I’ve really been enjoying playing with the TTV technique, as you can tell from the pictures I’ve posted the past week or so. It was mainly consisting of me walking around with the old Kodak in one hand and my Digital Rebel in the other and focusing the Rebel as steadily as I could at the viewfinder of the Kodak. It worked, but the photos weren’t particularly clear or the colors as bright because it wasn’t shutting any light out between the Rebel lens and the Kodak.
Luckily, there are some very creative people out there who are willing to share their knowledge with newbies like myself, and one of them posted the instructions for what he calls “My Contraption” – a paper tube you attach to the Kodak that fits the lens of your digital camera and blocks out all the light, allowing for better, sharper, more richly colored pictures. Even more luckily, I have an awesome, handy husband who was willing to make it for me.
Cooper helped too:
The finished product:
It’s awesome and it totally works. I had a great time in the garden yesterday trying it out. Hawk made it out of black matte board, which is nice and sturdy, so I can rest the body of my camera on the top edge of the tube while I chase Jenny around the yard trying to take her picture.
i saw those same instructions and have been meaning to get around to making it but sigh … still have not. i really have to make some time to do this or maybe get duke to make me one, tee hee …