I put on a reunion for the veterans of the battalion I was attached to for the most time in Vietnam. When I was in the process I tried to track down the original Battalion flag which, according to tradition, is the Regimental Crest on a dark blue background with the battalion designation showing in ...

The fastest of the trans Atlantic passenger ships. Made in the mid 50's when planes were knocking at the door to take over the trans Atlantic travel business entirely. It held the speed record for crossing that was never topped. Now it's in Mobile to have the last bit of biohazard material removed b...

All very well for you, Duncan. Others see the advertisements and then there is this notice before logging in.

Tapatalk...is full of advertisements and as predatory as ever to anyone just looking at a post. And it's attracting people because people have been desensitized to being used as bits of trafficable information and don't care. Maybe they think the sites that attract the most advertisement must be the...

I just now received in the mail an Olympus IS-1. It was the first of the series from 1990. I was attracted to it because it came with a dedicated case and three attachable lenses. I was most curious about the add on lenses and how they would relate to the IS-3 that I have. The IS-1 camera itself, wi...

You say in your post the first attempt went south because the bluing was contaminated. I suspect you did get some new bluing, right? Maybe that "gun blue" in the red and white container? I haven't blued anything in years...but used the same Birchwood Casey bluing and instructions. I also &...

Looks like Trump. A meat head?

Good to see someone else besides me use a camera and post about it here. Particularly a film camera from the end of the line on film cameras of the mass market kind. You have to want to use film cameras just to see what happens and not worry about the expense of the film and the time it takes to see...

Not exactly a camera to inspire dreams of photographic adventures and artistic creation. But... for $15 including the shipping....it was one more camera to try out. The Konica Z-up 150 VP was the top of the Z-up line with a 38-150 zoom around 2003 when it was offered. It did all the auto things like...