[rollei_list] Re: Rollei trip
- From: aghalide@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:24:27 +0000
polarizer with the 40mm SL66? How big is the filter? I have the 40mm from
1966. The filter for this version is kinder biggish. ed
-------------- Original message from Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>: --------------
> Friday from 5:45am until 10pm I spent down the CA coast starting at
> Carmel and ending at Pfeiffer State Beach. Carmel, Point Lobos, and
> Garrapata were gorgeous, but as I headed south I stopped at Pfeiffer
> Beach to check it out as I wanted to check out (with my sun finder)
> where the sun would actually be (on the horizon) at sunset as I
> wanted to photograph the sun through a giant hole through the rocks.
> The surf and sun coming through the hole is spectacular. But... there
> were gale force winds blowing - the sand, blowing sideways, acting
> like a sand blaster. So I left and went back up to Point Lobos.
>
> Point Lobos was like I've seen it only one or two times previously -
> over literally thousands of times there - the ocean was dead calm.
> Nary a ripple, clear and blue. The sky was brilliant blue, no
> moisture anywhere, visibility was endless.
>
> So I did what I don't normally do there, I photographed the vast
> grandeur of Point Lobos using my Rollei SL66, 40mm FLE HFT lens, and
> polarizer. I ran through a half dozen rolls of 220 Velvia 50 & 100.
> I'll process them later today. What I normally photograph at Point
> Lobos, is the rock formations on Weston Beach and views of various
> coves, trees, moss, etc, on the trails.
>
> At 4pm, I headed back down the coast to Pfeiffer Beach to see if the
> wind had died down. It was actually worse than in the AM. So I headed
> back up the coast and photographed some of the grand vistas from
> highway 1 as it snakes along the coast. I also took some of these
> vistas with my 5D and 24-105 zoom. I'm curious as to how they compare
> to the 6x6 film version. I spent a little more time at Point Lobos
> before heading home.
>
> Accuweather predicted overcast until 1pm, slight breezes, etc. It was
> exactly opposite. I looked up the weather on the National Weather
> Service Saturday morning (should have done this on Thursday evening)
> and it said:
>
> ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
>
> .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT ALONG THE
> COAST SOUTH OF POINT LOBOS.
>
> Accuweather was grossly inaccurate!
>
> Bob Adler and I actually did this together, but he used his
> Hasselblad so his part of the trip didn't count! ;-) We do this CA
> coast stuff and the back roads of Los Padres National Forest
> (different agendas each time) a minimum of once a month. We try for
> twice a month.
>
> :-)
>
> Jim
>
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