Pinhole's fun -- it can make you slow down and think
about things, and it can at the same time loosen you
up a lot and see what happens. Have at it, eh?
-- pw
--- Melissa absolutelynotdigi...@excite.com wrote:
..snip..
much a newbie when it comes to pinhole work, having
just made my first
Well, if you want to go light, you can't beat
converting a small 35mm premium camera into a
pinhole -- easy to carry, film processing available
anywhere, and yah, you can enlarge those tiny negs
later. A better compromise, since you like the large
negs, might be a converted-to-pinhole 120
--- Trent Dowler tdow...@grnco.net wrote:
Gary,
Why do you have to sand off the coating? It's
..snip..
well.. at least for me, I wind up having to sand both
sides to smooth off the edges of the pinhole, as
drilling with a needle usually leaves tiny ridges on
the opposite side from the
--- stephen ifstep...@yahoo.com wrote:
hi phillip
curious to know what are you using to create the
pinhole?
or do you know the approx f/stop?
I use squares of aluminum cut out of old pop cans or
disposable baking pans, and a pinhole drill made of
a needle stuck in a pencil eraser. I spin the
Hmm... I've made a number of pinhole cameras from the
larger 126 instamatic film -- still available at
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/index.htm
But there are plans for a 110 film camera at
http://pinholespy.com/
I still see 110 film in stores from time to time --
this place seems to have
--- Trent Dowler tdow...@grnco.net wrote:
Phillip,
Great article! Thanks for sharing it, and
...
You're welcome! I spaced, meant to send it out before
world pinhole day, but didn't
Which camera did you craft the pinhole camera
from? The cheap ones
...
I visit thrift stores
I wrote these up for some 35 mm pinhole cameras I gave
away recently, some for world pinhole day -- if you
can use them, feel free.
-- pw
Pinhole Camera Instructions
You hold in your hand a pinhole camera, lovingly
hand-crafted from a cheap give-away camera. I
carefully removed the lens and
--- MARK POWER mpo...@coventry.ac.uk wrote:
snip
As for brass
shim, I've used
ordinary tin foil and had excellent results.
Cheaper than brass and in
keeping with the spirit of pinhole improv!
Regards,
Hey! What's wrong with bits of aluminum from pop
cans? Less likely to tear than foil,
Hey, glad they got out there -- sorry I couldn't get
together with you/them, but my last month or so has
been weird.
You might keep an eye on IMEX
http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/toc.html
which tries to match up surplus industrial stuff with
possible users -- I just took a peek and found a
--- Marcy Merrill ma...@merrillphoto.com wrote:
Philip: But I don't HAVE two weeks! Maybe if I
inject the mold with a
hormone... or a or a steroid, or something?
Well, I suppose you could be all old fashioned and mix
a sensitized silver nitrate solution into the agar
agar, take your pix
Another low tech solution might be to take a sheet of
aluminum or steel larger than your film and cut a
circle out the size you want your film. Then lay the
parts down:
circle (aluminum)
film
outside of circle (aluminum)
table/firm surface
and press down firmly (you might have to tap around
- Original Message -
From: Marcy Merrill ma...@merrillphoto.com
Here's a question for you buncha geniuses.
With my deadline being WWPD, I have gotten off my
butt and made those
Pintoid Sours pinhole cameras I've been thinking
about. After a grueling
10 minutes, they were
--- Patrick Barrett barrettpatr...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hello Pinholers,
I beleive I've read something here in the not too
distant past about
replacing the lens and shutter of a disposable
camera with a pinhole. I've
searched the archives to not much avail.
Hey, I've tried doing this with
--- John Moore jlmoore...@myway.com wrote:
Okay, I've gone made the camera. I took a 16x11x11
cardboard box (from one of the WAY too many online
auction purchases) cut one end off mounted a
piece of aluminum foil on the end. I then taped the
hell out of it (photoblack+carton+duct) and
pinhole-discussion@p at ???
The martial mood of the country led by some
strange path to the following thought:
Take a light tight cardboard box made of fairly
thin cardboard: in the dark, securely tape film to two
inner facing sides, and seal box.
Take box outside, set it somewhere with a
I don't know german, so I found a web page that would
(roughly) translate the text on that page:
The big camera illustrated below searches for a new
home. The device served as a process camera for
tickets(maps) and aerial photographs. The film size
lies with about 1 m x 1 m, the normal focal
Just curious -- anyone feel like getting together to
do something pinhole related on world pinhole day in
or near Seattle, WA, USA? Let me know off-list if so.
pwillar...@yahoo.com
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Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips,
--- luish m. coelho lu...@ignore.com.br wrote:
..snip..
stimulating. I heard Kodak
wants to terminate film pelicula for the movies in
2005? It may not be
true, but think about the enviroment impact our
chemicals do).
My I'm talkative today.
Saw my first digital movie a few days ago --
--- I Zarkov dr_izar...@hotmail.com wrote:
..snip..
screens and software galore. Its too darn hard to
throw a sabot into the
CD-ROM drive.
Try putting a piece of sliced Bologna in your CD drive
-- probably a good sabot substitute!
- p
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--- jaugu...@adelphia.net wrote:
Oh my, she's got a split personality!
Bad Lisa:
Lisa the photographer spends her weekends in a
..snip..
Good Lisa:
Lisa the employee spends her workdays in front
of a computer
..snip..
Nah, nah, it's real Lisa and work Lisa -- leave
Jekell Hyde out
--- Traci Bunkers bonk...@bonkersfiber.com wrote:
..snip..
Near the upper right I get an area that is lighter
than the rest of the
pictures. What causes this and how can I fix it?
Huh. Looking at the truck picture, it sure looks like
there's some light bouncing around from something
shiny
I'm converting several cheapie 35mm cameras to pinhole
cameras as gifts for my nieces and nephews (remove
shutter lens, poke sand pinhole in bit of aluminum
pop can). I want to put an exposure guide (a variant
on the old sunny-16 rule) on a sticker on the back to
get them started, and wondered
I just spotted this -- Polaroid has posted the manuals
for their pinhole camara kit online:
http://www.polaroid.com/service/userguides/photographic/pinhole_ug.pdf
http://www.polaroid.com/service/userguides/photographic/pinhole_hndbk.pdf
-- p
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--- Gordon J. Holtslander hol...@duke.usask.ca
wrote:
I think a lot of people have had success using
parafin wax - can buy it at
..snip..
note that you probably shouldn't count on using the
pan you melt wax in for other things later on! The
wax tends to stay on the pan, in the pan, around
--- Fox, Robert r...@aarp.org wrote:
..snip..
Question: my images are all circular, cutting off
the corners cleanly of
the square print. Is this because the image circle
is too small for the
film? I'm wondering if the circular edge of the
front plate is being picked
up on film, since the
--- David Balihar david.bali...@pinhole.cz wrote:
..snip..
cameras, you will also find
several texts, for example, about the curious Dirkon
paper pinhole camera,
..snip..
Thanks! Nice site. Might it be possible to provide a
scanned image of the original Dirkon kit/page before
it was cut out,
--- Tom Miller twmil...@mr.net wrote:
Dear List Members,
1: I've noticed that when pulling electrician's
tape off the roll in
complete darkness there is a small greenish light at
the spot where
the tape is pulling off the roll. Recently, I made
..snip..
Oh, I see that too. I forget the
--- michael_georg...@trendmicro.com wrote:
..snip..
So, here I am with many, many boxes of Polaroid 553,
Polapan ASA100 4x5 pack
film, and no way to use it (yet). I can build a
camera out of any damn
thing, but a homemade Polaroid back presents a bit
more of a challenge.
..snip..
I'm
Well, I've converted several near-disposable) cameras
(the $1 give-away type 35mm cameras from thrift
stores) by taking them apart, removing the shutter
blade(s) while leaving the shutter button film
wind/lock mechanism. I then use black tape (my
favorite) or a home-made cardboard lens cap as
The last time I flew, I had some 120 tri-x which I
forgot was in my hand luggage -- it went through the
carry-on screening machine and got a pretty heavy fog
(e.g. increased base density) all over the strip of
film (both exposed and unexposed parts). I don't
think I'll bother to develop the roll
I just saw a note about these recently in, I think
Photo Shopper -- Daylab is bringing out some
commercial pinhole cameras, in 3x4 polaroid pack size,
4x5 film holder size, and 8x10 size. See
http://www.daylab.com/Daylux/daylux.html
philip
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