Now that I am mostly recovered from last week’s sickness, I am ready to get back to work on the final stages of the painting process. All of the masking that I applied to the camera for the internal paint work had to be removed, the exterior of the camera had to be cleaned and de-greased, and then the camera needed to be masked again to protect the flat black interior paint. ...

A shorter one for you today because someone (me) decided to get sick on Tuesday morning. But before that, I did manage to get a bit more painting done. The flat black paint has been applied to the interior of the camera body, as well as to a few other bits of hardware.

My next step, once I feel well enough to do it, is to mask the camera once more before I appl...

Work continues this week with the slow and tedious process of stripping, patching, sanding, cleaning, and masking Mitchell Standard #46 as I get the rest of the pieces ready for paint. Over its 100+ years of life, Mitchell 46 has been altered, modified, and abused by its many users, leaving it with a variety of holes, skive marks, broken off pieces, and other cosmetic and fun...

Nobody panic, clutch your towels and your pearls, but I have finally started the process of painting Mitchell Standard #46. I have three projects running concurrently, including remaking the lock-down lugs for the Universal tripod I showed a few weeks back. I am also modifying the fixture I use for balancing mirrored shutters for a project I will share in the near future. And...