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Super 8mm Film, Cameras, Resources and Information

Recording motion in the form of moving pictures has gone through many stages. It started out as chemically processed film and was eventually replaced by analog magnetic tape. As time passed and technology advanced, the magnetic tape was replaced by digital memory devices with no moving parts and a much lower cost. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted: August 25th, 2010
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Categories: Artistic,Cool,DIY,Film,Fun,Photography

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Gallery Plugin Test

I’m playing with the idea of using a Flickr gallery plugin to display images on this site. So far it’s working rather well…

Taken with an iPhone:

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Posted: August 25th, 2010
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Digital View-Master

What do you get when you take two cheap-o LCD key chain picture frames and add it to an classic kids 3D picture disc viewer? You get something magical… No, not really  but you do get a hand held 3D image viewer that you can load up with your favorite stereo pairs.
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Posted: August 25th, 2010
at 5:24pm by John


Categories: Amusing,Artistic,Cool,Hacked,News,Photography,Technology

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Super Cool Steampunk Style Camera Mod


I still think that steampunk is a pretty neat ‘art movement’ so I’ll keep posting clever things when I find them. I ran across this dandy camera mod this evening. It’s a typical digital camera that’s been housed in a very well executed steampunk styled case. Classy! I like the little hatch on the front that lets the lens peep through. Makes me want to build something!
Electro Iconograph.

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Posted: August 19th, 2010
at 9:36pm by John


Categories: Artistic,Cool,General,Hacked,Mods,Photography

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DIY 6×17 Panoramic Film Camera

An ongoing project, this homemade 6×17 panoramic camera is not something that will win a beauty contest but the photos it takes are amazing! The body is mostly built out of 2mm aircraft grade aluminum and the lens is a wide Caltar W-II  90mm, something that would normally be on a 4×5 camera. He does a great image comparison between the results from this camera and a Nikon D200 to show the leap in quality. I love pages like this, the inspiration they give make browsing the web well worth it.

diy 6×17 camera

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Posted: June 24th, 2010
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The Itinerant Photographer – The Ultimate DIY Photo Studio

I’m fascinated by these cameras. They are an entire photo studio in a box. The photographer uses a hood on the back of the camera to compose and focus and image on the ground glass inside the large box. Once the image is set, the camera is made light tight and the film ( photographic printing paper) is placed on the focal plane. An exposure is made and the photographer reaches inside the camera via a light proof sleeve and develops the paper in the chemistry that is contained in the box. the result is a paper negative that can be re-photographed to produce a positive print. So far this is the best collection of these remarkable cameras I’ve ever come across. They are still used in parts of the world where minilabs and digital cameras are rare.

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The Cuban Polaroid

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Posted: June 7th, 2010
at 6:31pm by John


Categories: Cool,Hacked,Historic,Photography

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