"lampost" ©2005 Paul Posadas
i drove out to "freestyle photosupplies" on sunset blvd. in hollywood sunday morning to look for a flash unit for my lomo lubitel 166 and my zorki fed-2. nothing expensive of course considering i paid $30 for the lubitel back in 1997 at freestyle when they were very much available (they are now discontinued) and $10 for the fed-2 from this dude who needed gas money for his truck. the holga flash was only $14.99 but with a guide number of 22. didn't really mind the GN of 22 and the price is a "steal", but the thing was as big as the cameras it will be going on to. there was this "colorsplash by LOMO" that is dedicated for the Lomo Kompakt Automat 35mm camera, which caught my fancy though it was $35. Being a sucker for stuff with remarkably artsy packaging, guess what? yep, i've decided to add this one to the check out list. the cashier -- claire had asked if i already have a holga or a woca, because they are on sale - 50% off. guess what? i couldn't pass up the $10 SOMETHING OFFER (w/o the built-in flash of course) for a "little sharper image taking holga" since it's got glass optics compared to plastic. now, we're talking "woca" now. some groovy name for a camera. after getting back home, i still had time to mess around with my new toys. i did however notice that the flash unit didn't have a "pc cord" which i very much need to use on the lomo and zorki. i decided to use it on the woca instead. anyway, i did my modifications to the "woca" but instead of using film acetate on the "swinging arm window", i actually decided to cut a small piece of an actual filter gel from my swatch of "LEE Filters -Cinematographer's Edition". i used 204 FULL C.T. ORANGE which converts daylight to Tungsten 3200 K, mired shift +159.
SEE PHOTO ABOVE.
note: please forgive me with my choice of subject when i do a test. just imagine after the modifications i've made i need to "snap" anything then off to the lab up the road so i can figure out what next to do on the camera.
