Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, the tinyurls don't seem to work this morning for me. Is there ans albulm I could look at? I have been to Lantau Island, back when there was only a village on the Eastern end of the island. On 3/22/07, Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote: > > Hello Luggers, > When I was in India the old friend I was visiting gave me his 1972 > Nikkormat FT, together with a 50mm f1.4 Nikkor and a 200mm f4.0 tele. > We had bought identical equipment when working together in Kuala > Lumpur in the early '70's. My equipment was sold by the early 80's > (as I moved on to Leica) but he put his in storage in Singapore for > about 20 years. When he gave it to me the equipment, encased in its > leather cases (a BIG "no no" for long term storage) was furry with > fungus and I was unsure whether it could be restored or whether it > would make a good lamp stand for the den. Mr. Lee at Panda Camera in > Stanley Street undertook to tidy the lot up for HK$900.00 (US$126). > Here is the result: > http://tinyurl.com/2973a5 > My wife and I have retired to the south side of Lantau Island (the > north side is where the Chek Lap Kok airport has been built) to a > village called Cheung Sha ? which means long sand. My house is about > 500 meters from the longest (6 ? 7 km long) and cleanest beach in > Hong Kong. > Here are some pictures of the beach: > > Nikkor 200 f4.0 on the Oly 330E ? where it acts like a 400mm telephoto. > http://tinyurl.com/27wwbg > Sunset wave with the 200 again > <http://tinyurl.com/2z88o8> > Sunset with the 200 > http://tinyurl.com/2o3zqr > Dog on the beach ? again the 200 on the Oly 330 > <http://tinyurl.com/2tqdbj> > > The road that runs by in the front of our house winds its way up > Lantau mountain to the Buddhist monastery at the top ? the main > feature of which is a huge statue of the Buddha. I picked up the old > camera and lenses last Friday and on Sunday ? I was shooting FILM at > the Big Buddha. The Nikkormat is really a classic design - simple > rugged and so easy to use. I purchased an N > 4/3rd adapter and shot > some digital pix on the Oly 330E to test the Nikkor lenses. Please > enjoy the pictures which are from digital files. The film is still to > be developed. > Buddha with flags Nikkor 50 > http://tinyurl.com/3a73yc > Buddha medium shot Nikkor 50 > http://tinyurl.com/37ps4y > Buddha CU Nikkor 200 > http://tinyurl.com/39t4vo > Prayer Medium shot Nikkor 50 > http://tinyurl.com/3y8lt6 > Po lin monestary > <http://tinyurl.com/2um464> > > Comments welcome, as always. I am afraid a couple of the tiny urls > did not "take" so you may have to cut and paste them. Don't know why. > Sorry about that. > Cheers, > Howard > (in Hong Kong) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA