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For the 175th anniversary of photography a project called “Päewapilt” was brought to life by nonprofit organization Estonian Photographic Heritage Society. In 2014 two workshops were held in Estonian Art Academy and in Tartu Art college, to introduce the process and history also the ambrotypes and ferrotypes of photography. The project culminated with the formulation of the digital booklet which includes detailed history of the process and fallowing video. The origin of the word päewapilt (that's what photographs were called in Estonia around the year 1900 ) is uncertain, but päew (nowadays päev) stands for day and pilt stands for image, so it’s probably derived from the concept of daylight studios.

Tarmo Virves Andres Kõpper Cinematography: Heiko Sikka Edit: Helen Takkin

Music: NOËP „Morning Light“

Production: Kadi Sikka / MTÜ Eesti Fotopärand (Estonian Photographic Heritage Society) Alasti Kino 2014

Special thanks to: Eesti Kultuurkapital (Cultural Endowment of Estonia) Kultuuriministeerium (Ministry of Culture of Estonia) Käty Tarkpea, Karlis Jaunzems, Cineunit OÜ, Saksavalgus OÜ EKA muinsuskaitse ja konserveerimise osakond (Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Heritage Protection and Conservation)

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Lightmeter

While iphone users have pinhole assist, android users seems to have nothing. But it's not like that. Here you have ligthmeter named Lightmeter, it goes down to iso 3, but you can calibrate further +-4EV, which makes it perfectly suitable for wet plate collodion.

Lets see what 25 seconds at f5.6 aperture gives us:

Advanced settings are available only in paid version and also smartphones with zoom cameras can use spotmeter, but im not sure how adequately it works.

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"pitkälahti"

fuji fp3000b

polaroid land camera 100

juuka, finland

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"michaela"

fuji fp3000b

polaroid land camera 100

juuka, finland

http://www.mykkela.cz/index-fotogalerie-EN.php

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"michaela"

fuji fp3000b

polaroid land camera 100

juuka, finland

http://www.mykkela.cz/index-EN.php

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23 century graphic

first baby graphic i have. came along with graphic packfilm holder which suits perfectly for wet plate collodion without any major modifications. paid for it some 80$ +shipping and taxes and 103/4.5 trioptar lens with self-cocking shutter included. 23 century graphic has plastic body and was produced around 1949-1970. camera is basicly in unused condition, only thing is that viewfinder seems to missing rear eyepiece, but viewfinder is interchangeable. bit dusty but otherwise very well kept. graphics are considered as press cameras, but century graphic is actually basic technical camera. you get 18mm rise, 18Þ backward tilt, 7mm shift to both sides and with bed-drop you get up to 35mm fall and also forward tilt.

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qui est lisa vale?

right answer would be la valise (suitcase - french). lisa vale, fictional character with different faces is anagram of la valise. la valise is a project of french artist philibert thomas. suitcase is portable studio and have been on the road since may, next stop is tallinn, estonia, then kiev in ukraine and who knows where. philibert only knows that he has to be back in france in november. trip has 0-budget and is funded by art what philibert does in his suitcase, if he manages to sell something. 

learn more about la valise http://la-valise.tumblr.com

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found this hazel sitting while randomly visiting the 29th helsinki comics festival. 3€ instant portrait, done before you know it - said sign. black and white was what i wanted and also made instant portrait of her also for exchange.

learn more about this hazel http://newlevant.tumblr.com/

learn more about this comics festival http://www.sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi/in-english

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Bleaching off black coating from Fuji FP100C negative using househeld cleaner ACE Lemon

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[IGNORE THIS POST] tumblr has apparently some kind of glitch that it shows video posts blank, white. if you reblog then inital videopost appears but reblog post is empty. 

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Bleaching off black coating from Fuji FP100C negative using househeld cleaner ACE Lemon

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Bleached fp100c negatives

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"autumn"

fuji fp3000b

polaroid land camera 100

tallinn, estonia

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"mil"

fuji fp3000b

polaroid land camera 100

tallinn, estonia

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"paula/tiit"

13x18cm clear glass

old reliable collodion

4 sec. before sunset, 210/5.6 caltar-sII

10x12" vageeswari

pärnu, estonia

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"helsinki rooftops"

fuji fp100c

polaroid land camera 100

helsinki, finland

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Polaroid Land Camera 100

Years i've been looking for model 100 Land camera and now i've got it. It was first model and in my opinion the best one (im not talking about proffesional models like 185, etc.)

Produced: 1963-1966:

Lens: 114mm f/8.8 3-element glass

Shutter: Electronic; 10 seconds - 1/1200

Separate window view/rangefinder assembly (has a hinged base-- flips up for use and is held in place with a magnetic catch-- folds down for storage and fits inside the camera's plastic cover)

Viewfinder has projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation.

Aperture-priority automatic exposure only

Has settings for film speeds of 75, 150, 300, and 3000 ASA.

Has "scene selector" switch which gives choice of two different aperture settings for each film speed setting; lens can be used at full aperture with 3000 ASA film.

Has exposure compensation dial with range of -1/+2 stops ("Lighten/Darken" control).

Has metal body and metal shutter/lens housing; has tripod socket

Leather carrying strap

IMPORTANT FIRSTS: First electronic shutter in a mass-produced camera, first Polaroid pack-film camera.

http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landdcam-pack.htm#100

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Orwo papers

Old DDR papers are just great, much more fun then modern papers. Various sizes from 7,4x10,5cm to 10,5x14,8cm, 100 sheets each pack. Yellow is extra-hard contrast. blue is hard and red is normal.