Category Archives: Meanderings
Happy New Year
May 2012 be the best year so far for all my readers. About the only thing that has happened between the holidays, is I received the cutters that fit for the lathe. To check them out I faced off about … Continue reading
Merry Christmas, Yuletide, Return of the Sun, whatever…
The holiday is upon us this Christmas Eve Day. I want to wish all my readers the best of season’s greetings, and to all kids, from 1 to 101. Looks like there is not much possibility of a White Christmas … Continue reading
Picture Me
As I sit in my chair reading, I look up an see this and I can’t help thinking it says a lot about me. Bicycles, cameras, books, add audio gear, and computers. I sometimes try to play my mandolin, keyboard … Continue reading
Country Gravy, et al
As I eat my gravy and biscuits, I always thing about looking up the recipe for it on the web. I figure it is just some shortening, flour, milk, salt, and pepper. Today I finally got a round to it … Continue reading
Much Ado About Nothing (health, cameras, darkroom)
Geeze! I am feeling better, my concentration is back to where I can read again, I was watching old movies because I kept losing my place when I tried to read and got tired rather quickly. I still tire quickly … Continue reading
Looking at 4×5
I received an email asking me about large format cameras. “I am starting to look at large format cameras and to be honest, I am a bit confused with the different sizes. There are so many. I would value you … Continue reading
Tinkering with Cameras
I am a tinkerer from way back. As such I have the advantage that the Air Force taught me how to properly tinker with fiddly stuff about five decades ago. I have the basic hand tools, my inexpensive Calumet Shutter … Continue reading
Some more about the Hapo 66E
One of the things you can be sure about with old cameras is that someone has already “fixed” them. That usually means you have to go in and “unfix” them. In the case of the Hapo someone repositioned the gear … Continue reading
Holidays Approaching
With the holidays approaching, it is time again for me to do a almost free portrait shoot at the local senior center as I did last year. This year it is being done under the auspices of the Watauga Photography … Continue reading
All’s Well
OK, after 5 years, I now have 4WD again. I was somewhat worried that I had misdiagnosed the problem, as it has been years since I did it and my memory is not so good these days. Actually, my memory … Continue reading