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Subject: [OM] Re: Interesting OM oddity for sale
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:24:55 -0500
Has anyone here ever done light painting with a digital?  I'm wondering 
if the long exposure required for the time to walk the length of the 
train would allow a buildup of noise.  I've never tried an exposure on 
the 5D of more than a couple of seconds.

Chuck Norcutt

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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