#2 looks old fashioned = delightful!

i'm looking for lomo and polaroid cameras on ebay. do you have any tips on which type / brand / etc i should get?

i am so confused. i'm not really looking for a high tech polaroid camera.

i think i was thrown off with the transfers, i haven't done them, i've only heard about them.

Hey Jen,
Would you happen to know a good site that describes what supplies and steps to do polaroid transfers?
thanks

as for lomo i dig the samplers, getting this one for my birthday.



you can also get a kiev for less than an lc-a and ive read it does the same thing.

i have a duaflex II but ive only used it once, but for those old cameras and meduim format film, always use bright daylight conditions, they dont do well with low light. there are some diana camera medium format shots in my gallery. i dont have any other tips really... each one seems to have its own personality.

the zeiss is a pretty camera, but i havent tried any bellows style cameras other than a poleroid yet... looks like some of those ikomats were large format, which should be nice to mess around with.

Jen, i have to say i disagree about the sx-70. As a self proclaimed polaroid genius... actually obsessed collector/historian. I have to say go for the land series.
Reasons:
- economically they are cheaper and not so highly collectible, on demand, etc
- all the fun accessories you can get
- ability to take multiple exposures
- bulky sort of raw feeling - they are like old tanks
- option of using both color and b/w films, option of different film speeds as well
- more ways to experiment with transfers.

cons to the lands, where sx70 triumphs
- bolder, sleek design and concept. For one thing they are beautiful (shiny chrome and leather tops). Also, the sx70s function like a slr... in that what you see in the viewfinder is what you get. In contrast, to the terrible guess and check of the lands.
- transfers have a different aesthetic, mimicking a watercolor painting. There is also the option of adding texture while the film is developing. Follow up with some pastel colored pencils.

Now for you... explodingsunset... I'm not sure what you mean by "high tech". Perhaps you are talking about the new ones they have at eckerds and such. However, there are some "professional" polaroid cameras, where the lenses can be changed... ability to set shutter settings and such. I've read that a good number of photographers use these as a test shot/s before they expose their film. However, now with digital cameras... it seems a little extraneous.

oh man. im off my soap box. i cant help it. i love them.

oh yeah and one more thing.... camping... we have to make reservations at least 7 days in advance... but we should make them earlier. I just dont have a number of people to work with unfortunately. But right now... i wanted to make sure you are going. You are going!

gas. i was planning on covering it on my own. however, donations are welcomed and appreciated but not necessary. as for the lad in lakeland. sure! the more the merrier. i do ask though... that he meets us in orlando bc we have to leave early and it would be extraneous to backtrack to lakeland and fight i-4 traffic while circling around orlando like mad men. another reason is that im not taking i-75 im going to fly up i-95 and so it really would be out of our way. oh yeah jen - 95 runs up and down the east coast... we'll take i-4 to daytona and then hit i-95 north. you dig?
as for eric... he leaves no reservation of any sort, merely "i will try but i cannot commit to anything." so yeah. i also asked matt and chris... who i think are on the same page. i also asked my friend jeanie... and i plan on asking one more person.

you have yourself a deal. only if we can stop at the ol' cracker barrel sometime too... i love it.

and... smart girl.

whoa, i was planning on doing that too. the quilt. with medium format film. sounds like fun.

oh, but i did know about the slr in the sx-70. i think its pretty neat, my manual talks about it.

where??

love the first one

and again she is a hoot

yep.