Crazy

Things are are odd and slightly on the fringe.

Article 28/09 2014

Bad in the good way

So you want pictures that are low quality and trashy in a cool and trendy way? Time to get a hold of some odd gear to put in front of your SLR.
Lens 21/09 2014

Industar 50mm f/3.5

A cheap Russian lens that I bought in Ukraine for almost nothing. Fully manual and fun to play with. Not sharp in any way and with a massive light falloff in the corners on full frame in particular. The Russians of course called this lens "The Eagle Eye"
Article 03/08 2014

Camera Obscura Update

I have equipped my camera obscura with some better hardware to get better control and in the end better images with it.
Article 10/07 2014

The Camera Obscura

I supported a successful Kickstarter campaign which aimed to make a small and inexpensive Camera Obscura. I received and built my camera – and I already love it.
Article 06/03 2014

The Lomography Petzval lens

The Petzval in all its brassy glory
Lomography has succeeded on almost all levels with their copy of the Petzval lens. The finished result is beautiful and a real piece of kit.
Lens 05/03 2014

Petzval

A really peculiar lens with a very attractive appearance and a very different optical and mechanical construction. Haven't quite gotten the very pronounced and characteristic bokeh effect from it yet, but I'm working on it and love the feel and look of the brass lens.
What I shot 23/10 2013

A few quirky pictures

A few quirky pictures shot in October all converted to B/W - D300s/Sigma 8-16mm and Fuji X100
Lens 10/09 2013

Holga Lens

A plastic lens in the deepest meaning of the word. Plastic case, plastic "glass", plastic mount, plastic everything. An a really shitty image quality, but that's the whole idea. The focus mechanism is crude and anything but smooth, but the sticker with the scale is fantastic.
Lens 10/09 2013

Holga Pinhole Lens

It can't get much worse than this! And that's the whole idea. A plastic lens, which doesn't even have a lens, but features a pinhole disc for extra mediocre image quality. For 20 USD...
Lens 09/09 2013

Skink Pinhole

The Skink pinhole lens is a simple construction with exchangeable pinhole plates and the typical pinhole image quality. The Skink is well made from metal and has a pinhole insert, which can be exchanged with other inserts like a zone plate.

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