artist_ofmimicry

I was looking for a definitive answer to this question: Is there a Polaroid back that I can use on my 2x3

Pacemaker Speed Graphic to hold 3x4 types 100 and 600 series Polaroid film. It has a spring back.

If there is no Polaroid back to fit my camera, is there a way of modifying it so that it can?

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Here are the pictures I have taken with my Vilia - its one of my standard, favorite cameras I own. It is much like, but not exactly like, the Smena 8M, which also takes gorgeous pictures:

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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/artistofmimicry/sets/72157594301086067/">Belomo Vilia Auto Triplet</a>

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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/artistofmimicry/sets/72157601266993766/">Lomo Smena 8M</a>

I cannot figure out how to get my aperture any higher than 4 on my Minolta

Maxxum. Is this the largest aperture? In the manual it shows that the camera can

have an aperture as large as 1.7...I was wondering if anyone could help me as to

what I am doing wrong, what settings I need to adjust, etc. I've tried all

program modes, and nothing seems to work. Thanks!

I know there have been many questions about sending out slide film in Walmart's

mailers to do processing of slide films. I know that the film goes to Dwayne's,

and they do a great job.

I recently bought a few rolls of Kodak Elite Chrome 200 on which to do some

cross-processing. It is to be processed E6. My question is if cross-processing

makes slides into printable negatives, couldn't you just hand your slide film to

Walmart's one-hour lab and tell them just to process and print it like regular

C41 film?

Would I have to worry about it contaminating their chemicals?

Would I receive 4x6 prints the looked cross processed, or would the prints be

inversed of the actual picture?

Essentially, is it possible to just hand slide film to Walmart's one-hour lab

for cross processing in C41? Thanks.

I just spent the last couple days modifying and remodifying a hybrid

SLR/Polaroid. I took a 1979 Minolta xg7 and stuck it onto a hacked apart

Polaroid Spirit 600. I had to rewire the motor, and leave all the gears and pin

intact so I could power out the polaroids with a 9volt battery. You can see the

polarities on the sideview pictures below. The results were pretty interesting,

and I was wondering if anyone else had tried this same experiment, I'd love to

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