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Archive for the 'All About Gear' Category

Attack of the $30 lenses - 210mm Industar-51

by K. Praslowicz ~ September 9th, 2009 | 6 Comments

I recently purchased a 210mm Industar-51 large format lens for thirty dollars. These are my first impressions of its performance.

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Bang! I just spent a dollar.

by K. Praslowicz ~ January 9th, 2008 | No Comments

Ergonomic shutter release technique for hand held Speed Graphic shooting.

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Denim Death: The Argus C2 With an Attitude

by K. Praslowicz ~ March 7th, 2009 | 8 Comments

Amazing Custom Argus C2. Features include some rice, a toilet paper tube, masking tape, rubber bands, and a slick denim covering.

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DIY Softrelease Safety

by K. Praslowicz ~ January 20th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Cheap method to prevent accidental frames from being shot while using a soft release.

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DIY Softrelease Safety, The Follow Up

by K. Praslowicz ~ April 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

In January of 2008, I posted this article about using a hair tie as a safety while using a soft release to prevent accidental shutter releases. I ended that post by saying "I’ll try this for a few weeks and report back." It has been about sixty-five weeks since then, so it is time to [...]

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For The Soused Photographer: TLR Camera Flasks

by K. Praslowicz ~ September 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

A look at some vintage flasks designed to look like twin lens reflex cameras.

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How Quiet Are Leica Shutters?

by K. Praslowicz ~ December 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Testing of the noise of the Leica M3 against other focal plane shutter cameras.

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I feel like a tourist.

by K. Praslowicz ~ April 24th, 2008 | No Comments

Every year or so I dig through this site and do house cleaning on the images that I've posted. I look at every photo and end up deleting what I no longer feel is my strongest work. The last time I did this, I also scrubbed some of the other content, and removed the information [...]

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Infrared Achievers

by K. Praslowicz ~ May 4th, 2010 | No Comments

More experimenting with infrared flash by taking a step in a new direction away from the Olympus XA2.

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Olympus XA2 – Infrared Blackout Edition

by K. Praslowicz ~ July 23rd, 2009 | 5 Comments

Modifying an Olympus XA2 for infrared flash use.

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Own a TLR Camera? Get a Lens Hood.

by K. Praslowicz ~ April 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Own a Twin Lens Reflex camera? Get a lens hood. It can save you from more than lens flare.

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Skylight Filters. They Do What?

by K. Praslowicz ~ March 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment

For a moment, pretend you are a beginning photographer and have just entered your local camera store. You start browsing over the different filters and examine the example images on each one that shows how using each filter will alter the look of your pictures. Eventually you set your focus on a Hoya skylight filter. [...]

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Street Photography With An RB67

by K. Praslowicz ~ June 26th, 2010 | 5 Comments

Thoughts about using the very large Mamiya RB67 camera for hand-held street photography.

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The Future Adventures of My Leica Strap

by K. Praslowicz ~ March 27th, 2010 | 4 Comments

If a Leica branded strap is used on a non-Leica camera, does anyone care? I wouldn't doubt it.

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The Infrared XA2 Experiment - Film Options

by K. Praslowicz ~ November 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Comparing Ilford SFX 200, Rollei Infrared 400, Efke IR820 and Efke IR820 Aura for use with an infrared flash modified Olympus XA2.

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The Infrared XA2 Experiment - Round 1

by K. Praslowicz ~ August 6th, 2009 | 10 Comments

Notice! This post is part of a series about shooting an Olympus XA2 with Infrared Flash. If this is the first page you are visiting on the subject of infrared blash, it may be beneficial to start with the summary post of the series. For the first wave of experimenting, I used some Rollei Infrared [...]

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The Infrared XA2 Experiment – Real World Testing

by K. Praslowicz ~ October 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Results from my real world testing of an Olympus XA2 modified for infrared flash use.

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The Infrared XA2 Experiment – Round 2

by K. Praslowicz ~ September 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments

Notice! This post is part of a series about shooting an Olympus XA2 with Infrared Flash. If this is the first page you are visiting on the subject of infrared blash, it may be beneficial to start with the summary post of the series. In this round of the great infrared flash experiment, I will [...]

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The K. Praslowicz Ninja Speed Graphic Method

by K. Praslowicz ~ July 18th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Exploring an ergonomic way to hand hold a Speed Graphic camera.

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The Legacy Pro - Fuji Film Connection

by K. Praslowicz ~ July 3rd, 2009 | 8 Comments

Are the Legacy Pro films really rebranded Fuji films? I've got a smoking gun.

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The Most Masculine Camera Lens Ever

by K. Praslowicz ~ July 13th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I've done my fare share of making jokes about people with large camera lenses and male sexuality, but this photo trumps any attempt at humor I've ever made.

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Trippin'

by K. Praslowicz ~ May 5th, 2007 | No Comments

To compliment my old article about modifying an Olympus Trip 35 to use the 1/200th shutter speed while shooting manually, I have posted the first part of a guide that will allow for both of the camera's shutter speeds to be used while in manual mode. See it here.

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Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) Street Shooting

by K. Praslowicz ~ October 15th, 2009 | 19 Comments

Some thoughts about using old fashioned twin lens reflex cameras for contemporary street shooting.

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Two Special Edition Leica M6s You May Have Missed

by K. Praslowicz ~ March 10th, 2009 | 12 Comments

Like most of the rangefinder using population, I'm going to assume that you already own the Danish Royal Wedding Special Edition M6, the 500 Year Christopher Columbus M6, and the Ein Stück Leica M6 which celebrates Leica being publicly listed on the Frankfurt Stock exchange. With these cornerstone collectible M6s already in your possession, the [...]

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Using Side Mount Range Finders on Press Cameras

by K. Praslowicz ~ September 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments

How to efficiently use a side mounted range finder on 4x5 press cameras.

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