14 September, 2025
My DIY Analog Journey
I’m Adrien, a french DIY and technical stuff enthusiast. For many years (since I’m 3, I guess), I have really liked to experiment with new things, undertaking a lot ...
6 August, 2025
Rodenstock Apo-Sironar Digital 70mm F5.6 – Adapting a digital medium format lens to film
A few years ago the managers of the university I work for decided that the Creative Arts department, which taught a number of photography subjects, was insufficiently profitable...
DIY sensor device for mechanical film camera shutter speed testing
30 July, 2025
Two Cold Shoes for an M3
This is a short piece that describes how I designed and made a gadget to solve a need to attach and simultaneously use two cold shoes on a Leica M3 when only one exists. And how...
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, ...
