Beer Sheva

Looking towards a brighter future

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one is on trix@1600 in diafine and one is plusx(more likely) or tmax 100 in tetenal.

I got a LG 1900J LCD monitor. I cant look at mine anymore – the colors are wrong and the settings are hardly adjustable. It also kills my eyes.

I have a potential buyer for the yashicamat.
The summaron reached Sherry Krauter(so there goes my yashicamat money).
I also got a negative holder for 35mm(for free!) for my meopta(thank Payasam from RFF).My hands itch!Must get easel!

train depot

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I had a long and pleasant phone conversation today with a person I haven’t been talking to for the last year or so. Refreshing.

I will go to Tel Aviv in a day or two to arrange the CLA of the leicas. I will shoot a little and hopefully meet a few friends.

Est ubi gloria nunc Babilonia?

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Est ubi gloria nunc Babilonia? Nunc ubi dirus
Nabugudonosor, et Darii vigor, illeque Ciprus?
Qualite orbita viribus incita praeterierunt
Fama relinquitur, illaque figitur, hi putrieriunt
Nunc ubi curia, pompaque Julia? Caesar abisti!
Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.

Где Вавилонское царство вселенское?
Где сильных мира многоотличие?
Где днесь величие Дария, Кира?
Камень покатится, слава утратится, не уцелели…
Где ныне курия, шествия Юлия, пламени знаки?
Роза при имени прежнем
С нагими Мы впредь именами!

Where is the worldly empire of Babylon?
Where is the might of the rulers of old?
Where are the high days of Nabuhadnaccer,Darius and Kyrus?
The stone turns, glory fades, none shall be saved this fate…
Where is the Kyrie, the march of Julius, the signals of fire?
Only the rose keeps its true form
Our names are uncovered before all to see!

Bernard of Morlan circa 1140
(The English is my try to translate from the russian with puny latin knowledge)