passport camera

bsvirginian

:dunno Polaroid passport camea? I've got a potential 3 day shoot doing passport photo's. I've been out of that industry for at least 15 years. Anyone up to date with Polaroid? Best case scenario would be to rent the camera for a few days for the event. Would appreciate any direction. bsvirginian:scratch bob@bob-swanson.com

ziggy53

bsvirginian wrote:

Polaroid passport camea? I've got a potential 3 day shoot doing passport photo's. I've been out of that industry for at least 15 years. Anyone up to date with Polaroid? Best case scenario would be to rent the camera for a few days for the event. Would appreciate any direction. bsvirginianbob@bob-swanson.com

Not sure about rentals, but Polaroid still makes passport and ID cameras, and B&H still sells them:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=search&Q=&ci=976

Least common denominator is the #209:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=976&A=details&Q=&sku=472810&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

You can also use a digital camera and either an inkjet or dye-sub printer, according to the government. Guidlines here:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/guide/digital/digital_880.html

XHawkeye

DIY passport photos

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2090903,00.asp

Doing your own passport photography isn't hard, if you know and adhere to the guidelines. The U.S. Department of State requires duplicate 2- by 2-inch photos of you taken within the prior six months. Digital images are acceptable if they "have a continuous tone image that looks very photo-like." Sounds simple enough, but here are some guidelines in case you want, as I did, to go it alone:

• Use a decent digital camera with a strong flash and at least 5 megapixels.
• Zoom in close enough to frame the head and shoulders.
• Before resizing your image or cropping it, be sure that your subject's image has, as stipulated by the federal government, from 1 to 13/8 inches of space between the base of the chin and the top of the head.
• Once you have a good 2-by-2 photo, paste it onto a new 4- by 6-inch canvas. You should be able to fit two of these images onto the page side by side.
• Use a scissor or razor blade to cut right along the edge of the images, eliminating any white borders.

greenpea

I shot my wife's passport photo. Used a Nikon D70, SB600 flash off of an index card, my wife against a white back ground, and an HP inkjet. Follow the state department's guidelines and its no problem.

bsvirginian

My request was more for the equipment than Passport regulations. I will need to give the passport photos to the person stopping at the booth. I've located a used passport camea that will cost me very little and it uses Polaroid Type 669 film of which I used to use in my Hassy's. Now I just have to get confirmation of the 3 day job.
Thanks, bsvirginian

dragon300zx

Hey guys thanks for this thread, I just had to do passport photos for the boss. Saved me having to look stuff up.