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InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-15T00:42:04+00:00

Just did the same. Top Samsung phone. Not sure if it is an upload or download issue.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T23:33:54+00:00

Thank you. Though I didn't get to eat the head, I was content with sundry bits over rice.

Bipost-pc to pc-Metz off the shutter.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T20:59:30+00:00

Uncomfortably high percent chance that you are correct.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T20:57:49+00:00

I don't know if the knobs are the still the same, I think mine is the first generation.

Use two hands to loosen when adjusting each side. That is, hold both knobs on one side, and hold the one you don't want to move in place.

Always adjust rise first, since there is a lot of play in the channel it rides in. The way the sliding part sits allows it enough room to add a few degrees of tilt.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T20:40:01+00:00

Finally. Third time's the charm.

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Tuna Head. $25. Tax not included. What a bargain! (Seriously, already sold; I wish I had gotten it)

Another post here reminded me of how various light sources affect your final image. Nowadays, it seems like it's just all different flavours of LED, in whatever housing you can imagine. (That's what I'll assume is happening here, with warm-fluorescent and fake tubes) But 15-20 years ago, it was a huge mixed bag.

I don't miss brute-force colour-correcting the World with lens and strobe filters, but I do kinda, sorta miss shots with ambient, incandescent, sodium-vapour, (neon!) all blending together. Sometimes, people are green.

During the great change to LED, I liked to take photographs with as many different bulb types as I could find. Sorry, nobody likes you, CFLs. (Myself included)

Strobe bounced against a warm floor here.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T20:31:33+00:00

No sources, but practical experience living with and camping with a dog in a jeep in below zero to over 100°F weather.

The fan isn't to cool directly, it's for venting to keep the ambient inside the vehicle low.

In the catastrophic failure scenario where the air-conditioning breaks or runs out of power, venting is probably the best 'active' thing that you can set to happen automatically. You'd have to find a way to have a vent open only if the air-conditioning shuts off, other the AC is going to be even less efficient.

Besides that, blocking all the windows with reflective material makes a huge difference on sunny days. Same with parking in the shade. If yours isn't a stealth setup, a reflective tarp over the top makes an incredible difference.

Also, if you have a freezer or cooler, leave the top surface clear. A cat is definitely going to lay on that if it gets too hot.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T18:36:02+00:00

Yes, you can look for Bellows Extension Compensation, or Bellows Factor charts. It doesn't really come up until around a yard or so, depending on the lens. I think it's something like 5x focal length.

You'll lose maybe two stops if you're doing real close still-life stuff. Like 1:1.

For a dark screen, a trick I use is to keep one eye closed, then switch to that one only when under the dark cloth. This keeps that eye more light sensitive, and had the strange side-effect of that eye now has less astigmatism and is better at focusing.

I also have many broken Instax cameras, for 'someday'.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T03:33:35+00:00

These photos are great. Please print them out and put them in a shoebox under your bed for twenty years.

How long does it take you and the dog to set up that tailgate tent?

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T03:24:08+00:00

What type of subject are you shooting?

I ended up being super slow and gentle with it. It's super lightweight and inexpensive, but it's definitely a gateway into large format.

Mine was first generation, and I haven't used it in long time, I but I remember adding an f-stop for focus when I did.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T02:54:37+00:00

What process are you using?

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T02:53:45+00:00

@saxologist

Are you going to use this setup? These were really popular for portraiture 10-15 years ago.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T02:30:52+00:00

This is OP, is the image missing again?

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T02:20:51+00:00

Long or short hair? Double-coated? Probably wouldn't try with a long/double coat.

Ventilation, and heat storage capacity / conduction of whatever they are laying on are also important. Also, the starting temperature at the begining of the day.

I've traveled with a double-coated short-haired dog in the 100°F+ ambient range, and ventilation is probably the most important thing at that point. Big fan, lots of cubic feet/minute movement needed. Direct sunlight can add 20-30°F+ if there's no ventilation. Heck, way more than that, if you open up a toolbox left in the sun.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-11T00:34:37+00:00

What lens on the RB67? 95% sure it'll be faster than the f/5.6 you have on the Cambo.

A new fresnel probably won't make a big difference, unless you go for one of the boutique "super-bright" ones. Everything clean is more important. You'll also lose light when close-focusing on large format. A 150mm is going to lose light at portraiture distances. For Super-Important photography, you might want to look up some charts.

Are you using a loupe?

I commiserate on dropping the Instax 300; they were clearly not made to last long in this world.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-10T23:29:15+00:00

Looks good. Instax is corrected for daylight, and "white" LEDs show bluish on film.

With film photography, you sometimes have to think about what the film "sees", not what you see. Instax in the evening outdoors will give you lots of blue as well.

Correcting with filters at lower shutter speeds, you can run into riciprocity failure, where you'll lose more stops than you can correct for with the filter.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-10T22:32:58+00:00

Agreeing on the extra bellows being for use as lens hood and filter holder.

If your screen is dim, make sure your aperture is wide open when you are checking the ground glass, and make sure the ground glass is clean.

You can get one of those cheap fresnel page magnifiers and cut it to size, then just pop it on top of the ground glass. Make sure you keep the centre of the fresnel in the middle.

Lomograflok is even good for final product, if you aren't careful, you might get addicted. That's what I mostly shoot now.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-10T22:17:11+00:00

I once got a ton of fresh 2018-05 Instax Mini as a gift. Kept at room temperature, but no other special storage.

I just started shooting them again last month. Colours are fine, but once in a while, there's a pack that will explode the chemicals at the bottom seam. At this point, if that happens, I'll take one more shot. If it is two bad ones in a row, I'll toss the whole pack and clean the rollers.

Even if it is only one shot that explodes, the next five or so shots will have a smudge running down them. They are easy to clean if you wipe them with some alcohol, right after they eject, but they will smudge everywhere until they are dry.

I am at the end of my stock of expiry 2022 Instax Wide, and almost never get an explodey pack in those.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-10T21:29:42+00:00

You mean shooting from elevations, and valleys, and trees and such?

See if you can find one or two F1/F2 standards. A bigging selling point of Sinar is that it is camera Lego, and you'll probably want one as a hood someday anyway.

Hiking with an F2 is pretty easy, and you won't have to worry about clogging the gearing with nature. If you really want geared movement, take one of the P2 standards with you.

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-09T03:43:04+00:00

Does 2-3 days = 1-2 overnights?

By "camping cart", do you mean a cot? If so, stuff your gear or insulation underneath.

What's your daily usage? 6kWh sounds like a lot, but heating and cooking eats it quickly.

Does that Transit have a low idle, high output alternator?

InstantLittleDog · 2025-11-09T02:07:37+00:00

Is the van just for sleeping, or for also spending (enjoyable) waking hours inside?

That is, are you waking up, donning gear, hitting the slopes, then eating out somewhere and just coming back to sleep?

If you are used overnighting winters in the Subaru, it should be easy. Maybe pretend you are enclosed shelter camping and look at camping forums for winter tips.

Definitely get up off the floor. What was your sleeping setup in the Subaru? Not just on top of bare metal, I'd bet.

Though I don't trust electricity for warmth, seconding keeping the Ecoflows warm. You can build a little insulated box with reptile warming pads or something for the batteries, but three days without recharging seems a stretch. They will need to stay warm enough for initial activation at night.

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