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Yes - need more information on this! Methinks some 4x5 direct positive paper would be good in something like this.
Yes - need more information on this! Methinks some 4x5 direct positive paper would be good in something like this.How do I do this? I have a 104 Land that is done for. I have no more peel apart film.
Yes - need more information on this! Methinks some 4x5 direct positive paper would be good in something like this.
I fitted a holga 6x12 pinhole camera to the back to take roll film. It will also do 6x9.How do I do this? I have a 104 Land that is done for. I have no more peel apart film.
I fitted a holga 6x12 pinhole camera to the back to take roll film. It will also do 6x9.
There was a bit of cutting and grinding with a Dremel to get it to fit and a bit of experimentation to get infinity and everything in the right place. If you look at my Flickr account you will see the results. You could make a 4x5 but it wont quite cover.
I will make another for 120mm lens.
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I unscrewed the pinhole front and cut out the mask on the Holga, so not to impede the image. I used a focus screen from one of my medium format cameras to work out infinity, I fixed a piece of aluminium to the front standard and installed some springs to hold the front standard at infinity, Its no fixed, I can slide Polaroid focus to push the front standard forwards. It moves it about 1cm which on that lens will go from infinity to about 1.2mtrs, I can move it further out for close focus. If I wanted to I could make a rule and mark out the distance to zone focus, but at f22 or further stop down focus isnt critical, specially for tripod work. The range finder on the camera wont be accurate. If you were to use the original Polaroid lens or something with similar focal length then you might be able to use the cameras range finder. Its a very cheap way to make a 6x12 camera that is quite light and usable. If I make another I can take some photos of the process, but its not very difficult. There are other ways and other cameras you can convert, this is just what I came up with. The Polaroid cost me $20 Australian, the Holga cost $110 AU and lens was $200 AU cheap for a 612 camera with a non plastic lens.So you dremeled open the pinhole and just jammed the whole unit into the back of the Land Cam? Looking at the other photo it looks like the camera is set to infinity permanently? So you can't focus the thing...
I unscrewed the pinhole front and cut out the mask on the Holga, so not to impede the image. I used a focus screen from one of my medium format cameras to work out infinity, I fixed a piece of aluminium to the front standard and installed some springs to hold the front standard at infinity, Its no fixed, I can slide Polaroid focus to push the front standard forwards. It moves it about 1cm which on that lens will go from infinity to about 1.2mtrs, I can move it further out for close focus. If I wanted to I could make a rule and mark out the distance to zone focus, but at f22 or further stop down focus isnt critical, specially for tripod work. The range finder on the camera wont be accurate. If you were to use the original Polaroid lens or something with similar focal length then you might be able to use the cameras range finder. Its a very cheap way to make a 6x12 camera that is quite light and usable. If I make another I can take some photos of the process, but its not very difficult. There are other ways and other cameras you can convert, this is just what I came up with. The Polaroid cost me $20 Australian, the Holga cost $110 AU and lens was $200 AU cheap for a 612 camera with a non plastic lens.
I think they are very silly if they are practising tax evasion (non-collection of Vat). It is illegal and they leave themselves open to a full tax audit and penalties.
I have been in business long enough to know that any tax evasion will come back to haunt you and not worth it in the end. (In my country the Revenu have very extensive powers)
Tax avoidance is a different matter and is to be encouraged.
I agree, this tax stuff isn't worth the risk but, many small shops will give a cash discount for not having to pay credit card companies, even if they can't say this is why. I've also found when negotiating: I try to group up several items you are interested in and offer cash. Many times they will just throw in some used filters, lens hoods etc if I am purchasing a more expensive item. I even make it clear by having these smaller items in a separate "pile", and after settling on a price for the camera/lens that is the main item, I add "ok how much the this stuff? and they usually just wave their hand to throw it in. Stock up on this stuff when you are making a more major purchase! Otherwise, if you just go there and ask how much only this smaller stuff is worth, they will put a price on it. They aren't likely to just let you walk out of the store with stuff at no cost.
Americans don't haggle very well. It's not part of the culture. I know I'm painting with a broad brush.
Yes, the do not know about negotiating. Post a price and they will pay it. I learned that from John Karrass in his negotiating class.
Yes, the do not know about negotiating. Post a price and they will pay it. I learned that from John Karrass in his negotiating class.
Did you just trademark the American Spirit? Great. Now I have to pay royalties on mine.There's an inherent trust and optimism in the American Spirit (tm) that holds a disdain for the practice.
Did you just trademark the American Spirit? Great. Now I have to pay royalties on mine.
The big savings are in the d*g*t*l domain. Some poor blighter watches a YouTube review and believes this new camera will transform his pictures. Not that he ever prints any, but nonetheless.. Eighteen months down the line the manufacturer is discounting the camera for half the original retail, with used models selling for proportionately less. Compared to digi, film gear values are the gold standard, and I'm not talking Kodak 200.
Regarding tax the issue is not the principle, but the application. Wage slaves pay most - it disappears from your salary before you get a sniff of it - while large corporations juggle it into non-existence. Even the self employed can offset new equipment against taxation. The toughest threshold is the poor-but-hardworking constituency, whose endeavours keep them out of state aid but are hit from every side if they aspire to more than breathing.
It won't suit the fine print advocates, but the cheapest way of getting a picture from film to paper is digital printing. With a good scan and judicious tweaking in post, you can take advantage of the volume, technology and competitive nature of digital photo finishers, and emerge with a fair imitation of a film photograph. I compile themes for books and prints awaiting my lab's special offers that come round twice a year of 50% discount. Who would have thought back in the 1990s that you could have a large, hard bound, nicely printed book of 80 images for £20 - 30?
Not sure if you'd describe the Canon 5D as professional, I recently bought a fully functioning, cosmetically very good example for £150. They were originally around £3000.Professional cameras maintain their value.
Not sure if you'd describe the Canon 5D as professional, I recently bought a fully functioning, cosmetically very good example for £150. They were originally around £3000.
Not sure if you'd describe the Canon 5D as professional, I recently bought a fully functioning, cosmetically very good example for £150. They were originally around £3000.
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