Well, they say everything has a good reason, and indeed, there is a good reason for a creepy, eyeless Peter Sam face to be on the front of Gauge 1 James: When I was developing the idea of using the Bandai models for a new series, I knew that a 3D printed face would simply not […]
Tonight, I breath a sigh of relief at results that aren’t even that good – but I’m just relieved that the whole disaster of getting the periscope lens mounted to the Canon EF mount is behind me. Truth be told, the “RAF Camera” EOS-to-Arri “B”/Bayonet mount adapter from eBay is still loose (the allen set screws […]
After a three week wait for a BNCR-to-EF adapter to arrive from Poland, it arrived – and there is no hope at all of it fitting; the BNCR end of the Hajnal Snorkel interferes with it. Granted, that’s not the end of the world. Just because an adapter doesn’t fit doesn’t preclude me from looking […]
The Hajnal Snorkel lens arrived, and it’s been a taxing little bugger. According to the previous owner, it was part of a lot purchased about 17 years ago, and it had sat most of the time since. And to look inside it, it certainly had. Each lens element had a slight bit of fungus on […]
In an earlier post, I explained about how virtually every choice in a small 10-bit, 4K-capable camera would run almost the same as a periscope lens built for the job of capturing miniatures to a S35-sized camera sensor. And so began my search. And shortly thereafter, an opportunity presented itself in the form of a Century Optics […]
Long before I had the idea of building a series around Bandai TECS models, I knew I was headed for one major complication; namely, getting low enough onto the set to frame shots of the locomotives in a realistic manner. My Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera – with its Micro 4/3-sized sensor and lenses, would have […]