worthy, we can make 16s x 20s out of 300dpi scans at $5USD a pop and mail them to whoever wants one. These will be inkjet (sorry!).

Nice way to have something for our efforts, I thought.

What do y'all think?

 

[lxdude]

I'm just concerned about what a 16X20 of Fred's polka-dot Speedo would do to people...

 

[Shawn Rahman]

I'm just concerned about what a 16X20 of Fred's polka-dot Speedo would do to people...

Dude - now I gotta go to bed with that thought in my head. Thanks alot!

 

[lxdude]

Maybe you'd better just stay up- it beats having nightmares!

 

[walbergb]

(I was expecting my package from Amazon)

And what was in the Amazon package--batteries?

 

[cdholden]

Nicholai: It seems you have the camera (Olympus Stylus). No hurry or worry, but we need to hear from you. We just need to confirm you have the camera and hear your plans to take your shots.

Team: Shall we give Nicholai a week before the rains start?

Here is the current list for the Stylus:

Camera #2 - Olympus Stylus Epic
Sile Ireland
Raphael Plougastel, France
rst Oestringen, Germany
kraker Breda, The Netherlands
nicholai Denmark ← Camera is most likely here.
Steve Smith Isle of Wight, UK
M.A. Longmore Hartsdale, NY
jnanian Warwick, RI
Rick A Emporium, PA
Jim17x Worth, IL
zsas Crystal Lake, IL
ambaker Poplar Bluff, MO
toro_mike Englewood, CO
cdholden, Nashville, TN

It would be nice to see this camera show up again, but I have an old Yashica GSN rangefinder that I could put into action if the Stylus disappears into the ether... maybe just flip the list upside down and start with me... any thoughts?

Chris

 

[Shawn Rahman]

It would be nice to see this camera show up again, but I have an old Yashica GSN rangefinder that I could put into action if the Stylus disappears into the ether... maybe just flip the list upside down and start with me... any thoughts?

Chris

Chris,

Thanks for the offer, but Nicholai has the Stylus, and all is well. The camera should be on the move shortly.

Great idea to re-start with another camera, but where's the fun in that?

Regards,

Shawn

 

[flatulent1]

Great idea to re-start with another camera, but where's the fun in that?

Regards,

Shawn

Adds to the confusion, of course!

 

[k_jupiter]

Well... I be off today on a 2000 mile road trip with daughter. 2 digital cameras, a digital movie camera, a Mamiya 645 (two lens), and the rb67 (3 lens). Decided not to bring the Deardorff, too much time in a hot truck for that wooden body camera.

Wish me luck.

tim in san jose

 

[analoguey]

Well... I be off today on a 2000 mile road trip with daughter. 2 digital cameras, a digital movie camera, a Mamiya 645 (two lens), and the rb67 (3 lens). Decided not to bring the Deardorff, too much time in a hot truck for that wooden body camera.

Wish me luck.

tim in san jose

Wow. Have fun!

Let me know how you manage shooting with that many cameras ( I ask because I generally prefer traveling with less choices for the camera)

- via tapatalk.

 

[Raphael]

Well... I be off today on a 2000 mile road trip with daughter. 2 digital cameras, a digital movie camera, a Mamiya 645 (two lens), and the rb67 (3 lens). Decided not to bring the Deardorff, too much time in a hot truck for that wooden body camera.

Maybe you should use a cool box ?

Or, as you will not bring your Deardorff, and it will be left alone, can you send it us as camera 9-ter ? We will liberally provide sheets film..


Have a nice travel,

Raphael

 

[k_jupiter]

Wow. Have fun!

Let me know how you manage shooting with that many cameras ( I ask because I generally prefer traveling with less choices for the camera)

- via tapatalk.

One of the digitals and the movie camera are my daughters. The others.. this is a reduced camera load. Notice no 135? No 120 folders, no 127 TLR... I AM getting better.

tim

 

[Shawn Rahman]

Well... I be off today on a 2000 mile road trip with daughter. 2 digital cameras, a digital movie camera, a Mamiya 645 (two lens), and the rb67 (3 lens). Decided not to bring the Deardorff, too much time in a hot truck for that wooden body camera.

Wish me luck.

tim in san jose

Good luck, Tim! Sounds like a terriffic father/daughter bonding thing. I'm looking forward to doing one with my daughter someday, but right now I can't get her to sit still for 5 minutes, much less for 2.000 miles. Also she yells at me too much.

I did a cross country (L.A. to NYC) road trip a number of years ago, and of the thousand-plus digital shots and 12 rolls of 120 chrome, my single favorite shot was with a Mamiya 645: a wide-view shot of nothing but the road and blue sky on Provia.

Have fun!

 

[mooseontheloose]

Just to update: the camera is back on the move again. Sorry for the slight delay everyone!

Some good news and bad news...

The good news is: I know where the camera is -- it's in my house.

The bad news is: I know where the camera is -- it's in my house.

Some Japan Post guy came to my door tonight (I was expecting my package from Amazon) and after a fairly convoluted discussion in Japanese (which I really don't understand), we were able to determine that JapanPost has figured out that there is some kind of "machine" in my package (a.k.a. "the camera") that has a battery in it, which is apparently very dangerous ("security very very"). So looks like I'll have to remove the battery in order to get it out of the country. I suppose I could just keep it in the box, outside of the camera, but I have a feeling I'd just get another knock on the door reminding me of the very very security risk I have on a package covered in Hello Kitty stamps.

So there'll be a slight delay (I'll get it out tomorrow or this weekend), and I guess I can be pretty confident that the x-rays they used to scan the package will have erased the beautiful, but rare, three-horned Japanese unicorn (smaller than the regular kind, of course) that I managed to capture in the bamboo grove at my university.

 

[flatulent1]

Delay? What delay? You haven't even had it a month yet. Jeez, you're setting a bad precedent!

 

[k_jupiter]

Another update...

The trip to the canyon was great. Hauling the 645 around my neck or in a backpack going up and down trails is a PITB but worth it. Amazingly, not many if any other film cameras showed up on the trails. Perhaps some of those 35mm cameras but I think most of those were high end digitals. And the only people who even recognized what I was carrying were from Asia. They were impressed I was hanging a 645 1000 around my neck, with a 45mm lens, yellow or red filter...

But now... she want to come back and do the rim to rim. And by gawd, if she wants to do it, we will do it. Dad needs to get in shape in the next year... Now to figure out what camera to take to the bottom of the canyon. Lots of time to decide.

Home tomorrow. Hope the truck makes it, the transmission is getting a bit persnickity going into gear at stop lights. Could be too much continuous 75 to 80 mph running. Could be numerous down shift, up shift combos going through the mountains.

Wish me luck again or I might be doing a photo series on sitting by the side of interstate 5 in the San Jaquine valley.

I would recommend the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to anyone. Peace and relaxation. And bitches of trail hikes if you are so inclined.

tim in Las Vegas NV.

 

[Rick A]

Sounds like you and the kid had a super time. My teenage daughter and I go on many a lark together, she's into back packing and camping, not to mention hunting and fishing.
Also, sounds like the tranny needs flushed and a new filter installed.

 

[k_jupiter]

Also, sounds like the tranny needs flushed and a new filter installed.

Manual transmission. Sounds like the syncros are going. Should be OK once I'm in fifth.

Thanks for the thoughts.

tim

 

[Rick A]

Manual transmission. Sounds like the syncros are going. Should be OK once I'm in fifth.

Thanks for the thoughts.

tim

Have you checked the fluid level? I had that problem with my CJ7 years ago, turns out it was low on oil(30w not gear lube!) I replaced all my trans and dif. fluids with Royal Purple on my last Wrangler, best decision I ever made.

 

[lxdude]

Have you checked the fluid level? I had that problem with my CJ7 years ago, turns out it was low on oil(30w not gear lube!) I replaced all my trans and dif. fluids with Royal Purple on my last Wrangler, best decision I ever made.

Yes. Check that first. Beats knowing for sure it needs a rebuild because you didn't.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

When you get home, put some Redline MTL in there and adjust your clutch. The Redline MTL will make the transmission shift a lot better, even if it has synchro issues. I've put it into Volvo transmissions that have over 200,000 miles and have been amazed at how smoothly the shifting action is once I do that. One transmission went from feeling like I was moving a stick through cement to feeling like I was using a hot knife to cut through butter. Anyway, been dealing with the same thing with my father's Volvo wagon, which I'm driving while mine is down for a head swap. Adjustment nut for the clutch cable seems to be a bit stripped, so it can engage at the top and sometimes at the bottom of the pedal travel.

The other thing you can do, if it gets to the point where it won't engage 1st when running, is to shut the truck off, engage 1st, then start it in gear. If it also becomes hard to upshift while driving, let off the gas, pull the shifter out of gear, then hold the shifter against the next gear's position. When the engine drops low enough in rpm, it'll pop right into gear. Essentially, drive it like a big rig, just without accelerating so slowly up to speed. This also works if you happen to injure your left leg/foot and can't comfortably operate the clutch. A couple months ago, my left knee was being very tempermental (I have gout). Was fun to try to get in and out of the car. I essentially only used the clutch to get going or to engage reverse.

Another tip, if you find that a manual transmission vehicle is hard to get into reverse, engage 1st, roll forward a few inches, then try again. Should avoid crunching into reverse by doing that.

Anyway, back onto the topic at hand. Good to see that the cameras are on their way again.

-J

 

[Rick A]

Then too, you could stuff the gear box full of chicken fat...

 

[flatulent1]

Then too, you could stuff the gear box full of chicken fat...

Oh boy, that can be taken more ways than one...