Camera Bling!?

ME Super · Jan 2, 2012

How about a Baby Rollei or a Yashica 44? Those babies took 127 film and you could get super slides out of them. But I can't find any place that has the super slide mounts and they are out of my price range. Plus there's only one slide emulsion made in 127 now.

ME Super

elcabezagrande · Jan 2, 2012

ME Super said:
How about a Baby Rollei or a Yashica 44? Those babies took 127 film and you could get super slides out of them. But I can't find any place that has the super slide mounts and they are out of my price range. Plus there's only one slide emulsion made in 127 now.

ME Super

You can convert the Yashica 44 to 35m film:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hans_marvell/sets/72157619656265732/

jimgalli · Jan 2, 2012

canon 7 w/ 0.95 50

rphenning · Jan 2, 2012

i put stickers on my cameras

Ken Nadvornick · Jan 2, 2012

The original 1961 price for the Canon 50mm f/0.95 lens-only was (JPY) 57,000. Today that's equivalent to (JPY) 292,000, or (USD) 3,792.27.

Wonder what the actual going price for one of these is now?

Ken

EASmithV · Jan 2, 2012

Graflex 4x5 SLR on a pimp neck strap with a back brace.

Sirius Glass · Jan 2, 2012

jimgalli said:
canon 7 w/ 0.95 50

I always wanted one of these!

<<<sigh>>>

Steve

John Austin · Jan 2, 2012

Aaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This thread is so phuqing boring - I joined APUG as I thought is was a forum for people working with silver based photography, not camera collectors and camera clubistes

Cameras are for the preparation of negatives for printing, not costume jewelery

Sirius Glass · Jan 2, 2012

jbaphoto said:
Aaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This thread is so phuqing boring - I joined APUG as I thought is was a forum for people working with silver based photography, not camera collectors and camera clubistes

Cameras are for the preparation of negatives for printing, not costume jewelery

Wha'dayahmean?? I would use a Canon 7 with the f/0.95 50mm for available light photography.

Rol_Lei Nut · Jan 2, 2012

Sirius Glass said:
Wha'dayahmean?? I would use a Canon 7 with the f/0.95 50mm for available light photography.

Though the 0.95 is notorious for being incapable of delivering a sharp image at *any* aperture...

Sirius Glass · Jan 2, 2012

Rol_Lei Nut said:
Though the 0.95 is notorious for being incapable of delivering a sharp image at *any* aperture...

Now that I did not know! I will just have to be content with my Hasselblads and 4"x5" optics. At least I will not feel that I was missing out on something good.

John Austin · Jan 2, 2012

That does not matter

Rol_Lei Nut said:
Though the 0.95 is notorious for being incapable of delivering a sharp image at *any* aperture...

That does not matter, if the thing is used full bore it's qualities become something beyond what we normally see

Anyway, I am just waiting for South Part to come on TV, so I will kiss you lot good night

XXXXX

NB23 · Jan 2, 2012

Rol_Lei Nut said:
Though the 0.95 is notorious for being incapable of delivering a sharp image at *any* aperture...

Are you serious??
Mine seriously rivals my 50 lux asph from f4. It's seriously sharp. I wasn't expecting that from this lens but there it is.

jp498 · Jan 2, 2012

It depends on the age group, and nerdiness (which can sidestep the age group estimations).

If your subject or conversationalist is an approaching elderly, they beam with respect and nostalgia to see someone using a speed graphic or rolleiflex. I've had lots of good conversations with people just because I was carrying or using such a camera.

If your audience is high schoolers or young adults, the manual 35mm slr is bling, because they know what it is, where the speed or rolleiflex is a little too obscure. a film camera is a step up academically and skillwise from normal digital camera tools. It demands some confidence and produces authenticity.

If your crowd is a large format gathering, bling is brass, fine wood, etc..

Sundowner · Jan 2, 2012

Okay, I've got this figured out. We're missing one major bling factor: rims. With that in mind, if you want ultimate bling, complete the following steps.

1. Steal (for street cred) a high-altitude camera out of a U2 or a Blackbird, or something along those lines.
2. Have half of it nickel plated, half of it gold plated, and have your name inlaid on it with diamonds.
3. Steal (again, street cred) a late-model Caddy.
4. Strap the pimped-out camera to the top, Blues Brothers-style. Use alligator skin straps.
- and this is the important part -
5. Set the Caddy up on 24's and hydraulics, because the hydraulics (are you ready for this?) will give you tilt and shift movements.
6. Soak up the respect.

Rol_Lei Nut · Jan 2, 2012

Canon 0.95 being soft at all apertures

NB23 said:
Are you serious??
Mine seriously rivals my 50 lux asph from f4. It's seriously sharp. I wasn't expecting that from this lens but there it is.

I'd heard from more than one source that that lens was still fairly soft even at 5.6 and 8.0...
If that's not the case, then I can only offer a "Mea culpa".

jp498 · Jan 2, 2012

Sundowner said:
Okay, I've got this figured out. We're missing one major bling factor: rims. With that in mind, if you want ultimate bling, complete the following steps.

1. Steal (for street cred) a high-altitude camera out of a U2 or a Blackbird, or something along those lines.
2. Have half of it nickel plated, half of it gold plated, and have your name inlaid on it with diamonds.
3. Steal (again, street cred) a late-model Caddy.
4. Strap the pimped-out camera to the top, Blues Brothers-style. Use alligator skin straps.
- and this is the important part -
5. Set the Caddy up on 24's and hydraulics, because the hydraulics (are you ready for this?) will give you tilt and shift movements.
6. Soak up the respect.

And wear an oversized analog lightmeter on a gold chain so people don't notice your pants are only half on.

Sirius Glass · Jan 2, 2012

I will stick with #1 and #2 rather than the suggestions of post #115 and wear my pants correctly in public.

Sirius Glass said:
1) Three Rolli's around your neck; each with a different focal length pair of lenses.
2) A Speed or Crown Graphic with a large flash attachment and flash bulb. Fire the flash at people as the get out of a car or exit a building.
3) An Ariflex movie camera with a three lens turret.
4) A stereo camera.

Steve

fstop · Jan 2, 2012

pft I'm cooler than all of you with my Kodak Instamatic.

spacer · Jan 3, 2012

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-II-D-...376828003?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item5ae445ac63

MFstooges · Jan 3, 2012

in my bling wish list :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-Brown-...ilm_Cameras&hash=item3f11c8c01c#ht_574wt_1185

Terry Christian · Jan 3, 2012

I think I'll have some custom lensboards for my Calumet 540 monorail made out of mirror instead of wood or metal, with Swarovski crystals outlining the lens! And I'll outfit the bellows with hydraulics so that I can focus with just a slight turn of one bejeweled knob.

It'll advertise the whole list of enhancements as the "Juicy Gelatin" trim package.

BobD · Jan 3, 2012

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