Mike Anton

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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.

Thanks Nick, please see my belated reply to Ian

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)?🤷‍♂️

Burgger, I was hoping you'd know 😃

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A slightly late post to say I attended @1940andy.bsky.social's fascinating talk on SS Barn Hill last week.

And in my usual fashion of going off at tangents, I'm trying to resist the urge to start researching wartime convoys @nickhewitt4.bsky.social

Mar, I've never worked out what the 'f14' on these APs means. Aperture, camera focal length or? 🤔🤷‍♂️

Arundel castle sitting on a ridge line on the horizon. (Will need to zoom)

This is Arundel Castle to the south, which I couldn't get in the wide shot

A chalk track heading down a steep hill. In the distance the green valley of the River Arun in Sussex can be seen

My office view for today #Trailwalker #Gurkhas @southdownsnp.bsky.social

It's a fantastic location but this is the backlit view I will be shooting 🫤

My 'office' for the next hour of so shooting the Arundel 10k

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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) 😄

Hadn't realised these had been exported (to the Kriegsmarine???)

I believe there's a capability gap with airborne radar and the British carriers. Could a Gannet take off from them without a catapult?

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I'm assuming that was a recoilless piece, as the stability looks err, interesting

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.

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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🤣👍 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

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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😆

Yeah I thought it was only a year or 2 ago (waves hands vaguely)

Back in 2019 I did some ultra hi res panoramic images up there - www.flickr.com/photos/m1ke_...

You did a Webinar on the this a while ago and IIRC you said then the results hadn't been published.

So that must mean the lecture was 2020 or 21?! 😲

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Snip of a water coloured map showing part of the Manor of Pangdean on the Sussex Downs north of Brighton. Held at the National Archives ref MPII 1/77/2

#HillfortsWednesday. Snip of a 1837 Manor map showing Wolsonbury Hill north of Brighton, Sussex.

Apparently it had a Roman Encampment? 🤔@durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social

Screengrab of an email to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Archive.

This, absolutely this!

One of my favourite responses from an Archive was from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, who I'd contacted regarding a Victorian Railway Contractor. I suspect they don't get many such enquiries 😄