toys: October 2007 Archives

Thanks to Stephanie, I went to the 'yardsale' the Washington Photography School was holding this weekend. I could have gotten in a lot of trouble there... but I generally behaved myself.

I picked this camera up as soon as I saw it. I've been wanting to try out some Through the Viewfinder photography, and the glass on this camera's viewfinder was in perfect condition, and huge. (Yes, yes, I was looking for a nice piece of glass).

Every piece of identification has been removed from the camera. All nameplates remove. There's been some painting on the top, I think. But from what I can tell, the body, at least, is a 1928 Rolleiflex Original. But the viewfinder housing doesn't match up. The body and lenses are such a dead-on match, though, that I have to assume this is either a poorly documented varient, or a well-done mod-job. (All future versions of the Rolleiflex changed distinctly, so it's not one of them).

I haven't gone out with it yet. Just tortured pixel with a few pictures.

Besides that, for myself I just picked up a couple polarizers and some color filters.

But oh... so much temptation.

Unanticipated side effect of the new Macbook. It has magnetic latches for holding the lid shut, apparently at each corner. And Pixel--who loves to rub up against the corners--has a tendancy to become attached to the laptop by her metal collar tags.