Bob: Thanks for looking, and thanks for your kind remarks.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >> > > -- > 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.
