I will stop updating the brainwalker blog cause i have a new domain and a new blogname appropriate to the occasion. So please visit www.timelock.in or www.timelockin.wordpress.com . Information about modding of the F31FD and other stuff will be continued on the new places.

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Here are some more wide angle testshots made between the opening of the exibition “radical advertising”.

Using Filters with my modding setup is no problem. But there are some limitations for using Wide Lenses. Cause if you hold the F31Fd into the sun the front metal of the camera lens throws reflections to the backside of the Wide Lens. I have fixed this by using a ND Filter at the same time. Or by taking photos with the sun in the back. First solution (the combination between ND-Filter and Wide Lens) have a good side effect. Cause the F31Fd sometimes have problems in broad daylight and so this can be fixed too. The Wide Lens i have taken from ebay was very cheap. And you can see that it have a circular sharpness loss to the boarders. But to make a general setup tests it is good enough.

I will stop updating the brainwalker blog cause i have a new domain and a new blogname appropriate to the occasion. So please visit www.timelock.in or www.timelockin.wordpress.com . Information about modding of the F31FD and other stuff will be continued on the new places.

Thanks for your interest until now.

Next to my Digilux 2 I use a Fuji F31FD which is the best ps camera for shooting in available light. No other consumer camera have such a good performance in 800/1600 iso (excluding the F20 and F30 from Fuji cause of using the same sensor). But compared to my Digilux 2 i missed some ergonomic things. So I made different moddings. 

I´m wearing glasses and have to hold the camera 40 cm apart for focus with the lcd. The answer is a Voigtlaender 35mm viewfinder. For this i fixed a hotshoe adapter with glue on the top of the camera. Cause of using the F31 mostly with 36mm the Voigtländer works perfect. Especial in lowlight and with glasses. Next i took a lcd-hood and fixed it with two little magnetic stripes. So it`s easy to put it on and of the lcd. For a better left hand grip, for using filters or for a wide lens i bought the special filter adapter. And for lensprotection a lenshood which fits perfect on the adaptor. Every modding part is matching the design of the F31 very well. So now the F31 looks a little bit like a stylish modern viewfinder camera. The whole stuff is no custom-made but all parts of this modding can be bought in some internet-shops or on ebay. And in 15 seconds the moddings can be rebuild (excluding the hotshoe). To finish the modding i will put a clamp on the cameras left side for using a neck strap.

Sources

Complete modding set_ http://www.flickr.com/gp/41157095@N00/s5Pm5r

Full review of the F31FD_ http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmf31fd/

Lens Adapter_ http://www.digitaltoyshop.co.uk/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=943&lg=1&c=DIGITAL_CAMERA_FUJI_FINEPIX_F31FD

Viewfinder_  http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtacc.htm

LCD Hood_ http://www.enjoyyourcamera.com/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=772