Fog arch, summit, an enthusiastic listener

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On the way from the totally foggy qth Hannover to the Schalke DM/NS-008 in the Harz, luck was on my side.

Halfway from the parking lot the fog cleared and gave me subjects for my analogue camera. It was fitting that I can now develop color films myself. (Kodak Gold 200 Adox C41 process).

When I reached the top, I noticed a hiker who was listening to my loud😐 qsos for a noticeably long time.

At the end she came to me and said: “How nice to listen to shortwave again, thank you for that. My grandpa brought a radio with him from World War II and I sat in front of it for hours as a child. Are you interested in the device?” And it is actually a model built in South Africa in 1940.

Sota makes friends!
73 Chris

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Nice story Chris.

You nailed the exposure on those analog photos. It’s not something easy to do when shooting directly into the sun.

What camera do you use?

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It’s a Voigtländer Bessa L made 1999 and Color-Skopar 21mm F4 made in Japan.

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Looks great. I am not keen to move back to analog (and will probably never be), but I have al lot of respect for those who do!

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I replaced the third photo, it was originally from the smartphone :face_with_hand_over_mouth:. By the way, it shows the 10 point summits Brocken DM/SA-001 and Wurmberg DM/NS-001.
73 Chris

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It’s the grain in the photos which makes them good.

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