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| CLICK to see larger. Back to photographing the typecast. The scanner is not very subtle. |
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| In the backyard studio. We had to take advantage of the Fall weather. The snow will blow soon enough. |
The above photo is probably the most accurate white balance and overall color. We did not need another green typewriter. Olympia's green is somewhere between the shade of the Hermes and that of the Oliver. I like the color, but not as much as I like the typeface. The whole family loves this typewriter.
Wait until they hear me banging away on it at midnight ;-)
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| Olympia!!!! All exclamation, all the time. We may need to meter her espresso intake. |
The extreme shallow depth-of-field is courtesy of the Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro mounted on the Canon 60D. The saturation and contrast on this lens is really nice. My walk around is the Canon 50mm f1.4 because I like doing low light, but the Sigma is pretty special.
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| I may eventually grow to love crinkle finish. I should have done a before cleaning photo, but yuck. |
I'm getting good at washing Olympia machines. Fortunately, removing the mechanical system from the housing is easy and each is washed separately. I have two fans ready to blow the moisture out quickly and spray lube at the ready. Washing activities will most likely cease mid-winter when the garage is cold in spite of a quartz heater. We're used to soldering and robot building with gloves on.
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| Gratuitous Detail. I love Olympia typewriter's trademark turned metal bits. |
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| Lovely type slugs. So peppy! Olympia is not a vary creative name for an Olympia branded typewriter, but in this case it fits the type personality. Hmm, looks like I need to clean the slugs with mineral spirits and a toothbrush. |
As noted in the typecast, this typeface is known as Professional Elite #41. I thought it was italic based on the ebay auction photos. Having seen a sample each, I like this typeface better than the pure italic version. Thanks to the Munk for making all things typeface available at:
http://munk.org/typecast/2011/04/23/1964-nomda-blue-book-olympia-font-styles/
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| German engineering at its finest. |
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| Welcome to the House Full of Nerds, Olympia. |
