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Sawn Off Single Barrel Shot Gunn
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Continuing my obsession for lenses without diaphragms or shutters,
this is my latest- its a Buhl 11″ f/3.1, and is a slightly different design to the others-Structurally, the barrel was much longer, so I had to remove a couple of inches with a hacksaw-
it took a bit of work; these barrels are milled out of a solid billet of aluminium,
which must have started out at least 7″ x 4″ x 4″-
and the barrel at the cut was 7mm thick-Anyway, possibly my favourite one so far-
so I had to try it out this morning-The box above his head was a distraction,
so we took it out-
but unfortunately this was the only shot we got,
due to equipment failures- again-John Gunn, single handedly keeping film alive-
j
Larger one here-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/2480787118/
Nice to see Mr. Gunn… must have heard his shop mentioned a thousand times on this site… a living legend perhaps? I’m not a film buff so I can only assume.
Nice work on that ‘Red Thing’ too. I won’t pretend to know what the heck you are doing but it seems to be working, and with good effect too.
USPS Global Priority or Express Mail? Not sure why they call the Express Express… Priority is faster.
:shock:
Hacksaw? Lunatic!
Nice work though, and a very impressive result. The degradation
towards the edges is astonishing…I do hope Mr Gunn’s arm didn’t get too tired standing still
for so long ;)Rob.
Cheers John and Rob-
That red thing, John, (very red, now that I see it here)
is just a big lens- no diaphragm.It goes on the camera in front of a shutter which has one instant speed- 1/25th-
If you want others, you have to control it yourself,
with the help of elephants, if necessary.This one was one elephant.
Rob, not so crazy-
if ever you need surgery on your nice Zuikos,
I’m your man-
I’ve got me own hammer and vice grips too,
so I can handle just about anything-:wink:
j
Thanks for the pic of Gunns, Was wondering did they have any Ilford rapid Fixer in stock, i think i can see some on the middle shelf, i’ll call in on Monday and pick some up, cheers M :wink:
On a serious note, thats a great picture, think John and the girls would be well impressed, you should bring in a copy to them
M
Hee Hee-
no bravery required Jim-
I had the sawn off, remember-Though standing in front of a camera is not as arduous as some would make it out to be-
Rob-Fintan, thanks, too kind-
I’ll pm you, and we’ll do some wheelin dealin- :wink:And Martin-
Public service photography-
just let me know if you prefer Tesco or Dunnes,
and I’ll see what I can do-Thanks for the nice comments-
I think I’m going to enjoy this little project-
no pun intended-As I said, I think this is my favourite projector lens thus far-
but I’m really looking forward to the next one-
which will be the last one, for the time being-Thanks again-
j
I’ve viewed this several times Joseph. I can never find arranged people shots interesting. But, yet again, there is the exception. The DOF, or if this is what you call it with a Blue Peter setup, is quite pronounced and equally quite effective.
I met John once when our club chairman, Keith Collie, dragged myself and Lousy in to view the “model trains”. I think both parties were equally eccentric and quite noisy in their greetings. It’s a small place from the outside but well stocked with stuff I know nothing about. Unfortunately when it was pointed out that I shot with Sony the facial expression turned from interest to satirical. :?
Anyway – this image, I’m guessing that this will be well accepted in Gunns but I also think that we’ll see this image for many years to come in various displays. It has that story-triggering quality to most in the photography world. Should I say your best, to my eyes?
Alan.
hmm, quite a lot in that Alan-
first of all, commiseration on the sony thing-
You might have thought they’d have kept quiet about that one-no matter, water under the bridge…
I don’t have much choice if I want to photograph people on this thing-
they have to be posed-
and if I’m going to use a 280mm lens at f/3.1,
they can’t afford to move at all,
or rather, I can’t afford them to-So, different people take it different ways-
and John was one of the best sitters/subjects/models I’ve worked with-I do have one very big advantage with the way I work-
I can pose someone quite naturally, and then put them on the focal plane-
if my focal plane was parallel to the lens, then I wouldn’t be able to do this at all-I like this shot-
but I’ll be much happier when the equipment is working reliably-
I’ve got lots of nice sensible expensive reliable glass that isn’t being used at all,
while I try to make something out of this odd stuff-Thanks for coming back to this one-
j
I like it.. Don’t think it look overly posed. Lovely tones as well.
Sinead.
Jess the Springer wrote:
I like it.. Don’t think it look overly posed. Lovely tones as well.
Sinead.
Thanks Sinead-
That’s good-
I wonder, if I hadn’t put in the description first,
might it have looked posed to a casual observer?I suppose it probably would really…
j
and John was one of the best sitters/subjects/models I’ve worked with-
hmmmmmm :cry:
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