Good Score, Brian!
All this talk about Kievs prompted me to unearth my venerable Kiev IIa,
and to discover - much to my chagrin - a half expose roll of film in it.
Now I have to finish that roll this weekend just to see what, and when,
it was exposed.
Rick
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:12 AM, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Has the noun 'resilience' got anything to do with the verb 'to resile' ?
> >
>
> I don't think there is such a verb in an active form like that. It
> devolves in use from the passive "to be resilient," whereas "resilient"
> itself derives from "silio" -- to spring forth, and "re +silio" would mean
> "I keep popping back up every time I get slammed." I suspect it is not a
> classical form but is more recent. Most of our words from Latin are from
> medieval Latin. Perhaps Chris or Piers can give you a proper answer.
>
> To some degree I have resilience. And I still have a perfectly good OM-1.
> >
> > My partner came into some money the other day and donated me a small
> > part of it. Through a process of convoluted reasoning, I deduced
> therefore
> > that if I used some of that gift I would myself be paying only half the
> > purchase price for that Kiev 4, which was more reasonable ..... and so
> it
> > arrived at my door at 8:15 this morning.
> >
> > A fascinating beast, with a lot in common with my Contaflex from the
> > 1960's.
> >
> > It should be a fun toy; I need to get back into B&W to do photography
> maybe
> > more in tune with it's character.
> >
> > One certainly appreciates the integrated functions of a modern camera,
> > when going back to this.
> >
> > The vendor is quite a photographer in his own right, and this Kiev 4 was
> > one
> > of 3 he imported from a reputable Ukraine vendor a little while ago.
> >
> > I praised the images he showed on the auction site, and asked what gear
> he
> > used for them.
> >
>
> Congratulations Brian. It seems like fun to me. I have done similar
> things and it gets me out of my doldrums.
>
> You might be interested in his response ...
> > > The TM pics were taken with my original Canon 5D, still going
> > > strong and probably a classic camera by now, with an even more elderly
> EF
> > > 28-105 f/1.35-4.5. It's a lens I like for product photography as it
> > > focuses really close and has an image quality indistinguishable from
> "L"
> > > glass until one gets up to massive file sizes. I've been working on
> some
> > > stuff this afternoon and enclose a low-res sample from the set-up,
> just
> > > images for an overseas website
> >
>
> I know nothing of the EF lenses, but I suspect it is similar to the popular
> 35-105/3.5-4.5 Zuikos. I also have a Nikkor in that size that you'd swear
> was made in the same factory on nearly the same day. They focus close
> because of the little "macro" button that provides an extra turn of the
> focus ring. I have used mine with the 5D. It's a little slow and dark but
> produces excellent results. I prefer the 35-80/2.8 for its extra speed.
> In fact, it just bests the 35-105 at everything except reach and the macro
> button. With the 7mm tube, it regains the advantage of the macro button.
>
> The Tamron 24-135 for EOS that Chuck turned me on to would make all of this
> easier, though I haven't tested it for close focusing. It may be that your
> seller likes manual focusing for these jobs.
>
> Joel W
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