November 2019

Ginkgo Leaves – 1

The glorious two Ginkgo trees in my NJ yard dropped their leaves recently, all within 1 day and right after the first hard freeze. They are the most wonderful yellow leaves. The only downside of my two trees, which were planted sometime in the 70’s, that they are both females and therefore drop smelly, smelly fruits. And this year, we had a wet Spring, so the trees produced a bumper crop….thousands and thousands of them. They’ve been falling for a record two months. But the leaves are wonderful.  

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Kodak Retina IIIc vs. IIa – Newly serviced

Just got my new IIa 016 back from Chris Sherlock today. Boy, he does good work. My only other Retina is a IIIc 021 (non-working meter) so now I have a comparison of two cameras that were a few years apart. 1. Size / Weight difference – It’s significant when you pick up the cameras. That increased top holding the meter makes the IIIc camera feel a lot bigger. In addition, the front of the IIa is flat, whereas the IIIc is curved, which makes the IIa easier to hold and it feels narrower. The overall impression is very different

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