Greg Lloyd
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With a little bit of work, I made a tube that held the Anscoflex at the bottom and my Pentax dSLR on top. The result was an awkward 3 foot shaft that swung from my neck to my waist... but it allowed me to take digital pictures through the viewfinder of the Anscoflex without any stray light hitting the viewfinder from the sides.
The distorted results were charming: not remarkable in content but merely simple snapshots of city scenes taken from a waist-level perspective.
Add: teh downward-pointing tube dangling from my neck started a lot of conversations with strangers as I wandered around North Beach and Chinatown.
An intersection in Chinatown, with a woman in a bright red coat, holding a cane, crossing the street. The scene in the distance includes restaurants, a Chase bank, streetlights, and banners spanning the street.
Two people sitting at a table inside a North Beach restaurant... with an empty cafe table outside. The perspective is low, shot from groin level.
In this photo, one of the people inside the restaurant - a woman - notices me with my long tube camera rig and looks with puzzlement as I take the snap.
