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Just Dave
@mrz55.bsky.social
Ohioan, retired car guy, cyclist, Jamestown ancestry, former OBX surfer, fishing family, former oceanographic tech, hiker, occasional photographer, racing gamer and human being. Husband, dad, father-n-law, good neighbor. Love to DIY. DMs may be blocked
I've started trying vintage lenses on my Canon DSLR with adapters so I get good exposure. Here are two from a few months ago. The lens is a 1965 made Pentax 50mm 1.4f 8 element lens at about F4. The Canon thinks its wide open. Bought adapters for C, C/Y and M42 mounts.
#photography #canon #pentax
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
part 2 , I often take the small Pentax Q7 in my backpack with a couple of lenses when I hike. I have a new iPhone with me but there is more control with this camera.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Most people use a larger sensor camera like my Canon DSLR or a newer mirrorless with high MP count. These are however taken with a pocketable Pentax Q7 only 12mp. Great for hiking and #travel when you are concerned with weight or size but you want to take a variety of lenses.
#photography #hike
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The squirrels haven’t bothered our bird feeder lately. I found the reason today. Our oak trees are dropping acorns at an amazing rate. I’m betting on a cold winter ahead. Our gravel walks in our yard are acorn covered.
#nature #trees #outside
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@flakefood.bsky.social Loved the lures post. Its in my blood. Me with my Mom (RIP) when I was about 10. I caught several of those. Dad had an seaside business and we fished almost every day. I should post more of my old fishing pictures. I have many.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pretty lights, blurry picture. Taken at night in the late 70s. Was from a moving ship in the Gulf of Mexico while calibrating our satellite navigation by knowing the position of the oil rig legs. Waiting on a better adapter for my duplicator.
#slidefilm #photography #travels #ocean
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Got a slide duplicator to adapt to the DSLR. Not all the correct pieces yet but close enough. My surf trip cohort Jeff on a wave at Blacks Beach, San Diego Oct 1978. Was up to 27' that day. Sorry but its not focused well yet.
#surfing #travels
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know its National take a Hike Day but I have obligations. May go hiking or running this week after I get family stuff done. I'll just post a picture from when I was hiking trails in Southern Ohio a few years ago. Top of a ridge.
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Phone photos while on a hike. The Everett road covered bridge.
#phonephotography #photography
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mound building culture in my state may go back 2300 yrs ago. Of the 70 burial mounds in the state I've seen about 8 of them. Found one on a hike that isn't mapped so I won't say where.
#hopewell #adena #hike #nativeamericanculture
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just in case you didn't get enough of the moon this last week.
#moon #lunar #canon
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
You're lucky. In the Ohio snow belt we only get a month or two to play that.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For a fun compact game for travel this has become a family favorite. My daughter and son-in-law love us to play this one. I bought iit a few yrs ago. Lately they bought a compact game called Trash Pandas. Haven't played it yet.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A few yrs ago I was gifted this by my daughter and son-in-law. It’s the real deal not a cheap copy.
#beatles #musicsky
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An early morning drive into the sun.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just adding a few of my pics. Hiked over three 600' ridges twice the day I took this one. Burned 3400 calories that day, nearly 13 miles.
#SOFR #rally #rallysky
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I wouldn’t call it a snow storm but it’s whiter outside. The TV news pic is an hour north. In the am our yard was covered.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Took wife for a small hike and pub trip.
#CVNP #pennsulaohio
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A random foodie post. Had this huge tiramisu while out to dinner last week. #dessert #food
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Beaver Supermoon last night on evening walk November 5th
Munroe Falls
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On the beach one summer this was our daily visitor for a week. We named him Nigel being he was the darkest seagull. Look at the Latin term to understand this. I could feed him crackers from my hand.
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Almost forgot I search my family ancestry. Since almost all of my ancestors came here in the 1500s and 1600s I've traced family to 600 and my wifes back to 300. I'm still upset I never have been to Europe to trace my roots. A common man with historical DNA.
October 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wifes deck flowers, 1st experimental shot with 50mm 1.4 Pentax Takumar adapted to a Canon EOS T6. More of this in the future. Old lens/newer DSLR. Bought six M42 and Contax-Yashica to EOS adapters. Taking an old Sun 80-240 zoom C/Y mt lens with me hiking. It should give me a 384mm equivalent image.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Opened a bag expecting grounds today and found it wasn’t labeled as whole beans. Good thing I can still grind them.
#coffee #java
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My new favorite coffee creamer is low fat whipped topping. I keep it in the freezer so it lasts more than two weeks.
#coffee
October 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM