Intermission...

Overture to Fingal's Cave, Op. 26, Felix B. Mendelssohm

Manila Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Esmilla, guest conductor
July 10, 2010

On a one week notice, I filled in for a guest conductor who fell ill 

Leitz Summar 50mm, f2

My Summars came as body caps on a '30 I > II conversion, brassy '32 and the '36 chrome below.

Notable flaws:
uncoated = veiling flare and low contrast
front element cleaning marks and scratches = soft focus

Leica II + Summar

Pentax ME super + Vivitar Series 1, 70-210mm zoom/macro
TX400/Diafine

After cleaning out the internal haze...

Bridge at C&O Canal

Fed 3a + Summar 50/2
APX100/Diafine

Black Ice

Zorki 5a + Summar 50/2
TX400/D76

Austin Healey Sprite MK1

Leica II + Summar 50/2
APX00/Diafine

Arts in the City

Canon IVSB2 + Summar 50/2
Acros 100/Diafine

More Summar pics

I also have a Stalin Summar - Fed 50/2

Fed S + Fed 50/2
Foma100/Diafine

Married to a genuine Fed S ca. '38 with fake Leica engraving

Four Seasons

I performed the Vivaldi Four Seasons on April 9 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra and was inspired to sift through my file of wasted film while testing lenses ;0)

Leica M6 + Summicron 35/2-I
Fuji 200

Fed 2 + Industar 26M
PX125/D-76

Leica M3 + Summicron 35/2-1

Agfa Vista 100

Zorki 5a + Summar 50/2

TX400/D-76

For Brian

Time travel to the Mono era

...excerpt from Korngold Violin Concerto performed by Jascha Heifetz RCA LM1782

Video taken during the time I was exchanging mono shop talk emails with Brian...

Brian Clark 1944-2011

Brian's monofantastico!

details of his system

In this day and age we are fortunate to form a kinship with people we never get to meet in person...Brian was a major inspiration when I built my mono Hi-Fi system.

Bon Voyage my dear friend!

Half-frame...

...cameras...

Chaika 2M + Olympus Pen D

...and OLD cars

Early 70s Toyota Celica

Chaika 2M
Delta 100/Diafine

'60 Austin Cambridge A55, MKII 

BMC 1489cc "B series" engine and transmission missing, donated to an older A55 MK1, pre-Farina project

Chaika 2M
Delta 100/Diafine

BMC cars were popular in the streets of 50s - 60s Manila. Aside from being middle class family transport, petrol or diesel A55s and A60s were operated as taxicabs. I was surprised to find this A55 Farina since many have been scrapped years ago. We had one and I learned to drive in it.

Austin Healey Sprite MK1 looks like an aborted restoration ...

Chaika 2M
Delta 100/Diafine

I am glad to have taken these pictures...passed by recently and a house is being constructed on this once empty lot...all the cars are gone.

More cine frame pics

Testing the Olympus Pen D

Olympus Pen D
TX400/Diafine

Happy motoring!