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Vidvinkel Stev

Det var ein tidleg morgan at eg gjekk i skogen inn.
Eg fann ei edel kvinne der med rose-raude kinn.
Eg sa: "Kva gjer ei møy som deg i svarte skogen her?"
"Eg tek snap-shots med mitt kameral"
Sa ho då eg kom nær.

"Det er ein merke-dag det her, mi kjære møyl" sa eg.
"For eg er og ein fotograf med same mål som deg."
Så fekk ho ta min Nikon F i hennar kvite hand.
Ho, sa-; "Så flott eit apparat du har, min gode mann!"

Mitt kamera lika ho så vel, at utan ventetid
Så opna ho den fløyel kledte kamera-veska si.
"Slikt utstyr har eg aldri sett, mi kjære møy ... " sa eg.
"Lat meg få dra stativet ut, så tek vi same veg."

Så knipsa vi mot solefall og så mot låvedør.
Uvande vinklar fann vi flust; som ikkje var funne før.
Ho hadde apen blendar og lang eksponeringstid.
Eg hadde farga filter på mitt tele-objektiv.

Slikt lag med film og kamera har eg aldri sett, min ven!
Ho hedd'kje før fått rullen utså var ho budd igjen.
Og når til sist eg såg at det var slutt på filmen min,
- Så fanga ho oss både-inn med sjølutløysar'n sin.

Ho sa: "Eg har hatt Kodak. Eg har hatt ein Hasse/blad
Pentax og Mina/ta tykte eg var nokså bra.
Yashika og Olympus kunne også godt gå an.
Men å knipsa med din Nikon F var topp,
Min gode mann!"

Vidvinkel Steve

It was one early morning when I walked into the woods.
There I found a noble lass with rose-red cheeks.
I said: "What are you, a maiden, doing in the black forest here?"
"I take snaps with my camera,"
She said when I came close.

"This is a day to remember, my dear lass," I said.
"I am also a photographer with the same goal as you."
So she took my Nikon F in her white hand.
She said, "What a fine piece of equipment you have, my good man!"

She liked my camera so much that without waiting
She opened her velvet-upholstered camera bag.
"I have never seen such gear, my dear lass..." I said.
"Let me pull out the tripod, and we'll take the same path."

So we clicked away at the sunset and the barn door.
We found new and unusual angles that had never been seen before.
She had an open aperture and a slow shutter speed.
I had a color filter on my telephoto lens.

I have never seen such a team with film and camera, my friend!
She had barely finished the roll before she was ready again.
And when finally I saw that my film was finished,
- She captured both of us with her self-timer.

She said: "I have had Kodak. I have had a Hasselblad
Pentax and Minalta I thought were pretty good too.
Yashika and Olympus were also fine.
But shooting with your Nikon F was the best,
My good man!"