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the silence is tangible.

I got the Pentax 645 in the mail today. Already shot one roll of black&white 120 film, and I only have 6 shots left on the second roll. This camera does strange things to me. It's forcing me to shoot differently. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing, but I'm excited to find out.

Gonna try and finish off the rest of the second roll when I wake up tomorrow so I can drop them both off to get developed.

wooden monet diy camera

Sooooo, I'm finally doing this. Here is that one camera I made.


Front and back. Simple as that.

But yeah, it's made out of maple. Really simple construction. The shutter is a piece of wood that you can take out to unblock the light, or put it in to block the light. There is also a simple gear thing to make the film only turn one way. It takes 120 film, has a red window for checking the frame. Also it has a screw on front aperture disc thing.

Here is an image of the inside and it in the act of taking a picture.



Yup. That's it. I posted some of the pictures that I took with it a couple posts back. So yeah. Camera.

blogs are passive aggressive.

Oh no! I'm buying too many cameras! (and updating this blog too much. 3 times in one day, really?)

I just bought two cameras that take 120 film. A Pentax 645 medium format slr and a Flexaret automat tlr. The tlr is from Czechoslovakia! Doesn't it look like me? I'm so excited for them to get here.

Impulse buying, ahhhhhhh!

I shot a wedding reception. I really liked the bride and groom. Hope they like the photos.

P.S.- I really hate the way the photos on the blog look. The small version always looks so desaturated and washed out. If you are not clicking to see the full size, please do. They look much better.