Blad the Impaler got a new friend

minicoop1985 · May 31, 2014

And here it is, the absolutely way bigger than it looks Mir 3. I LOVE my Ektar, but having a wider angle should help with the landscapes I love so much. Gonna fire a roll of Tri-X through it and develop it tonight to see what it does for me if I do my part.

The new Mir by longm1985, on Flickr

This beast DWARFS my Ektar. It isn't even funny.

minicoop1985 · May 31, 2014

I should have put my Stormtrooper in there somewhere.

limr · May 31, 2014

minicoop1985 said:
I should have put my Stormtrooper in there somewhere.

There's still time

pixmedic · May 31, 2014

stick him in the waist level viewfinder like hes riding it to go crush some rebel scum.

IzzieK · May 31, 2014

Why didn't you --

minicoop1985 · May 31, 2014

Waiting on the film to settle down a bit, then should have some results. In the mean time, I'm gonna have a beer and set up another stormtrooper shot, I think.

vintagesnaps · Jun 1, 2014

Now this looks like it should belong to Darth Vader!

minicoop1985 · Jun 1, 2014

Funny you should mention that, Sharon. It technically does...

I bought the copyright to that photo, even though I didn't take it, so I hope I'm not breaking any rules.

That's my family, and that's me as Lord Vader. :lol:

Stormtrooper shots are up in the thread, found in the "Just for Fun" forum.

webestang64 · Jun 1, 2014

Very nice chunk of glass! :hail:

vintagesnaps · Jun 1, 2014

What a great family photo! As soon as the kid is able to start pushing buttons... there go your cameras. lol

minicoop1985 · Jun 1, 2014

He's almost 3 now. I let him play with my Hasselblad and my Nikon F, though I'm very careful with the F. I'm far more worried he's going to hurt himself than that thing. If he's screwing with Blad, I'm holding it to make sure those curtains stay as sorta intact as they are... :lol:

I'm probably nuts, but that's OK.

minicoop1985 · Jun 2, 2014

Welp, I'm always looking for excuses to fire film through this thing, so I cut up a 120 spool and am going to shoot a roll of 35mm through Blad with his new friend. Hopefully, the storms hols off for a while tomorrow so I can get out with him, but we'll see. Is this kinda hipster ish? Probably. Do I care? Not really. :lol: