Thank you, Don. Yes, I have a couple of "polaroid camera" apps for the iPhone and iPad that do a remarkably capable job of simulating what the SX-70 does. BUT, it's not quite the same thing ... because the unique coupling of field of view and depth of field on the SX-70 is different, and the dynamics of using the camera (focusing etc) are different.
And the fact is that each SX-70 image is unique and different due to the age and deterioration of the camera's mechanicals. Never mind the variability of Impossible Project films ... ! It is worth the effort. The imaging qualities I'm seeing from it are just remarkable. And it's darn fun to use. :-) Godfrey On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > I do like the look of these pictures and they even have the effect of > turning ordinary objects into art. > > On the other hand it seems like a lot of work. Somewhere there is a digital > PP filter that could do something like this. > > So I applaud your willingness to take all these steps and thanks for > sharing. > > > > >> Message: 6 >> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:01:25 -0800 >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >> To: PAW Picture-A-Week project <[email protected]>, SeePhoto Talk >> <[email protected]>, BAPhotoShooters BAPA >> <[email protected]>, PDML List <[email protected]> >> Subject: GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII >> >> I decided to work with another pack of film in the Polaroid SX-70 this >> week, trying The Impossible Project "PX-70 Silver Shot" B&W film. Only eight >> exposures in all for one pack ... makes you think. I decided to play with >> small scale still life stuff ... just experimenting still. >> >> Slide show of eight images: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157629483212697/show/ >> >> To scan them efficiently proved a bit of a challenge as the prints tend to >> curl and jump around as you try to position them on the scanner platen. I >> came up with a neat system using a little piece of tape with a folded over >> corner and a jig to position them on the platen in a registered position ... >> once I had that worked out, I set up the parameters in VueScan and >> standardized the exposure so it only took ten minutes to scan all eight at >> 1600ppi. >> >> I like the way this camera and film images ...! >> >> Comments are always appreciated. Thanks for looking. >> >> Godfrey >> - >> flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
