Well-worn, BGN rated, broken-in, aged, brassy cameras…and other stuff.Tumblr (3.0; @camerawabisabi)http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e547bc7a146f2bb01ac286ad49ca5365/tumblr_ml0ufi76EF1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My little <strong>Nikon FG</strong> with <strong>35mm f2.5 Series E</strong>.</p> <p>One of my favorite parts of the camera is the concentric shutter dial, film advance, and shutter button. The FG also has program mode prior to AIS.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/47605681315http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/47605681315Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:47:04 -0700NikonFGseries Echrome35mmpoorman's m7slrfilmnon digitalanalogWabi Sabicamera wabi sabicamera pornedmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/df48cdabb3d48303d38a962eed43ffc2/tumblr_mj7tenb9ak1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A stealthed Leica M4-P</p> <ul><li>Serial # 1588xxx. Most likely made in 1982, making it 31 years old.</li> <li>Sporting a Voigtlander-Cosina LTM 21mm f4 lens, a LH-1 Lens hood, and 21mm viewfinder.</li> <li>Yellow-green filter attached.</li> <li>The red dot removed and the skin has been patched up. Every speck of white engraving paint removed, even on the little R. Unpainted engraving shows microscopic brassing.</li> <li>A slight bit of brassing above the lugs.</li> <li>A small dent right under the film winder.</li> <li>A barely-there, shallow dent on the top plate.</li> </ul>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/44672415753http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/44672415753Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:48:00 -0800leicaM4-Pcamera porn21mmcamerapornblackstealth35mmgrainsilo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dee69778da3201f463ef408243988426/tumblr_mi6l4sjgVk1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Leica M6TTL with 35mm Summicron ASPH</strong></p> <ul><li>Sweet 12585 round vented hood. This hood works on most of the earlier 35mm and 50mm lenses. The 12526 square hood that came with the lens is crooked when mounted. This is sort of common. Can’t make the round one crooked though. Anyways…</li> <li>Green Cam-In soft release.</li> <li>Another B+W Yellow Green Filter. I like yellow green filters.</li> <li>Loaded with Kentmere 400.</li> </ul>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/43033279441http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/43033279441Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:18:33 -0800leicam6ttlsummicronWabi Sabinon-digitaledmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/98f763a53443fe65189177229a3acd9a/tumblr_mhffagXEGE1rz1266o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://photostudiosupplies.tumblr.com/post/41852068854/a-camera-by-kingqueenknave-on-flickr" class="tumblr_blog">photostudiosupplies</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingqueenknave/8425783564/" title="A Camera">A Camera</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingqueenknave/">kingqueenknave</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/42006567774http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/42006567774Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:06:31 -0800edmondosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2df5c7041f968dc0ebfaf11f1cf74c6/tumblr_mgmx0rUX0x1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-smartphone-film-scanner">The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner by Lomography — Kickstarter</a>)</p> <p>Just pledged. Will make so much sense with a Leica.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/40543077568http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/40543077568Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:29:15 -0800edmondosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/66d5c3871e6d0db581552d44edf28e54/tumblr_mfim9aFrBz1ro2afro1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://flip.it/nJe7X">Why You Should Digitize Your Film Using a Camera Instead of a Scanner</a><br/> Gianluca Bevacqua, <a href="http://flip.it/nJe7X">petapixel.com</a></p> <p>If you shoot film and aren’t much into chemicals (or don’t have a basement in which to keep a gigantic 5×7″ enlarger), you’ll soon find yourself needing a way to import those beautiful pictures you’ve taken onto your computer. What? Why didn’t I s…</p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38681531482http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38681531482Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:15:00 -0800analogdigitalnon-analognon-digitalscanningfilmedmondosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e810c0b53507d6cafedac3434150a681/tumblr_mfh1toCd5E1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Zenobia 645 Folding Camera made by Zenobia Kōgaku</p> <ul><li>75mm f/3.5 Neo-Hesper lens</li> <li>1/500 - 1 sec shutter & B setting</li> <li>Zone focusing</li> <li>Leatherette peeling off like toilet paper</li> <li>50+ years of assorted crud attached</li> <li>Broken viewfinder rattling in the top plate</li> <li>Guesstimate both distance and composition</li> </ul>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38614224182http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38614224182Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:30:29 -0800grainsilo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd2d63731127745dd10366395e44de97/tumblr_mfciqwGVpO1ro2afro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My new <strong>NEX 6 </strong>with <strong>16-50mm</strong> lens.</p> <p>No wabi sabi yet. I do have a dead pixel in the EVF, though not from my own doing (don’t be jealous.)</p> <p>Maybe I should line my bag with sandpaper. No wait, I should just use the camera more!</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38402545357http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/38402545357Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:15:00 -0800digitalnon-analogcamera wabi sabisony nexedmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sz2m3fTF1ro2afro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Fuji GW690  f=90mm F3.5</strong>.</p> <p>During its last CLA, the name ring had to be broken up to take the camera apart. Takes a 67mm filter and currently has a yellow-green filter attached.</p> <p>No cracks or dents on the body.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/24028512764http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/24028512764Tue, 29 May 2012 17:01:00 -0700camera porncamerapornwabi sabiwabisabigrainsilo<p>Hah, everything irritates me. Didn’t mean to offend you with my petty criticism! The M5 body type was a completely new design, to many Leica fans’ dismay, so I’m not sure if that would have worked.  The original M6 on the other hand, intro’d in 1984, shares the same body style as all the Ms except of course for the earlier mentioned M5.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/20537224358http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/20537224358Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:31:00 -0700edmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20q9qQmFS1ro2afro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My new <strong>Minolta Explorer Freedom Zoom</strong> obsession. Minolta Zoom Freedom Explorer. No wait. Minolta Explorer Zoom Zoom. Yeah. The last one.</p> <p>Champagne one is actually a <strong>Capios 25</strong>. Date Back. Ironically, this will show more wabi sabi than the black ones.</p> <p>One is a non Date Back.</p> <p>Two are Date Backs, but one of the Date Backs doesn’t work.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/20536488717http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/20536488717Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:15:00 -070028mmExplorer Freedom ZoomMinoltawabisabicapios25edmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ch539pQ91ro2afro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Minolta Explorer Freedom Zoom</strong> - with 28-70mm lens. 28mm FTW! F3.5 like the Minolta TC-1 minus the perfectly round aperture blades.</p> <p>Film contents: bulk loaded UFX400</p> <p>Date print feature is on.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19784709284http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19784709284Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:53:10 -0700P&amp;SMinoltaExplorer Freedom ZoomUFX400wabisabiedmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0tfgcxNxP1qdflzpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Why does the M6TTL show 1971? Irritating. It came out in 1998.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://untitledtimes.tumblr.com/post/19229583573/retro-poster-assignment">untitledtimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Retro poster assignment. </p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19780889085http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19780889085Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:13:40 -0700edmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rsf4XJjM1qb60tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want this. I’ll order it after I pick up a few Leica M9-Ps later.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepackhold.tumblr.com/post/19182427380/yohji-yamamoto-camera-bag">thepackhold</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.acquiremag.com/style/bags-accessories/yohji-yamamoto-camera-bag.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20acquire%20(Acquire)&utm_content=Google%20Feedfetcher">Yohji Yamamoto Camera Bag</a></p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19185290536http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/19185290536Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:30:56 -0700bagedmondosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuehkPq5m1rp2wkro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuehkPq5m1rp2wkro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuehkPq5m1rp2wkro3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuehkPq5m1rp2wkro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuehkPq5m1rp2wkro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abandonedjapan.tumblr.com/post/18124867954/a-massive-hotel-left-to-rot-when-the-financial">abandonedjapan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A massive hotel left to rot when the financial bubble burst.  6 glorious floors of exploring await visitors.  There is even a 10 story high amusement ride at one end that was obviously this hotels feature attraction.  It is a bizarre feeling wandering through this hilltop hotel with an amazing view imaging all the families that visited and all the memories that were made.  How would they feel if they visited now?   I would really love to know…</p> <p>This set shot with a Lomo LC-A and Kodak Portra 400</p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/18599886586http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/18599886586Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:38:20 -0800wabisabiwabi sabigrainsilo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07txbpYUm1ro2afro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Black <strong>Nikon F2</strong> - 1978 vintage.</p> <p>Black<strong> DE-1 Eye Level Finder</strong> - Standard non-metered prism. Had an unexplainable outward facing ding. Tried fixing it, now it has an outward/inward facing ding.</p> <p><strong>Nikon 28mm F2.8 Series E Lens</strong> with Yellow Filter - This is smaller than the Nikkor version.</p> <p><strong>Nikon AR-4</strong> Soft Release - Looks like a chimney. People pay big bucks for this thing. Not sure why. Maybe because it makes you feel cool.</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/18555300498http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/18555300498Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0800NikonF2DE-128mmSeries EwabisabiAR-4edmondosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5e6lgmH71qb7dheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blueruins.tumblr.com/post/17338474050">blueruins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://classicmoviemonsters.blogspot.com/2012/02/futuristic-photographer.html" title="Classic Movie Monsters">Roddy McDowall</a></p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17520343580http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17520343580Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:04:06 -0800grainsilo<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kamerakozo">Camera Porn</a>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17377792312http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17377792312Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:49:59 -0800camerapornvideoedmondosh<a href="http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon_f2_bodies.html">Nikon F2 Camera Bodies</a>: <p>Nikon F2 Typology</p>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17317454006http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17317454006Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:53:27 -0800edmondosh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw24m7n7x01qf0zpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.artripoli.com/post/14081057731/gonna-try-and-get-the-old-minolta-7s-up-and">artripoli</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Gonna try and get the old #minolta #7s up and running again in time for Christmas. #cameraporn #camera (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17281253117http://camerawabisabi.tumblr.com/post/17281253117Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:57:24 -0800grainsilo