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    lomo - colorsplash / is it worth it?

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    get yourself some gel FREE gel swatches from Rosco and tape or hold them over your flash and you've got yourself ColorSplash! No need to spend all that money! It's a hunk of crap anyway!

     

    The Rosco website has all sorts of swatchbooks and you can request them and they mail them to you FREE!

     

    http://www.rosco.com/us/filters/roscolux.asp

     

    http://www.rosco.com/us/filters/supergel.asp

     

    http://www.rosco.com/us/filters/ecolour.asp

    Polaroid Type 85 Positive/Negative Film to be discontinued

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    <i>Please be advised that Polaroid will be discontinuing 85 film within the first 3 months of 2006 due to the phasing out of components used in the production of this film.</i><br>

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    PHASING OUT??? Polaroid uses this excuse a lot! How can they discontinue the film due to "phasing out of components..." when they will continue to process type 55 which must be made the same way?!?!<br>

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    The website also states that <B>TYPE 665 WILL ALSO BE DISCONTINUED!

    POLAROID Instant Slide Films

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    well... thanks for your input. I do value your opinion. That film is not cheap to be buying if it's useless because it's all dried up. I don't know... I really want to try this out... but I'm already getting discouraged. I had a roll of Polablue that I got in an ebaY auction that included an autoprocessor to- and the autoporcessor turned out to be a piece of crap... the knobs didn't even turn the film.

    POLAROID Instant Slide Films

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    I recently won an ebaY auction for a Polaroid autoprocessor and it

    came with one roll of Polablue film.<br>

    <br>

    I was reading up a bit on this film and was rather astonished when I

    saw that the speed was only 4 or 8! In other words... this film must

    always be used with either a tripod or copystand and can't be

    handheld.<br>

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    Will I have to manually set the speed of the film on my Canon Rebel or

    will the camera automaticallly set the speed of these films?<br>

    <br>

    Also... what are YOUR experiences with this film? Do you find it easy

    to work with? The instructions seem a little complicated for me!

    Working with film that is so damn expensive is intimidating because I

    don't want to screw things up, but I guess one can only learn by

    doing.<br>

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    Also... what FILMS do you prefer? The color, black & white, or high

    contrast???<br>

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    AND.. about the EXPIRATION DATES on this film... will the processing

    packs work if the film was stored properly and the film is dated in

    the late 80s???<br>

    <br>

    ANY help or advice with this instant slide film is appreciated! Thanks!

    Which film is best for Holga beginner?

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    my favorite b&w Holga film has always been the Fuji 400 film...

    for color I always use expired films: Fuji NHGII 800 or Kodak 400UC.

     

    If I were you... I wouldn't use anything lower than 400 in speed.

     

    The Polaroid back for the Holga is also a great tool to help you get the feel of the HOLGA.... that's what I used when I first got my Holga. You have instant results and you can see if you are doing things right. The Polaroid back for the Holga uses 80 series Polaroid films.

    best method for shooting polaroids

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    If you want large format Polaroids (4x5 of larger) you have two options: either get a Polaroid back for your camera OR a Daylab that has a 4x5 or 8x10 base. B+H and Freestyle sells Daylabs... you can check ebaY too. The Daylab is awesome because you can use your high-quality slides and make Polaroids from them. The backs are nice too... but I prefer to use the Daylabs.

    I am selling my HOLGA FILTERS!

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    I no longer have a use for them so I'm putting them up for sale.

    I have the color filter set: red, green, blue, and yellow.

    I also have the split filter set,

    and also the filter holder.<br>

    <br>

    I will only ship to the US

    and will only take PayPal as payment.<br>

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    I'll take the best offer.<br>

    <br>

    If interested email me:

    ks1981@sbcglobal.net

    How important should an ART EDUCATION be?

    in The History & Philosophy of Photography

    Posted

    I think that "outsider artists" have really proven that an art education is not essential in creating eye-catching, fabulous art. There are a lot of outsider artists who have no formal education and much of their art blows away many people who have spent many tedious years studying art history, the great masters, etc.

    And as far as photography goes... I think that some people can pick up a camera and learn photography without a formal education. You can learn by doing, and you can create great photos from life and from the heart, without being inspired by the masters.

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