If you want to use Impossible Project PX680 film in a Polaroid camera designed to take SX70 film and you find shipping cost to order the pack filter from Impossible Project too crazy (like I do), the linked blog post shows you how to make a DIY pack filter using a sheet of gel filter that can be had pretty cheaply from a local source.

I’ve always wanted a Holgaroid. I’ve got a Polaroid back for my Hasselblad that I could potentially use, but I don’t really want to destroy my beloved Holga. This is an excuse for me to get another one, I guess!

Another link to another do-it-yourself light shield for the Polaroid SX70 cameras. This one is even simpler than the other one I posted last week and the material used is fabric, which should be more more durable than paper. It could also double as a camera sleeve. Very elegant.

I don’t know why I didn’t find this first when I first started looking for a tutorial. I was just searching for more tutorials when I found this as I just got the two packs of Impossible Project film I ordered in the mail today. Exciting! Will post pictures soon, assuming the SX70s I’m about to test are working great.

I’ve got two packs of Impossible Project film coming that I’m going to use to test a couple of SX70 cameras before putting them up for sale. I realize that I’m going to need one of those shade accessories so that the pictures won’t turn up looking like crap, but I don’t want to fork out $14 for something that could potentially be made at home for a couple of bucks. I turned to Google, and voila! Found this link to a blog post with instructions to create a do-it-yourself light shield. Perfect!

Just thought I’d share.

marklobo:

I recently found a camera I had been meaning to buy for a while on eBay.  I first saw it used by Audrey Obscura, here on tumblr. It’s a Nishika N8000, 35mm camera that takes 4 frames from slightly offset distances on a horizontal plane. It was initially designed for lenticular printing, kind of like the “holograms” that you sometimes see on mouse pads or the occasional movie poster for a 3D effect. Online, they work well as animated gifs.  I also have a similar project using two disposable cameras called Ghetto Stereo.

This image was shot during a shoot for my “School Teachers” series.  I’ll post the actual photo soon. I just a have a backlog of them to edit!

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Hey, I actually have two or three of those Nishikas somewhere in the basement that I never got around to using. Now that I know what they’re good for, I’ll have to dig them out and shoot something with it!

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That said, I’ll have some more old-skool Polaroid cameras listed in the store in the next couple of days, in case you’re interested. ;)

Off the top of my head (because I’m still in bed with an annoying cold), there’ll be a Polaroid Spirit 600 (the flash-less model), Polaroid Cool Cam (in red), Polaroid 640, Polaroid Sun 600 LMS, Polaroid Impulse, Polaroid Impulse AF, Polaroid ProPack (this one can take Fujfilm), and some others I can’t remember right now. There might even be a black Polaroid SX-70 Model 2, freshly reskinned with black cowhide, if I can get myself to part with it. It just looks so damn good I want to keep it for myself!

If you’re interested in purchasing any of those cameras, contact me through Etsy or email me at firda [at] manycameras [dot] com for more info.

Happy New Year! Hope 2012 will bring you a lot of photography fun, goodness, and opportunities!