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Having played with lens soft mod (custom filters), I wanted to try opening the lens for fun and see results of a custom mod. Result you see here is a modified Helios 44M-4 for swirl bokeh. Swirl was good but too much of flare. Lens is now back to it's original element positioning :)

I like this one very much, Hope I can deliver better than this next time.

 

Explored on Nov 3, 2009 - #454 --- Thank You All!..

I tried to find a way to sync flash with the Speed Graphic lens. I can't find any UK suppliers of a bi-pole to PC sync (female) cables - only one based in the USA, which would cost around £25. So I spliced a spare PC sync male to female cable and used two bits of (slightly cut down) electrical 'choccie block' to secure the wires to the bi-pole connector. It seems to work perfectly! :-)

 

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USB charger custom installed into the back of the seat of my Tomos Quadro moped.

Dedicated iPhone charging cable and handlebar mount mod on my Tomos Quadro Moped. Useful when using iPhone in navigation mode to allow constant (non-locking) map views at full screen brightness without worrying about battery drain.

Totally unposed, lucky grab... half a second later and I wouldn't have gotten this shot...

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