Gift

Well, Chris Eve.

en, i wanna do sth special this time, i am going to give myself a good gift, will make it by myself.

I am a photographer, so, how about a camera?

yes, a camera will be good, a large format is even better. a 4x5 camera is light enough to carry out.

I have an old graflex, i got it from Masa-san(thanks a lot, Masa-san), i like graflex, but i don't like its weight and body surface, so, let's do it.

All i need to do is make the camera completely disassembled, sandblast metal parts and paint wood parts, remove that leather cover, remove rangefinder, remove shutter release system, clean all parts.

In result i got a light weight field camera, with beautiful mahogany wood looking.

Well, it is not a master piece but I like it, will load some sheet films tomorrow and make a test shoot.

(this work took me about one week to finish.)