{"id":1642,"date":"2010-06-29T07:27:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2011-02-22T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:42:35","slug":"minolta-super-a-in-the-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"Minolta Super-A in the grass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It was a sunny day with intermittent gusts of\u00a0 warm air breathing life into\u00a0 the long grass of the meadow.\u00a0 Elongated stems laden with blooms swayed and swirled in the midst of this flowing sea.\u00a0 A rabbit crossed the worn path, heard but unseen, as small birds filtered and crows fought.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an equal struggle to portray my experience in words as it is in pictures.\u00a0 I cannot convey how\u00a0 at times like these the wonderful memories of a childhood seemingly spent entirely enveloped in long grass surge.\u00a0 I&#8217;m unable to show how the grass moves moments after the leaves rustle.\u00a0 So I can only do my best even if it doesn&#8217;t&#8217; meet my own expectations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1642 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_rescan_020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_rescan_020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_021.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_015.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_015-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minoilta_SuperA_June26_010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As for the camera it&#8217;s muted leaf shutter seemed well suited to the quite sounds of nature.\u00a0 There is a severe limitation with a 1\/200 second shutter on such a bright day but the inaccuracy of the aged meter led me to over expose anyway.\u00a0 The lens appears to have some sort of coating but it is likely a single coating and doesn&#8217;t do a great deal for the lack of contrast when used with colour film.\u00a0 Focusing with the range finder patch was difficult when so much of the scene appeared so similar so I resorted to focusing by using the scale on the camera.\u00a0 As I stated in an earlier post the Super-A has framing lines for the 50mm lens within it&#8217;s larger 35mm accommodating viewfinder.\u00a0 This is a nice way to see outside the frame for items to include or exclude from the image.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an interesting camera and one I enjoy looking at but it&#8217;s heft and other limitations will likely force it to remain largely a display item.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a sunny day with intermittent gusts of\u00a0 warm air breathing life into\u00a0 the long grass of the meadow.\u00a0 Elongated stems laden with blooms swayed and swirled in the midst of this flowing sea.\u00a0 A rabbit crossed the worn path, heard but unseen, as small birds filtered and crows fought. 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