A while ago I had planned a trip to, amongst other things, meet a few friends I had made online over the years. One of them already had gotten a fountain pen from me (he got a camera this time around) but the other had not got one. And I knew that he wrote with…
Hello everyone! To be honest, I just was looking for something to post again.. :p I found this pencil along with a Wahl Eversharp Coronet Pencil (might be a later post) and two “MIOSOTIS” fountain pens, made in Austria, in a box in the cellar. The material was a bit tarnished and the brass very…
Hello everyone! We’re on the last >build< part of the “Petzval-Adaption” journey. I’m not sure if it ever will be finished. 😉 In the last post we put together the adapter. In this post I’ll ramble about the finish I applied and in the next one we’ll see some photographic results! 😉 I knew from…
Hello everyone, As promised, here’s a step by step to how I built my Petzval’s adapter. This will be a very image heavy post and I apologize in advance if I don’t quite nail the formatting… In my last post I left you with the lens disassembled. I did this for two reasons. 1) to…
First off a bit of info concerning my background in photography: My family did not have a digital camera for quite a long time and in late 2013(!) finally got a Pentax K-50. The K-50 got company a year ago in the shape of a K-1.Back to 2014. In February a friend of mine suggested…
Hello everybody, I’m Geoffrey, I’m 26, and this is where I’ll post about my ongoing projects, photography as well as other random tinkerings & turning experiments. Currently I’m very interested in all kinds of vintage optics, cameras & tools, books, fountain pens and classic cars. You won’t see me outside of the house without a…