Categorie: Photography

Alvis  25 C Speed  GRB 854

Ik vond deze op het Concours D’Elegance Paleis Soestdijk 2019. Sinds ik geen hotelier meer ben fotografeer ik veel. Automobielen zijn dan van tijd tot tijd mijn onderwerp. Vooral als er zo’n mooie heldere zonnige dag is dat je je oranje broekspijpen kunt terugzien in de glimmende bumper…

In 1919 the company T. G. John & Co. Ltd. was founded and produced mainly stationary engines, carburetor bodies and bumper cars. Later the engineer Geoffrey de Freville proposed to company founder T.G. John, plans for the construction of a four-cylinder engine. This first model, was used in the 10/30 model motorcar and proved a big success for the company. This is also the first car to receive the badge with the ALVIS nameplate, the name ALVIS was forever more associated with high class motorcars. In 1921 the company was renamed “ALVIS Car and Engineering Company Ltd.” and the rest is history.

The Alvis Speed 20 SB model was launched at the 1933 London Motor Show with a slightly longer chassis and upgraded single transverse leaf springs. The steering was upgraded following the Alvis race cars and the four speed gearbox became more silent with synchromesh in all gears.

The Alvis 4.3-litre and Alvis Speed 25 were British luxury touring cars announced in August 1936 and made until 1940 by Alvis Car and Engineering Company in Coventry. They replaced the Alvis Speed 20 2.8-litre and 3½-litre. They were widely considered one of the finest cars produced in the 1930s.

The Speed Twenty’s 2½-litre, 2.8-litre or 3½-litre engines with four main bearings were replaced in the 4.3-litre and 3½-litre Speed Twenty-Five with a strengthened new designed six-cylinder in-line unit now with seven main bearings.

For the 3½-litre version an output of 110 PS at 3,800 rpm was claimed (and proven) along with a top speed of almost 160 km/h (100 mph). It propelled the occupants at high speed in exceptional luxury accompanied by the attractive sound of a powerful deep and throaty exhaust. Its beauty is also confirmed as it is the only car to win the prestigious Ladies Choice VSCC Oxford Concourse prize two years in a row.

The car we can offer you is one of those Speed 25’s. Beautifully restored from top to bottom and still in pristine condition. The Alvis started life in 1940 as a Charlesworth saloon and received a new heart transplant in 1956-57. This has been done by an original engine since rebuilding the original was not cost effective back in the day. In 1991, the saloon definitely needed a restoration after many years of driving around. Since a proper restoration with renewing the ash wood frame is quite labour intensive, the owner decided to convert the car to a tourer in meantime. All has been thoroughly photographed and invoices were being kept.

After the pleasure of enjoying the tourer for many years, the car had a second major restoration in 2012 were everything (axles, engine, bodywork, upholstery, etc) has been done to the best standards. Since then, the car hasn’t driven much and is kept in perfect condition like we see it today.

A bliss to drive, especially with a fully synchronised original gearbox. Plenty of space in the back to take your children, grandchildren or just enough luggage to drive to the south of France and back.

 

Source: Anonce Collection

En dan zie je een oud plakboek dat het verhaal bevestigd, omdat daar in 1957 nog een saloon met hetzelfde kenteken op een foto staat, maar kun je het niet reproduceren. Van Dicht naar Open dus. Hoe origineel is zo’n auto dan overigens nog?

Altijd handig:

View Bug is a photographers community….I’m just checking it out.

Is more to the point and quicker than the prior one (B & H)

This video speech makes you think. Main reason not to move away from Canon yet is the number of lenses suitable for the Alpha 6100 and Alpha 7 series.

This is an old review and I would have loved if I had seen it and grasped it when I moved from an APC Canon (30D) to a fullframe D5 Mark II Camera, as the Auto Focus of the D5 Mark II is poor, really poor. Especially now I’ve changed the Mark II for a Mark III.

I’ve already said, but it bears repeating, that the AF cluster is probably the biggest adjustment a shooter switching from one of Canon’s APS-C-sized digital SLRs will have to make. I think a lot more such people will and ought to make this move, but I think the caution is important. You’ll have to adjust the way you shoot. It really is quite something to have a camera’s AF system covering most of your frame. Even though I generally shoot with the center point, when shooting candids I will sometimes lean on Mulit-point AF systems to just make the best guess for me. Guesses were pretty reliable with the APS-C designs, but with a full-frame sensor, you not only have more to consider in the frame overall, the existing sensors, especially the center point, cover a far smaller percentage of the subject per point.

Add that the 5D Mark II’s extremely high resolution full-frame sensor demands more from these lenses than ever before, and you start to see why getting focus right is so critical. The very narrow depth of field offered when shooting a closeup portrait indoors means that getting the eye instead of the eyebrow in focus will make or break a picture. I’m very grateful for the 5D Mark II’s AF Microadjustment feature, because I was able to dial in several lenses before a recent shoot to ensure that my shots were indeed spot on, because I had a bad experience with the original 5D at times, especially when shooting portraits.

Spot-on. I was pleasantly surprised that though the depth of field in this shot was very narrow, it’s right on his eye.

My first shot with the 5D Mark II illustrates the point nicely. It’s not particularly noteworthy as a photograph, but I like it all the same. Click (twice) to see the full-size version, and you’ll see that my son’s eye is the only sharp point of focus on his face, as well as the halo of his hair right within the same plane. It’s a good illustration of the problem one has when shooting wide open with any prime lens, as well as the main reason one chooses to shoot with a prime lens. The color balance is very cold on this image, but that was accurate for the light, so it’s hard to fault the camera.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Camera – Full Review.