Just for Fun

T. J. Mapes owns a company called RIPT Apparel that sells T-shirts online. Every day they offer a new shirt design, and only for 24 hours.

The design for today (February 26th), by the Italian artist Saintgraphic, features a camera theme. $10 in men's and women's sizes.

I like the design-a-day concept. (And you thought a picture a day was hard....)

Mike

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Featured Comment by Marc Rochkind: "The artist has good taste. The still camera is a 1940 Kodak 35 RF. The external RF contraption was added to the Kodak 35 to compete with the Argus C3. Here's mine, bought for $17 at a local swap meet. 

"There's more about the camera at basepath.com.

"(I ordered the shirt, too.)"

Comments

[erlik]

Is the lower camera a film camera? That is, a movie camera?

[hugh crawford]

Yes it's a Bell and Howell model 605 regular 8 movie camera, and I think a Kodak 35.
Got one of each for less than that shirt.

[charlie]

I'm not sure it's design-a-day as much as it is a different design every day. On the other hand my wife showed me a list yesterday of Blogs (on Blogger) that feature artists actually doing paintings-a-day. Small paintings but still...

So when can I buy a TOP t-shirt?

Good weekend Y'all

[TJ]

Thanks for the great post!

[MJFerron]

Ordered 2. Thanks for the tip Mike.

[Paul - RIPT Tees]

I think that it actually is a very old motion camera. I've seen one before and they are very rare, the film even rarer.

Thanks for posting this link TOP, we appreciate the support!

[Ron Harris]

Mike,

Thanks for posting this.

That's a photo of my first 35 mm camera-purchased used in 1955 for $35. Then I was a high school senior moving up from the family box camera.

Fifty five years later I am now a retiree still enjoying the hobby thanks in part to a camera shop owner that gave (I think) a student a good deal.

Ron H

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Yes, the lower camera is a movie camera; old 16mm or 8mm, I don't identify it precisely, but it's a very recognizable shape.

(I ordered the shirt, too, and told them where I heard about it. Not only is the shirt quite cheap at $10, but shipping is completely reasonable at $2.50.)

[Adam Lanigan]

Very nice. I am right now wearing a camera-themed hoodie by Charlie and Sarah (http://www.charlieandsarah.com/) that I picked up at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn this past summer.

They have a whole line of camera couture for young and old alike featuring illustrations of older cameras. My hoodie is made of super soft cotton and I wear it all the time. (I got the Hassy)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/filmmonsters

[Derrel]

My younger brother bought an old Kodak like the one on the front of the shirt, back around 1977. He paid $7 for it. We were in junior high school then, and I took the camera apart in an effort to repair it. Unfortunately, my repair efforts were unsuccessful, and the camera was eventually thrown away. So, when I saw the T-shirt with that old Kodak on the front, I just had to order a shirt for myself, and one for my brother.

[Paul - RIPT Tees]

Just wanted to once again give thanks to The Online Photographer for such a great post. A great sales day at RIPT!

[Patrick Dodds]

I'd second Charlie's call for a TOP T.

[Kodak Digital Camera India]

That's a really cool design up there