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Harrington model
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65beam
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65beam
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Dan,
photos need resized so much to post to this old site that they seem to come out fuzzy. Durn old instamatics!
Dan,
photos need resized so much to post to this old site that they seem to come out fuzzy. Durn old instamatics!
Ken Ellis
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Pretty remarkable detail for a model that small. The stitching looks almost like real needle-and-thread work. And the engine turning on the steering wheel? Just as if one were standing three feet away from the real thing.
65beam
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I was about three feet from the wheel. It's amazing how much better the photo is if you don't have to continue to resize in order to post. I bought this wheel in the U.K. a lot of years ago. It's a Les Leston wheel that showed no indication of having been on a car when I installed it on the red Harrington a few years back. I installed a Moto Lita wheel on the red car and this one will go on the white car.
I was about three feet from the wheel. It's amazing how much better the photo is if you don't have to continue to resize in order to post. I bought this wheel in the U.K. a lot of years ago. It's a Les Leston wheel that showed no indication of having been on a car when I installed it on the red Harrington a few years back. I installed a Moto Lita wheel on the red car and this one will go on the white car.
alpine_64
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Lack of focus
For those who would like to see what a photo of what sunbeam model looks like where the focal point is aimed at the subject, not foreground or background... Go to the model maker sparks website for the range of sii alpine racing models and sunbeam tiger road cars they currently offer:
https://www.sparkmodel.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Sunbeam
It's a pity they use low quality wire wheels on the models, apart from that they are quite nice.
For those who would like to see what a photo of what sunbeam model looks like where the focal point is aimed at the subject, not foreground or background... Go to the model maker sparks website for the range of sii alpine racing models and sunbeam tiger road cars they currently offer:
https://www.sparkmodel.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Sunbeam
It's a pity they use low quality wire wheels on the models, apart from that they are quite nice.
65beam
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alpine_64
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Bring a photographer I can offer some expertise on the subject of instamatics. Traditional film cameras had a plate that pressed the film flat against the focal plane with rollers on both sides but people who didn't shoot a lot had problems loading film. Kodak invents the instamatics cartridge and hoped the pressure from the closing of the back panel would suffice. Problem was to keep it inexpensive no rollers so there had to be enough space for the film to slide without the aid of the rollers. Consequently the film wasn't pressed against the focal plane so final quality suffered.
I was in LA a few months ago and got one of the Le Mans Alpines for my collection.
Let's keep the conversation civil guys.
I was in LA a few months ago and got one of the Le Mans Alpines for my collection.
Let's keep the conversation civil guys.
alpine_64
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Nick, thanks for the info on the limitations of the old film instamatic cameras, there were issues with the quality of their image reproduction.
However as I'm sure you understand, that is not the issue with these photos given they are taken on a digital camera. Also the issue is not the reduction of size to post on the site as that can only pixilate the image not change focal point, depth of field and framing if subject.
Ok. Being subtle isn't working. This was an interesting string until you two went after it. Let's try this.
I'm not going to tolerate this kind of exchange. So here it is. I'm asking you as politely as I can. Do not engage each other like this again. If you guys can't get past your previous issues I'll ban both of you. Last warning.
I've gotten email, pm's, texts and 2 phone calls from members. It's over.
I'm not going to tolerate this kind of exchange. So here it is. I'm asking you as politely as I can. Do not engage each other like this again. If you guys can't get past your previous issues I'll ban both of you. Last warning.
I've gotten email, pm's, texts and 2 phone calls from members. It's over.