Thread: Road pics

Originally Posted by MickR

I own one digital camera and about a half dozen film camera's myself. Unfortunately my best camera (a film camera) is sorely in need of a tune up and some minor repair. I use the DSLR now instead of my SLR's. I love film, but Digital does make it so much easier for less cost.


Mick

My Rolleicord is Medium Format and takes great photos. While it does have 'moving parts' that's only to focus. The Zeiss Ikon Box camera has almost no moving parts, is Medium Format too and also takes great photos!

My medium formats are non working handed down antiques. I'm jealous of yours. I should have bought myself the Mamiya 7 all those years ago when I had the money.


Mick

I found this in the hallway closet. Dad's camera, I guess. Never remember ever seeing it used. It's like brand new, still in the box and with all the paperwork. My parents, were some of those like them that I have met over the years, were children of the Great Depression. Those of that era, never threw anything away, and kept their stuff nice. I have no idea if one could find film that would work in this thing. It would be cool if I could snap a photograph or two, but I'm just as happy to give it a good home.

You would have to modify it to take 120 roll film these days. I wouldn't though. Just keep it beautiful and display it.


Mick

Today's road trip, California Gold Rush tour, well, a little bit of it anyway. With my son and dog, we made a loop from the valley up the hills a ways and back. First stop was Timbuctoo Ca, found a woodpecker. Then on to Smartsville, old church there, Englebright Reservoir and then found some geese hanging out at the Lake Wildwood spillway. Then Bridgeport Ca, the longest single span wood covered bridge in the US, old gas station there as well.

The rest of the loop! A random canyon pic, then the Wells Fargo building in French Corral. North San Juan Ca, I like the selection at Toki's. Then Bullards Bar Dam, kinda hard to get a picture of how tall the dam thing is, pretty mountain lake there. Last but not least, an old spray rig in the foothills, and me trying to get enough nicotine for the trip! If some of you are wondering if all I have to do is drive around and take pictures, well, you're spot on!!

Great Pics,Are really some nice things to see I kali.

Originally Posted by donv

...Englebright Reservoir and then found some geese hanging out at the Lake Wildwood spillway...

Nice! What do you call those 'craft' on the reservoir over there? We call them 'houseboats' except ours are smaller, like everything over here :-)

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Nice! What do you call those 'craft' on the reservoir over there? We call them 'houseboats' except ours are smaller, like everything over here :-)

Well Carl, they're houseboats here as well. Those on Englebright would go as small, I would say. Some are crazy huge. Oddly enough, still called houseboats. Personally, I feel once they get over two stories tall, and have waterslides, and a floating trampoline behind them. They should be called something else. There's a couple up at lake Oroville that are monsters. I'll post a couple pics. I've had a blast on a couple of them, small ones, owned my friends who aren't zillionares. I've seen shows with some of them back in like Tennessee and Kentucky that are crazy, like a mansion that floats. Whatever, gimme a innertube and a cold beer and I'll be in hog heaven!!

Can I say 'obscene'? Can I call them obscene? I'm going to say 'crass' and 'tacky' as well...

We had a little trip up the Murray River a few years ago with my brother and sister in law, one of the best times of my life. I kept reminding everyone I'd done four and a half months on HMAS Westralia, the biggest ship in the Australian navy, and had driven it, so should be in charge (clearly). Here are some memories:

My brother casually gliding along. We spent a lot of time grinding along the side of other craft as we tried to reverse out of 'parking spots'



Me, donned in old army hat, expertly navigating the reaches (envisioning 'Apocalypse Now')