Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment, Bruce. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan, > > Nice story and I really enjoyed the shot. Not something one can > really go out and see - nice work! > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Friday, May 23, 2008, 6:50:50 AM, you wrote: > > DJM> I had a bit of trouble deciding what to submit for the June PUG, as > DJM> the theme seemed pretty open. I ended up submitting what I think is > DJM> the first shot I submitted to the PUG, in 2000. It was also one of my > DJM> first efforts with the ancient (but then new to me) 6x7. > > DJM> In the process of picking a submission, I also considered shots from > DJM> my first Pentax camera. In 1966, I was stationed in the Far East, and > DJM> I flew to Japan to deliver a plane for maintenance and bring back one > DJM> that had been serviced. While there, I purchased a camera and other > DJM> things I couldn't get where I was. I intended to buy a Minolta SRT > DJM> 101, since I had borrowed one from a friend, and liked the way it > DJM> operated. The sales person at the PX, however, showed me a Spotmatic, > DJM> and said that it was mechanically similar, but had much better > DJM> "glass." [Very perceptive] He also said that the same camera was > DJM> being sold in the states as a Honeywell, which was a brand name I knew > DJM> and respected. On his advice, I bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. > DJM> That was about 2 years after the Spotty was introduced in connection > DJM> with the 1964 Olympics. I used that camera for 20 years, before > DJM> replacing it with a SuperProgram. I still have my first Spotmatic, > DJM> and it still works. I also have a Honeywell Spotmatic, a Pentax > DJM> Spotmatic (without the Asahi name), and a Sears clone that used the > DJM> screwmount lenses. > > DJM> This is probably not my first photograph with the Spotmatic, but it is > DJM> from my first roll of film, and it is the only one I have left from > DJM> that original roll. This is a scan of a print from a slide, but most > DJM> of the imperfections are on the plexiglass through which the image was > DJM> taken. > > DJM> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5242937 > > DJM> The shot was taken on our way back from Japan. Our F-4 fighter jet is > DJM> being refueled from a tanker. The photograph shows the connection. > DJM> The "male" part of the connection is our refueling probe, which was > DJM> extended from the side of the plane just before approaching the > DJM> tanker. The circular "basket" or drogue is the female connection at > DJM> the end of the fuel line trailed by the tanker. It is the target used > DJM> by the pilot in connecting to the refueling line. As the plane's > DJM> radar intercept officer, I took this shot from the back seat while > DJM> refueling was in progress. > > DJM> 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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