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Pelorus

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Gerald, that's a stunning picture of a stunning timepiece. I really like it.

What I think is a great pity is that Patek have the time zones wrong for several cities. How could they do that on such a stunning watch?

gerald.d said:
Another Patek. This time the 5131R...



Usual gear :)

Kind regards,


Gerald.
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gerald.d

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Pelorus said:
Gerald, that's a stunning picture of a stunning timepiece. I really like it.

What I think is a great pity is that Patek have the time zones wrong for several cities. How could they do that on such a stunning watch?
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This is actually the most recent version of this watch, and I believe reflects the timezones (ignoring daylight saving/summer time of course) correctly.

Which ones do you believe are incorrect?
 
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Pelorus

Member
gerald.d said:
This is actually the most recent version of this watch, and I believe reflects the timezones (ignoring daylight saving/summer time of course) correctly.

Which ones do you believe are incorrect?
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Hi Gerald,

Ignoring summer time we make the assumption therefore that London = UTC. Again ignoring summer time Brisbane and Sydney are the same time zone - UTC+10 so Brisbane is correct in the picture and Sydney is wrong. Auckland (NZ) is UTC+12 so it is also incorrect. I haven't checked others.

Interestingly because Brisbane does not observe summer time and both Sydney and Auckland do, this would be correct for the southern summer.
 
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gerald.d

Well-known member
Pelorus said:
Hi Gerald,

Ignoring summer time we make the assumption therefore that London = UTC. Again ignoring summer time Brisbane and Sydney are the same time zone - UTC+10 so Brisbane is correct in the picture and Sydney is wrong. Auckland (NZ) is UTC+12 so it is also incorrect. I haven't checked others.

Interestingly because Brisbane does not observe summer time and both Sydney and Auckland do, this would be correct for the southern summer.
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Wow. That's crazy re Brisbane and Sydney - I'll see what I can find out on that.

Re Auckland, it's actually referring to the Auckland Islands which are GMT +13, and have been used historically for many years on world timer watches to represent this timezone.

Kind regards,


Gerald.
 
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Pelorus

Member
G'day Gerald,

Auckland Islands are exactly the same timezone as New Zealand - UTC+12, however right now NZ - and the Auckland Islands - are in summer time and so they all show as UTC+13 - which is what the watch shows.

Side issue UTC+13 is a bit of a weirdism in and of itself as it shouldn't in any practical sense be more than +12 (12 hours * 15 degrees/hour = 180 degrees which is the theoretical maximum. Sun rotates at 15 degrees per hour and we only go to 180 degrees E or W of Greenwich meridian), but we'll leave that for another day!!

The watch seems to be a combination of standard (northern hemisphere) and summer time (for Australia and NZ at least) - makes you wonder if it wasn't designed between October and April and some poor bloke looked at the current time around the world!! :cool:

gerald.d said:
Wow. That's crazy re Brisbane and Sydney - I'll see what I can find out on that.

Re Auckland, it's actually referring to the Auckland Islands which are GMT +13, and have been used historically for many years on world timer watches to represent this timezone.

Kind regards,


Gerald.
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gerald.d

Well-known member
Pelorus said:
G'day Gerald,

Auckland Islands are exactly the same timezone as New Zealand - UTC+12, however right now NZ - and the Auckland Islands - are in summer time and so they all show as UTC+13 - which is what the watch shows.

Side issue UTC+13 is a bit of a weirdism in and of itself as it shouldn't in any practical sense be more than +12 (12 hours * 15 degrees/hour = 180 degrees which is the theoretical maximum. Sun rotates at 15 degrees per hour and we only go to 180 degrees E or W of Greenwich meridian), but we'll leave that for another day!!

The watch seems to be a combination of standard (northern hemisphere) and summer time (for Australia and NZ at least) - makes you wonder if it wasn't designed between October and April and some poor bloke looked at the current time around the world!! :cool:
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Hi -

Very interesting - and thanks for correcting my mis-understanding.

It does seem that perhaps these things were designed to tell the correct time around the world for when the northern hemisphere was not on summer time.

Clearly I need to do more research on this!

Kind regards,


Gerald.
 
GrahamWelland

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
I pass through Mt Shasta's area quite often and have yet to get a memorable shot there. Not an easy place to get a keeper I find.

(I always end up at Burney Falls or Mossbrae Falls)
 
danlindberg

danlindberg

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Hi guys, I have started to ask permission from my clients to get a few snapshoots when delivered artworks to them. Thought I'd show you once in a while how some of my images end up :)





 
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danlindberg

Well-known member
More proof that I am still alive ;)

Late evening outside Gaucín in Andalucia. 'Casa de Campo' - local rural house with one helluva view. The peak that touches the clouds is actually Gibraltar....

 
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bomzi

Member
This is one of the first images I made with my "new" P45+ bought from Digital Transitions in NYC. I've got it mounted to an RM3Di bought from a member on this board. The image was made during a day of testing the back to see if I could work without live view which I have grown accustomed to on my Canon gear. I basically eye-balled the focus and took a couple of shots to figure out rise, shift and exposure. My initial impression was "holy crap, this is awesome"! I cant wait to work with this gear!

While on the topic, I really must thank Jeff Lin at Digital Transitions for amazing customer service and for putting up with a year of questions before I actually bought the P45+. Doug Peterson was also very generous with his knowledge. I would highly recommend DT for anything medium format related.
 

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GrahamWelland

GrahamWelland

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:thumbs: good to see these surperb backs being used. If you believed some of the posts on this site CCD would be horrible and unless you have 50+ mp why bother!

btw, for full disclosure I just added an Aptus II 5 to my collection and look forward to using it alongside the other behemoth. Big fan of 'fat' pixels and CCD rendering. :thumbup:

Once you go to medium format back it's tough to ever go back IMHO.
 
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TimG

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One from London a couple of years ago, when the shard first opened - it had a big laser show, shot on Fuji T64 film, Linhof technikardan with a rollfilm back;

 
danlindberg

danlindberg

Well-known member
Was looking for a pier today but after driving 150 km one way and not seeing a single one I turned around and when the light was getting pretty low I thought I better stop and find 'something'....
I have hundreds of this kind, but I guess it is better to make another instead of coming home emptyhanded :p
 
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