Our prowling around again with the new camera. I can't sit still when the sun is out and the thermometer stays under 90. I was exploring more of downtown with the M240, this time decorated with a wonderful Carl Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Planar ZM. "ZM" being a Zeiss for M mount. The lens focuses exactly right and it makes files that make me smile.
As a high school student in the early 1970s I loved cars. My very first car was a well used but still serviceable 1965 Buick Wildcat bought from a friend's dad in 1974. It had three wondrous attributes that seem lost to car design now. One was air conditioning that could keep beer cold --- if you put the beer near a vent. Another was bench seats a mile wide and more comfortable that most couches. And the third was a 425 cubic inch engine with double quad carburetors generating 360 horsepower. And yes, gas was almost free back then. A really fine car in which to head to the coast for a weekend break...
You could fit an entire photo studio in the trunk. Those times are long gone but these cars served to tickle my memory. And fond memories they are...
The M240 does nice raw files in the .DNG format. Lightroom Classic likes them.
My 1st car was a 1962 Buick Invicta with a Wildcat 445 engine. It had a 4-barrel carburetor that sucked gas at 11 mpg, but gas was only 25¢/gal for high test. I bought it in 1966 for about $1400. I just looked online and found it or its twin listed for $32K. I guess I should have parked in a barn and kept it.
ReplyDeleteNot only were the styles futuristic, and optimistic, a car back then with a trailer hitch could pull a big boat and trailer. Up a steep hill.
ReplyDeleteWe do not see cars like that in Boston. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe cars: wretched excess. Just goes to show that the "give the people what they want" ethos combined with profit-making led to terrible assaults on the atmosphere. But we didn't know.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice set of automobile images. The top image of the white 2-door hardtop coupe is a 1960 Chevrolet Impala. What a great look with all its operable windows in their down position exposing the openness of its cabin and no B-Pillar structure. Its character line practically goes the entire length of the vehicle. Nice. This car looks like it is ready for takeoff.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, if I had encountered this scene, and if I seen the owners near by, I would have asked if the front quarter vent window could be slightly opened to help this feature standout.