A couple "found" pieces

[DrEntropy]

Looking through drawers and shelves, rediscovering things.

Slide copier, the D7500 body will not fit on it, right side of camera too deep to clear the base of the copier. Bummer. May try it with the shortest extension tube.


Original service and parts manuals for the Nikon F

 

[DrEntropy]

Also a couple 35mm Watson daylight bulk loaders. Thought there might be some old T-Max 100 or E'Chrome in one but no such luck.

 

[GregW]

Looking through drawers and shelves, rediscovering things.

Slide copier, the D7500 body will not fit on it, right side of camera too deep to clear the base of the copier. Bummer. May try it with the shortest extension tube.
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Original service and parts manuals for the Nikon F

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I bet an angle grinder on the slide copier would fix that right up.

 

[DrEntropy]

Stopped short of the die grinder solution. Setting the copier F-mount to the vertical position first allowed the body to be attached and then can be rotated to horizontal. Have to use an AI-S 50mm lens, aperture can be set on the non-automagic optics. Need a light source closer to 5K° but this first shot done with an LED as source. Tweaking to follow!

 

[GregW]

Very nice.

 

[DrEntropy]

A couple more from the copier. Likely we will scan 'em with the Epson, too.

These were among the culls from "The Last Bombing Mission in Southeast Asia" coverage.

First is the crewchief, giving the 'unacceptable' salute to his pilot. The other is the Commander of the 8th T.F.W., Col. Francis Humphries, shooting me shooting him. We laughed, saluted and went on the mission. I wish I could find his shot, it'd be great to put it in a two-photo frame. Didn't find out until he'd passed that he was here at MacDill, as a General and retired in the area. He was a really good guy, too.

 

[GregW]

Such a small camera to use gloves with.

 

[DrEntropy]

I think it was a Contax. And someplace I've a frame of him in the equipment room, putting on his G-suit with a lit cigarette between his lips, under the "NO SMOKING" sign... typical fighter jock!

 

[Basil]

Found this Boi but came up short looking for any official photos (which is weird as usually Bios of Generals have their picture)

BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCIS A. HUMPHREYS JR.

Brigadier General Francis A. Humphreys Jr. is deputy director of operations, J3, Headquarters, U.S. Readiness Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. General Humphreys was born in 1928, in Asheville,

www.af.mil

 

[DrEntropy]

Found this Boi but came up short looking for any official photos (which is weird as usually Bios of Generals have their picture)

BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCIS A. HUMPHREYS JR.

Brigadier General Francis A. Humphreys Jr. is deputy director of operations, J3, Headquarters, U.S. Readiness Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. General Humphreys was born in 1928, in Asheville,

www.af.mil

That's very strange. I've searched his name before and found a bio with his photo. It was more recent and included the fact he'd passed. Can't find it now.

 

[Basil]

That's very strange. I've searched his name before and found a bio with his photo. It was more recent and included the fact he'd passed. Can't find it now.

That is strange. The AF surely has pictures of all Generals.

 

[DrEntropy]

I keep misspelling his name. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Basil]

I keep misspelling his name. Sorry 'bout that.

There's a mountain with his name in Arizona, north of Flagstaff... Mount Humphrys.

 

[GregW]

Need a light source closer to 5K° but this first shot done with an LED as source. Tweaking to follow!

It finally occurred to me that without a slide, you could shoot the light source with auto white balance. Then finding that number, manually set the white balance when shooting with the slides. Not sure how that will effect different emulsions, but that could be figured out with simple math I think.

 

[DrEntropy]

It finally occurred to me that without a slide, you could shoot the light source with auto white balance. Then finding that number, manually set the white balance when shooting with the slides. Not sure how that will effect different emulsions, but that could be figured out with simple math I think.

Considering the condition of some of the E'chrome slides, the white balance issue would be moot, methinks. But you're right. And with the more stable dye transfer K'chrome it would work.

 

[Celtic 77]

A couple more from the copier. Likely we will scan 'em with the Epson, too.

These were among the culls from "The Last Bombing Mission in Southeast Asia" coverage.

First is the crewchief, giving the 'unacceptable' salute to his pilot. The other is the Commander of the 8th T.F.W., Col. Francis Humphries, shooting me shooting him. We laughed, saluted and went on the mission. I wish I could find his shot, it'd be great to put it in a two-photo frame. Didn't find out until he'd passed that he was here at MacDill, as a General and retired in the area. He was a really good guy, too.

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Just saw this post... Have you tried the "fastpeoplesearch" ? It's free and since he has passed, you may still track down some relatives. It's an excellent site. And thanks for your service and welcome home!!

 

[DrEntropy]

Just saw this post... <snip> And thanks for your service and welcome home!!

I appreciate that! THX.
I explain to a lot of folks, my service was just an extension of what I was doing before enlisting. The "welcome home" is more meaningful to those of us who came back from that war. My "homecoming" was walking into SFO in uniform and consisted of eggs and tomatoes being thrown from the "balcony" surrounding the lobby at anyone in uniform, by my supposed (in age) peer-group.

My service CV:
Phlyin' photog, Detachment 10, 1365th, 1361st and 601st HQ ("We kill 'um with fillum!")