duckling

Herica 35F, film #1.

dismantling lenses

today i learned some important lessons about lenses!


this afternoon i inadvertently dismantled the lens of the newest addition to my camera collection - the Herica 35F. in putting it all back together i managed to coat all the pieces with fingerprints, necessitating an on-purpose dismantlement this evening (when i wasn't surrounded by people and had a proper cleaning cloth). in the process of putting it back together again i learned a little bit more about lenses. sometimes it really is beneficial to forget the order in which things go, so that one may learn how it all works properly as you try to fix it. heh.



the lens of the Herica is constructed as follows:

*aperture* *convex plastic plate* *convex plastic plate with screwing-in rim* *convex on one side, concave on the other side plastic plate* *screwing-in rim that holds everything in*.


one of the pieces:




though i'd never realised it before, the Minolta Hi-Matic S's lens is constructed in entirely similar fashion - i think. from the outside, at least. but i don't wish to unscrew it all to check as i'm rather fearful of ruining it by putting things back together in the wrong order (it being a real camera instead of a cheeep copy of one).

new camera

it says it's a Herica 35F, i can't find it on the internet anywhere though. it looks like a copy of a slightly more advanced Minolta than the one i have (the Hi-Matic S). I don't particularly care that about the cheap-copy aspect as it appears to be in excellent working order and it looks like it will do just fine for my crappy photos :)
i plan to take a roll of film tomorrow to test it out.

masquerade

burrrrrnt sky

the beginnings of my Big Art Project

a big installation about teenagers, nostalgia, our throwaway culture, sentimentality, the human condition, etc, etc, etc. it's going to be grand!

fabulous news!

i am very pleased today as i found out that i got an A+ for my semester one art folio - a certain amount of the photos in it are on this blog, so wooo.
to further please me, i also got an A+ on my mid-year psychology exam. hurrah!
i have many pictures to post but no time to post them in, check back in like a week. danke.