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I think the ugly, red-wattled, duck is a Muscovy (sp).

Dynamiting (probably misspelled) refers to extremely vioulent and rapid B&W processing in chemicals mixed as much as ten times their suggested strength. You could hear the negs sizzle when moved from one tray to another (especially after leaving the very base developer to be submerged into the very acidic stop bath). The hypo was almost full strength, further speeding up the process of clearing the neg. The neg was given a quick rinse, then placed between glass sheets and slid into place in a Omega enlarger. Exposure was quite rapid, and the exposed paper was given the same basic treatment in developer/stop/fix, then squeeged and placed on a scan-a-graver machine which produced the screened image on a piece of plastic which was put on one of the big rollers downstairs and inked/printed. The copy editors and compositors already had the text, headlines and an empty space in place on the correct press rotor, and it was off to the races.

I was a reporter on the Advertiser, which had been chosen by Kodak to get as much experimental film as we wanted. As a result, all the reporters carried cameras. (Mine was a Model D Leica, picked up in a pawn shop for $20.) The paper was one of the earlier ones to go to 35mm and I am sure the experimental film was the new Plus X, which had an enormous latitude. Joe Holloway was our chief photographer, and our photo staff included Charlie Moore, Paul Zukowski and Mills Cowliing, all of whom distinguished themselves during the civil rights days and later in the VietNam conflict. Joe went to The Atlanta Journal, and Charlie went freelance to Life and other mags.

God, I loved film. Also, in my old age (80 now) I seem to have fallen in love with myself.. Pardon the length of this ramble...

Mercer

Shhh! Don't tell anyone, lest I be drummed out of the corps: To my everlasting shame, I have physically held an offsize filter in front of a lens and taken a photo through it.

I started off using the plastic (it was less expensive) but shifted to stainless early on. There was a knack to loading stainless, and once learned, you could fill one in a few seconds. Also, stainless was stronger and lasted longer, and was immune to the possible destructive effects of the "dynamiting" I learned during my newspaper days. The darkroom at The Montgomery Advertiser could develop and print in well under five minutes. I love film, and hope I learn to love digital as much.

one of my first cameras was a huge, bellows camera; an autographic and I think the film was 116. Anyway, it's negative approached 4x5" in size. I am not sure if there was a 112 film, but I also used 127, 120, 620, 4x5 packs, 4x5sheet, 2.25x3.25 and an intermediate size in sheets and packs.and lord only knows what else. It would be fun to hear from other old f***s about obsolete film sizes. Oh! I forgot about minox and one other 16mm, not to mention 35mm.

This is the first time I can recall seeing the old station stitched. It's an impressive shot, well worthy of the great photo mags... Life, Look, NatGeo, etc. Congratulations!

Beautiful. It expresses the honor of service and darkness of war. Thank you. Mercer

Thanks. This shows me that oversimplification is just as complex and dangerous to assume as even the most truly complex of photo problems.

My dim old brain seems to recall What Weegee said when asked how he got his pictures. "F 11 and shoot."

I like #1 too for the color and comp. I might try brushing out the power lines completely just to see what effect it has on the image. Doing that might create a need to crop a little differently, and so it goes....etc.

It's a beautiful sunset and you got it. Nuff said.

Thanks for the graphic re sensor size. I've been looking for one as complete as this.

You might try the internet for a list of older lenses what will work in the 7000 when it is in manual mode. Use the meter to set up your exposure, just like in the good old days. I have a bagful of expensive Nikon-compatible glass from my film days and would be interested in what you find out.

You might try the internet for a list of older lenses what will work in the 7000 when it is in manual mode. Use the meter to set up your exposure, just like in the good old days. I have a bagful of expensive Nikon-compatible glass from my film days and would be interested in what you find out.

Do you plan to sell the Manfrotto?