Buckshot’s Blog

I’ve had this lens for a few months now, but have not had a chance to try it out. I’ve got some bungee straps to help hold up the weight of the lens for a few test shots.  I will work out a better more permanent mounting solution.

And here’s the test shots!  I think this lens will make for some interesting photographs for sure.

And the case that I’m putting this beast into, an old Aviator’s night vision metal case that I picked up from a military surplus store, finally putting it to use!  Complete with foam and pressure valve, hah!  Probably overkill for sure, but it makes carrying this guy around simple, and don’t have to worry about where I put the lens, I know it’s not going anywhere.  (soda can for size comparison!)  Will also put a few other necessary items in the case, since there’s left over space.

So my latest direction in photography is off-camera flash photography!  This is starting out just with digital, but I will probably use some of the techniques on my film work as well.

Here’s a few of my test subjects, small subjects done for the ease of learning the settings, I’ll move up to larger test subjects soon

Not the most elegant solution, but it works!  A barrel lens with a cardboard ‘lens board’ snugly fit to the back of the lens.  Then with 4 rubber bands, I ‘mount’ the barrel lens & cardboard onto the front of the Betax shutter.  With these small lenses, I get no loss of coverage, and use of the betax shutter speeds!

here is a video of the shutter working:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9zehk2sfw