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• Snip It Good: A DIY Film Leader Trimmer

  written by themindseye on 2013-10-30 #gear #tutorials

  

  Make your own template sleeve for cheap with this easy tutorial from Community member themindseye.

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• Carl Kolchak Special: Stalking with the Diana Baby 110

  written by themindseye on 2013-10-16 #gear

  

  What camera fits easily in the palm of your hand; making it handy for exposing all of your night life? Why, the Diana Baby 110, of course. Although pretty as a button, this diminutive snapper is also an able-bodied camera that lets you focus on your subject and not worry about making all of the proper exposure settings.

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• Blow It Up: Convert Your Konstruktor into an Enlarger

  written by themindseye on 2013-10-03 #gear #tutorials

  

  Shoot with your Konstruktor by day, then print photographic enlargements with the SAME Konstruktor by night! Yes, you can do it. Some basic camera modifications, coupled with some common camera accessories, and PRESTO! You can have your own DIY darkroom in your home.

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• ScandaLIZA: Use ANY Scanner for Digitizing Your Negatives

  written by themindseye on 2013-09-05 #gear #tutorials

  

  Can't justify the high cost of purchasing a transparency adapter-equipped scanner for using your DigitaLIZA 120 Film Scanning Mask? Try this cheapskate process for getting your negatives into your computer: using ANY scanner.

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• Some Assembly Required: Konstruktor

  written by themindseye on 2013-08-26 #gear

  

  Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. It's DIY time, Konstruktor style. Forget that puny screwdriver included with the kit. Let's break out some power tools and build the world's best 35mm kit SLR camera.

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• Follow the Leader: Sticky Tape Film Recovery

  written by themindseye on 2013-08-08 #gear #tutorials

  

  Recover that lost film leader in 2 minutes for less than $2. Sure there are some great commercial products for retrieving a lost film leader, but what if you can't wait for a FedEx delivery? What if your vacation memories will be ruined due to a lost leader? Never fear, retrieval is but some sticky tape away.

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• Let Your Creativity Show in an Instax!

  written by themindseye on 2013-08-02 #gear #tutorials

  

  Push the Fuji Instax Mini 8 to its creative limits! Learn how to let your Lomographs shine for all the world to see in your instant prints. Depending on your inspiration, most of these manipulations can be done “in an Instax.”

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• Be an Instant Hero at Any Gathering: Fuji Instax Mini 8

  written by themindseye on 2013-07-25 #gear #people

  

  You can become an instant hero at any wedding, birthday party, or reunion: just add a Fuji Instax Mini 8 and a couple of packs of Mini Credit Card Film. Now do a snap here and a click there, and start passing around the memories. The flow of these rich vibrant analog prints is bound to *amp up* any gathering.

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• Easy Distance Guessing at an Arm's Length

  written by themindseye on 2013-07-18 #gear #tutorials

  

  You've just ordered your new all-glass Belairgon 114mm lens and can't wait to see some sharp results. In order to see those results, you'll need to “focus” on this easy trick to (fairly) accurately guess distances from you to any object. In less than five seconds, you'll be able to judge distances as good as any SLR lens.

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• Make Super B-I-G Prints Without a Darkroom

  written by themindseye on 2013-07-11 #gear #tutorials

  

  Once you have a BIG negative, what can you do with it? Why, make an equally huge print from it, of course! Following up on an earlier article for making B-I-G negatives, this article shows you how to make enormous prints. And, again, all of this magic is sans darkroom.

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• Perfectly Exposed, No Batteries Required

  written by themindseye on 2013-06-06 #gear #tutorials

  

  No exposure meter, no batteries, no problem; make perfectly exposed photos with this handy DIY exposure calculator.

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