Show those old photos from before 1990

RobG · 11-17-2013, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by arnold

Great shot, and it goes to show that a good photo is seldom limited by the fact that it isn't a top of the line camera / lens which took it. Those B24s used to fly out of the Cocos Islands in WW2. (NW of Australia)

Agreed, great shot! BTW, Liberators (many built in Australia) operated out of the Northern Territory during the Japanese occupation of the islands to the north. Rough airstrips were built some distance inland to make it harder for Japanese aircraft with shorter ranges to attack.

bucfan1234 · 11-18-2013, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by arnold

Great shot, and it goes to show that a good photo is seldom limited by the fact that it isn't a top of the line camera / lens which took it. Those B24s used to fly out of the Cocos Islands in WW2. (NW of Australia)

Originally posted by RobG

Agreed, great shot! BTW, Liberators (many built in Australia) operated out of the Northern Territory during the Japanese occupation of the islands to the north. Rough airstrips were built some distance inland to make it harder for Japanese aircraft with shorter ranges to attack.

Thank you both. Interesting facts about the B-24s in Australia too. I didn't know that they were so heavily used in that part of the world.

**arnold** · 11-22-2013, 02:23 PM - **2 Likes**

We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. Here are two pictures to show what I mean. Both are of our very intelligent fox terrier. The B&W taken with a box camera in the late fifties, and the colour with the Kodak Retinette 1a I finally was able to afford in 1961. I had to estimate the distance, and use a hand held light meter. Kodachrome 10 still shines over half a century later.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/7807484642/]Jockey 1961 (Improved Scan)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

RobG · 11-22-2013, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by arnold

We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. Here are two pictures to show what I mean. Both are of our very intelligent fox terrier. The B&W taken with a box camera in the late fifties, and the colour with the Kodak Retinette 1a I finally was able to afford in 1961. I had to estimate the distance, and use a hand held light meter. Kodachrome 10 still shines over half a century later.

It may be blurred and/or out of focus, but what a fun image that B&W shot is!

Argenticien · 11-23-2013, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by arnold

We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. ...

Arnold, I think many people were unable to focus their family box cameras, owing mainly to the fixed focus.

Sorry ... anyway, your 1961 terrier shot absolutely looks like it could've been made, processed, and scanned all yesterday. The archival stability of Kodachrome is just ridiculous. Even though we all know about that, I'm still floored every time I see people pull out 40, 50, even the oft-cited 70-year-old ones showing no degradation. It's uncanny.

--Dave

**arnold** · 11-25-2013, 04:07 PM

Here is one from colonial Africa. My grandfather was involved in mining engineering, and I have a few of his photos from around the turn of the 19th century. This one was in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) taken just before WW1 in 1913. He is the man in glasses behind the first lady on the left. Tennis at the Antelope Mine 1913 Southern Rhodesia. And no, I didn't take the picture

**arnold** · 11-27-2013, 04:13 PM

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11091874025/]Abandoned. 1972. Constellation at Warmbaths S. Africa[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

Once was queen of the skies, now abandoned. In 1972 we encountered this just outside of Warmbaths, miles from any airport, Transvaal South Africa. It needs a better scan.
Yashica Lynx 5000 on Kodachrome.

Last edited by arnold; 12-08-2013 at 05:03 AM.

**Jacquot** · 11-27-2013, 04:26 PM

I remember seeing Constellations at the airport as a child. Really lovely airliner. My father worked in the aviation industry and we were seeing him off or greeting him regularly.

**arnold** · 11-28-2013, 08:41 PM

Another slide on Kodachrome. Pentax MX, M50 f1.7 in 1981. The Drakensberg of South Africa are beautiful scenery. I doubt too many changes in this scene thirty two years later.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11111069673/]Drakensberg, South Africa 1981[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

**arnold** · 12-02-2013, 10:01 PM

Well before 1990. Found this one from 1961, taken with a simple view finder.

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11184104083/]Kodak Retinette 1A (1961)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

**arnold** · 12-02-2013, 10:09 PM

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11184096725/]Paddington Houses, Sydney early 60s[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

**arnold** · 12-07-2013, 10:17 PM

From Darling Point. This time a Kodachrome from 1961 of a similar B&W version.
The large crane soon disappeared, and over a decade later the Opera House got underway.
Retinette 1A
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11263698695/]Historic, Sydney from Darling Point 1961. Kodachrome and Kodak Retinette 1A[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

**RichardS** · 12-10-2013, 10:00 PM

This shot, from 1978 or 1979, shows an Australis catamaran overtaking a Flying Dutchman in a light breeze. The Australis was selected in 1967 as the best design within the International Yacht Racing Union (now ISAF) A-Class catamaran design rules. A-Class is an open design with only length, beam, sail area, and weight limits. The idea of a one-design class is that all the boats are the same and it makes for fairer racing. Due to several factors, the Australis class didn't really take off. It was quite popular in Australia. This was probably one of the last built. Mine was 91. We'd improved the old-fashioned sail plan, but by 1980 or so we decided to wind up the class and we all became A-Class. The guy sailing this one is Greg Goodall who later won the World A-Class championships a couple of times.

What do they look like these days? (Not my photo) Another light wind day at the same club. Timber rudder blades and dagger boards have been replaced by much lighter foam/carbon fibre boards, the pear-shaped aluminium mast section has been replaced by an aerofoil carbon fibre section, the hulls are radically different.

This one, also not mine - people send me stuff, for a bit of mayhem.

And what's Greg Goodall doing?

Sail-World.com : The Future as seen by 2011 F18 Champ Greg Goodall

Richard.

**arnold** · 12-11-2013, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by RichardS

This shot, from 1978 or 1979, shows an Australis catamaran overtaking a Flying Dutchman in a light breeze.

I love catamarans, but my fair skin demands I stay out of the sun. Where does the Hobie Cat fit in the design wars? Are the new designs noticeably faster?

**RichardS** · 12-11-2013, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by arnold

I love catamarans, but my fair skin demands I stay out of the sun. Where does the Hobie Cat fit in the design wars? Are the new designs noticeably faster?

I think they are. Their F18 is pretty quick. The early Hobies were dreadfully slow and heavy. There was a Hobie 18 at our club. It took 6 people to lift the hulls onto it's trailer. Two people could handle an A-Class, also 18'.

I had to give up sailing As a few years ago. A sad day for me.

11-22-2013, 02:23 PM - 2 Likes	#258
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. Here are two pictures to show what I mean. Both are of our very intelligent fox terrier. The B&W taken with a box camera in the late fifties, and the colour with the Kodak Retinette 1a I finally was able to afford in 1961. I had to estimate the distance, and use a hand held light meter. Kodachrome 10 still shines over half a century later. [/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/7807484642/]Jockey 1961 (Improved Scan)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank"> Attached Images

11-25-2013, 04:07 PM	#261
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	Here is one from colonial Africa. My grandfather was involved in mining engineering, and I have a few of his photos from around the turn of the 19th century. This one was in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) taken just before WW1 in 1913. He is the man in glasses behind the first lady on the left. Tennis at the Antelope Mine 1913 Southern Rhodesia. And no, I didn't take the picture Attached Images

12-07-2013, 10:17 PM	#267
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	From Darling Point. This time a Kodachrome from 1961 of a similar B&W version. The large crane soon disappeared, and over a decade later the Opera House got underway. Retinette 1A [/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11263698695/]Historic, Sydney from Darling Point 1961. Kodachrome and Kodak Retinette 1A[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank"> Last edited by arnold; 01-02-2014 at 02:51 AM.

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11-17-2013, 11:33 PM	#256
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,891	Originally posted by arnold Great shot, and it goes to show that a good photo is seldom limited by the fact that it isn't a top of the line camera / lens which took it. Those B24s used to fly out of the Cocos Islands in WW2. (NW of Australia) Agreed, great shot! BTW, Liberators (many built in Australia) operated out of the Northern Territory during the Japanese occupation of the islands to the north. Rough airstrips were built some distance inland to make it harder for Japanese aircraft with shorter ranges to attack.

11-18-2013, 10:08 AM	#257
bucfan1234 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 355	Originally posted by arnold Great shot, and it goes to show that a good photo is seldom limited by the fact that it isn't a top of the line camera / lens which took it. Those B24s used to fly out of the Cocos Islands in WW2. (NW of Australia) Originally posted by RobG Agreed, great shot! BTW, Liberators (many built in Australia) operated out of the Northern Territory during the Japanese occupation of the islands to the north. Rough airstrips were built some distance inland to make it harder for Japanese aircraft with shorter ranges to attack. Thank you both. Interesting facts about the B-24s in Australia too. I didn't know that they were so heavily used in that part of the world.

11-22-2013, 07:35 PM	#259
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,891	Originally posted by arnold We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. Here are two pictures to show what I mean. Both are of our very intelligent fox terrier. The B&W taken with a box camera in the late fifties, and the colour with the Kodak Retinette 1a I finally was able to afford in 1961. I had to estimate the distance, and use a hand held light meter. Kodachrome 10 still shines over half a century later. It may be blurred and/or out of focus, but what a fun image that B&W shot is!

11-23-2013, 03:22 PM	#260
Argenticien Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 208	Originally posted by arnold We all have different reasons for taking an interest in photography. My motivation came from the inability to focus the family box camera. ... Arnold, I think many people were unable to focus their family box cameras, owing mainly to the fixed focus. Sorry ... anyway, your 1961 terrier shot absolutely looks like it could've been made, processed, and scanned all yesterday. The archival stability of Kodachrome is just ridiculous. Even though we all know about that, I'm still floored every time I see people pull out 40, 50, even the oft-cited 70-year-old ones showing no degradation. It's uncanny. --Dave

11-27-2013, 04:13 PM	#262
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	[/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11091874025/]Abandoned. 1972. Constellation at Warmbaths S. Africa[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank"> Once was queen of the skies, now abandoned. In 1972 we encountered this just outside of Warmbaths, miles from any airport, Transvaal South Africa. It needs a better scan. Yashica Lynx 5000 on Kodachrome. Last edited by arnold; 12-08-2013 at 05:03 AM.

11-27-2013, 04:26 PM	#263
Jacquot Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sun City Center, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,544	I remember seeing Constellations at the airport as a child. Really lovely airliner. My father worked in the aviation industry and we were seeing him off or greeting him regularly.

11-28-2013, 08:41 PM	#264
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	Another slide on Kodachrome. Pentax MX, M50 f1.7 in 1981. The Drakensberg of South Africa are beautiful scenery. I doubt too many changes in this scene thirty two years later. [/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11111069673/]Drakensberg, South Africa 1981[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

12-02-2013, 10:01 PM	#265
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	Well before 1990. Found this one from 1961, taken with a simple view finder. [/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11184104083/]Kodak Retinette 1A (1961)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

12-02-2013, 10:09 PM	#266
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	[/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeomaster32/11184096725/]Paddington Houses, Sydney early 60s[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/aeomaster32/]arnold_broese[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

12-10-2013, 10:00 PM	#268
RichardS Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,418	This shot, from 1978 or 1979, shows an Australis catamaran overtaking a Flying Dutchman in a light breeze. The Australis was selected in 1967 as the best design within the International Yacht Racing Union (now ISAF) A-Class catamaran design rules. A-Class is an open design with only length, beam, sail area, and weight limits. The idea of a one-design class is that all the boats are the same and it makes for fairer racing. Due to several factors, the Australis class didn't really take off. It was quite popular in Australia. This was probably one of the last built. Mine was 91. We'd improved the old-fashioned sail plan, but by 1980 or so we decided to wind up the class and we all became A-Class. The guy sailing this one is Greg Goodall who later won the World A-Class championships a couple of times. What do they look like these days? (Not my photo) Another light wind day at the same club. Timber rudder blades and dagger boards have been replaced by much lighter foam/carbon fibre boards, the pear-shaped aluminium mast section has been replaced by an aerofoil carbon fibre section, the hulls are radically different. This one, also not mine - people send me stuff, for a bit of mayhem. And what's Greg Goodall doing? Sail-World.com : The Future as seen by 2011 F18 Champ Greg Goodall Richard.

12-11-2013, 03:17 AM	#269
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294 Original Poster	Originally posted by RichardS This shot, from 1978 or 1979, shows an Australis catamaran overtaking a Flying Dutchman in a light breeze. I love catamarans, but my fair skin demands I stay out of the sun. Where does the Hobie Cat fit in the design wars? Are the new designs noticeably faster?

12-11-2013, 10:37 PM	#270
RichardS Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,418	Originally posted by arnold I love catamarans, but my fair skin demands I stay out of the sun. Where does the Hobie Cat fit in the design wars? Are the new designs noticeably faster? I think they are. Their F18 is pretty quick. The early Hobies were dreadfully slow and heavy. There was a Hobie 18 at our club. It took 6 people to lift the hulls onto it's trailer. Two people could handle an A-Class, also 18'. I had to give up sailing As a few years ago. A sad day for me.