Belated Welland Photos

Now that you've all forgotten about Welland, here are some pics. See the Welland04 album at:

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Regards, Arthur G

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Welland04 album at:

Arthur,

Thanks, Nice pics, not seen a Bamford like the 10hp before.

Regards

Chris Bedo Kent UK

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Welland04 album at:

Hi Arthur, nice pictures when I discovered how to find them. (There are only ten groups until you hit newest) I think Webshots are having a few problems at the moment. They took 3 days to post the last ones I took.

-- Dave Croft Warrington England

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Nice Pics to remind me of a pleasant day.

Re. Unknown with 'amusing' sign. I don't recall what the engine was (was it as program?) but I recognise the sign as belonging to Terry Lines, one of the late Ed Bolton's cohort.

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Nick H

The Campbell with the gas pump is unusual - what kind of gas, I wonder?

Regards,

Kim

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J K Siddorn

Probably coal gas. There is a pump, usually called an exhauster, to draw gas from the hydraulic main and drive it through the various scrubbers, tar separators etc and into the gasometer. Sometimes also a booster between the gasometer and distribution network.

There is a nice little preserved gasworks somewhere in Norfolk which we visited a few years ago. This has two exhausters, one with driven by a Lister D and the other an enclosed crank Bradford (both converted to run on gas of course!). I can imagine in earlier times something that Campbell set up may have done the same job. Robinson hot air engines were also used with the pumping cylinder mounted in tandem with the power cylinder - these sets were made by Sugg, a large manufacturer of gas lighting equipment who I believe still exist.

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Nick H

Programme says No. 81 was 1 1/2 hp Barker gas engine of 1900.

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Nick H

Hi Dave, at first I thought Webshots needed to get its act together after a new album, but 14 hours I get the same problem. Dunno why.

I forget whose pictures, but about a week or so ago I had the same difficulty with someone else's albums.

Glad to see a number of you found them okay.

Regards, Arthur G

Welland04 album at:

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Arthur Griffin & Jeni Stanton

album, but 14 hours I get the same

with someone else's albums.

Went straight to them with no problem, Arthur. The Pelapone shot in particular stands out for its colour and clarity, and the Ruston IP shows that backgrounds can be very frustrating!

It is remarkable how digital photography has completely changed the way we handle and look at images. 10 years ago this would all have been science fiction.

The Bamford 10hp is the same type as Mick Mills had, but I believe he sold that last year.

Peter

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It is remarkable how digital photography has completely changed the way we handle and look at images. 10 years ago this would all have been science fiction.

Yes, but I still prefer using my trusty Olympus OM1 for some reason....though I find the digital camera handy for a quick snapshot :-)

Regards

Philip T-E

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ClaraNET

That'd be Fakenham - I was very interested but the family wasn't - they got around in ten minutes flat!

Brian L Dominic

Web Sites: Canals:

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Light Railway:
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handle and look at images. 10 years ago

reason....though I find the digital camera handy for a

Your OM-1 was, sorry is one of the best SLR's around but you can get a comparable Digital, expensive to start but no film and no processing costs.

By the way I have not forgotten I owe you some pennies.

Martin P

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Campingstoveman

Arthur,

I had no problem with Webshots, popped up instantly, also when I upload my pics they are there within ten minutes of loading.

I particularly liked the Pelapone, I shall have to get my similar looking but 4 cylinder inline version going one day.

I also liked the Ruston PB pump set.

Excellent pics Arthur.

Message for Roland : At least somebody likes a good Petter Lighting Set, so you dont have to feel so agrieved anymore :-))

Martin P

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Campingstoveman

handle and look at images. 10 years ago

find the digital camera handy for a

I thought that I would miss the Contax bodies and Zeiss lenses, but they sat in the camera bag for 2 years untouched after we bought the first Mavica, so they had to go in the end.

One thing I did miss was the familiarity of the old cameras. You are probably the same? There is a 'sweet spot' in the settings/film type/speed where you know that almost anything shot will come out OK, and once you are there it's just a point and shoot exercise almost.

I haven't quite got that far with the Mavicas yet, and I would love to have a faster cycling time between shots, but with 3 Mavicas in the family we wouldn't go back now.

We have resisted the move towards larger and larger CCD's and image sizes, the largest is 2.1mpx, smallest is 1.2mpx.

Peter

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True, but the problem is I have four Olympus bodies, up to and including an OM4, and a full set of Zuiko lenses from 18 to 300mm, plus other accessories, which I have gathered over the years. The cover picture on the latest SE was taken with an F2 21mm Zuiko, which in itself is several hundred pounds worth.To get the equivalent in digital would cost a not so small fortune. Also, if I go to give a slide show to a club, its much easier to use real slides and a projector than it is to put all the pictures on a CD, borrow a laptop and projector form work and so on. I'm shortly going to buy myself a good quality slide scanner so I can get the best of both worlds. For 35mm film stock in general, I find that

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have some of the best prices I've found. By shooting transparencies it keeps the cost of processing right down, and I can then scan and print just the ones I like.

Oh goody... the silencer has rusted away on my car and that nice Mr. Citroen wants over £200 for a new one, so every little helps. I've bought whole cars for less than that :-(

Philip T-E

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ClaraNET

What I do is create a video of side pictures and then the club sets up two telly's and a video player.

Martin P

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Campingstoveman

Also have you not noticed that Kodak have stopped making film cameras and others will soon follow. And how long will it be before 35mm film stars to fade away. Like CD's replacing records film will in the end be replaced by digital, you have to change sometime. The camera is only as good as the idiot holding it and you have prooved many a time youre no idiot when it comes to taking good photographs. As Peter has also pointed out with the right software and a bit of time engine back grounds, conditions etc can all be made to suit your needs with the click of a mouse.

Martin P

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Campingstoveman

I've had (still got) a mid '70's Canon AE1 & A1 bodies with a range of lenses from fish eye to a 500mm reflector. I must admit to rarely using it these days as the Minolta Dimage 5 does just about everything I need. That said, if I want top definition, chemical film still has the edge.

Philip, I thought your pic on the front of SEM this month was extremely good, clear, detailed and good colour balance. I knew straightaway that it was chemical film just from the look of it.

Did anyone see the yummy Suzi Perry on the Gadget Show a few weeks ago? They took two sets of pictures with top end digital and film cameras, blew them up to 50 feet high and hung them off a building to see how they did. It was really hard to tell and even the man that took them had to peer at them.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn,

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J K Siddorn

Not that Kodak cameras were ever high end.....

Ah, but I still listen to vinyl records through my Leak all valve stereo system, except if I'm playing 78's through the wind up gramaphone. Could it be that like many of us in this NG, I'm a closet Luddite at heart :-) Just because things are new doesn't automatically manke them better, I do take advantage of technology only when it demonstrably improves my life in some way, eg a personal computer which allows me to write this very message to the NG.

Regards

Philip T-E

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Philip THornton-Evison

Yes, I have a Mullard 5-10 amplifier somewhere, and a Goldring-Lenco deck and a (nice) pair of KEF Concord speakers. The amp I built when at Mullards in the early 1960's, and the other items I bought just before I met Rita in 1969, but I still prefer to make up my own compilations on reel-to reel tape or CD (or both) to sitting down listening to what are by now quite old LP's.

No2 son (another Philip) is going through the valve amp phase in his life at present, and we are bulk-buying octal valve bases and old Mullard amplifier books....

The nicest amp we had was also a Leak, but it was the Leak 2000 tuner, unfortunately it was all transistor :-))

Peter

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