on the 110

SO in a few previous posts i wrote my new cameras to look for were the "higher end" polaroid pack film cameras ( 180, 185, 195), and while im still in search for those, i have also found something else im looking for that might be a little bit more reasonable/ realistic.

Polaroid 110A


Now the only reason why i would be getting one of these is to do a conversion to pack film, and while im a retard and have no formal clue on how to hack or re-create anything other than air, I think I shall be ok with this one....maybe...



That was done by moominsean and it looks amazing.. mine will look like ass but hopefully once i find one it will at least shoot.

and thats all...

camera porn




see ya

weapon of choice

was goin thru my point and shoot collection which i'll be posting here soon. Changed the face of this epic.. kinda looks like a cow:

works like gangbusters!

With everything in life its true that time heals everything. " Good things come too those who wait for it".. i think chingy said that?....i could be wrong. Anyways months back I posted a blAH-G about how I was searching for a specific point and shoot 35mm camera. The camera is a Yashica T4 but most importantly comes with a Carl Zeiss lens. No biggy right? Its film so it should be cheap.. prolly could just score a deal on craigslist or ebay:

F THAT!.. $200 scrills for an old camera.. thats re-donk

So I made it a point that id keep searching for it much like I did with the Polaroid SX-70.. That was many months ago with no luck...

( gotta love the ...)

Until I got close.. a clue if you may, in the form of a Yashica T2 also with carl zeiss lens for a measly $2.95 at a honey hole:


I was still really jazzed to find this camera ( did he really just say jazzed?), but after i spent $15 on a battery there was no dice. The camera did not load the film so I pronounced it dead on the scene.

A week later I found another camera that had a Colt following in the LOMO world. The camera is called a Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim:

I looked up a lot of photos that were taken by this camera and decided too cough up the 72 cents for the purch. Loaded it up with some film and snapped some testers:






Nothing too crazy.. I dont see what all the fuss is about really. Maybe ill load it with some slide film and have it cross processed.. who knows.
The day I found that camera I actually found 2 at once.. Which is crazy because I found another 2 today.. bringing the grand total to 4 Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim ( go ahead... check my math)

Whatever whatever whatever.. ill keep 2 and either give away or sell the others.. I think in total I paid $3.75 for all 4
Anyways.. the search continued for the Great White Elephant ( yashica t4).

That very search landed me at a thrift store that I had never ever had any luck at in the valley. The place was once good.. then they cleaned it up and made it more professional and camera selection went down the drain. It was a thrift that id go in with hopes and dreams of finding gorgeous gems but always walked out in a rage thinking " why do i waste my time going here". Well today my luck changed...


i found a briefcase full of LOOT $$$$$$

Kidding.. but i might as well found that.

I walked up to the camera section and thot too myself " damn... it looks like the same of shit... im wasting my life with this crap"
till i noticed a black and red camera bag sitting towards the back.

It was open.. meaning that someone must have looked at it... and there she was.. tucked away in a padded black bag.. just looking for some love:



My new Yashica T4 Super

Crikey... i was soo stoked i didnt even look at the price tag. Good thing the place didnt know how much it was worth because I ended up only playing $6.99 for it!


and it even came with a new bag and camera manual:


guhh im a nerd

Ok... well shit should I tell you my next search? I will anyways...

Im going to be super unrealistic on this one and shoot for one of these 3 beauties:




im rather confident that i'll never find any of those.. fingers crossed i guess!

thanks for tuning in

peaces

lost in the abyss

" FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!~ "

I DONT KNOW WHAT i just pushed but it erased the long post I was just making about my mammoth trip... guess it wasnt meant to be.. im'a leave this up here as a lesson to those who randomly push buttons from time to time.. an HouR of work on this in the drain.. FML"

gotta choppa in the car

So a while back i was pretty excited to find a brand new in box

Nikon Lite Touch

35mm point and shoot camera at a thrift store in Burbank for only 5$. Anyways i did some research and learned that its a relatively sought after little camera, so i decided to give it a whirl.
In all honesty, I wasnt too impressed with this camera. Most of the shots were out of focus, and just not all that clear in general. Nikon nailed it with the design of this camera tho. It fits like a glove in hand. Only downside is for some reason when I try and compose a quick shot through the viewfinder my eye isnt quick enough to find it. Now I wont be entirely negative about this little camera that-semi-could. Too be honest.. i love the panoramic ability of it. Matter of fact I should just super glue it on pano because those shots i got with it i was actually impressed with:






and here is the only shot that came out semi ok in standard frame. The foto's aite but the creeper in it is another story:



Anywoot....

Question is .. should you buy it?

The answer is if you can find it for less that $10... i say yes, but only shoot in panorama mode, you'll like the way they come out.

So far with al the point and shoots ive been using I've really enjoyed the Olympus Stylus EPIC and the Pentax UC-1. they both are awsome cameras, and although I am still searching for the Yashica T4 i would like to explain that i came pretty close by picking up a Yashica t2 with carl ziess lens. It was $2.75, but the battery for it was almost $15.. sheeeesh. Oh and once i got the battery in it.. the damn thing didnt work. FUH!

have a good one. bros and bro-dets

developed

My homie Donald ( not d-ray.. d-rays still a homie tho.. even tho he x'd me from his life.) started re-training me how to develop Black and white film at his house.. Such a nice bro, super helpful and patient. Anyways it was a good time and here are some shots from my Re-birthed olympus XA-1

thats right big homie

your boys linked in:

fuqin smart

epic food battle with patches:


VS



ill let you decide...

reality

Was lurking on the VG vimeo site and saw a couple good videos as well as a Polaroid Contest I'll be submitting some crikey too.

anyways they do a profile on Snow Photographer Andy Wright.. whom says some good stuff about film vs digital. I used to shoot a lot of digi because it was easy and if i messed up i knew what i did wrong right away.. so then i tried to challenge myself with film.. but in the end bought rangefinders and polaroids which is essentially childs play.. anywhoot.. check em out.. git puck

Open Shutter: Andy Wright Part 1 of 2 from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

Open Shutter: Andy Wright Part 2 of 2 from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

attempt numero dos

2nd attempt at being creative..

recycled polaroid case:




almost done...

boring on roids

I used to be so much more interesting... id make up stories and never leave out details of my random ass photos or trips. Now i just post photos and hope that the 3 of you that still look at this leave with some sort of satisfaction.. well hopefully this does the trick. If it doesnt.. boom! :


your boy started making wallets, so I've got that to fall back on too. ( not really.. first wallet.. shiiiiize)

Went on a fishing trip.. shot some roids.. have fun!

new weapon

So i semi have been on a Point and shoot craze buying any that I think are worth taking fotos with. My latest purch which really was quite some time ago is the pentax uc-1.


The only problem is that they come in a pretty lame almost mirror like finish. No problem there!

Ive become pretty good at taking apart these stupid cameras, and even tho I constantly get shocked by them.. i keep trekking. So anyways I found some guy in japan that took his apart and re-painted it. So boom i did the same:


Murderd that mofo out. ( fuqin SMART) Loaded it up with some slide film ( currently on exposure 5 out of 36).. and slapped a 4q stick on it to seal the deal:


Its been a good camera past few months and thats about all thats been good.

I'll be baq!

p.s. ive got 2.. and from the research ive done.. they're pretty rare..pop!


( no clue why its uploaded in that direction.. do i care... HELL NAWWW)