markjwyatt
Well-known
Use the coffee to make caffenol, and develop your film with it.
BernardL
Well-known
Wine pouches to store stock developer.
UV Sun lamp to expose cyanotypes in heart of winter.
UV Sun lamp to expose cyanotypes in heart of winter.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Zip-lock bags for batteries, with a little paper note inside denoting which cameras (or flash) use those batteries.
But there is a wrong way to organize this, which I did, and a correct way which I now advise.
The simple case first: cameras which use just one battery, such as a single SR44 or LR44 for example. In that case, put one or more of these in just one bag. Put a note in the bag indicating which cameras use this battery. If there’s only one battery in the bag, I’ll sometimes write the date and the voltage.
Next case: cameras requiring multiple batteries. For example, a Canon EOS-type camera which requires two CR2 batteries. In cases like this, you have to keep the batteries paired. In usage, multiple batteries in a camera will (or should) have the same voltage - if you start with fresh batteries, the circuit ensures that both batteries will be reduced at the same rate. So, when putting batteries back in, you don’t want to mix from one pair of CR2’s at 3.0v with another CR2 pair at a different voltage. So, in this case I keep the pairs together: either put one pair in a single bag with a note indicating which cameras can use those batteries or use rubber bands to keep individual pairs together and separate from other pairs.
Another example of this is where you have four AA batteries for flash units. Ideally, I would just have four AA’s and use those four for both my SB-15 and SB-20. However, the way I started was to have four for the SB-15 and four for the SB-20. To avoid mixing them up, I have to keep the four for the SB-15 separate from those of the SB-20.
But there is a wrong way to organize this, which I did, and a correct way which I now advise.
The simple case first: cameras which use just one battery, such as a single SR44 or LR44 for example. In that case, put one or more of these in just one bag. Put a note in the bag indicating which cameras use this battery. If there’s only one battery in the bag, I’ll sometimes write the date and the voltage.
Next case: cameras requiring multiple batteries. For example, a Canon EOS-type camera which requires two CR2 batteries. In cases like this, you have to keep the batteries paired. In usage, multiple batteries in a camera will (or should) have the same voltage - if you start with fresh batteries, the circuit ensures that both batteries will be reduced at the same rate. So, when putting batteries back in, you don’t want to mix from one pair of CR2’s at 3.0v with another CR2 pair at a different voltage. So, in this case I keep the pairs together: either put one pair in a single bag with a note indicating which cameras can use those batteries or use rubber bands to keep individual pairs together and separate from other pairs.
Another example of this is where you have four AA batteries for flash units. Ideally, I would just have four AA’s and use those four for both my SB-15 and SB-20. However, the way I started was to have four for the SB-15 and four for the SB-20. To avoid mixing them up, I have to keep the four for the SB-15 separate from those of the SB-20.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
We knew an elementary teacher who used film canisters to place a student's tooth in if it happened to fall out during school...
I have given her several bags full...
I've used "Arizona" Iced Tea plastic gallon bottles to store my Film Fixer in for years...
Army Surplus bags make great camera bags...
Foam beverage holders make great lens protectors...
back alley
IMAGES
a new soft shaving brush (to lather up your face) makes a great cleaner/duster for gear
charjohncarter
Veteran
I haven't finished it yet, but I'm making a slip-on hood for A36 lenses out of a pill bottle.
Dralowid
Michael
Wine boxes with the insides removed can be re-purposed for posting off the things you have sold on Ebay (or the classifieds).
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Oh man. So many things to share. Maybe when I get to my computer......
But I remember one use of film cannisters was fireworks...we would fill them with powder and salts to provide color,. A delay fuze, and makeshift canon with a sprinkle of powder made great Disneyland fireworks.
But I remember one use of film cannisters was fireworks...we would fill them with powder and salts to provide color,. A delay fuze, and makeshift canon with a sprinkle of powder made great Disneyland fireworks.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Might not be legal in all states and countries,��
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Twenty years ago, when I was in art school, I worked in the one hour photo lab of a store called Meijer, which is a big box chain in the midwestern US. One day, an elderly man comes in and asks if we have any empty plastic 35mm film cans. Yeah, we had a ton of them! I gave him a bag of them.
A few days later, the old guy returns and gives each of us one of the film cans, which is labeled "Stool Sample." Open it, he says! Inside each was a tiny handmade wooden three-legged STOOL!
Joao
Negativistic forever
Boxes of "Pringles" snacks are fine for keeping lenses or sending them by mail. Smaller boxes for M42 primes, longer boxes for tele-lenses.
Joao
Joao
Hari
Well-known
A slide rule: it is repurposed as a brace for bellows sag on the
Eastman 2-D 8x10 camera. Just the adjustment needed!!
Eastman 2-D 8x10 camera. Just the adjustment needed!!
andrewmore
Too many cameras....
Some more:
35mm film canisters make useful containers for small change and I think will take all current UK and Euro coins - very rarely use cash these days though.
Insulated picnic bags with straps that will take about six ordinary 330ml cans of fizzy drink will double as discrete cheap camera bags, especially with the use of equally cheap tea towels as padding materials in wrap format.
35mm film containers without their lids turned upside down make good eyepiece covers for microscopes.
Regards
Andrew More
35mm film canisters make useful containers for small change and I think will take all current UK and Euro coins - very rarely use cash these days though.
Insulated picnic bags with straps that will take about six ordinary 330ml cans of fizzy drink will double as discrete cheap camera bags, especially with the use of equally cheap tea towels as padding materials in wrap format.
35mm film containers without their lids turned upside down make good eyepiece covers for microscopes.
Regards
Andrew More
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
OK, here's one for you.
Pillsberry breakfast rolls, the kind that come in the package you start to tear open, then smack it against the edge of the counter to get it to 'pop' open, usually have a small plastic 'tin' inside with frosting in it. After the frosting is used on the rolls, I wash them off really well and use them as end caps for lenses that didn't have any or come with one when I bought the lens. They fit Nikon lenses quite well.
Pillsberry breakfast rolls, the kind that come in the package you start to tear open, then smack it against the edge of the counter to get it to 'pop' open, usually have a small plastic 'tin' inside with frosting in it. After the frosting is used on the rolls, I wash them off really well and use them as end caps for lenses that didn't have any or come with one when I bought the lens. They fit Nikon lenses quite well.
relistan
Established
Brown glass vitamin bottles (I use Solgar brand) work great for dry chemistry storage.
For the last 12 years I've developed all my film using dollar store 500ml plastic measuring cups (same set).
For the last 12 years I've developed all my film using dollar store 500ml plastic measuring cups (same set).
relistan
Established
Muggins
Junk magnet
I bet you were nervous opening yours!
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
This one’s about using photo gear for non- photo purposes: 35mm film capsule works well to cover one’s Oral-B electric toothbrush, keeps dust/residue/liquid splashes from other bathroom activities getting on the brush head while in its charging stand; and is open enough to let the bristles air-dry between uses.