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I've been working on a curved plane pinhole camera to replace the first one I tried. This one has a curved back from laminated veneer to reduce overall size. the film mask is half of 4" steel tube I polished to a shine for less friction. I spent alot more time on this one making sure all the gaps are reduced to a minimum and surfaces that contact film are slick to reduce friction. The film spools sit on the black curve which is a plastic I laminated to the wood to also reduce friction.The top and bottom are 1/8" aluminum sheet which hold the back snug. The back will have a set of rollers attached similar to the Noblex which hold the film against the mask. If I have any patience left when it's done I'll add an additional pinhole to the top of the camera for a perpendicular effect similar to an anamorphic camera.
Boxy, heavy automated rangefinder. Bottom wind advance, side rewind. Came complete to me with an exposed roll of Kodachrome II film inside. That probably means the camera has not been used since the mid-1960's. None-the-less, everything still works fine.
My lovely little Brownie Starflash Camera. Isn't she a cutie? My sister found her for me at an unmentionable price...literally unmentionable...as there almost wasn't one! She knows what I like! Yay!
.... I didn't know if I was going to be able to continue this project. It's been quite the drama: should I keep with it? should I quit? *repeat* (thus the delayed post). In the end, I realized that the entire purpose for sharing this with the Flickr world was so that I'd be accountable to someone other than myself for finishing it. Frankly, I don't like shooting myself. It's hard and I'm a poor model. I like shooting PEOPLE. Playing with my iPhone camera so much lately has really brought that to light for me. Photographing PEOPLE is my passion!!! It's why I bought a camera in the first place, it's why I get excited. And, at the end of the day, this project will help me do that better - only if for the simple reason that I have to work sooo much harder to get the shots I want. So, after careful contemplation, I'm not going to quit this project. Despite my best efforts to blow it all to hell half way through, I'm carrying on. I'm a photographer and this is what I DO.
A preview of a new camera I received as a gift from my wife that will need some work - a 1930s Mendel PDQ instant camera. It used now extinct rolls of direct positive paper and has a built-in tank for developing. How am I going to get it working....
Best viewed large on black. Had my exam at the weekend which was quite stressful so went for a walk around Cardiff Bay. Welsh TV presenter Rhodri Owen was filming a piece, although I think they were waiting for the right lighting because there was a lot of pacing around!
Shutter dead, focus stuck, some leather on the front missing, evidence of a failed repair attempt. This guy's had a rough life. I bought it anyway. Call it a rescue mission. I'll probably replace the leather and call it good. The Samoca will rest on my shelves warm, dry and comfortable until my heirs eventually donate it to somewhere.
UPDATE: 12/9/14, more damage than I thought, camera disassembled for parts.
spec:
pinhole size: 0.2 mm dia.
focal length: 26 mm
f stop: 130
angle of view : 110 deg
film : 120 , 6"x6"
material : cardboard, rubber, glue, tape, etc.
I now have an internet webcam with live video stream trained 24x7 on my build area! Check it out at OCHREJELLY.CAMERA.
And if I'm building, you can even tweet me @OchreJellyCam. It'll go straight to my iPad.
As magical as all this is, there may be some IT kinks to iron out at first. So report in the comments whether you can or cannot see anything (both of which are equally useful to know). Be sure to include country, region and browser you are viewing from.
Also, my camera seems to be prejudice against Internet Explorer users... Right now it only feeds static images to IE (you have to hit Refresh to see changes). So IE users, lemme know if you would prefer ActiveX, Java or Quicktime to see a live feed.
This Kodak Retina (serial number 404802 K) of 1936/40 is my first camera.
I used it from 1962 to 1967.
Used previously by my father, I did apply some changes: attachments for belt, contact syncro- flash, slide for flash and to the bottom attack for close-up photography for a system designed by my father, a talented mechanical precision.
I still have this machine...... working perfectly!
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Questa Kodak Retina (numero di serie 404802 K) del 1936-1940 è la mia prima macchina fotografica che ho usato dal 1962 al 1967. Era la macchina di mio padre alla quale io feci apportare alcune modifiche: attacchi per cintura, contatto sincro-lampo, slitta per il flash e sulla parte inferiore una slitta per collegare un sistema per fotografare a distanza ravvicinata progettato da mio padre, valente meccanico di precisione.
Conservo ancora questa macchina ..... perfettamente funzionante!
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It's a toy made to look like a camera. When you hold the "lens" against a light source and look through the viewfinder, you will see small pre-made photos that are built into it.
thank's, schoschie
i just survived two years with an iphone and celebrated by rediscovering a "new" one of my first favorite camera; 'canon prima zoom 65' which i lost to the morning mist at a wedding years ago. i picked it up today and am so very excited. getting the film i enjoyed using with this camera as well (kodak gold) apart from this film being 200 asa instead of 400.
thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/vagn49/ for selling me that good aul canon point and shoot.
I was gifted this camera at the weekend, an 80's Praktica, I didn't realise until I got it home that there were another 2 lenses in the bag as well as the camera - generous to the last! Thanks Uncle Bill :-)
Carl Zeiss Jena DDR 50mm Tessar 2.8/50
Carl Zeiss Jena DDR MC S 1:3.5 F=135MM
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon MC 2.4/35
I've been meaning to do something like this for a while.
Most of my Canon FD gear in together in one place.
Back row:
Tamron Adaptall 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Macro
Canon FDn 70-210mm f/4
Ozeck 75-300mm f/5.6 FD
Canon FDn 35-105mm f/3.5
Canon FDn 35-70mm f/4
Camera Bodies:
Canon AE-1 Program with FDn 50mm f/1.8
Canon FT QL with FL 50mm f/1.4
Canon A-1 with FDn 50mm f/1.4 (with hood)
Canon EF with FD 35mm f/2 SSC
Canon T70 with FDn 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Macro
Front row
Canon FDn 200mm f/4
Canon FDn 28mm f/2.8 (with hood)
Canon FDn 28mm f/2
Canon FDn 17mm f/4
Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 SC
Canon FDn 135mm f/2.8
Canon FDn 50mm f/1.4
Canon FDn 35mm f/2.8 (with hood)
Missing from this are my AV-1 and its 50mm f/1.8 that I've owned for about thirty years.
My self made camera bag! :D
Please forgive me for the quality of the picture, it's taken with my phone.
Materials:
-Foam
Some stores specialized in refitting furniture also sell just the foam. They have it in different thickness and can cut you the quantity you need. I bought a piece of 33inches (80cm) for 7£, but honestly, I didn't use half of it for a bag of that size. With 4/5£ worth of foam you should have enough.
If you don't know where to find such a place in your town, go to a fabric store and ask them, they should know (they'll be even more willing to help you if you buy them the fabric you need).
Replacing it with Bubble wrap just DOESN'T WORK (it's not protecting enough and it doesn't last), and it's not that much cheaper.
- Fabric
Something simple, cotton preferably. Avoid anything like fur, velvet and suede, they'll attract dust. Pick something light enough to allow you to find your gear easily.
- Cardboard
You want it thin but strong and light. I went to Spar and asked them if they didn't have some pieces of boxes they were about to bin.
Then you need thread, needles, ducktape, double faced tape, velcro, and if wanna go quicker, fabric glue.
Oh, and of course a bag lol. I picked mine for 9£ at the Eagle Market. It's probably not gonna last forever, but I can still take the insert out and put it in another bag.
First of all, take mesurement and draw how you wanna put your gear in.
With the cardboard and tape, I formed a box to fit inside the bag. It was quite tricky to put it in, I had to fold the bottom inside to be able to twist it, then once inside I taped the bottom back.
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Then I cutted out pieces of foam to cover each side of the box and wrapped it in fabric.
I sewed the fabric around then reversed it and closed the last side with ducktape.
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TIP: If you don't have a sewing machine, then don't bother with sewing the "walls" of the box, you won't be able to see the face stuck to the box anyway, so just do everything with ducktape, you'll save hours!
Stick them to the cardboard with the double faced tape.
Then I wrapped more foam with fabric to do the compartements dividers.
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Adhesive velcro becomes very handy when you don't have a machine. Mine weren't so it too me ages to put them on. Multipurpose Power Pritt glue can work, but make sure you wait long enough before using them (1 to 2 hours).
Stuck the other bit of the velcro inside the main "box" and then put the dividers in place.
Then I only used more bits of foam, fabric and tape to fill the spaces.
One of the lenses is under another one which doesn't make it very handy, but I really don't use it often so in case I need it I'll have time to get it.
This bag will just work perfectly for me I think.
It's not waterproof I think but I'll make sure I buy a rain cover and carry it in the bag at all times.
There is some pockets in the front, very handy for accessories.
The whole thing is rather light as well, which is very good considering my back problems.
Hope my experience will help some. It can work in a lot of different shapes, bags. Just adapt it to your own gear (it can be changed and rearrange when you upgrade.... many expensive camera bags can't).
Flagship model of Fuji X series. My husband wrote the review in Japanese, I took the photos of the camera for the article, in March.
The first part
news.mynavi.jp/articles/2016/03/09/x-pro2_1/
The latter part
This very heavy and beautifully built camera made its debut in 1964. This is not to be confused with the later and inferior Singlex TLS. This fine example is in full working order, including the clip on meter. The actual manufacturer has been accredited to Nikon, Mamiya,Yashica, and Ricoh, to name ones I have heard of. The camera is claimed by Ivor Matanle to be a Nikkorex F in disghuise, and the 55mm f1.4 Rikenon lens to be a Nippon Kogaku 50mm f1.4 which did not meet Nikon's standards, Love it ! But it is not easy to find.
Agfa Sensor Cameras
Agfa Silette LK Sensor
Agfa Optima 200 Sensor
Agfa Optima 500 Sensor
Agfa Selectronic Sensor
Agfa Selectronic S Sensor
Agfa started that series in the early 1970ies, the new identifier of all models was the red-orange dot as shutter button, a feature Agfa used successfully for all following cameras. The name "Sensor" refers to that shutter button, the new design should guarantee a very soft and shake-free release.
All models share basically the same body, which includes another characteristic feature: with the film advance lever at the bottom also the exposed film has to be rewound. Furthermore the exposed frames have an extra container in the film chamber, so they are protected when the door is opened accidentally.
Other shared characteristics are a manual focus lens with the minimum focus distance of 1 m, an f-stop range from f/2.8 to f/22 and the lack of a filter thread. All models have an exposure meter, a bright frame viewfinder with parallax marks, a cable release thread (due to the red button it's on the back), a hot shoe, a tripod bush and a frame counter at the bottom, which has to be reset manually.
In the mid 70ies these cameras were replaced by the very compact Optima Sensor Electronic models, which kept some features like the peculiar rewind mechanism.
The models in detail:
The Silette LK is clearly the budget model, fully manual and fully mechanical (no battery required), 3-element 2.8/45 Color-Agnar lens in Parator shutter, unlike the other models the lens barrel is plastic made. Shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/300 s and B, coupled exposure meter with Selenium cell whose needle is visible in the viewer and on top, ISO range from 25 to 400.
Optima 200: 3-element 2.8/42 Color-Apotar lens in Paratic shutter, zone focusing. Like all previous Agfa Optima cameras the Optima 200 has a programmed automatic exposure, in the viewfinder a red/green signal displays sufficient light. Shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/200 s. A Selenium cell is used, so the camera also doesn't require a battery, ISO range (of the variant here) 25 to 160. If a flash is mounted in the hot shoe, the camera uses 1/30 s and switches into flash-matic mode, guide number (m) from 11 to 27.
Optima 500: like the Optima 200, but with a CdS-cell for the exposure meter instead of a Selenium cell, so a 625 PX battery is required. ISO range from 25 to 400, shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/500 s. Furthermore the shutter features a B-setting with the full f-stop range. Afaik the Optima 500 was the only model which was available in black and silver.
Selectronic: 3-element 2.8/45 Color-Apotar lens in Paratronic shutter. Aperture priority automatic exposure mode, the f-stop ring has no click-stops. Both F-stop and shutter speed (1/500 to 1/30 s, symbol for slower speeds) are displayed in the viewfinder. Slowest shutter speed up to 15 s. CdS-cell (behind the right one of the two eyes), two 625 PX batteries are required, ISO range from 25 to 400. Behind the left eye is a light bulb, it is lit when the shutter is open, it also indicates full batteries when the test button is pressed.
Self-timer, no B-setting, no flash-matic mode.
Price about DM 350,-
Selectronic S, the top model. Like the Selectronic, but with 4-element 2.8/45 Color-Solinar lens and rangefinder.
Price about DM 450,-
Canon AV-1
Praktika LTL-3
Canon FL 28mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 35mm f/2.8
Nikon Ai 35mm f/2 converted m42
Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4
Minolta MD rokkor 50mm f/1.4
Yashinon Auto DS-M 50mm f/1.7
Pentacon Auto (red) MC 50mm f/1.8
Fujinon EBC 135mm f/3.5
Canon EOS 10s camera
Tokina 11 - 16mm f2.8 EF lens
FPP Hand-Rolled Eastman Fine Grain 2366 bw film
Shot at iso 6 - Hand-held 1/10th sec - f2.8
home-processed in Kodak Technidol
3D Carved, Fondant covered Camera Cake. I used an edible image on the back display of the camera. The cake is10" wide x 6" deep x 7" high, not counting the rice cereal lens.
Margan and I took the plunge for full-sensor DSLR's -- Santa brought us Canon 5D Mark III's on his sleigh (well, actually Margan and Amazon had something to do with it, but the Santa story is sweet). Took them to California for our Christmas visit and have been processing and posting since.
I also decided (which I will likely regret) to do another 365 project this year. I did 2014 and it was a fun and learning experience. The only caveat I will make is that, if a day happens when I cannot make a photo, I will retrieve one from the archives that day. This was an easy day 1 of 365 (actually 366, since this is a Leap Year!).
Changing some things around in the house, I've moved 37 cameras and a few lenses into this dust- and cat-resistant cabinet in the family room. Cameras were chosen on the basis of technical interest, curb appeal and compactness, for the most part.
The top shelf is all American made; second shelf is all German; and the bottom shelf is a mixture from various countries including Germany, Japan, England, Italy, Czechoslovakia and Russia.
This gets re-rearranged from time to time.
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This is some of my gear! :)
*Scroll over the photo for the name of each piece of equipment.*
I enjoy switching it up between polaroids, panoramas, medium format and digital, as I adore the outcome of both lo-fi and hi-fi photography!
I'd love to hear about your experiences with any of these cameras, so please feel free to comment and I'll be sure to reciprocate! Thanks for checking out my photo. :)
Like Father, like Son...
...Austin and I posing for a "selfie" picture (taken via a mirror) exactly 12 years ago (to this date).
Title derived from the fact that we both know/knew how to pose for the camera (him at the ripe age of 7 MONTHS old!!!).
What I love most about this pic is that both of us are looking at each other in the mirror for the pose...
...another HISTORY REDUX pic posted for posterity.
Tokyo, Japan.
We are in the process of photographing much of our collection for the book that will accompany an exhibition in the fall.
This bisque frog stands beside an egg with a hand held bellows camera. It is rather strange but charming. The dealer who sold it to us is sure it is German from early in the 20th century.
At work, I shoot mostly in the studio. Here is my gear for my personal work. I usually just carry one camera body and a couple of lenses and a flash at a time depending on what i plan to shoot. I also use different bags depending on what I want to put in it.
For my portable lighting gear:
Posting photos of photographic equipment on flickr is arguably slightly nerdy, but it's cold and nasty outside and I have this banged up old Agfa Billy Record lying around. It's no use for anything but smiling at, and possibly shooting with a macro lens.