What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

[Steve Smith]

It's possible he has never heard rap music.

Lucky man!


Steve.

[Bill Burk]

I heard some thumps coming from a car down the street, turned to my wife and said... "Sounds like Taylor Swift"...

One thing the conversions have in common that makes them so great...

The Grafmatic.

The one-pound film holder that holds 6 standard sheets of 4x5 film in a solid unit that is easy to advance quickly. Makes it easy to get ready to shoot, and take then next shot quickly if you need to fire off two shots. I don't know about firing six shots in succession because I usually only carry two for a day. But it can be done.

[Frank Petronio]

I used to use nothing but Grafmatics but found that in portrait sessions I could shoot them too quickly. Seriously, it gets too expensive and if you shoot like that, you should drop down a format. But regardless, WeeGee and thousands of other press photographers used them in handheld 4x5s for many years, before the Polaroids were even manufactured ;-p

[E. von Hoegh]

I used to use nothing but Grafmatics but found that in portrait sessions I could shoot them too quickly. Seriously, it gets too expensive and if you shoot like that, you should drop down a format. But regardless, WeeGee and thousands of other press photographers used them in handheld 4x5s for many years, before the Polaroids were even manufactured ;-p

And you can get a good Grafmatic for $75.

[John Kasaian]

Whats great about converted Polaroid cameras?
It keeps them out of the land-fill

[Gordon Flodders]

Some land-fill




GF.

[Gordon Flodders]

Seems to be quite a few uneducated LF's out there. Why is it Chris Usher has five converted Polaroids?

http://www.chrisusher.com/projects.h...album-14&num=1

Click on 'One of Us'

GF

[Dan Fromm]

Gordon, I took y'r advice and looked. Why couldn't those shots have been taken with a different camera?

Understand, I'm completely neutral about converted polaroid cameras. They don't seem to be for everyone, do seem to suit some very well.

[Frank Petronio]

If only WeeGee had one, how much better his shots would have been.

[Jody_S]

If only WeeGee had one, how much better his shots would have been.

Just think what he might have done if he'd had a monorail!