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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Why not buy the proper equipment? Screwing around with make do is not the way to resolve the problem.
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Two reasons.
Heavy investment means you need to charge more, and you need to work the equipment full time. Here's an example - I'm restoring a car transporter trailer because I'm interested in vintage cars, and very often they are non-runners and need to be transported. The best vehicle would be a 7-tonner with an hydraulic lift, but the costs of running that (tax, testing and maintenance) means it would have to be in use 4 or 5 days every week. Restoring a £100 trailer means I get my money back from the first car I buy, and I enjoy the work.
The second reason for making your own equipment is to learn more about the underlying science. Now I appreciate that it's not worth making your own camera (although a pin-hole will teach you a bit about photography), but lighting reflectors are not too hard to make for experimentation.
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