This is the start of a series, all shot with an iPhone 5s while I try to learn something about photographing single objects.
The background: Around 2009, I started shooting pictures again (after doing nothing since some desultory shooting in college), using some old 35mm rangefinders that I got very cheap. I like rangefinders, and while I had to do some tinkering to get some tuned up and working, it was fun. But these cameras were aging, and often the grips were cracked, torn, or peeling off. So I started recovering the ones that needed it.
One of my early attempts was this Yashica Lynx-1000 fixed lens rangefinder with a selenium light meter (no batteries!). The new covering came from a thrift store purse. It's a bit rough at the edges, but I guarantee that no one notices what you're shooting--they're too busy staring at the camera.
The background: Around 2009, I started shooting pictures again (after doing nothing since some desultory shooting in college), using some old 35mm rangefinders that I got very cheap. I like rangefinders, and while I had to do some tinkering to get some tuned up and working, it was fun. But these cameras were aging, and often the grips were cracked, torn, or peeling off. So I started recovering the ones that needed it.
One of my early attempts was this Yashica Lynx-1000 fixed lens rangefinder with a selenium light meter (no batteries!). The new covering came from a thrift store purse. It's a bit rough at the edges, but I guarantee that no one notices what you're shooting--they're too busy staring at the camera.