Wednesday, October 19, 2011

365 Day 292: Camera Porn: Black Paint Zorki 6 with a Voigtlander 35/2.5 Color Skopar "C" Lens

Done!

I dont think I'll ever do another one of these things. These cameras are surprisingly well made, but a bit convoluted, way more parts then you would expect. It was a nightmare all the way through. I do want to do a couple more colors and now that I've done this one, i think it will be cake if I do anymore.

Things Ive learned in the past 48 hours:
- Always use fresh spray paint
- Clean nozzle more often then I do
- Always use some sort of primer, no matter what anyone says
- more magnetic screw drivers
- more tweezers
- more gloves
- more soft work lights
- More ventilation
- A lot more patience

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

365 Day 291: Camera Porn: Sony NEX-5 with Industar-22 2,8/50 Lens

Monday, October 17, 2011

365 Day 290: Camera Porn: Dismantled Zorki 6 Rangefinder Camera

This isnt as much a "Picture of the Day" as it is a cry for help. I dont know what compels me to do these things, but I must. This is my lastest project, CLA and repainting my Zorki 6.

And so it begins, (possibly) another lesson in futility.

To be continued...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

365 Day 288: Camera Porn: Kodak Hawkeye No.2 Folding Camera

This week I'm going to nerd out and do a bunch of camera portraits! Yeah that's right, "Camera Portraits". You got a problems with that? Wanna fight about it?

Saturday, October 8, 2011

365 Day 281: Insects: 1

So, I got so many nice shots last week that I've decided to do another week of Insects. This time a little more free-form and not strictly portraits (headshots).

I know, I know, the dirty-old masses are crying out for more boobies, but that's not going to happen for awhile. So just deal with it, and be happy with what you have. It's better then nothing!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

A Note About Comments...

Hey kids, I just wanted to write a note about comments. I love 'em! But I have been bad about checking them. A few months back, this blog was featured in Google's Blog of Note, and I was getting spammed like crazy. I had to turn on the moderation. But in my hast, I forgot to turn on email notification. I fixed this today, and responded to a bunch of comments. Sorry it took so long. I have my settings set now and all relevant comments will be posted and if need be, answered. Thanks again for following and enjoying my crap!

365 Day 275: Insect Portraits: Cicada

Saturday, October 1, 2011

365 Day 274: Insect Portraits: Bee

This week I was going to do something else, but now I'm doing this: Bug Portraits. Maybe next week I'll do the other thing...

Enjoy!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

365 Day 267: Polaroids Week 2: 8

Going to do another week of Polaroids. It was kinda fun. And I'm sure the T&A was agreeable to you slobs as well ;)

Saturday, September 17, 2011

365 Day 260: Polaroids: 1

I havent done any polaroidy pics in awhile. So let's make this week an Instatastic one!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

365 Day 253: Mixed Week 1000: Apples

Mixed week #?, I've lost count. But at least theres some boobies for you pervs. Happy?!

Saturday afternoon project


Decided I needed a break from my usual crappy/boring day and do something fun. I started my Canonet G-III QL17 restoration project. I've had this camera since I was a teenager, it was my first carry around "manual" RF camera. I loved this thing, and took it everywhere. It was a hand me down from my sister, who used it briefly and from what I remember, just left it sitting on her shelf for years, until I finally mustered up the balls to ask her to transfer ownership to me :) It had a really good run, I used it up until college, when I moved back to my dad's old F2, which I finally felt mature enough to take out of the house and used for school. Since then the Canonet's been sitting in my equipment draw gather dust and god knows what. Until today…

Most of this was pretty easy. I wanted to replace the ashy black "leatherette" on the body and replace the foam seals that have turned into this black slug. I bought a QL17 restoration kit from eBay awhile back, but the battery I bought seems to be doa, and the foam isn't really as thick as I feel it should be. So we'll have to deal with that later. But for now, I cleaned it out, removed the leatherette and replaced it with some really purdy red leather.

To be continued...

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011

365 Day 248: NEX-5: Flare!

Talk about flare! This is some weird ass flare coming from my Industar 26M 50mm f/2.8 lens. Granted the lens looks like its been rolled over by a tank, but Ive never seen it do this on the Zorki 6. Lends itself well to the adage: "You get what you pay for."

Saturday, September 3, 2011

365 Day 246: NEX-5: Boardwalk Empire

This week is kind of a mixed week, but also kind of not.

I'm testing a new (old) camera with a bunch of old (old) lenses. The Sony NEX-5 Mirrorless Digital Camera. This shot was taken with an old beat-up Exakta lens, the Steinheil München 35mm f2.8 Auto Quinaron.