One fine day after a good lunch with my neighbor, I went wandering near the Chinatown in Singapore. I came across an antique store with an unsettling feeling, can’t stop thinking something is there waiting for me. I love hunting … Continue reading Wollensak 1 1/2″ Raptar lens, a rare find from antique store and 3D printed mount

It’s 2023! I decided to take this camera out on the new year eve to see how is it like shooting a 16 years old camera in the first day of 2023. No one probably asked for this.. why bother to put a Pentax lens on a four-third sensor? The answer is, because I CAN. It was a challenge I set to design an adapter that fits just nice considering the flange distance and to adjust the aperture. Also, it looks quite vintage and cute. This custom-designed adapter allows adjustment on the aperture even for the DA lenses that do … Continue reading Panasonic L1, Leica’s first DSLR, what is it like shooting a 2006 camera in 2023

I bought a consumer 3D printer during the lockdown to continue with my work and make home repairs. I have always been thinking about building my own camera lens. Although it is technically possible to 3D print optics, my consumer … Continue reading 3D printed lens with aperture

The purpose of this post is to educate and share the experience of buying a fake headphone online. My not-so-accurate waveform analysis needs more review from the audio professionals, please correct me if I described anything wrong! I have always … Continue reading Finding authentic Sennheiser headphones are getting more difficult (Amazon VS Shopee)

I picked up this lens for a really cheap price during my visit in Vietnam, those who own it has very good review of it. One fine day I was itchy find a tripod collar for it, only to find … Continue reading Modified tripod collar to fit Olympus 50-200mm classic zuiko with 3D print

I am breeding mosquitoes in order to fight dengue! This is something that I have been doing for a couple of years. If we are actively preventing mosquitoes from breeding, they will just find some place else to breed.. life … Continue reading How to fight mosquitoes by breeding!

I would like to thank the medical response personnel, nurses and doctors for their work. There are also people from the non medical field who wants to contribute, especially the makers from Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies who design and manufacture useful and essential equipment. I am not doctor, the can only contribute in what I know best; designing a foldable face shield for the smaller 3D printers that were unable to print the existing face shield designs. Since this is open source, the files are available for download at https://mimomotor.com/COVID19-Response/ . If you are a maker with 3D printer access and … Continue reading 3D printed foldable face shield for covid19 responders

FYI, the Olympus 12mm is a decent lens that comes with a premium price tag, and a VERY PREMIUM metal lens hood that cost 50~90 USD. Even the third party hood isn’t that cheap either. I got this lens 2nd hand cheap, and I decided to do a really quick 3D modeling of the lens hood. I don’t think I spent more than an hour from measuring, designing, spray painting :p Modeled from estimating lens coverage, and design inspiration from the original hood as seen from Google image search. Looks just like the original eh? Honestly I will prefer a … Continue reading Olympus 12mm 2.0 3D printed lens hood

Introduction Avid photographers (or wine lovers) will definitely owns 1 or more dry cabinet to keep their beloved gears in clean condition, and these items are not the longest lasting electronics. I have encounted 2 failures, one happened back in 2014, and the most recent case last week (2 May 2020). As I made attempt for 2nd repair, I made 2 shocking discovery. Believe it or not, for some reason, the DHC-80 80 liters large dry cabinet was designed to fail. Since they don’t expect their photographer customers were also electronics trained, the customers are probably going to waste more … Continue reading Repair of Digi-Cabi dry cabinet and made 2 shocking discoveries

Introduction The news on on 4 Nov 2019 to ban e-scooter on the footpath by the following day has caught everybody by surprise. There are members from the public celebrating the ban, as well as outcry from the industries (e-scooter … Continue reading PMD in Singapore, Past, Present and progression towards a Smart City