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* Revisit camera template
 
* Revisit camera template
 
* More work on the flickr template extension to simplify adding photos
 
* More work on the flickr template extension to simplify adding photos
* Need Vivitar Pyramid presets and Chrome noses
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* Need Vivitar Pyramid presets and Chrome noses (have 135mm and 200mm chrome nose)
* Complete collection of Vivitar T-Mounts and document
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* Complete collection of Vivitar T-Mounts and document (still need 85mm, 300mm, 600mm, 800mm)
 
* shoot additional pics of my Ansco viking
 
* shoot additional pics of my Ansco viking
 
* Improve [[Wittnauer_Legionnaire|Wittnauer Legionairre page]]
 
* Improve [[Wittnauer_Legionnaire|Wittnauer Legionairre page]]
 
* Add my mercury satellite pics to [[Imperial|Imperial page]]
 
* Add my mercury satellite pics to [[Imperial|Imperial page]]
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* Start a [http://www.fotokemika.hr/history.php Fotokemika] company page (right now, it's just a redirect to the Efke film page)
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* Clean up and sort out the [[Hanimex]] camera listing, start a lens listing
  
 
==Handy Internal Links==
 
==Handy Internal Links==

Revision as of 23:16, 6 March 2012

Steve Rainwater

I'm interested in photography, vintage cameras, and lots of other stuff. See below for specific camera-related research topics that I'm pursuing here on Camera-wiki.org. Rather than try to write a comprehensive bio here, how about if I just link to all my genre-specific bios and profiles on other sites?

Contact Info

  • email
  • Yahoo! IM: steevithak
  • Google Talk: steevithak

Camera-Wiki.org Research

  • Vivitar - My main focus for now is on the corporate history of Ponder and Best (aka Vivitar). I'm researching the correlation of manufacturers to Vivitar serial numbers. And I'm also researching the manufacturers who created Vivitar products such as Kino Precision and Tokina Optical Company, Ltd. I'm particularly interested in making contact with any ex-employees of the company who are willing to share what they know about the company's history. I'm also searching for behind-the-scenes photographs, marketing documents, procurement information that identifies product manufacturers, advertising materials, instructions manuals, service manuals, and of course, actual Vivitar products of any kind. My main product interest right now is collecting the earliest Vivitar lenses, known as the Compatible T System lenses and the Pyramid Preset lenses. If you have any Vivitar product you're willing to donate towards my research, I'm able and willing to photograph or scan it. contact me!

Other Photography Projects

General Interests

Photography, vintage cameras, electronics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, robots, arc welding, MIG welding, metal arts, kinetic art, music, space colonization, urban design, early utopian and communist communities, solar power, wind power, alternative energy, R. Buckminster Fuller, sustainable technology, social entrepreneurialism, science fiction, pulp magazine art, FLOSS (free [libre] / open source software), art cars, bioreactors, microfinance, and lots more stuff I can't think of at the moment.

ToDo List

  • MediaWiki extension to allow admin mods to booksources page (replace links, add affliate IDs, search by title)
  • MediaWiki extension implementing a new page wizard with camera, lens, company, etc. template loading (v1.19+)
  • Discuss amazon / barnes and noble affiliate links on booksources page with community
  • Discuss adding an ebay search link to camera / lens pages (also ebay affiliate link?)
  • Complete indie-go-go fundraiser campaign video for camerawiki
  • Need to make some progress on 501(c)(3) status
  • Submit upstream patches to Hotcat to simply installation process
  • Revisit camera template
  • More work on the flickr template extension to simplify adding photos
  • Need Vivitar Pyramid presets and Chrome noses (have 135mm and 200mm chrome nose)
  • Complete collection of Vivitar T-Mounts and document (still need 85mm, 300mm, 600mm, 800mm)
  • shoot additional pics of my Ansco viking
  • Improve Wittnauer Legionairre page
  • Add my mercury satellite pics to Imperial page
  • Start a Fotokemika company page (right now, it's just a redirect to the Efke film page)
  • Clean up and sort out the Hanimex camera listing, start a lens listing

Handy Internal Links

  • Camera links - links to manufacturer histories and photo resources

Public Domain Photography Books

These are eBay searches for known public domain photography books with potential illustrations useful in Camera-Wiki.org

MediaWiki Technical Links

Danger! Test Pages

Links to broken, testing, and development pages. Nothing to see here...