Obsolete Photo Gear #2

Obsolete photo gear cluttering up my bottom drawer. - #2 KODAK Dead Black.

No, it's not a pot of eyeshadow for Emo or Goth kids.
Dead Black is a matte black paint used to minimise light reflection.

M42 Adaptors - some are more equal than others.

Today there is an enormous range of affordable M42 or Pentax screw mount adapters available. Here is a Nikon Ai example under $10.
Using an M42 adapter you can adapt any ol' screw mount lens to fit many 35mm, digital SLR or even a micro four thirds cameras.
Such adapters are an excellent way to breathe some life back into older lenses.

However try before you buy,

Karambolage - a photographic journal about traffic accidents.

Finally tracked down a copy of Arnold Odermatt: Karambolage.

Arnold Odermatt photographed automobile accidents on the streets of the Swiss canton of Nidwalden between 1939 and 1993.

Two black and white photographs from each accident tell the sad story of crossed trajectories, with exquisite composition and print quality.