I see how the polaroid back would be very helpful there. Thanks for the
explanation.
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Stephen Troy wrote:
> At 09:58 AM 11/14/2006 -0500, John Hermanson wrote:
>
>>It is a polaroid back, but as I recall it produces a 24 x 36mm image on
>>a 4x5 (?) sheet of polaroid film. Rare, odd, but not very usefull, imo.
>
>
>
> My brother and I both have OM Polaroid backs, and have found them useful
> for doing things like night shots with light-painting. When Amtrak's Acela
> trains were first introduced, they wanted a night shot of one at
> Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. Now, an Acela train is rather long, so
> you can't simply light it with a T-32 flash. You have to "light paint" by
> walking along the train, repeatedly firing your portable strobe onto the
> side at predetermined intervals as you go (we used orange traffic cones to
> mark where to "stop and fire"). There's no way to tell if you're evenly
> illuminating the train or if ambient light is overpowering the scene
> without one of these things. Put the OM on "B," open the shutter and bang
> away. We had two OM's (each with a different lens) and a Sinar 4x5 set up
> with Polaroid backs on each. The backs were really useful in getting the
> lighting "just right" since we couldn't go back and do it again if we
> messed up. Also you get two OM images on one sheet of 4x5 Polaroid.
>
> Basically, it serves the same function as the LCD review on a DSLR for a
> film camera - instant feedback (well, it waiting a whole minute for the
> picture to develop can be called "instant").
>
> A side benefit: The Amtrak people helping us out were thrilled to see the
> Polaroids, so we let them keep them. Good PR stuff for us!
>
> Steve Troy
>
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