Kevin Saruwatari, Author at 35mmc

Kevin Saruwatari

A semi-retired mechanical engineer that did product development, machining and welding since the 80's. Photography and darkroom started about the same time come to think about it. Took it all serious for awhile and now prefer to laugh and make light of things I do.

Kevin Saruwatari's Posts

21 April, 2026

Printable Parts for Olympus OM1-n Shoe 4

By Kevin Saruwatari

As far as I know, the 3D print community hasn’t created printable files for often broken, removable hot shoes on the old Olympus OM series cameras. So I put up some files...

11 February, 2026

Pentax DA to Canon EF Adapter Hack

By Kevin Saruwatari

In December 2025, I documented a crafty little project of modifying a cheap Pentax K to Canon EF adapter so the aperture of a DA 35mm/f2.8 macro lens (no aperture ring) could be...

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Timmy on Kodak Snapic A1 – the cure to overthinking everything
Thanks so much. It makes it easy when there is nothing to adjust on the camera :-D
Danilo Leonardi on A Menagerie of Miniatures – Photographing a dollhouse-size world
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your thoughtful reading of the piece and I’m glad the reasoning came across…
Danilo Leonardi on A Menagerie of Miniatures – Photographing a dollhouse-size world
Best wishes with your work with the SL66 and your ongoing macro photography. So thank you for taking the time…

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