Samsung Film In A Samsung Camera

I had this brilliant idea to shoot some old Samsung Prime Color 400 film in one of my Samsung point and shoot 35mm film cameras. The only problem I could foresee having was that said film was long-expired and you can't adjust the film speed setting on the camera to compensate for this. It can only sense the film speed by reading the DX code on the film cannister and setting the camera's sensor for only that speed. But, I found out that you can "fool" the camera into thinking the film is whatever speed you want to shoot it at by changing the DX code on the film cartridge. So, that's what I did. I made the camera think it was shooting 50 ISO speed film instead of the 400 film it actually was. The expirement was a success and here are a few shots from that roll:

 

Here's when the pictures were taken:

 

Camera:  Samsung Maxima Zoom 105 Ti
Lens:  Samsung SHD Zoom Lens 38-105mm
Film: Samsung Prime Color 400 (expired 05/2013, shot @50 ISO)
Date:  October 31st, 2020
Location:  Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

 

And then I developed the film and here's that process:

Developing Chemicals:  Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak:  1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer:  3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse:  2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix:  6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse:  2 minutes at approx. 102 degrees
Stabilizer:  1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse:  2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200:  1 minute

Fifteenth Annual Ten Commandments Post

 

 Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments will be back in the theaters for it's 65th anniversary.  It will be showing on Sunday, March 28th, Wednesday, March 31st and Sunday, April 4, 2021.  I remember seeing it in the theaters for it's 10th anniversary re-release, back in 1966.  And of course it became my favorite movie of all time.  I will again be watching it here at home on Easter Sunday night, like I always do.  And I'm looking forward to it once again for yet another year.

My family watched it every Easter when it was broadcast on ABC television and we always had ham for that holiday.  I am keeping that tradition alive and will have ham again while I watch the movie.  It's an exciting time for me because I've done it for so many years.  So, grab yourself some pork and be sure to watch it, too!

Here is a multiple-exposure picture I took of the television screen when I watched it back on Sunday, April 6th, 1980:

 

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe has always been one of my favorite writers.  You never knew what to expect next from his pen.  Macabre and alive, his writing just gets down into your gut and you can never forget it.  He's been an inspiration for my writing and I wrote this sonnet, just as he liked that form, in a similar vein to his love poetry.  Please enjoy it - after all, it's only 14 lines!

LXXVIII

How peacefully my lover sleeps,
her soft grey eyes, covered up tight,
shuttering out the deep, dark night,
and all the horror that time reaps.
Her lips, parched, begging for a kiss,
whisper to me, as I bend near,
to hear the things I want to hear.
Lengthy, dark hair, disarrayed bliss,
frames a face that cannot be sad.
Soft features outline, beauty shines,
coming from an angelic head.
Slender fingers whose purpose had
only to please, now show the lines
of lifelessness – my lover’s dead.


Written in 1987.

Sonnet

This is an old sonnet I wrote.  Please enjoy it!

LXVI

While stooping low, to rescue some ants,
the moon fell out of my pocket.
A selfish girl put it in a locket
so as to hide it from lovers’ wants.
The locket was shaped like a heart
but the metal was only gold-tone.
(Had it been silver, it would have shown.)
While dipping ice cream, the chain came apart
and she lost my precious little moon.
It rolled under the door and got away.
A band of pygmies, camped in her yard,
one day left altogether too soon.
I began to suspect something that day,
when I couldn’t find it, though I looked hard.


Written in 1987.

Poetry

Here's an old poem I wrote.  I hope you enjoy it!

The Mayor's Daughter

The Mayor’s daughter was an owl,
    she whoo’d from dusk till dawn;
her eyes were bright, like shining moons,
    tho’ mice and men were gone.

She flew away before the sun,
    and left us in a hurry;
the Mayor cries for his daughter,
    but me, I do not worry.


Written in 1987.

The Fourth Of July

Now that the Fourth of July has passed us, I just wanted to say that I hope every one had a nice holiday yesterday.  Did everyone get to enjoy a fireworks display somewhere?  I saw the one they had in New York City on television and it was a patriotic splendor.  For those of you who missed out on the big bang, here are a few pictures of fireworks for you.  Aren't you in the patriotic spirit now?

My Dad, Mom and Brother waving Old Glory back on March 4th, 1991.

July 4th, 1978.

July 4th, 1979.

July 4th, 2010.

July 4th, 2011.

 

August 16th, 2013.

Turko de Mayo XI

The titles of these Turko de Mayo celebrations are starting to feel like a Superbowl or the name of a Chicago album!  Anyhow,  This year's meal took place on May 31st, 2020 and I invited a friend over to enjoy the food with me.  As you can see from the image below, the same foods were represented and a good time was had by both of us, plus we got to reminisce with the past.  If you haven't cooked a turkey in May, I'm telling you - you don't know what you're missing!

Here's my table topped with the variety of goodies I cooked.  Taken with my second Minolta X-370 35mm camera.