Jack12477

My problem also ! 🙄 

Great job !  Nice photos too. 

5 minutes ago, druxey said:

You are supposed to be resting up, Chuck!

Hear ! Hear ! 

19 hours ago, CDW said:

You are a veritable walking encyclopedia when it comes to cameras, Jack. Thanks

@CDW  sent you a PM

10 minutes ago, realworkingsailor said:

Must be something connected with the IP address, it might not like “foreigners”… 😕

 

I guess they don't like the neighbors next door. 🤷 😁

10 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Yep, but the cameras are relatively inexpensive.... (the Pentax 110 can be had for under 40.00 for the camera alone, a complete setup with lenses and filters in a custom case for under 300.00)

Interesting ! I have the camera with base lens, plus telephoto lens plus the custom flash unit.  Now if I could just find 110 film and someone to process it (my darkroom can only handle 2 1/4 square and 35mm B/W). 

2 minutes ago, realworkingsailor said:

Take heart, film photography is not as dead as you may think it is:

 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-film-camera-photo-comeback/

 

Just like vinyl records, there is a growing niche segment that is spurring a revival of sorts.

Andy

Hmm ! Damn publishers! They want you to pay $1.50 per week to read one article one time. Get the same thing down here. 

Yes, I have seen that film is making a comeback. But now a roll of film is preposterously expensive.  

28 minutes ago, CDW said:

You are a veritable walking encyclopedia when it comes to cameras, Jack. Thanks! 

I used to do this instinctively with a hand held light meter and a mechanical Pentax SLR, especially with nightime "available light" photography.  I'd meter the scene, put a little right or left English on the meter reading and snap the photo and 95% of the time get the photo I was looking for. Now I'm trying to get a computer to do the same.  Kinda like driving the new 2023 cars, you're driving a computer not a car. I'm still trying to master the DSLR. My brain knows what to do but getting the camera on the same page is sometimes a big challenge.

I got my first 35mm camera for 8th grade graduation, bought my first 35mm Pentax SLR after my Freshman year in college where I also learned my way around a darkroom, setup my own basement darkroom 2 years later.  Don't know what my kids are going to do with the tens of thousands of B/W and Color negatives and Color slides when I pass on, but ............  Oh and all the Pentax cameras too ..........  I have probably the only 110 film SLR with interchangeable lenses (Pentax 110) ever produced. 

Your health is more important. Get some rest. 

10 hours ago, Egilman said:

Under the heavy yellow light, it appears a very very dark grey..

 

But take a look at the bottom two pics, the vertical stabilizer under the background soft white light, appears the more correct bluish grey...

 

In shadow it appears very dark...

 

Hard to tell what is going on here, but yes, the type of light makes a huge difference...

I don't think that's the problem. The camera's meter is trying to average all the light sources together to get an exposure. The meter is reading the brighter white background and underexposing the foreground image. Likewise with the bright blue background, the camera is trying auto white balance the entire photo and the blue is throwing it off.

Try setting the camera on aperature preferred mode, A or AV on dial, set the camera's metering system to "Center-weighted",  pick any F-stop that gives you good depth of focus (f/8 to f/22), zoom in on the model and get an exposure reading, press the AE or AEL button to lock the exposure in the camera, zoom back out to compose the frame, then take the photo. If you're still not happy with the exposure, use the cameras exposure compensation feature ( + or - )  to auto adjust exposure, then repeat the above to take another photo. 

I built that kit also while on Charge of Quarters (CG) duty in US Army 1965-1967. The real W37 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was stripped of her name, she's no longer known as Roger B Thaney, now simply W37.  Thank the "woke" generation for rewriting history. 

Nice painting. Also nice lighting on the model. Grey is a hard color to photograph.  Came out well.

That is a very impressive camouflage Greg !  Great looking model 

Sorry to hear that, Grant. Hope it heals quickly.

For future carving attempts I would recommend a thump/finger guard like the ones circled in photo below. Most woodcarving suppliers carry them. Saved my fingers many times while I was carving figures 

 Nice job Sal, looks good and it covers the overspray 😉

I have this Allwin sander from MicroMark which is perfect for my small workarea and is quite portable. 

These look like a near perfect match to your photos WWII Aircraft Support Personnel

3 hours ago, mtaylor said:

I wonder if he has a bridge for sale?

With Tower Rooms and fantastic harbor views 🤫

Oh ! THAT MaBell landline ! Yea, they are gone here too. I thought you meant residential!  My bad  .

10 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

 Most of us got CP's cause Ma Bell cut the cord. 

Not here! Still have the landline.

47 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Sometimes I wonder how the human race survived for ten thousand years on this rock without cell service or internet... {chuckle}

Tom-tom. Smoke signals. Runners!  😁😁😁😁😁😁 

41 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Admiral has one for on the road emergencies but other than that it never gets turned on....

That's the answer we give the kids when they ask why we bothered to get them, plus it only cost $25/month for both of us to each have a phone.  Ask the kids how much they spend per month (hint: add another zero 😉😇)

37 minutes ago, FriedClams said:

So now I do have one, but I can never remember what the number is because I never turn the phone on.  Heavy sigh. 

Yep same here ! Same for my Admiral. Kids complain they can't reach us ! 😈

Outstanding work Gary ! 👏  very inspiring work!  I am sitting here trying to imagine how I could adapt your technigues to an N scale railroad scene or maybe 1:35 scale armor. Hmmmm? 

I agree 👍  Looking real good !