mattes
If any of you build or tinker with cameras, do let us know. I’m sure I’m not the only one who turns roll-film cameras into pinhole cameras or screws Cu-5 heads onto Mamiya Universals.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
AchimBauer
Merry Christmas, Mattes,
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I’m not much of a DIY enthusiast, but I do potter about with things now and then. I’ve just built a Sumikon – a twin-lens 35mm camera. You can get the kit from Pearl, or with the accompanying book from Franzis. I haven’t tested it yet, but the viewfinder image is absolutely dreadful. I’ve also built an Olympus OM2 – not a working one, of course; it’s going to join the other cameras I need to keep my house dust happy. The print template is available on the Japanese Olympus website or at Paiermodelle.de, where you can also find working pinhole cameras.
I’m also thinking about the Cu 5 head, though not a complete head – rather, removing the lens from a 75mm head and fitting it into a circuit board for my 6x9 Linhof (6x7 Rollei).
And today I went to the DIY and garden centre to buy a glass ball; the sales assistant was a bit surprised that I measured the glass ball with a calliper and that it had to be silver. I want to build it into a Plexiglas tube and place it in front of a lens as a ‘bird’s-eye’ lens – that’s a fisheye where you end up in the picture yourself.
And once I picked up a cheap, broken Praktica; I put it under the diamond saw as a cutting model, then had to finish it off with an orbital sander. It looks good but not professional; now I know why professional cutting models are sold for over 900 euros.
And if I remember correctly, there were or are also kits available from our landlord.
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Regards, Achim
AchimBauer
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND][ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND][ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]Hi Mattes,
How could I have forgotten? Well, it was once upon a time, not so long ago, that I came across some OM1, which turned out to come with a whole host of endoscopy accessories, all of which were connectors for various endoscopes. One of them had a lens, and using a wooden disc into which I’d drilled a hole, I fitted a door viewer with a sawn-off tube as a MokroFischey.
I happened to come across the pictures again today. If I could reduce the glare from the door viewer, perhaps I could achieve better sharpness and contrast.
Regards, Achim
