Ghosts – Longridge Road
Digital Cartridges for Analog 35mm Cameras?
The site re35.net says, “The RE-35 cartridge replaces the film in your classic analog 35-mm camera. Set the ISO to 400 and your done – your camera will now take high quality digital pictures.”
This would be great, if it’s true, though a search for “Flexisensor” and patent turned up only a device from 1998 for monitoring blood oxygen saturation.
UPDATE:
The site re35.net posts this disclaimer:
“THE BAD NEWS:
Some things are too good to be true!
Re-35 does not really exist. We (the design company Rogge & Pott) created Re-35 as an exercise in identity-design. We invented the “product” because it was something, that we had wished for for a long time (as many others).
We launched the website and sent out “press releases” on April first – thinking, that the date would make clear, that Re35 is just wishful thinking – a classic April Fools Prank!
A lot of people didn’t hear about Re-35 until after April first, so we added this disclaimer”
Since it was an April Fool’s joke, maybe they should have put up the disclaimer a little sooner.
(Photo courtesy re35.net)
Lunar Eclipse, December 20, 2010 11:42 PST
Zorki Rangefinder Converted to Digital
Someone stuck a Sony DSC-WX1 10.2 MP digital camera inside a Russian Zorki rangefinder (a Leica II copy) – a melding of a 1950’s classic film camera with a modern digital camera.
The original site is in Japanese. (English Google translation) There are detailed build photos; the body was re-covered and even the rangefinder’s shutter release works the digital camera’s shutter. It is a beautiful hack. I wish I had the patience to do something like this.
Moon Jellies
Moon Jellies, from the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
“These alien-looking creatures are named for their translucent, moonlike circular bells. Instead of long, trailing tentacles, moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edges of the bells. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it.”
Nikon D70, 18-55 f3.5-f5.6, 18mm, f5.6, 1/4 sec, ISO 400. 2-25-10, 3:17:19 PM PDT.