17 June, 2025
Rebuilding a Canon Super 8 with Raspberry Pi
Last year, I found a broken Canon 514XL-S Super 8 camera at a flea market in Sydney for $5. It was clearly non-functional, but something about the design — the shape, the feel o...
22 April, 2025
An Inexpensive Adapter on a Sony Mirrorless and Auto ISO.
A M39 to Sony E adapter with Industar and Elmar lenses on a Sony A3000 shooting with auto ISO setting.
1 April, 2025
An F-mount to LTM lens adapter on a Canon 7
Using nikon F-mount lenses on a Canon 7 LTM body
17 January, 2025
Wollensak 5″ f/3.5 Projector Lens Adapting Journey (and Failure)
I ran into this lens during a trip to bop around the local thrift store with friends one afternoon. I picked it up off of a Revere 553 Projector, of which I have, surprisingly, ...
28 December, 2024
A Portable Scanner for Free – Another Quick Tip
This is a follow-up to my previous note “A Portable Light Box for Free”. After developing my film in a bathroom following a location shoot away from home I want to see the image...
14 December, 2024
How I modded Lomo LC-A+ into half-frame camera
I made a half-frame mod for the Lomo LC-A and LC-A+, inspired by a clipping from the Russian magazine “Foto&Video,” issue #8 from 1999. This mod has been brewing...
10 December, 2024
Rangefinder with glasses? A mod made from necessity
Anyone who is a glasses wearer and rangefinder enthusiast then this issue will be familiar with you. A quick google search for ‘rangefinder camera with glasses’ will expose you ...
23 November, 2024
Two cameras with a common shortcoming
LOMO LC-A I’ve owned a LOMO LC-A for some years and enjoyed its inherent ‘quirkiness’ – both in the image quality and operation: – the easy to miss focus indicator in the ...
