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 > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >