Monday, September 3, 2007

a-mazing thrift store finds

while looking for our bikes in LA,
i DID find something worthwhile.

a polaroid ELECTRIC EYE. mmmm!
only $20! they don't make the film anymore,
but I am determined to find a way to use it.
any experts have ideas?
it came in this case, which now doubles as my new purse
and, here's the mini one :)
when i saw these, i almost melted.
!!!!!!!!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love the rainbow stripe!!!!!!!

the camera i used today had bellows too! it was a mamiya rb67 :)

Annie Smith said...

funny you bring this up...

can you tell me where you went i want to go up there on friday im actually looking for a camera.. and may be a vest.

thanks!

Ronnie Ruiz said...

simply a-fantastic :) hope you can make it work!

Marlin Munoz said...

Hey Shannon,
Great finds! You can try to get a conversion done on the 900 EE, but it is kind of pricey, and they usually only do the 110a/b. The roll film cameras are cool though! Check here for info http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~razzle/index.html

As an alternative, if you dig the camera style, check out the Polaroid Land Camera 400 series. You can use the 669 pack films and the vintage cameras are pretty inexpensive. If you need the battery (which is sometimes hard to find) let me know, I know a place in LA. Good Luck!

Shannon said...

marlin! youre a lifesaver! Thanks so much!!

CalebPhotographer said...

Oh, I absolutely love fining things like these in thrift/antique stores.

My favorite things to stumble upon are old typewriters, and skeleton keys. (I have a small collection of skeleton keys) =P

Very nice photos.

- Caleb

Shannon said...

hi Caleb! Typewriters. That sounds like a collection that would take an extra room in your house to store them in. Very cool though! And the skeleton keys? DUDE! CREEEEPY.

Shannon said...

hi Caleb! Typewriters. That sounds like a collection that would take an extra room in your house to store them in. Very cool though! And the skeleton keys? DUDE! CREEEEPY.