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Scrap un-scrapped

För några dagar sedan köpte jag några kameragrejor i en låda. Allt jag visste att jag ville ha var en liten väska, resten av grejorna tänkte jag ge till Emmaus. Men bland dessa fann jag en cylinderformad ask. Och i den asken låg en metallcylinder, med M42-gängor. Alltså samma gängor som min Zenit 3m har till sitt objektiv.
A few days ago I purchased a box of camera related scraps. All I wanted in it, beforehand, was a small camera case. The rest of the stuff was headed for the local thrift shop. But among these scruggy old things a plastic canister caught my eye. In it was a metallic cylinder, with an M42 mount, which is the mount of my Zenit 3m camera lens.


Det var alltså en makrotillsats! 3 mm:s skärpedjup. Följande bilder tog jag med min digitalkamera genom zenitkamerans sökare.
It was a macro lens addition! 3 mm depth of field. A field day for me! These pictures are taken through the Zenit viewfinder with my digital camera.


Snacka om fynd!
Talk about luck!


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För den som undrar hur det ser ut när jag rengör och byter ljusisolering i en kamera så visar den här bilden en del av sanningen. Tandborste, kniv, hushållspapper är några verktyg.
For those of you who wonder about cleaning and changing light seals on the cameras I sell, the following picture reveals some of the mystery. Tooth-brush, knife, tissue paper are some of the tools that I use.


Vi ses bland böckerna i getOurBooks!
See you among the books in the shop!

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