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Some friends of mine let me borrow a Mamiyaflex camera! It looks pretty cool, and they're going to develop the film for me.<br><br>Now... any of you photo guys have any pointers for me? I've never used a camera like this. These guys let me use it becuase they're way into photography and I've been tutoring them in Photoshop. They said they wanted me to get a feel for real photography.<br><br>I'm going to an antique toys show in a little bit, so I guess I'll try my hand at using it there. Then maybe I'll have to figure out how to add film.<br><br>
I saw Richard Avedon on television using a TLR to photograph Whoopie Goldberg. He had a shelf full of them. Medium format, square pictures, what more could anyone ask for.<br><br>
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#216316 - 02/12/0504:05 PMRe: Something fun for today
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<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I'm going to an antique toys show in a little bit, so I guess I'll try my hand at using it there.<p><hr></blockquote><p>Here's a little advice: Don't go to an antique doll show and start snapping photos of the dolls. Apparently it's bad for insurance or somehting and they'll get fairly irritated and ask that you leave without offering too much of an explanation.<br><br>
#216319 - 02/12/0505:15 PMRe: Something fun for today
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I don't konw. They were interesing. You know, from, like, the 1700s and 1800s and stuff... leave me alone!<br><br><br><br>I'll post the pics after I develop them, it they're any good.<br><br>
<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Apparently it's bad for insurance or somehting and they'll get fairly irritated and ask that you leave without offering too much of an explanation.<p><hr></blockquote><p>That was explained to me by a antiques dealer once. They didn't want their goods showing up in someone else's book on the subject, or their stuff being cased for possible theft.<br><br>
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Those instructions are fairly self explainatory.<br>You'll probably need a light meter to adjust the lens speed and aperature settings.<br>Pop up the magnifying glass to help getting the subject in focus and shoot away.<br><br><br>
#216323 - 02/13/0509:10 AMRe: Something fun for today
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Dr. hohn-<br><br>Do you know of a good place to get film for this thing online?<br><br> Also, the couple that gaveit io me recommended a type of film that they're calling "3200 delta ilfred." At least, that's what they wrote down.<br><br>Have you heard of it? Google apparently hasn't.<br><br>
<br><br>I'm going to an antique toys show in a little bit, so I guess I'll try my hand at using it there. Then maybe I'll have to figure out how to add film.
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