Custom camera t shirts

f/16 · May 23, 2015

A couple of years ago I had a custom shirt of my F2 and F4 made. Tonight I worked on one for my SRT 102. To make the photos I used 3 flashes to illuminate the camera supported by a piece if 1/4-20 all thread and used a black background. I converted it to B&W and maximized the contrast. Then I removed the all thread. I use EBay sellers that do dye sublimated shirts. What do ya think?

ToddB · May 24, 2015

Very cool. How about a leica M3 or a Rolleiflex TLR?

frank · May 24, 2015

This is only subjective, but I'd prefer the camera image without the black background rectangle.

Jim Jones · May 24, 2015

frank said:
This is only subjective, but I'd prefer the camera image without the black background rectangle.

I agree.

Alan Gales · May 24, 2015

I own two black camera T-Shirts. One just says Contax in white print and the other says Nikon in white print. No pictures.

Your shirts are way cooler!

Richard S. (rich815) · May 24, 2015

I like it. Would prefer it on a black t-shirt though. Very cool!

Sirius Glass · May 24, 2015

frank said:
This is only subjective, but I'd prefer the camera image without the black background rectangle.

I agree too.

Sirius Glass · May 24, 2015

Now we need a tee shirt with a Hasselblad 503 CX sporting a 45 degree PME [prism].

f/16 · May 24, 2015

I prefer dye sublimated shirts so the white shirt and black background is necessary.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 24, 2015

f/16 said:
I prefer dye sublimated shirts so the white shirt and black background is necessary.

Not familiar enough with the process to understand why a black t-shirt cannot work, can you explain please?

f/16 · May 24, 2015

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
Not familiar enough with the process to understand why a black t-shirt cannot work, can you explain please?

The ink is dyed into the fabric. They won't crack or peel. Whatever is white on the image will be the color of the shirt. If you used a black shirt the whole image will be black and you won't see anything.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 24, 2015

f/16 said:
The ink is dyed into the fabric. They won't crack or peel. Whatever is white on the image will be the color of the shirt. If you used a black shirt the whole image will be black and you won't see anything.

Got it. Thanks.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 24, 2015

So would this work?

barzune · May 25, 2015

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
So would this work?

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OOoohhh!! Nice!!

f/16 · May 25, 2015

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
So would this work?

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On a black shirt, no. No dye sublimated image will work on a black shirt. It has to be white or at least a very light color. However that image may look good with a white shirt.

Custom camera t shirts

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