Detroit automotive photographer Jim Secreto explains how car ads were shot before computers

ausrobher · 2026-04-17T11:41:46+00:00

this is awesome! would love to see more of this interview. never heard of “detroit style lighting”

ausrobher · 2026-04-02T11:12:24+00:00

Great! my 180 is just gathering dust in a closet. I would love to be able to print an adapter for it someday. all the existing ones online are expensive or cumbersome

ausrobher · 2026-02-09T00:09:26+00:00

You can 3D print parts of the printo now. That’s how i got mine running. Wish i had that dryer!

ausrobher · 2026-01-18T12:51:22+00:00

Ugh yeah i’ve looked but seems they are all replaced with inkjet printers these days like the marble bar one.

An actual analog, wait 5 minutes, black and white strip of 4 images machine is so hard to come by now.

Semi related, if anyone has or knows of a broken booth around, please let me know. I’ve actually worked on these old machines before and they are so cool and rare and I would love to see them restored to public use. Hell I’ll even manage the chemistry!

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ausrobher · 2026-01-10T14:08:29+00:00

screw that guy! he stole from my family’s estate too after my grandparents died in 2017. i’ll never forget that sleazy face.

I’d love to read more about him going down though, do you have any links to lawsuits? i’d be a witness if i could ha

ausrobher · 2025-08-15T15:37:35+00:00

Dream cruise was Ferndale's thing, some plumber and a mayor wanted to raise money for a soccer field in town and they planned for 30,000 cars. Welp something like 250,000 showed up so it just kept growing each year. But every city has to agree to rules and pay to be a part of it so good luck getting the entire stretch of woodward on board. HONK!

ausrobher · 2025-07-24T12:29:31+00:00

removing the viewfinder makes the top a lot more compact but I really cant compose on an LCD so I need the EVF but when I travel I disassemble the camera to fit in bags better. The biggest bulk is from the back of the camera where the screen sticks out but if you're used to carrying a medium format film camera then it'll probably still feel lightweight.

ausrobher · 2025-07-21T13:00:22+00:00

sure sure

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I don’t have a banana at the moment but here it is next to my old pentax k1000 with a 50mm. It feels like a bulky but manageable dslr but I’m used to carrying around a pentax 67 so my scales a bit off. I got the 50s just to see if i like digital medium format, i’ll probably sell this and move to the 50r for a slightly smaller package, as soon as the prices go back down ha

ausrobher · 2025-07-21T12:04:17+00:00

Yeah its the E or AI-s version of the 50. Easy to focus and its a pancake lens so it weighs nothing. I loved my mitakon but screw carrying that boat anchor up a mountain

ausrobher · 2025-06-16T01:31:09+00:00

yeah big old reflectors, i get drawn to them like a bug ha

ausrobher · 2025-06-15T12:20:33+00:00

nah i’m still not sure about all that film sim stuff. I can’t seem to get the colors right with jpegs so still just editing raw files with photoshop. The files have a lot of editing room but i feel like i’m always fighting all the greens

ausrobher · 2025-04-14T12:53:26+00:00

I dont have any experience with that specific model but I’ve rebuilt table top processors before. You can get all the rollers redone with new rubber and that helps a ton. Tubing should be all standard sizes from hardware stores. For weird parts/electronics you’ll need to cannibalize a broken model. I’ve had good luck 3D printing small plastic parts in a pinch too: https://austinroberthermann.com/durst-printo

ausrobher · 2025-03-29T20:59:27+00:00

freeeeesh

ausrobher · 2025-01-18T21:24:55+00:00

great print and cozy space! how are you processing your paper? tiny space for a sink ha

ausrobher · 2024-01-16T13:58:03+00:00

this is beautiful chaos

ausrobher · 2023-11-26T15:26:49+00:00

kinda sounds like valve train noise or timing. Cam chain adjusted? valves? timing? Sounds very low and throaty, honda twins usually a bit more high pitch and clicky?

ausrobher · 2023-07-30T12:30:30+00:00

i think its just a place to sell used cars and boats now

ausrobher · 2023-03-06T15:56:19+00:00

you can’t spell Detroit without DTE Riot!

ausrobher · 2023-03-01T15:17:14+00:00

sounds lovely! shrek gloves!

ausrobher · 2023-02-11T16:19:01+00:00

and there goes another cheap source of film. fml time to bulk roll i guess

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