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[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"] [h1]Wackiest hot-shoe attachement EVAR[/h1][div class="post"][div class="message"][a href="http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=932055"]Federico Sartorio[/a], jun 07, 2005; 08:15 a.m.
Tired of being unable to take good photos of your friends / kids? Here's my tutorial on how to create the cheapest and wackiest hot-shoe attachment for your camera.[/p]First of all, buy a PEZ sweet dispenser in any grocery store (they are sold everywhere in Europe, I hope they are in the USA too). The more ridiculous, the better. [fig. A.]. The base ("feet") of the dispenser should look like this [fig. B.][/p][/div] [div class="attachment" align="center"][img]http://www.photo.net/bboard-uploads//00CSnG-23989284.jpg" height="400" hspace="5" vspace="10" width="454"]
The boxed dispenser and its "feet"[/div][/div]
[div class="post"] [div class="message"]Now, using a cutter, trim the feet of the dispenser [fig. C.] leaving a 2-3 mm wide plastic strip on each side [fig. D.] Check the width of your camera's hot shoe if you are not sure. And avoid trimming your fingers.[/div] [div class="attachment" align="center"][img]http://www.photo.net/bboard-uploads//00CSnH-23989384.jpg" height="500" hspace="5" vspace="10" width="327"]
trimming the base[/div][/div][hr color="#aaaaaa" width="60"][div class="post"]
[div class="message"]Slide the dispenser in the hot shoe of your camera, it should fit naturally! [Fig. E.] And its sweet-dispensing capabilities are retained! Yum! [Fig. F][/div] [div class="attachment" align="center"][img]http://www.photo.net/bboard-uploads//00CSnI-23989484.jpg" height="349" hspace="5" vspace="10" width="500"]
mounting the attachement[/div][/div][hr color="#aaaaaa" width="60"] [div class="post"][div class="message"]Now you are ready to shoot! The best use for this attachement is to make people laugh and quickly snap a joyful portrait of them. You can then reward them with a sweet for added happiness. I've tested it on kids and friends and it works most of the time![/div] [div class="attachment" align="center"][img]http://www.photo.net/bboard-uploads//00CSnK-23989584.jpg" height="362" hspace="5" vspace="10" width="500"]
my nikon F-100 equipped with 105 2.5 Ais and the infamous PEZ dispenser[/div][/div][hr color="#aaaaaa" width="60"][div class="message"]If you are not satisfied with the result, try using a different dispenser. The one you chose might not have been ridiculous / funny enough.
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