Emne: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
The most beautiful looking cameras I've ever seen were the Alpa 10d
in satin gold with either burgundy or deep green snakeskin covering.
But they had their beautifully engraved logos proud to view, not
covered with an ugly piece
On 9/7/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to Cesar:
Personally, I find your reskinned LX to be ugly, but I'd NEVER point a
finger at you and characterize you by your decision to reskin the
camera,snip
We have plenty of reasons to make fun of Cesar without the snakeskin...
LOL
On 9/7/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The point is, what should it matter to anyone what anyone else does with
his or her camera?snip
Precisely!
What's important is that the camera is used as God intended - that is,
to take photographs.
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a
JB I never really understood this Gaffer thing either.
So what?
That's getting tiring...
JB I guess there can be few valid reasons for people to Gaffer their camera:
Yes, and there can be a myriad reasons for people to do perfectly
valid things. Why don't you stop sticking noses into them?
I
C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
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From: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 9. september 2005 14:36
To: Jens Bladt
Subject: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
JB I never really understood this Gaffer thing either.
So what
: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 9. september 2005 14:36
Til: Jens Bladt
Emne: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
JB I never really understood this Gaffer thing either.
So what?
That's getting tiring...
JB I guess there can be few valid reasons for people
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 4. september 2005 05:00
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize.
Herb
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Emne: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize.
Herb...
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:25
On 9/9/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed:
I just find it totally stupid to try to rationalise _other_ people
decisions. It's theirs, so let them at it. Am I asking why Cesar
reskinned his cameras? No.
I agree. Let's just call them nutters and be done with it.
Cheers,
Cotty
Let's just say many of us on the list express their preferences in ways
that are outside the norm (and I don't mean Baugher, who has his own
uniqueness!)
Cotty cuts up and adapts lenses;
Cesar likes snakeskin;
Juan likes gaffer's tape;
I use plastic can lids for lens hood caps;
Some use rubber
BTW, I found a place that sells gaffer's tape in a variety of
colors, so for those of you who want to tape your cameras,
but were put off by the dullness and somber use of black
tape, here's a chance to inexpensively add a splash of color
to you prized cameras. Good for holding your
]
From: Cesar
Subject: Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
Shel,
Since I am brought up in this thread let me respond.
There is a difference in terms of the amount of camouflaging of the
camera. When I reskin a camera it is rather visible. The amount of
area
The most beautiful looking cameras I've ever seen were the Alpa 10d
in satin gold with either burgundy or deep green snakeskin covering.
But they had their beautifully engraved logos proud to view, not
covered with an ugly piece of gaffers tape.
]'-)
Godfrey
On 9/3/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize.
Usually, but not always.
I heard that there were times, when people actually raced for pink
slips, that a sleeper or Q-ship was an advantage, insofar as no one
would want to
In the fifties, and perhaps even into the early sixties, when it came to
customizing a car, one often heard the phrase Prime is fine. What that
meant is that, after the cars were modified - most often by nosing and
decking (shaving the hood and trunk of ornamentation - the automotive
equivalent
On 9/6/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the fifties, and perhaps even into the early sixties, when it came to
customizing a car, one often heard the phrase Prime is fine. What that
meant is that, after the cars were modified - most often by nosing and
decking (shaving the hood
frank theriault wrote:
On 9/3/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize.
Usually, but not always.
I heard that there were times, when people actually raced for pink
slips, that a sleeper or Q-ship was an
The Syclone was a pretty cool truck ...
You reminded me of a pickup I had back in 1968. It was a 49 Ford into
which we dropped a late fifties Oldsmobile Rocket 88 and hydramatic
transmission. That was something of a sleeper - and a screamer! LOL
Shel
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From: Adam Maas
Here's my sleeper in the mid 60s.
A 1931 Model A Ford, chopped but not channeled.
Shown after I had put a V8 Olds engine in it, but before any body work.
The Model A came with only a 5 gallon gas tank, so I replaced the
rumble set with a 40 gallon tank.
Shel,
Since I am brought up in this thread let me respond.
There is a difference in terms of the amount of camouflaging of the
camera. When I reskin a camera it is rather visible. The amount of
area covered by the reskinning is major. I am going from black
(inconspicuous) to rather
Paul,
See my previous post to see how I can see your point of view.
Always open to consider other points of view,
César
Panama City, Florida
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The snakeskin is at least an attempt toe beautify, as is the
customizing of cars. By any stretch of the imagination, a piece of
It certainly isn't an attempt to beautify. You should see my camera
now, I would post a picture of it if I had a second digicam. There's
tapoe not only over the logo, but all over the prism (the flash is
taped shut, not that I ever fired it ir care for), on the sides, back
and bottom. Even the
On 4/9/05, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed:
It certainly isn't an attempt to beautify. You should see my camera
now, I would post a picture of it if I had a second digicam. There's
tapoe not only over the logo, but all over the prism (the flash is
taped shut, not that I ever fired it ir
I just don't get it. But if other like it, that's okay.
That ~should~ be the last word in this dicussion...
Fred
Sunday, September 4, 2005, 10:54:07 AM, Juan wrote:
JB It certainly isn't an attempt to beautify. You should see my camera
JB now, I would post a picture of it if I had a second digicam. There's
I liked it too :)
There is a link: from the Prague PDML meeting with you - see
BTW, anyone objecting to my uglified cameras can just go uncork
himself! (lovers of Eco know what this means g).
;-))
De gustibus non est disputandum.
Fra
Great! Thanks for posting this
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Frantisek
There is a link: from the Prague PDML meeting with you - see
www.frantisekvlcek.com/temp/pdmlprague2
On Sep 4, 2005, at 2:25 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Rodders would remove extraneous chrome trim, nose and deck
their cars, maybe French the headlights.
Or do this.
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/Car-1.jpg
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/Car-2.jpg
I found that car parked across the
Oh, c'mon Paul ... people customize their cars and I know you don't find
that pretentious or abhorrent. In the fifties and sixties mild customizing
was quite acceptable, and that hasn't changed to this day. Rodders would
remove extraneous chrome trim, nose and deck their cars, maybe French the
I remember when the cheap way to buy a camera was to order it from
Hong Kong. Whenever you did so, the camera arrived with the logo
taped over. First thing anyone I knew ever did was remove the tape,
leaving it on there signaled to all your friends that you went cheap
and didn't buy an
The snakeskin is at least an attempt toe beautify, as is the
customizing of cars. By any stretch of the imagination, a piece of tape
is not an enhancement. I just don't get it. But if other like it,
that's okay. However, I've seen some of the rationales on the Leica
list, and they are indeed
car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize.
Herb...
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)
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