Category Archives: Toys

iblazr LED Flash

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Mounted to the GF1’s hot shoe. So cute!

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Worked a treat (iblazr comes with a diffuser too but I didn’t use it in this situation).

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End result.

Last week I got an iblazr LED Flash, today was the first time I’ve used it in practise (I shot the new Zen iPhone cases, more photos a couple of posts below). It’s mainly made for phones, but I had to give the cold-shoe a go on the GF1. It fits great, and works a treat! Definitely a handy little thing to have in my everyday bag.

Visit: MobileZap, if you’re interested it’s $60 and you can buy it here.

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iblazr LED Flash

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I scored this great little toy from the guys at MobileZap. It’s got 4 bright LEDs, a silicone diffuser, uses an audio jack for smartphones and tablets (constant light or flash modes) and recharges via USB.

I think it’ll come in handy on it’s little cold shoe mount when shooting products in the light tent for Zen Garage. And if you’re always carrying a bag like me, it makes for a great gadget to have in your front pocket (it’s little pouch keeps it tidy).

I’ll be sure to test it out on my iPhone soon, if you’re interested it’s $60 and you can buy it here.

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Aki-asahi.com Leatherette Covers

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From Japan with speed and love. The GF1 kit has much more coverage than the GF6 kit.

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Love the detail on this kit, they even made a little cover for the back.

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Less is more? All logos wiped out!

Modifier for life! I had a little downtime today so I installed my Aki-asahi.com leatherette covers on both the GF1 and the GF6. Installation was super easy, the GF6 now looks a little less shit, and the GF1 looks great with or without these covers tbh!

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GF1 Viewfinder

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Mounted to the hot shoe.

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You can flip the viewfinder up so you can look down into your camera as well.

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Whatever date you had on your screen is now in the viewfinder (I always use grid lines to help me compose photos).

Today I got this Panasonic Viewfinder for my GF1. It comes in a sexy little pouch and mounts onto the hot shoe. It works really well, will force me to shoot old school styles when using the GF1 (as opposed to crazy new school styles with the GF6, shooting and focussing by touching the screen and shit) and will save a lot of battery juice too as I can operate the GF1 without using the screen from now on.

PS: Somebody stop me. Looks like I’ve got a new obsession?!

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MCA Zine Fair

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Gotta love self-publishing!

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Some great art for purchase too.

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That’s Terry Richardson, without skin!

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My purchases! Needed new cushions, impulse bought Mr Al-Qaeda! The poster is a massive James Jirat which I hope to get framed ASAP.

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Samyang 7.5mm Fisheye Lens

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It’s built really well, all metal. Feels great.

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Looks the part on the GF1 too.

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Just a quick test shot.

Another B’Day gift to myself. I’ve always wanted a fisheye lens and I’ve never bought one because I’ve always doubted how much I’d actually use one. There are heaps of cheap fisheye lenses on eBay, many going for under $50, but after doing much research I found this Samyang lens, which cost more than the GF1 it’s living on, but it’s a quality pice of gear and I’m looking forward to having a bit of fun with it.

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Bose SoundLink III Bluetooth Speaker

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I’d gotten sick of my old Bose sound dock not charging my old iPhone (which I only have music on) and not accepting my new iPhone, and lately I’ve been paying music from the Zen Tumblr off my laptop with some external Bose speakers plugged in. It was all just getting too messy so I splashed out on my B’Day and bought myself this little bluetooth speaker.

There were many options out there, most of which were way cheaper but at $400 I still think this is a steal in comparison to how much I once used to have to pay for great sound. Within minutes I had my iPhone and laptop connected, streaming Rob’s Soundcloud. Sounds amazing, as expected. Very happy!

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CHROME NIKO PACK

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I took a gamble on this camera bag which I bought direct from Chrome Industries (I had to pay $70 shipping unfortunately) but it came in today, super fast shipping as I only bought it last week, and hot damn it’s an amazing bag. I absolutely fucking love it!

I’ll be using it as my every day bag from now on as it also fits my 15″ laptop into it’s own padded compartment. Love love love it. Love how it looks, love all the amazing compartments. So happy. Killer!

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Monday Fundays

On Mondays the Zen shop in Leichhardt is shut, on our day off we like to go on adventures. All plans when out the window when Robbie (Zen’s shop manager) rocked up at my place, from there we got a call from a mate who needed help with registering his car. Off we were to Chatswood. Adventure Time!

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Miserable weather, but hey, Robbie’s E30 is a lovely place to be.

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Spotted a Porters across the road from the RTA. Ducked in looking for a vintage bottle of my fave red. Scored big time!

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We spotted these re-release Ninja Turltes at Toys R Us.

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Robbie made a bee line right for the Hotwheels section and boom, what a deal!

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Nice choices huh? Dave chose a good time to start his first collection.

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A small donation got me a balloon (which I forced Dave to carry around for the rest of the day haha).

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Gundam poster outside this shop (Hobby Z) said it all.

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Rad!

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Very cool.

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We were super tempted to buy a rocket (and everything else in the store pretty much!).

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Spotted up high on top of some shelves.

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Z-Tune!

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Mini-z track which you can hire.

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Z!

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Tabi! Traditional Japanese socks! Next door was Daiso Japan, a store where everything on sale is $2.80.

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Strange and wonderful.

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Ear muffs?

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Robbie cleaning up.

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Dat Purple Drank!

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Feeding the birds at Nick’s place.

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Nike.

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Those God rays.

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Cruising.

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Back at the Bra.

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Dave stole my lighter at some point, he swore it was his, turns out we both had brown bic lighters haha.

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They tell you never to open them, but we pretty much pushed Dave to crack open his Bozo car.

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And ooooh daym! These little cars just come to life when you take them out of the box!

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SO AWESOME!

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YEW!

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We took the EF out too, such a fat little thing!

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Joyetech eVic

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Joyetech eVic.

New toy. In an attempt to completely quit smoking ciggies (I’m not a heavy smoker, but still…) I’ve bought this Joyetech eVic electronic cigarette starter kit. It came in Apple iPhone like packaging, charges via USB and there’s even an app you can download which outputs all sorts of stats.

The tobacco flavour I bought with the kit was awful, tasted like a cigar, but I’m sure I’ll find a flavour I do like.

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