C47 : August 02, 2008
Image Data
File Name: 20D_40029
Model: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 USM Macro
Date: 08.01.08 11:58pm
Focal Length: 100mm (160mm)
Shutter: 1/8 s
F-Stop: F5.6
ISO: 200
Ex Bias: +2/3
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Flash: Off
Focus Mode: Manual focus
File Name: 20D_40029
Model: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 USM Macro
Date: 08.01.08 11:58pm
Focal Length: 100mm (160mm)
Shutter: 1/8 s
F-Stop: F5.6
ISO: 200
Ex Bias: +2/3
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Flash: Off
Focus Mode: Manual focus
The name "C47" may have come from an attempt to make it sound less mundane than a clothes-pin, or it may have come from the label on the bin used to store them in an early studio. More commonly believed is that the name "C47" came to be the designation that the clothes-pins were given when printed on studio budgets to trick budget managers into approving the request for them. A "C74", "74C" or "A47" is a clothes-pin that has been taken apart, reversed, and put back together so that the small end comes together. This gives a tweezer-like tool