I'm new to photography, but the shots and the DIY camera itself looks awesome! A big kudos to you!
Matt
Matt
beautiful shots, lovely camera :lovegrin:
but how did you get the focussing right for this cam, since theres no ground glass?
A few pictures taken with YPAN in New Zealand. Film was some kind of Fuji Velvia.
Glendhu Bay, Lake Wanaka.
Another view at the same location
Yet another view of the same location
The lens is aligned for infinity focus during construction phase using translucent scotch tape as ground glass. Then during picture taking, it's all guesstimates. But lucky for me, most of the time I am shooting at infinity and hope for the best.
Thank you for showing us the interior. Look like a fine piece of work even on the inside.
Have you thought of ways in making this modified camera even better?
At its current state, it's a decent light tight box with a lens in front and film at the back to enable me to capture some pictures that I thought would look good in a longish strip of film. I always wanted to somehow mount the bubble level and the viewfinder more properly instead of the current mess of scotch tapes, but I guess I got lazy. Maybe when I shoot a few more rolls and get irritated enough by the scotch tapes...... ah, that reminds me to stockup a few more bricks of Velvia from fleabay since USD is kind of low now.
On a more serious note, one of the improvement that potentially improves the picture is a dedicated lenshood for the format as the extra coverage of the lens can lead to stray light inside the camera hence reducing contrast. Unfortunately, a workable lenshood hasn't been found yet. Maybe that's another project......
Hi e905591s, what's ur nickname or real name? Ur ID mostly numbers. Fantastic creativity. U shld tell Yashica about tht man! Did ur photos sharpen a lot in PS? What hardware did u use to scan them? Where did u develop ur Velvia? (my favourite film) Have u thought about investing in Mamiya 7? If any Japanese DSLRs can come up with panoramic sensors, i tell u..u gotta rob the bank & buy it man. Sorry too many questions...
At its current state, it's a decent light tight box with a lens in front and film at the back to enable me to capture some pictures that I thought would look good in a longish strip of film. I always wanted to somehow mount the bubble level and the viewfinder more properly instead of the current mess of scotch tapes, but I guess I got lazy. Maybe when I shoot a few more rolls and get irritated enough by the scotch tapes...... ah, that reminds me to stockup a few more bricks of Velvia from fleabay since USD is kind of low now.
On a more serious note, one of the improvement that potentially improves the picture is a dedicated lenshood for the format as the extra coverage of the lens can lead to stray light inside the camera hence reducing contrast. Unfortunately, a workable lenshood hasn't been found yet. Maybe that's another project......
The lens is aligned for infinity focus during construction phase using translucent scotch tape as ground glass. Then during picture taking, it's all guesstimates. But lucky for me, most of the time I am shooting at infinity and hope for the best.
focus at infinity, have you come across any situation when this don't quite work?