Mikeinlagardette's photos with the keyword: canon

These 1/76th scale buildings were made to try out various construction techniques and materials. The design came from a series called "Making a Model Village" which can be freely downloaded, but I altered some of the details to suit my tastes. With the exception of the roofs, which are a commercial moulding, they are made entirely from card and paper, and represent a style of building common in England in the 17th century. In fact, I did not use them on the model railway, and they are incomplete - no gutters and downpipes, no television aerials, - and no dustbins !! Canon Ixus V2. Photofinished in Gimp.

In English it is called hollyhock but it's Latin name is Althea rosea. They grow profusely in the roadsides and gardens around our hamlet, - although they are not native to Europe, they were introduced from China in the 15th century. Canon Ixus 960is. Photofinished in Picasa

Similar treatment to the previous photo, this is a "Windsor" pattern gas light made by William Sugg & Co, London. This one has been converted to electricity, but the iconic design was once common throughout the UK until the latter part of the 20th century. Canon Ixus 960is. Photofinished in Silver Efex Pro

Not really ! More play with the Silver Efex Pro , this time running as a stand alone program in Windows 7. Very easy to use, lots of pre-sets but also easily refined and configured. Not all subjects are suitable for this sort of thing, of course, but vintage steam trains seem to be a natural target ! Ex-Great Western Railway No 5542 drifts into Winchcombe station in the summer of 2015. Original photo 12mpx colour. Canon Ixus 960is, photofinished in Silver Efex Pro.

Citroën bought the Maserati company in 1968, hoping to use Maserati's experience of high performance engines, to produce a sports version of the Citroën DS. Two years later the Citroën SM was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, and went on sale in France near the end of 1970. Despite it's modern styling and innovative features, and a top speed of 220km/h (140mph), it was not a commercial success, perhaps because the comparatively large engine (for Europe) options of 2.7 or 3.0l V6, meant that they were heavily taxed in France.(They were also extremely complex, and so quickly became very expensive to maintain !!) Maserati later used the same basic engine design in the Merak and Bi-Turbo, and Citroën used much of the technology in the more successful CX model. Production ended in 1975, when Peugeot SA took over the now bankrupt Citroën. 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.

Citroën were not the only large volume French car maker to develop new models and production techniques during the 1930's - Renault, often considered to have rather conservative designs, in fact made great strides - compare this car to this one, built only ten or twelve years before: Built for less than two years, when the outbreak of WW2 brought an end to production, there were two engine options, a 1.9 or 2.5L, both 4 cylinder sidevalve's. 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.

1935 Talbot T120 4 door Saloon, probably a 3.5L OHV straight six engine. Talbot- Darraq was formed by the merger of two very early Anglo-French car makers, and they had factories in both Suresnes, near Paris, and London. They took over the ailing Sunbeam Motors of Wolverhampton, England, in 1920, forming Sunbeam-Talbot-Darraq. The Darraq name was gradually dropped, and Sunbeam Talbot was eventually taken over by the Rootes Group of Coventry in 1935. Fond memories, because for a brief time in the early 1960's, I owned a 1936 3½ litre Talbot BG110, one of the last two ever built. It was assembled at the Rootes factory in Coventry, and fitted with a James Young aluminium drop-head coupe body, identical to that fitted to the 4¼ Litre MX Series Bentley. Those were the Days !! 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.

Taken at a local Citroën 2CV meeting some years ago, this elegant 15HP Citroën saloon is from the mid twenties, and was Citroën's first real attempt to enter the quality end of the French car market. It was followed by the more succesful Citroën Grande Lux, known affectionately as the "Rosalie". The gent looking at the car is a member of a local Creusois choir, wearing traditional costume. Taken with the very first model Canon Digital Ixus, only 2.1 mpx !! Canon Ixus, photfinished in Gimp

Ready to leave Gueret while en route from Limoges to Montluçon. Restored by a group of enthusiasts in Limoges, the locomotive was built in England, by the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, in 1919. A total of 340 of this class of heavy freight loco were ordered by the Chemin de fer de l'État, and the first 70 engines were built in France, variously by SACM (Belfort), Schneider et Cie, and Fives-Lille, during 1913, but when war was declared production was transferred to Britain. Between 1914 & 1918, 235 almost identical locos were built by both the North British Locomotive Company, of Glasgow, and Nasmyth, Wilson & Company, of Manchester, and the Vulcan Foundry completed the final 35 locos between 1919 and 1920. Six engines were lost at sea on 30 April 1918, when the cargo ship transporting them, the SS Saint Chamond was torpedoed off the Cornish coast, 14 miles north of St Ives Head. A number of these 140-C class locos have survived, and are preserved, either as static displays or, like this one, used for hauling special excursion trains. Historical data from: Davies, John (August 2001). Chemins de fer de l'État Locomotive List 1878–1938. Woodbridge, Queensland: Dr. John Davies. pp. 85–90. ISBN 0-7316-8442-7. Canon Ixus 960is, and photofinished in Gimp.

As well as our children and grandchildren, quite a lot of our friends and neighbours, both French and Dutch, and our English friends, made our 50th wedding anniversary a day to remember! Aperitifs in the afternoon, a barbecue in the evening, - and the rest of the week spent clearing up !! Who knows, I might even get round to taking a few photos sometime in the future !! Canon Ixus 960is, photofinished in Gimp

My reply to Robert Warren yesterday, about the Kodak Reflex and Mamiyaflex, prompted me to post this picture of them together, - about the only thing in common is that they are both TLR's ! The Mamiyaflex has interchangeable lenses and rack focussing, and can get to within a few of inches of the subject, whereas the KR2 can only focus down to about 3 feet - 1 metre, much like a Rollie or Yashica TLR. It's much smaller than the Mamiya, and is more intuitive to use, and far lighter, a mere 980g compared to the Mamiya's hefty 1.55kg with the 80mm lenses, and as time passes, it matters! That said, I used various C Series Mamiyas over a long time, they are almost indestructable, about the only film camera to survive, long term, on converted trawlers in the North Atlantic, where we both spent many happy(?) years! That's all behind me now, and I can spend my days pottering about with interesting old beasts like the Kodak Reflex II ;-) Taken with a Canon Ixus 960is @ 80 ISO equivalent.

Here's a pic of the old lady! Made from die-cast aluminium with plated brass fittings, this really was near the all time top of Kodak's medium format product range, perhaps only the Medalist, and the German made Regent, exceeded it. As well as the fresnel screen, it has automatic film spacing which works without fault, and the 80mm lenses are hard coated Anastons - not Tessar variants, but a Dialyt design of four equally spaced elements about a central diaphragm, and unusually, both the taking and viewing lenses are of identical construction. The shutter is a Flash Kodamatic with M & X options, 1/2 to 1/300th plus B&T, and the apertures are from f3.5 to f22, and are click-stopped. It is shown with a Kodak Series VI filter adapter, and a home made lens hood which does not mask the viewing lens. Just a shade lighter than a non-metered Rollieflex, it was designed to allow only the wretched 620 film size to be used, and no conversion to 120 is possible without drastic alteration, but I've recently made a simple set up to machine the diameters and end faces of 120 films in the lathe, making them externally the same as 620, and avoiding the need to re-wind the films on to 620 spools, so I might use it more now. Taken with a Canon Ixus 960is @ 80 iso equivalent.