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Holgapalooza-Enter to Win Great Gear!
Summer Contest brought to you by Light Leaks Magazine and ToyCamera.com
Brooklyn, July, 2009
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Brooklyn5and10 is pleased to be sponsoring the Holgapalooza in the category of 'Early Bird Draw', and will be giving a lucky winner a $75 Gift Certificate for Toy/Plastic and Pinhole Camera/s from our Camera Shop here at Brooklyn5and10.
Below is all the info and links you will need to enter Holgapalooza and the Early Bird Draw:
Light Leaks Magazine and Toycamera.com announce Holgapalooza-the annual Holga photography contest.
In addition to over $10,000 in cash and prizes available, the winning photographers will have photographs published in Light Leaks Magazine. Over 25 winners will be chosen from various categories including the Early Bird Draw. International judges from the Holga community and photography world will determine winners.
Visit the official Holgapalooza Website for all the details and online entry form.
Contest deadline is September 25th, 2009.
Early Bird Draw deadline is July 31st.
Holgapalooza Website:
www.holgapalooza.com
Enter Holgapalooza by July 31st and you'll automatically be entered to win great prizes including a $75 Gift Certificate on Toy/Plastic and Pinhole Camera/s from our Brooklyn5and10 Camera Shop:
Early Bird Draw Information:
Early Bird Draw:
B5+10 Camera Shop:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/category-s/7.htm
Light Leaks Magazine Website:
http://www.lightleaks.org/
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WonderWheel, Demekin Fisheye 110 Camera
Coney Island
Brooklyn, June, 2009
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Our B510 staff members continue making cool images with the toy, plastic, and pinhole cameras that we have in the shop. The Demekin Fisheye Camera by Superheadz of Japan is a Fisheye that takes 110 film. Follow the link for full frame pics and
camera details (also for film). Also posted is a link for a reliable processing house for retro-cool 110 film. The Demekin is tiny, easy to load, light, has great optics and is perfect for summer travel.
B5+10 Camera Shop link to the Demekin Camera:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/Demekin-Fisheye-110-Camera-p/dk01.htm
110 Film Processing
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com
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Blackbird Fly
Scaffold, guy, dog
Brooklyn, May, 2009
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B510 staff member, Walker, recently test drove the Blackbird Fly camera by Superheadz of Japan. 510
homepage image is by him. Blackbird Fly is a solid and cool looking
analog/plastic camera, with a nice, adjustable 33mm adjustable lens and
two shutter speeds. Takes 35mm film. Check out the full frame pics and
camera details in the shop:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/Blackbird-Fly
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World Pinhole Camera Day April 26
Nic Nichols of FourCornersDark Blog builds and shoots Sharan SQ-35
Brooklyn, April 17, 2009
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At the risk of sounding like a groupie, last month I asked Photographer
Nic Nichols if he was interested in testing out a Sharan SQ-35 Pinhole Camera Kit! As mentioned earlier this month, Nic's
blog "FourCornersDark" is a terrific, cool news
and review site for analog and toy cameras. Check it out for his full review of both building and shooting the sturdy SQ-35 (links below).
With Nic Nichols' permission, I'm posting excerpts and linking back to his full blogs. Five pinhole cameras are stocked in our B510 Camera Shop, including the SQ-35. Below is an excerpt from Nic's posts on his 'Build' and 'Shoot' (Many thanks to Nic and his dad):
Excerpt from Nic Nichols FourCornersDark blog: http://nicnichols.com/FourCornersDark/?page_id=2619
Please see Nic's entire post for excellent tips and his father-son 2.5 hour camera build.
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was not the kid who built models when he was young, I didn�t have the
patience for it... So a camera kit should just be a relaxing evening,
right? Actually, yes. After a nice dinner at our favorite Mexican
restaurant, we moved from the home office to the big farmhouse table in
the living room and set up shop. At first glance the instructions look
a tad daunting, but after you�ve read them once or twice, you realize
they are just very detailed, and that is a good thing. My Father was
very impressed with the engineering of the kit- his first thought was
�what does the die that cuts this kit out look like, and how many did
they have to make before they got it right?� I am going to say a few.
Whoever designed this camera was a genius, but that person has a twinge
of masochist as well. It�s an amazing camera, but you have to build it
first.
The build...
The kit really is a work of art in
itself, and as you progress along the build you realize you are
following in the footsteps of photographic history. The first thing you
do is build the shutter assembly, with the provided apertures. Once
finished you will have the choice of either soft or regular focus, and
a separate shutter setting for full sun or the SP filter. Provided with
the kit are two sheets of adhesive: one sheet of pre-cut double sided
tape, sized exactly for your needs, and one sheet of black tape to hold
the cameras sides together. The x-acto will come in handy removing the
little pieces of double sided tape, but after a bit of frustration
getting both sides of the tape exposed, I grabbed a roll of double
sided tape and just used that. Quicker, easier and stronger. Shutters
built, on to the film box."
more on Nic's build of the Sharan SQ-35
more on Nic's shoot with the Sharan SQ-35
Below SQ-35 Pinhole Camera Photo by Nic Nichols using the soft focus feature and the second without:
from Nic's blog http://nicnichols.com/FourCornersDark/?page_id=2639:
"So we�ve seen the kit, and gone through the build. It�s off to play with the finished camera. For the first attempt at shooting, we chose the Audubon Center in Pennsylvania, and some Kodak 200 asa film. While the exposure guides are for 100 asa, I was a little concerned about the cloud cover, so I thought I would speed it up a little. The best images seemed to be about 2 seconds, and that is �one, one-thousand, two one-thousand..� If you don�t know, that is the technical way to time pinholes. Not to be confused with the �One-Mississippi� version, which doesn�t work. Too many syllables.
So here are the first round of images, some with the soft focus filter, some without. Some with the full shutter open, some with the SP filter. I will continue to practice with the camera as we build up to World Pinhole day, so check the flickr page for weekly results, but for some really nice images- check the Sharan website."
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Nic Nichols of FourCornersDark Blog shoots Ikimono 110 Film Camera
Brooklyn, April 4, 2009
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Photographer
Nic Nichols recently test drove the Ikimono 110 Film Camera and the Demekin Fisheye 110 Camera. Nic's
blog "FourCornersDark" is an absolutely excellent, smart, and fun news
and review site for analog and toy cameras. Check it out! With Nic Nichols' permission, I'm posting a couple of his terrific Ikimono photos and a blog excerpt. We gave Nic an Ikimono to giveway in a contest on his blog to a lucky reader. Below is a link to the Ikimono giveaway (April) and to his review of the Ikimono 110 Camera. Both the Ikimono and Demekin are stocked in our B510 Camera Shop, along with 110 color film from Kodak. 110 film processing resource below. Here is an excerpt from Nic's post on the Ikimono 110 Film Camera:
"Ikimono 110: the mini cooper of cameras
I wasn�t sure what to make of this little camera when it arrived on the doorstep, I hadn�t shot 110 since I was a kid. I wasn�t even sure how to load it! But with a quick snap, the film pops in the back, a flap locks it in, and away you go. The camera and film becomes one cute little unit. Quick note- pop up the sportfinder, because if you don�t, you won�t open the lens. I ended up with a few black frames by accident. I guess that�s why we just throw away the lens caps for our Holgas.
So what will folks use the Ikimono for? Pure fun. It hit me when I was driving around a few weeks back looking for colorful spots to shoot- this camera is like the Mini Cooper S of Toy Cams. I hadn�t driven our Mini in a while, and had almost forgotten how much fun it was flying around the back roads going through the 6 speed gearbox like a mad man. The Mini isn�t the car we take to the Opera, (mostly because we don�t go�) it�s the fun car. The weekend car. The Ikimono is just like that. You can get a great 35mm image with a Blackbird, Fly- but it won�t fit in your pocket. The Ikimono will go anywhere. Pocket, bag, even on your key chain. And at $20, it�s very inexpensive as well."
�Nic Nichols, April 2009, www.nicnichols.com/FourCornersDark
FourCornersDark Blog�Ikimono 110 Camera Giveaway:
http://nicnichols.com/FourCornersDark/?p=2505
FourCornersDark Blog�Ikimono 110 Camera Review by Nic Nichols:
http://nicnichols.com/FourCornersDark/?page_id=2731
B5+10 Ikimono 110 Film Camera link:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/category-s/55.htm
110 Film Processing
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com
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Demekin 110 Fisheye Camera�"604 Perfect" Photograph on our homepage
Brooklyn, March 1, 2009
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B5+10 staff member Walker test drove the Demekin 110 Fisheye Camera in Coney Island. The Demekin is a mini-marvel, easy to load, tiny, lightweight, great optics, and utilizing retro cool 110 color film. A lot of result from a tiny plastic camera. The Demekin is available in the B5+10 Camera Shop, along with 110 color film. More of Walkers photos can be seen there too. Take this baby anywhere.
B5+10 Camera Shop link to the Demekin Camera:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/Demekin-Fisheye-110-Camera-p/dk01.htm
110 Film Processing
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com
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Sue Kroeter shoots Sharan SQ-35
Brooklyn, March 4, 2009
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Photographer Sue Kroeter shot the iconic Brooklyn Bridge with the New Square Format Sharan SQ-35 pinhole camera. The SQ-35 is in our Camera Shop:
http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/Sharan-SQ35-Pinhole-Camera-Kit-p/sq35.htm
More of Sue's work can be found at these two sites:
http://www.susankroeterphotography.com/
http://www.sharan-camera.com/gallery.html
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We Like
ilovefactory
Brooklyn, February 14, 2009
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Temporarily transported out of Brooklyn and writing from Madrid Spain, I was looking last night for live music gigs and new films. I discovered an article on Hats in the hip lifestyle magazine Go Madrid. It featured a headpiece by Brooklyn duo Laurel St. Romain and Christopher Garbushian, designers of the extravagant and beautiful headgear of their new label I Love Factory. Ornaments for the head, these pieces are incredible, detailed, and beautiful. I love Factory has recently been on the cover of WWD, on Gossip Girl, and the design team has been featured in NY Magazine. Check them out:
i love factory
http://fashionindie.com/designer-discovery-i-love-factory/
http://www.dailycandy.com/new_york/article/39909/Top+of+Mind
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/12/i_love_brooklyn_hats.html
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Beyond Architecture
Make City and Domus
from Brooklyn5and10
Beyond Architecture: Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities
Gestalten Press, Germany
February, 2009
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
hearts car
Brooklyn, February 5, 2009
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An irresistible sight in the deep cold.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Gas light
Brooklyn, January 20, 2009
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Brooklyn night amble in the january cold. Streets empty. Not much fill-up action.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Day and Night Cyclone
Brooklyn, December 18, 2008
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It was 1981�that rushed in�looking at this photo. How much ghostlier it appears in my memory from that time in New York City, during the wee hours of a Saturday night. I was new in the city and visitors were in from out of town. A friend and I took them to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in some little beater of a car. Star Reggie J. got himself thrown out of the game, to the distress of our guests. We got lost in the South Bronx driving back to Brooklyn and a cop car pulled up beside us on the highway, asking what we were doing there, yelling directions through open windows. The driver of our car somehow managed dialog with the cops with cigarette dangling from mouth. We decided that it was 'necessary' to take the out of town friends to Coney Island�for the Cylone and Nathans�to cap off the evening and to celebrate finding our way back home to Brooklyn. I liked going to Coney back then, when it was like something from Noir films. How bright even hyper it looks here, in the freshness of winter sun�totally surreal.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Sign Remains
Brooklyn, December 3, 2008
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Kenny's shop has been closed for years, but the sign remains. With all the bad economic news lately, I imagined stopping in to ask about a hero of the economic kind. I guess that would be a combination of John DeLorean (prior to drug dealing�perhaps a thought for the big 3 today) and Frank Capra's George Bailey. Neither have anything to do with Brooklyn or sandwiches. Did George Bailey actually eat in that film? He did drive a Pontiac into a tree. In the end, DeLorean's crash was more dramatic.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Dark by Five
Brooklyn, November 19, 2008
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Today, I noticed that fall is almost over �the leaves are all falling, it is getting dark by five, and the green market has mostly only apples.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Transportation Options
Brooklyn, November 2, 2008
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This should be a plithy post about things that I saw in a Brooklyn nabe that jumped off various shelves at me screaming to appear in the B5+10 blog. Instead it became a footnote about looking for a ride after I saw a guy wearing a tee shirt that I wanted. The shirt was light grey with a graphic black illustration of a young guy holding a video camera up to his eye 'filming'. This had the big red circle and diagonal line 'cross out' intimating "DON'T VIDEOTAPE ME--I don't want to end up on YOU TUBE!" My immediate options were limited. Perhaps he will see the blog. Yeah, right. I wanted a photo of the shirt, but instead show my limited options at the time of sighting.
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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Night Time
Brooklyn, October 15, 2008
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Brooklyn has changed in the past ten years. Cleaned up. Gentrified. In some neighborhoods, the 'hood was scrubbed away with a wave of new trendy shops, bars and restaurants. But it is still there. Sometimes it is easier to see it at night.
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