Change of outfits
Last year I was given an scabby Olympus OM-1 with a 50mm 1.8 fungus filled lens. There is a little camera repair shop in Kashiwa where I had the insides of it brough back to specs- and then for the outside I ordered a new cover from Aki Asahi.
For 30 years:
And then 5 minutes later:
The cost of such refurbishment (inside and out) made this “free” camera about the same cost as finding a similarly conditioned one at a camera shop here in Japan. I have yet to develop a roll of film from this bugger but the smoky white strands that are all up in the lens elements might make some super soft focus photos, all blurry and dreamy like a holga or lomo. And so they will look like “ART”.
オリジナルのほうがいいかも。
レンズもブラウンだったらいいかもだけど。
Comment by a girl from kitasenjyu — 5/17/2006 @ 11:56 am
I thought it was going to be a little more dirt-brown, but instead it is kind of a glossy lizard look. Oh well…
I still am looking for a used Louis Vitton bag to harvest and re-cover some lucky camera.
Comment by John — 5/17/2006 @ 1:05 pm
‘The cost of such refurbishment (inside and out) made this “free” camera about the same cost as finding a similarly conditioned one at a camera shop here in Japan.’
True. But it wouldn’t be freshly CLA’d, and it wouldn’t have the cool skin.
Comment by clarence — 5/17/2006 @ 7:00 pm
a girl from kitasenjyuの意見に賛成だ。オリジナルスタイルのほうがいいけど、たぶん中はめちゃめちゃだったかなぁ
Comment by Mark Larios — 5/19/2006 @ 4:33 pm