Things I want, things I have, things I think about.
August 5th is #DianaDay (no, not Queen Of Are Harts Princess Diana) on Twitter, and to celebrate, believeinfilm.com are giving away a Pinhole Diana!
To enter, follow this link: http://www.believeinfilm.com/win-film-pinhole-camera and tweet it out to your friends. You can have a maximum of 5 entries, so get going!
I’ve always been drawn to super wide-angle lenses. I don’t know why – a combination of the distortion (reminds me of 90’s skate videos) and being able to get REALLY CLOSE to things and still get a whole background in, maybe. A kind person over on the Talk Photography forums kindly lent me theirs – a 17mm Tamron lens, which I quickly picked up an adaptor for.
If you’re going to try out a new film or a new camera, you usually do one or the other. This reduces your chance of failure, and gives you the opportunity to assess the film or camera properly (without too many new variables). However, on this occasion I decided to throw myself in at the deep end. A new film (Lomography Redscale) and a new camera, the Lomography Konstructor! The Konstructor is a DIY kit camera – lots of plastic bits you put together yourself.
One of the fantastic things about shooting film, is the relatively low cost of our kit. Plastic cameras can give such fun results from so little outlay, that it encourages many people to get extra-creative. Not content with the existing wide-angle offerings on the film market, Steve Lloyd decided to put together something of his own!
Continue reading “Holslo” DIY Frankencamera: a project by Steve Lloyd
These are right up my street but yowtch they’re expensive. As is fitting for one-of-a-kind work, really!
Made by Stefan DuPont.
These would make a great Christmas present (hint hint!) – little plastic cases that hold 10 35mm films all snug and away from the light. My films are scattered between bags and drawers, so I could definitely use one!
Japan Camera Hunter film case
I love this tutorial – not only is it a sturdy-looking camera carrier bag insert, the tutorial is really easy to follow and well-made. Will be making one of these for my bag as soon as I have time!
