Camera
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Fake Model Photography
Was playing around with an effect I saw on a forum. It’s meant to make things look like they’re miniature models. I assume it’s attempting to replicate a tilt-shift effect.
Nothing ground breaking, but it was a fun gimmick to try out on some old travel pics and I think these two examples actually worked out quite well.
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“Super Command Rescue Team”
I was just looking through more travel photos and found some of the more “random” ones we took. If you’ve travelled around Asia you would of noticed quite a few examples of engrish in many places you looked. Signs displaying names such as “Golden Californian BBQ Beef Noodle House” and “Super Star Magic Paperclips and Hair Brushes” are fairly common. Below is a small selection of the randomness we saw on our trip.
Thought we could start off with some simple spelling mistakes:
“Godzira”, the smaller pinker cousin of Godzilla?
So cliche
everything was pretty normal.. until the last line..
awww.. only half?
and what the hell is this meant to be?
oh ok, it all makes sense now
this makes heaps of sense too
I want to be one of these guys when I grow up 🙂 -
Olympus Bling
Ever dreamt of having a camera made from GOLD? Neither..
But this thing is pretty impressive. The camera in question is a limited edition gold plated Olympus OM-2n SLR from the early 80’s.
This actually isn’t the only gold plated Olympus model (or gold plated camera in general), however it is the rarest with only 20 copies ever made (as opposed to 25 of the OM-1).
The entire camera including the flash shoe is covered in gold with crocodile skin (classy hey). A golden camera is no good without a lens, so it was supplied with the a Gold Zuiko MC Auto-Zoom f=35-70 1:36.
This edition was apparently made by Olympus Japan and given to selected employees. They rarely come up for sale, but when they do they’re quite expensive as you’d imagine. I found records of one on eBay for a starting price of $3500 US, unfortunately I don’t know the final selling price.
For the time being I’ll stick to my cameras without Gold plating, however I’m in the market for a normal Olympus OM1, OM2, or OM4 as they’re fantastic cameras.
for some more pics and info on the gold om-2n visit HERE
for more info on the Olympus OM range visit HERE
