Dave, Frank and Jack: Thank you for taking the time to look at the image and to read the story, and thank you all for your kind comments.
Dan M On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Certainly a well produced image. Enjoyed your relating the camera history and > subject narrative. > > Jack > > > --- On Fri, 5/23/08, Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: PESO: Refueling >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, May 23, 2008, 6:50 AM >> 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. > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
