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Mike Anton
@m1ke-a.bsky.social
Staff for 2 cats but known to take photos of other subjects. Local history, military history and local military history. Oh and a bit of railway history as well.

Easily distracted with research rabbitholes.

Sussexshire
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October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yeah I'd go with aperture as well. With my limited knowledge of large(r) format cameras they have smaller/slower apertures.

And yes this is yet another subject I need to learn about.
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thanks Nick, please see my belated reply to Ian
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ian, apologies for the late reply. I know some of these cameras were absolute units (🫡 @themerl.bsky.social 😉) but was that the length of the lens or width of the front element (aperture)?🤷‍♂️
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Burgger, I was hoping you'd know 😃
September 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Mar, I've never worked out what the 'f14' on these APs means. Aperture, camera focal length or? 🤔🤷‍♂️
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is Arundel Castle to the south, which I couldn't get in the wide shot
September 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's a fantastic location but this is the backlit view I will be shooting 🫤
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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August 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Loving the general chat on all this and the 'what if' aspect, semi ignoring the fact we're talking about a 80ish year old design

(The B52 does NOT need to enter this chat) 😄
August 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hadn't realised these had been exported (to the Kriegsmarine???)
August 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I believe there's a capability gap with airborne radar and the British carriers. Could a Gannet take off from them without a catapult?
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm assuming that was a recoilless piece, as the stability looks err, interesting
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I do have some war diary refs to dealing with these 'coastal crust' roads, a key point being stopping civilians using them, to allow home forces to quickly move if invasion forces landed.
August 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The modern version;

Get stuffed at the traffic at the A27/22 interchange at Polegate.
Crawl along the 22 mile s/c section after Hailsham
Completely loose the will to live negotiating East Grinstead
Loose your forces at the traffic jam that is the A22/A264 junction at Felbridge
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August 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🤣👍 A real Kobayashi Maru Test.

Might have been a bit before @ckolonko.bsky.social's time to plot the British defences along that bit of coast
August 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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August 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I've walked up there a few times and it's pretty steep, especially up the northern escarpment. Not sure I've have been up for a 2 mile wander from Hassocks stn for a party😆
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yeah I thought it was only a year or 2 ago (waves hands vaguely)
July 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Back in 2019 I did some ultra hi res panoramic images up there - www.flickr.com/photos/m1ke_...
View north from Wolstonbury Hill of Burgess Hill & Haywards Heath, Sussex Sep 2019
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July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM