💻 I’ve driven Route 66 from near its Illinois beginning to almost the Texas border. I’ve got to finish it someday! M. B. Henry has, and this week she wrote about her visit to Oatman, AZ — and to the dozens of donkeys that mill freely about this town. Read Route 66 Series: Out of the Way, Jackass! (Not You, the Burro)
💻 This is a moderately nerdly post, complete with code snippets, so reader beware. But I liked it. It gives a funny glimpse into how RSS and feed readers like Feedly work. Kevin Norman tells the story. Read The Perils of RSS
📷 arh reviews the Ricoh XR-X 35mm SLR, from the late 1980s. It has a mode for taking pictures of your TV screen! It also has a funky side-mounted flash unit. Read The Left Handed Ricoh XR-X
📷 I’ve dabbled in 110 photography and remain sort of interested in making the most of this format. Nicholas Middleton came upon a well-specified Agfa Agfamatic 4008 110 camera and gave it a whirl. Read Agfa Agfamatic 4008 tele pocket sensor
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Jim, I really enjoyed M.B. Henry’s Route 66 blog post and other writing. I will have to follow her blog in the future. Thanks Jim!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the MB Henry link. Very amusing!
Of course!
Route 66 is still pretty interesting, although many of the old motels and gas stations have deteriorated or been torn down. Sadly, the trend will accelerate as the years pass. But west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona still have a bunch of interesting things to see and photograph. The dry climate helps preserve buildings.
https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2020/05/travels-on-mother-road-route-66-part.html
https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2020/05/travels-on-mother-road-route-66-part-8b.html
My sons and I did Route 66 in IL, MO, KS, and OK in 2013. Someday I’ll go back and get the rest of it. https://blog.jimgrey.net/tag/route-66/
In the Ricoh review…I am pretty sure that TV mode is “time value” mode, aka shutter priority exposure mode.
Assuredly correct.
I stand corrected…looked at the manual for that camera and there is a mode for taking pictures off of a TV screen. Not certain what that mode would control but assume it would have something to do with shutter speed to compensate for the video screen scan lines. Who knew? :-)
How cool is that!