The Alphabet Game

[Rsquared]

Ok I'll try and make this less ambiguous........D = Dogs.

[Kan Win]

E= Evening in Kan

Win

[FracturedRabbit]

F is for Flying, at Amara Watersports near Jomtien last week

[Kan Win]

The Gates of Kanchanaburi

[katana]

H is for a hairy spider.

[draggons]

Ice.

[paggamb]

J = Joe Jirayus

Taken from Nuvo Concert at Larn Beer Onnut. He is a popular celeb and Thailand's Got Talent 2012 judge. Beside him is Kong Saharat, even more famous than Joe.

Edited September 21, 2012 by paggamb

[FracturedRabbit]

K is for Kiev

Zeiss introduced the Contax 2 rangefinder in 1936 and it was considered to be a superior product to the Leica of the time, featuring among other things a metal shutter curtain rather than cloth, faster available shutter speeds and a better rangefinder mechanism. For a while, the Contax 2 was the professional camera to own; then the war arrived.

The Contax factory in Dresden was bombed during the war, and after the war the factory fell under Russian ownership. The Russians initially set up three trial production lines in Jena, East Germany, before moving all production to Kiev in Russia, at which point the name was changed from Contax to Kiev; although the cameras looked the same apart from the nameplate and early Kievs used many Contax parts. Production started in 1950 and went on through to the 1980s with various minor changes in design. The earliest production is the best built, overseen by original Contax employees. Over the years, quality declined as production targets increased.

The camera in the photo was made in 1950, the first year of official production. I also have a 1960 and 1970 model; but the 1950 operates the smoothest and still takes good pictures at 62 years old!

The Russians also took over the Zeiss lens factory in Jena and moved the remaining glass stock to the KMZ works near Moscow. For a couple of years this glass was built into a lens with the same design as the Zeiss Sonnar 50mm F2 and called the Zorky ZK, which is the 1950 lens shown in this photo. Later on the lens became known as the Jupiter 8 and used Russian glass.

The turret on the top offers differing views depending on what lens you are using, although you still need to look through the rangefinder on the camera body to acquire focus.

Also shown some detail of the shutter mechanism (I bought some scrap bodies just so I could take them to pieces, and then photograph them of course!). The internals are bewildering tangle of gears and levers; very different from the cameras of today!

The Kiev is so different to shoot with compared to a modern camera, and somehow all the more relaxing and enjoyable because of that. Later models can be found for around $50 on eBay, although you will pay more for an early production model like this one.

[Kan Win]

Lumpee Waterfall - Khao Lumpee

Win

[FracturedRabbit]

M is for Mushroom.

Light shone through bottom of mushroom. Panasonic GX1 with Yashica 55mm macro.

[Kan Win]

No Vote poster

Win

[Kan Win]

Bump

[FracturedRabbit]

O is for Orangutan

[David48]

P is for Pla Nin

(well 1 Pla Nin amonst many Big Head Carp)

[Kan Win]

Any fancy a Quart or two

Win

[Dancealot]

Rice seed collecting at the warehouse and helping loading the truck with the thai workers. Good fun.

[FracturedRabbit]

S is for showjumper (at Horseshoe Point near Pattaya)

[samuijimmy]

Not noticed tread this before!

T is for Tourists!!

[Dancealot]

Unreal flowers connected with stones.

[samuijimmy]

V for Vegetables .... Hydroponic lettuce!

[samuijimmy]

w for water ....

[Dancealot]

X marks the spot

[samuijimmy]

X marks the spot

very good X had me stumped!!!

[samuijimmy]

Y for Yellow flower~~~!!! Ixora !

[Dancealot]

Zigzag around this 1. Try.. Dek B10.. Child B100.. Zig, zag

Edited November 26, 2012 by Dancealot

[David48]

V for Vegetables .... Hydroponic lettuce!

Where is the Farm?

[samuijimmy]

V for Vegetables .... Hydroponic lettuce!

Where is the Farm?

Just down the road from me in Maenam, Samui.... We actually have five or six Hydroponic farms on Samui!!!

Search through here, we've discussed it a little!

http://www.thaivisa....on-the-islands/

[Dancealot]

Abandoned pussy at the temple in Sukhothai... Where is my boss? Is he there?

Edited November 26, 2012 by Dancealot

[samuijimmy]

I have used up my "likes" button for today A for Pussy cat is a great shot, Dancealot !!!

OK.... B for Birthday Party!

Edited November 26, 2012 by samuijimmy

[Dancealot]

Nice!! Thats the birthday how its supposed to be/and that pic makes me feel very good.

We change it to the waiting game now jimmy. I do not want to make it our game since many great posters preceded us..