Obsolescence Project

Day 44 – Turkish Doll (Woman) But Not His Mate

Turkish Doll

Turkish Female Doll in Traditional Costume. Not the wife of Day 43’s soldier with fez.

I think this one was  a childhood gift from my parent’s friends who are Turkish. She is quite beautiful. She’s made from mainly plastic, with some kind of canvas material over her face. You might make out the texture if you click on the detail below. Her face is hand-painted, with cupid lips. I did not shoot her undergarments, but she has on stockings, and a slip. A very modest lass.

She is not able to stand up without support. Not sure if she did originally, and a part is missing, or she just gave up trying after all this time of being neglected, wrapped in tissue paper and stuffed under the bed.

Face

Back of Doll

Status: A bit of tricky one. Now that’s she’s unwrapped I am in love with her colours.

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OT – Stuff Being Karmically Rebalanced

Clutter

This bag went to the Sally Ann today. True, only one of the items within is from this wee study in obsolescence, but nonetheless, stuff left the house. The bag too.

Sally Ann Bag

Status: Gone!

[Address book, basket with protective cover against insects, vase, tacky print, and a few other small things]

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Day 43 – Turkish Doll

Doll from Turkey

Male Doll from Turkey. Traditional Costume with Fez Hat.

He is made of plastic and hand-painted. His boots seem to be made wool, perhaps lama? He’s missing his turquoise blue stand, which makes it difficult for him to stand up. His head also has a tendency to fall off.

Doll Head

From the back you can see that his shirt is wearing thin, which makes him look like a weary solider.

Doll's outfit

Status: Get macro lens for Nikon d5000 to re-shoot. And re-shoot with his mate.

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Day 42 – Nikon Coolpix P2

Coolpix

Nikon Coolpix P2 Digital Camera c. 2006

This camera actually took half-way decent pics. Considering it was a relatively low end consumer model. 5.1 MB. I think that was a lot at the time. I see there’s a new Nikon 800E coming out which has 36MBs. Slightly pricier of course. Seems high to me. It sold originally for $399. I think we got it for ~$250 (new but end of shelf life). There are 2 used coolpix P2’s for sale on amazon starting at $60.

It even had the ability to take quicktime movies.

What’s happened  is the lens cover stopped opening at some point. At first it slowed down upon opening and closing, in a painful bad special effects movie kinda way, and then one day it refused to open. A new (proprietary and thus pricey)  lithium battery did not fix the thing. It’s truly useless now.

I wonder if this will be considered vintage and cool in years to come?

Coolpix

Lens cover remains stubbornly closed.

Status: Open up and see if the innards will appeal to the sea monster.

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Day 41 – Yashica Electro 35 Camera

yashica

Yashica Electro 35 GS camera, c. 1972 Made in Japan

A rangefinder camera. “It was the first electronically controlled camera, operating mainly in an aperture priority ‘auto’ mode.”[Wikipedia]  The Electro 35 was introduced in 1966, this model I date circa 1972 because the GS came out in 1970 and its successor, the GSN in 1973.  I’ve never used a rangefinder camera before – this site gives an explanation of how it works vs an SLR camera. It seems to be about a combo of measuring the subject distance (appealing to those control freak types) and then turning the focusing ring until the two images line up. Apparently better for those who wear glasses (moi).

Yashiva viewfinder

Sorta gives you a view of the framing inside the viewfinder

This camera belongs with Day 10’s Lens set – the set was a gift. I like the way the case has a built-in adapter to put the camera on a tripod without having to take it out of the case.

Case

Status: Having read this testament to it’s value and prowess I rather think I’d like to learn how to use it. Hopefully it will work.

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