JPG Magazine: Stories: Photo Essay: lost in the device

lost in the device

By William Foley (Kreddible Trout)

4 April 2008

So.

I 've been dabbling with TTV for about a year now. I discovered the trick here on JPG and toyed with it from time to time. Too complicated with my big fat lens and having to build a box for it... too much effort for shits and giggles.

A couple of weeks ago I got my girlfriend a little point and shoot. Keeping tradition alive I opted for a Pentax as I trained myself on a K1000. This little bugger, once manipulated to the most manual of settings it offers, is pretty nifty. It's macro settings are what peaked my interest. I can get it much closer to the view finder of my myriad of collectible cameras than with my Rebel XT.

So... I've kinda gone a little haywire with it. My girlfriend is often amused by the contorted situations I've been setting up and 'you're nuts, I love you' is often uttered with a mild shaking of her head.

Now... I'm off to do something a little more productive than taking pictures of myself.

cameras used:

Pentax Optio M40

Pentax K1000 (ttv)

Olympus Trip 35 (ttv)

Konica C35 (ttv)

Voigtlander bessy ak (ttv)

Canon Rebel XT (x-tra trout, to capture the set up shot)