Monthly Archives: November 2019

52 Cameras: #191 – Polaroid Super Colorpack


I forgot to add it has the standard lighten/darken control around the light sensor.


Only seven images including the ones in the video. I used three testing another camera.

Part of it is in focus but the wind was whipping the bush.

Part of it is in focus but the wind was whipping the bush.


Nice colors on a gloomy day.

Nice colors on a gloomy day.


Hungry kitty.

Hungry kitty.

Mercury Transiting the Sun 11 November 2019

It was super windy and the old 400mm definitely does not have image stabilization. I got lucky during a short lull.

Sony A7, Aperture Priority, 1/60 second, Fotodiox FD-E adapter, Prospec 400mm (FD) @ f8, Vivitar 2X Teleconverter

Sony A7, Aperture Priority, 1/60 second, Fotodiox FD-E adapter, Prospec 400mm (FD) @ f8, Vivitar 2X Teleconverter


The teleconverter loses 2 stops plus the filter material I had left over from the eclipse. Mercury is at about 1:00. Not great but comparable to the live stream from the Griffith Observatory. I may be alive the next time it’s visible from North America but who knows? Best to grab it while I can.

52 Cameras: #189 – Minolta A5



We were going to go up Truchas Peak but all of the land grant entrances were locked. One of us had been trying to get a hold of the president for over two weeks. The ranger said it had been open all summer but I guess we were too late in the season. We started going on a hike-for-the-heck-of-it from Santa Barbara Campground and tried Trampas Peak on a lark. We didn’t summit but did OK considering how late we got to the campground after trying every way to Truchas we could find on the map.

I’ll try some exposure stacking – bracketing gave me some good sky-dark mountains and the reverse.

It had been windy - some big trees down.

It had been windy – some big trees down.


I have another version focused at infinity - I'll try focus stacking and post results.

I have another version focused at infinity – I’ll try focus stacking and post results.


I had a smudge on the lens.

I had a smudge on the lens.


Another shot of Jem.

Another shot of Jem.