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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/m-j-turner-photography/">M-J-Turner-Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-turner-photography/54696583814/" title="Lee Pen beyond Traquair Forest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54696583814_b010a8f0ca_m.jpg" width="240" height="165" alt="Lee Pen beyond Traquair Forest" /></a></p> <p><b>© M J Turner Photography</b> <br /> <br /> || <a href="http://www.mjturnerphotography.com//" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Website</a><b></b> || <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MJTurnerPhotography" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a><b></b> || <a href="https://twitter.com/MJTurnerPhoto" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a><b></b> || <a href="https://www.instagram.com/m_j_turner_photography/?hl=en" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a><b></b> || <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MJTurnerPhotography?ref=hdr_shop_menu" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Etsy</a><b></b> || <a href="https://www.mjturnerphotography.shop/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Online Shop</a><b></b> || <a href="https://www.threads.net/@m_j_turner_photography" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Threads</a><b></b> ||<br /> <br /> Lately, I have been doing a lot of walking in the Scottish Borders, where I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering a plethora of new locations and photographic opportunities. The excitement of finding these new spots for photography is truly exhilarating, particularly since this region is so delightfully off the beaten path. This was one such view I discovered for the first time while exploring the forests of Traquair, and the moody conditions certainly suited the ambience of the landscape. Here, the pointed peak of Lee Pen can be seen riding majestically beyond the lush green trees as an enveloping storm encroaches. Just as I got my equipment set up, a bright patch of sunlight illuminated the foreground, helping to add some depth to the scene.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695570714/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 2 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695570714_5f0ee334fe_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 2 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54694501352/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 10 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54694501352_bddce94490_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 10 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54694501072/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 1 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54694501072_532c8eee68_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 1 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695539298/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 9 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695539298_5281673a9c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 9 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695659625/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 5 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695659625_10127c904c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 5 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695539213/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 8 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695539213_df370cd6e8_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 8 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695659305/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 12 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695659305_96f7e5273e_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 12 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695659345/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 14 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695659345_ebc6c02af7_m.jpg" width="240" height="71" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 14 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54694501347/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 7 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54694501347_b155d64317_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 7 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54694501177/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 4 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54694501177_2b1d933302_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 4 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/phhsykes/">PHH Sykes</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/54695659545/" title="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 3 of 14"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695659545_6373dd414d_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Spatha the longer Roman Sword and maybe root word for Spatula first for Cavalry and then for other formations leading to the Viking and Medieval Spatulas 3 of 14" /></a></p> <p>If nothing else please see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose, “Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!” Not just the link listed below, but rather go see. The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland. <br /> <br /> Here is the best brief guide that I can supply for this ridiculous post.<br /> 1. After this list find details on Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 the so called Beercan Lens as it approximates the dimensions of a Beercan whilst performing usually excellent well giving great results as a photographic lens.<br /> 2. If you have not seen all of the bad edits No.14 shows several in a single image.<br /> 3. Footnote gives direct quotes about Spatula potential.<br /> 4. Go see The Trimontium Museum at Melrose Scotland.<br /> Thank you, I am struggling to get anything right, wrong and other as I type, it will get better when I have completed this.<br /> <br /> There are three pictures here from The Minolta AF 70-210mm F4, the so called Beercan, A-mount lens, this is not either a Review, or a Test.<br /> It is possible that you can take comparable / better / much better pictures with your Smart Phone.<br /> Sony A7C and Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens here were in darkened museum conditions taking pictures through display cases.<br /> I liked both the shooting and the results, even though it might be that I feel that I left better pictures untaken. I relied on Auto Focus, my haste was not rewarded. Not bad, but I think that resolution was lost with precise focus and with camera shake by the shaking operator. These are opportunistic exposures and quick edits that should have been initially longer and better edits to complete the task better, much better. Whilst backing up to fit the longer sword in the camera frame I realised, without dreadful disaster in backing up further and further and further, that I could not take a single picture. So I decided to take three and combine them. I had no idea how complicated this would become, it was an easier task that I have thoroughly complicated in several unnecessary ways, manners and methods.<br /> <br /> I need to return to The Trimontium Museum in Melrose and I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.<br /> It may not be catchy, but, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” is my current goal in life.<br /> If I die dreaming of these rushed pictures and bad edits please put, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired,” on a ‘Past it Note’ on my plastic jar of ashes before scattering charred lumps and bumps of me and recycle the ‘Past it Note’ and Jar to fullest extent possible.<br /> If as once thought the body intact is required for resurrection please note that I will be a happy pile of detritus, or possibly, hopefully a wandering whirlwind and maybe even a travelling sign reading, “I need to try with more time to not rush and to avoid uncalled for shake and to trust to other than autofocus to enjoy exact critical focus when such is preferably desired.”<br /> Wherever next we meet I hope to have lived up to my signage and not be a wasted, failed and puerile T-shirt slogan in action.<br /> <br /> If it is not immediately apparent then let me please assure you that I am joyous at my failings and that they involved an outing to The Trimontium Museum is a great part of this joyous state of self scrutiny.<br /> <br /> © PHH Sykes 2025<br /> phhsykes@gmail.com<br /> <br /> <br /> Trimontium Museum, Melrose,<br /> Discover the fort at the heart of Roman Scotland with Trimontium Museum!<br /> <a href="https://www.trimontium.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.trimontium.co.uk/</a><br /> <br /> Spatha<br /> “The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring…”<br /> “Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany. It was used extensively by Germanic warriors. It is unclear whether it came from the gladius or the longer Celtic swords, or whether it served as a model for the various arming swords and Viking swords of Europe. The spatha remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightly sword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century.”<br /> “It is likely that spatha is the romanization of the Doric Greek word σπάθα (spáthā)… The English word spatula comes from Latin spat(h)ula, the diminutive of spatha. English spade, from Old English spadu or spædu, is the Germanic cognate, derived from a Common Germanic *spadō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *sph2-dh-.”<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/graeme_pow/">Graeme Pow</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/graeme_pow/54693203286/" title="Grace in Stone and Iron"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54693203286_722af1b776_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Grace in Stone and Iron" /></a></p> <p>Completed in 1863, Neidpath Viaduct is a striking 8-arch railway bridge that once carried the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway westward from Peebles across the River Tweed. Built to an elegant skewed design by the engineer Thomas Bouch - better known (and later, tragically, infamous) for the Tay Bridge - the viaduct showcases both Victorian ambition and engineering finesse.<br /> <br /> Though the tracks have long since vanished and trains no longer run this way, the viaduct remains a quietly commanding presence in the landscape. Its graceful arches and weathered stone seem to grow out of the riverbanks, perfectly framed by the rolling hills beyond.<br /> <br /> Today it carries only memories and the occasional walker or cyclist on the Tweed Valley Railway Path, but the echo of industry and the hush of history linger in the air.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/graeme_pow/">Graeme Pow</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/graeme_pow/54693396593/" title="Watcher on the Tweed"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54693396593_0a65f3f614_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Watcher on the Tweed" /></a></p> <p>Neidpath Castle dates back to the late 1300s and has seen its fair share of turmoil and romance. Once visited by Mary, Queen of Scots, and later a retreat for the poet William Wordsworth, the castle sits just west of Peebles overlooking the River Tweed. It’s privately owned now, but still a compelling part of the Borders landscape: a fortress of both history and melancholy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54686549706/" title="IKagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54686549706_9a85e11274_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="IKagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54686777329/" title="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54686777329_f07a28654a_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54686540106/" title="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54686540106_c66fdd83cb_m.jpg" width="240" height="137" alt="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54686543046/" title="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54686543046_eed5cd01a0_m.jpg" width="240" height="179" alt="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p> <p>Kagyu Samye Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery and Centre for World Peace and Health. It is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Western Europe The Temple and Monastery are in Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway inScotland. It's a place of worship, learning, and meditation, open to all visitors. It was ounded in 1967 by two spiritual masters, Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Building took from the 1970s until 2013 in a peaceful rural setting. Samye Ling was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to be established in the West. It is an international centre of Buddhist training, known for the authenticity of its teachings and tradition. It offers instruction in Buddhist philosophy and meditation within the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also a centre for the preservation of Tibetan religion, culture, medicine, art, architecture and handicrafts offering courses and accommodation. The gardens are pleasant with an appropriate and fitting design. Visitors are welcome.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54686777554/" title="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54686777554_558a0c4a7f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22401713@N04/">D R Swift</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22401713@N04/54685719082/" title="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54685719082_5d25efd2d5_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery" /></a></p>

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