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I've got a Polaroid Automatic 100. I paid $10 for it and it came with flashbulbs. I guess I'll see if I can make a paper holder for medium or large format film if I can't get any film for it anymore.

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I had an idea of doing artsy stuff with emulsion transfers, but it didn't work out the way I wanted it to.

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