Classic Cameras Friday! Ihagee Kine Exakta ~ 1936

Hey There; After a big computer crash, I am back, with my Classic Cameras Friday Section, here is the Ihagee Kine Exakta, a masterpiece from the 30’s. Enjoy First 35mm SLR $150 with f3.5 Tessar lens in 1936 ($2353 in 2010 dollars) The Dresden camera company Industrie- und Handelsgesellschaft was founded in 1912. It’s better …

Everglades Nat’l Park Project, The BWs…

Hello there; During the visit to Big Cypress Nat’l Preserve, I was testing my new Canon A-1 Film Camera, can’t say enough, look at the results: The camera worked pretty damn good! and I am very happy with it! Have a great night, all stars baseball game next! Cesar Out Note: Photos taken with Canon …

Canon A-1 and lenses First Light

Hello, Sunday is almost over, and I am going to wrap this one pretty fast, Yesterday saturday Jul 9, 2011 went out for some photos, for a test drive grab my New Canon A-1 and a telephoto lens Canon FD 135mm f/2.5 S.C., worked superb, my scanner is not that good so I have some …

Classic Cameras Friday! – Nikon F 1959

First perfected mechanical 35mm SLR Many other firsts, too $329.50 with f2 lens in 1959 ($2469 in 2010 dollars) Twenty-three years after the first 35mm SLR, the Kiné Exakta, the first perfected mechanical SLR finally appeared: the famous Nikon F. Almost all of its main features had appeared in earlier cameras, but never all together: …

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 4 Big Cypress Preserve

Ok guys, this entry is the last from this Project; … and let me tell you this… was the most demanding physically, we walked in the hot inferno of mosquitoes; right through the Cypress Dome, a sanctuary in the middle of nowhere, so perfect in harmony I can’t not even imagine how the living creatures …

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 3, Anhinga Trail

Well, Hello; Is time for Phase 3, Anhinga Trail, very interesting place, have to say, the sound/roaring of the gators impressed the shit out of me, damn animals, so cool, Mama Gators were taking care of the small ones, or just in the process of having more, the point is, all the roaring and funny …

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 2, Liguus Fasciatus

Hello there; Just when we were leaving the Little Lake, we stopped by this place, a short trail with a few Liguus Fasciatus, we dedicated a few minutes to capture a few shots,  the snails were around, but not the way we wanted, a few only to be honest, so here are the results: By …

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 1, The Lake

Hello There! Happy Independence Day!, is Monday 4th of July and just got back from a superb hot and sweaty weekend. Everglades National Park Project with a nature photographer friend Juan Carlos. We left the headquarter about 4:30AM, fuel the FJ and head to Everglades Nat’l Park. nice morning, temperature was nice, NO RAIN!, after …