Daz Perfekt
Laurelino Braendel
I'm going out to a 30's/40's theme party tonight in a swank club and I'm planning on loading the perfekt with Delta 3200.
Its going to be close quarters so I was wondering if anyone has been successful using the focus hack described in this link. The hack suggests that putting strips of tape over the film rails will bring the focus closer in from the fixed 10 meters.
I'm going to try it using electrical tape but was wondering if anyone had any advice or best practices.
Thanks.
9:57AM, 31 December 2008 PDT(permalink)
Sorry, I've not tried this, but if you do it, I'd be very interested to see the results on Flickr. I wondered about using 'Dymo' tape - thin plastic strip used in labelling machines. Good luck, and happy new year!
ages ago(permalink)
I'm the guy who proposed this hack and it works. I just processed and scanned an example and posted in my set. The fuzzy edge in the right side of the image #2 is due to end of the strip not very well held in the negative carrier, not due to the imperfection of the hack.
The downside of the hack is that you see lint-like texture along the long edge of the frame depending on the tape you use. Also, your winding will experience more friction, and sometimes the film perforation can get teared. I never had major problems with this, and loading into stainless reel is not a problem, but not sure about plastic reels.
Please let me know if anyone finds a good strong and thick tape for this hack.
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Every month the magazine provides learners of the German language with interesting texts on current topics about life in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The audio trainer and the workbook help you to improve your German language skills even more.
With every new issue, Deutsch perfekt magazine provides interesting insights into live in the German-speaking countries: interviews, news stories, society features, articles on history and culture, practical tips for living in Germany... At the same time, the language learning magazine makes room for explanations of the German grammar, useful vocabulary and phrases and much more.
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In each issue of Deutsch perfekt you will find explanations for around 750 German words, expressions and idioms you might not have learnt yet. The words are described in simple German and the explanations correspond to the language level used in the text. They are conveniently located next to the articles. The explanations also include information about the pronunciation, the plural form as well as regional or country-specific differences. Here is an example:
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The German Prteritum is one of three past tenses in German. Together with Perfekt and Plusquamperfekt, the Prteritum helps German speakers talk about past events. As a reference, English also has three very similar past tense forms: simple past, present perfect, past perfect.
In English, the simple past is used to describe completed actions in a time before now. This is also known as preterite or imperfect. The present perfect is used for actions that started in the past but are still continuing now. The past perfect is used to refer to actions that happened up to a certain point of time in the past.
To sum it up, the rule of thumb is to use the Prteritum when writing and the Perfekt when speaking. Exception: The auxiliary verbs haben (to have) and sein (to be), the modal verbs knnen (can, to be able to), mssen (must, have to), sollen (shall), drfen (may, to be allowed to), mgen (to like) and wollen (want) are usually used in the Prteritum even in spoken language. The same applies to some common verbs, some of them describing the state of something. Here are some examples of German words that prefer the imperfect tense even in spoken language:
Strong verbs are irregular verbs. They are called irregular because their stem-vowel changes in one or more tenses. In the Prteritum, they take the same endings as the modal verbs in the present tense. Mixed verbs have a stem-vowel change just like the strong, irregular verbs, but in the past tense use the same endings as the weak, regular verbs.
With so many rules and irregularities, the forms of the German Prteritum might be a lot to take in. It gets easier though if you memorize the Prteritum for German verbs in your vocabulary list. And when writing, you can always use a grammar checker to see if you got it right. Reading will expose you to a lot of Prteritum forms and can help even beginners boost their confidence using the German simple past.
The German Prteritum is mainly used in written language as in newspapers or books. Therefore, reading is a good way to practice the German simple past. The more you see the different forms of weak, strong and mixed verbs in the Prteritum, the easier it will get to form them yourself. Another way to master the Imperfekt is to memorize the right form while learning vocabulary.
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