Other Uses for Old Camera Equipment
Jul 5, 2012 11:00:49 #
In another post someone was asking about a store by the name of Camera Lamps and didn't initially provide a link.
When looking for it on Google, I ran across a lot of interesting images of lamps created with old cameras:
http://www.google.com/search?q=camera+lamps&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS436US436...
One studio where I assisted (about 17 years ago) used softboxes (Plume Wafers if I remember correctly) over the meeting room table.
Not surprisingly, they provided a nice, soft light.
There were also several Speedotron flash head reflectors for uplighting with maybe three 4x5 ground glass focusing screens underneath (with spacers) to diffuse the light a bit and add some more interest. Wish I had photos- they were quite creative, just like the owner.
At the Clark Air Force base photo lab in the Philippines, where I worked as a student, the maintenence guy made a lamp base using an old Nikon 50-300 zoom.
Anybody else have alternative uses for old cameras/ lenses/equipment?
When looking for it on Google, I ran across a lot of interesting images of lamps created with old cameras:
http://www.google.com/search?q=camera+lamps&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS436US436...
One studio where I assisted (about 17 years ago) used softboxes (Plume Wafers if I remember correctly) over the meeting room table.
Not surprisingly, they provided a nice, soft light.
There were also several Speedotron flash head reflectors for uplighting with maybe three 4x5 ground glass focusing screens underneath (with spacers) to diffuse the light a bit and add some more interest. Wish I had photos- they were quite creative, just like the owner.
At the Clark Air Force base photo lab in the Philippines, where I worked as a student, the maintenence guy made a lamp base using an old Nikon 50-300 zoom.
Anybody else have alternative uses for old cameras/ lenses/equipment?
Jul 5, 2012 12:06:57 #
http://www.google.com/search?q=camera+lamps&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS436US436...
Click on images option onthe left
see also:
http://destructivetesting.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/kodak-camera-night-light-accent-light-for-photographers-mike-smith/
this website:
http://www.starsforstreetlights.com/2012/05/how-to-make-lamp-from-vintage-cameras.html
shows how to make this lamp:
Click on images option onthe left
see also:
http://destructivetesting.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/kodak-camera-night-light-accent-light-for-photographers-mike-smith/
this website:
http://www.starsforstreetlights.com/2012/05/how-to-make-lamp-from-vintage-cameras.html
shows how to make this lamp:
Jul 5, 2012 12:09:21 #
Jul 5, 2012 12:40:19 #
I've got an idea. Put an SLR with a zoom lens on a gooseneck . The light would shine out of the lens, and it would be adjustable by moving the zoom.
Time to hit ebay.
Time to hit ebay.
Jul 5, 2012 12:42:58 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?q=camera+lamps&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS436US436...
Click on images option onthe left
see also:
http://destructivetesting.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/kodak-camera-night-light-accent-light-for-photographers-mike-smith/
this website:
http://www.starsforstreetlights.com/2012/05/how-to-make-lamp-from-vintage-cameras.html
shows how to make this lamp:
Click on images option onthe left
see also:
http://destructivetesting.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/kodak-camera-night-light-accent-light-for-photographers-mike-smith/
this website:
http://www.starsforstreetlights.com/2012/05/how-to-make-lamp-from-vintage-cameras.html
shows how to make this lamp:
Great ideas. If only I had old cameras.
Jul 5, 2012 12:44:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've got an idea. Put an SLR with a zoom lens on a gooseneck . The light would shine out of the lens, and it would be adjustable by moving the zoom.
Time to hit ebay.
Time to hit ebay.
I wonder how a fisheye lens would work.
Jul 5, 2012 13:54:11 #
Not sure if I would do this but here's a picture.
Camera lens flower pot
Jul 5, 2012 13:55:30 #
MWAC wrote:
Not sure if I would do this but here's a picture.
Not to the Mamiya! Noooooooo!
Jul 5, 2012 14:00:42 #
Jul 5, 2012 14:03:36 #
St3v3M wrote:
Lens Bracelets http://www.lensbracelet.com/
I remember seeing those.
How about a coffee mug?
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/nikon-lens-mugs/
Jul 5, 2012 14:07:04 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Not to the Mamiya! Noooooooo!
MWAC wrote:
Not sure if I would do this but here's a picture.
Not to the Mamiya! Noooooooo!
I know! I think I gasped when I saw that. broken glass ok, but the Mamiya.... :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
Jul 5, 2012 14:11:46 #
MWAC wrote:
I know! I think I gasped when I saw that. broken glass ok, but the Mamiya.... :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Not to the Mamiya! Noooooooo!
MWAC wrote:
Not sure if I would do this but here's a picture.
Not to the Mamiya! Noooooooo!
I know! I think I gasped when I saw that. broken glass ok, but the Mamiya.... :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
I had two RB's and loved them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Bronica done that way. Joke was you needed 5 of those...one to use, one as a backup, one going to repair, one in repair and one coming back from repair. Kind of like a Fiat.
Jul 5, 2012 14:13:51 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I had two RB's and loved them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Bronica done that way. Joke was you needed 5 of those...one to use, one as a backup, one going to repair, one in repair and one coming back from repair. Kind of like a Fiat.
I had two RB's and loved them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Bronica done that way. Joke was you needed 5 of those...one to use, one as a backup, one going to repair, one in repair and one coming back from repair. Kind of like a Fiat.
Is it bad that I kind of want a Fiat? They are cute.
Jul 5, 2012 14:19:04 #
MWAC wrote:
Is it bad that I kind of want a Fiat? They are cute.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I had two RB's and loved them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Bronica done that way. Joke was you needed 5 of those...one to use, one as a backup, one going to repair, one in repair and one coming back from repair. Kind of like a Fiat.
I had two RB's and loved them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Bronica done that way. Joke was you needed 5 of those...one to use, one as a backup, one going to repair, one in repair and one coming back from repair. Kind of like a Fiat.
Is it bad that I kind of want a Fiat? They are cute.
Absolutely cute!
I would love to have a Fiat 500!
Had a friend who has a Fiat 124 Spyder, ...but not for very long.
Jul 5, 2012 14:25:04 #
FIAT or Fix It Again Tony!!! i just hate seeing old cameras not being used as cameras!
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