Konica C35EF3

[br1078lum]

I made another two dollar rescue down at Goodwill, and came home with a blue C35EF3.  They came in seven colors, and were somewhat of a cross between a serious camera, and a point-and-shoot.  There is no motor winding of the film, so the advance lever is on the top, and the rewinder is on the bottom to make room for the pop-up flash.  It has a 35mm f2.8 Hexanon of five elements in four groups, and takes 43mm filters.  ISO range is 25-400, and programmed shutter speeds are 1/60 to 1/500, with a minimum aperture of f16.  Power provided by two alkaline AA cells.

I put a roll of expired (12/2009) Fuji Superia 200 in, and headed downtown.  I actually wound up creating two sets from one roll, as there was a sideline running through the shots that seemed like a good subject (more to come later).  Had to do some work in PSE8 to correct exposures (should have used 400 speed stuff), and to make some panoramics.  All the photos can be seen at http://flic.kr/s/aHsjytmATn .


Breaking Through by br1078phot, on Flickr
The laser looking streak is actually a contrail.


Smoke Break by br1078phot, on Flickr
Poor folks.  They work for a hospital that bans smoking on the property, so they have to hang out in the park with the bums.


Taubman Museum Of Art by br1078phot, on Flickr
It's our plane wreck, and we're keeping it.


An Interstate Runs Through It by br1078phot, on Flickr
Three shot panoramic.


Konica C35EF3 Self Timer by br1078phot, on Flickr
Smile!

PF

[Olypen]

Phil:

That Konica has a lot going for it: good lens, filter threads, settable film speed, and AA batteries.  Features remind me a little of Canon AF35ML.  You surely produced fine photos with it.  Your photo of the Art Museum is really excellent.  I have found it hard to photograph that style (we have a similar style museum in Minneapolis, the Weisman).  Your photo conveys a good sense of what the building looks like overall.

Bill

[br1078lum]

Thanks, Bill.  The Taubman Museum of Art has been controversial ever since it was announced.  The Museum had been given a large building downtown for their use, but it didn't suit their tastes, and it was sold to raise money for a new building.  The real controversy is not so much the style of the place (though that has drawn quite a bit of flack), but the placement of it.  It's something that needs to be viewed from a distance, but instead it sits down in a hole.  It's right next to the railroad, so that shakes the place all the time (it might not be noticable to the casual observer, but the vibrations will eventually cause problems in all that glass, and it is already leaking).  It was underfunded from the start, and income from events and attendance/memberships was grossly overestimated.  There is a lot of wasted space, and to top it all off, no parking!  They've had to cut back staffing by 70%, and are forced to have free days just to get the attendance numbers up.

They thought that by building it, the world art community would come flocking to Roanoke.  There are way more folks who come to Roanoke to see the Transportation Museum than the Art Museum.

PF

[Olypen]

Phil:

<<The real controversy is not so much the style of the place (though that has drawn quite a bit of flack), but the placement of it.>>

At least for photographing it, that's a problem with the Weisman in Minneapolis.  It's on the University of Minnesota campus tucked into a slight rise of land just up from the Mississippi river bank.  Other buildings close by, a major street, and the approach to a major bridge crossing the river all get in the way of seeing it as a whole.  Since it's so unconventional, maybe it's not supposed to be seen that way.  The Weisman seems to be doing well anyway.

Bill