From Typewriters to Cameras

 I got this idea from Ted Munk's blog.

 

 

This camera has a zoom lens that will cover 28mm to 560mm, 35mm equivalent.  This give me about 50mm longer zoom than my Olympus Stylus with the auxiliary lens, but less aperture. 

Olympus Stylus 1 replaced my Panasonic Lumix LF-1 soon after arriving in Kalamazoo. It has a constant maximum aperture of F2.8 which makes it a great birding camera when used with the T-con1.7x for 510mm at f2.8

I took the SX10 to one of my favorite places in the city, yes, this is in the city.

OK, at the edge of the city. 

Asylum Lake is a preserve of 274 acres owned and maintained by Western Michigan University.

Here is a link for more information: Asylum Lake 

I hesitated to encircle the swans, but I knew no other easy way to show where the swans were swimming and preening from my vantage point atop the stairs.

There are 2 paths around the lake from the small lake to the large lake.  A path encircles the lake and can be accessed by following the path from the small lake or taking the stairs.  I like the stairs just to be different.  From atop the stairs at the shore it is about 300 yards to the swans.  I did not have my rangefinder with me so it is a best guess.

 

This is from the same vantage point as the not zoomed image before the image of the stairs.  560mm +I think 20x digital zoom.

I noticed this swan just to the right of the group in the image above. It is not centered, but shot from the hip so to speak.  I really did not take time to properly frame the swan.

Some of the area around the lake

Since blogger is rearing its ugly head again and not letting me get rid of the Add caption on the typecast pages I will continue with a few more images

This little feller came out to greet me and stood for a few minutes letting me get a photo

And this fellow was rummaging around the ground cover plants

There'll be more photos and reports on the Canon SX-10 is.  It's a fun camera and cheap to acquire.  I got mine fully functional with a padded case for a whopping $20.13 shipped.

I've been playing with it in various situations and will post more later.

 

Best I can find is this was made about 1967 or 1968, all plastic, types fine.

 

Another Typewriter Shop Biting the Dust

 I just read an article in The Milford Daily News that states Tom Furrier will be closing Cambridge Typewriter on March 31.  Sad to see the end of such a great shop.

Here's a link to the story.

 

Here's an interview with Tom on NPR 

First New to Me Typewriter Since? 2020, I Think.

 I remember I purchased an Olivetti Underwood Lettera 32 from a lady locally shortly before the Pandemic hit.  We were hearing about this strange virus in the news since the end of 2019, but things didn't hit the fan until early 2021.

I think I got the Lettera 32 January.  

I took the typewriter plunge again this year.

An Olivetti Underwood Studio 44 arrived this morning while I worked on the side door to my house.

I sat it aside until the door was finished, then I gave it my usual once-over.

This typewriter needed nothing.  It arrived properly packed, and when I sat it on the workbench and inspected it, I found a very clean typewriter.

I inserted a sheet of paper, and everything works properly.

I have wanted a blue Studio 44 for several years to complete my blue Olivetti Underwood series:  Lettera 22, Lettera 32, and Studio 44.  I also decided to get another Spanish made one since all the others I have are made in Spain except for one of my Lettera 32 typewriters (I have 3, why?).

I have a taupe Lettera 22, and a taupe Studio 44, both made in Italy.

I was hard-nosed stubborn on not purchasing a Barcelona Olivetti until I got a Lettera 22 made in Spain.  Then I got the Letter 32 that was made in Spain.  Both of these are nicer typers than my Italian made Olivetti typewriters.

I never found a blue Studio 44 that I wanted to buy made in Italy.  Finally I bought this one.  It too, types much nicer than the one made in Italy.

The other thing is the Italian key tops are slippery.  I have not experienced that with the Spanish ones.  None are worn.  All look like new.

It even came with a cover.  The cover is not imprinted with Olivetti, but looks and feels exactly like the cover that came with my Barcelona Lettera 32, and the one I have for my Lettera 22.

The typing test passed with flying colors.  Even the ribbon was fine.  Now I need to find 2 Olivetti spools.  I thought I had some, but I found I have none.  Last week I wanted to respool a new ribbon onto Olivetti spools for my taupe Studio 44.  No such luck.  I had to unspool the ones on the typewriter first.  Knowing me I gave any spares I had away to another Typosphereian.  I do that with radio things, audio things, and typewriters or whatever I have.  If I have something I don't use, I'll pass it on.  What is really fun, giving someone a typewriter at a Type-In (which we have not had one since I went back to work.  More on that in another post.)

It came with instructions so I know how to use it.

And a month before I graduated (you have to guess: High School or College) it was serviced.

The original (not Luxo) ring light.  These things used to sell for $35.00 from Parts Express, now they can't be found.  The L.E.D. ones are too harsh.

And ... finally one of my favored pencils, a Zebra 0.5mm DelGuard LX.  Same as the ER with a pocket clip and different eraser.  These are marketed as making the lead unbreakable.  No worry, it breaks, especially the 0.3mm.

I never did complete the notebook posts, but guess; which is my favorite?

I've not been on Blogger, well, I have on my radio blog with no issues, for a while, hopefully everything will work.  

Comments: if you are wondering why I do not leave comments on your blogs, well, I generally do.  Some publish.  Others do not publish, even on Word Press.  They go off into never never land where all the fairies, unicorns, and gremlins live.  The Grinch steals my comments.