Dan, Cool shot, great story. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:14 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is very, very cool Dan. > > I like the story too. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > 2008/5/23 Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I had a bit of trouble deciding what to submit for the June PUG, as >> the theme seemed pretty open. I ended up submitting what I think is >> the first shot I submitted to the PUG, in 2000. It was also one of my >> first efforts with the ancient (but then new to me) 6x7. >> >> In the process of picking a submission, I also considered shots from >> my first Pentax camera. In 1966, I was stationed in the Far East, and >> I flew to Japan to deliver a plane for maintenance and bring back one >> that had been serviced. While there, I purchased a camera and other >> things I couldn't get where I was. I intended to buy a Minolta SRT >> 101, since I had borrowed one from a friend, and liked the way it >> operated. The sales person at the PX, however, showed me a Spotmatic, >> and said that it was mechanically similar, but had much better >> "glass." [Very perceptive] He also said that the same camera was >> being sold in the states as a Honeywell, which was a brand name I knew >> and respected. On his advice, I bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. >> That was about 2 years after the Spotty was introduced in connection >> with the 1964 Olympics. I used that camera for 20 years, before >> replacing it with a SuperProgram. I still have my first Spotmatic, >> and it still works. I also have a Honeywell Spotmatic, a Pentax >> Spotmatic (without the Asahi name), and a Sears clone that used the >> screwmount lenses. >> >> This is probably not my first photograph with the Spotmatic, but it is >> from my first roll of film, and it is the only one I have left from >> that original roll. This is a scan of a print from a slide, but most >> of the imperfections are on the plexiglass through which the image was >> taken. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5242937 >> >> The shot was taken on our way back from Japan. Our F-4 fighter jet is >> being refueled from a tanker. The photograph shows the connection. >> The "male" part of the connection is our refueling probe, which was >> extended from the side of the plane just before approaching the >> tanker. The circular "basket" or drogue is the female connection at >> the end of the fuel line trailed by the tanker. It is the target used >> by the pilot in connecting to the refueling line. As the plane's >> radar intercept officer, I took this shot from the back seat while >> refueling was in progress. >> >> Comments, of course, are welcome. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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