[pinhole-discussion] Favorite Cameras?

2002-03-03 Thread Steve Bell
Hey Everyone, I haven't yet begun to construct my first pinhole camera. I'm so busy with school work and everything. I have a question for you all. What is your favorite type of pinhole camera? i know that there are tons of ways to construct one, so i'm interested in hearing what you all use.

[pinhole-discussion] making contact prints

2002-03-03 Thread ethereal art
jack wrote: Hi all. I'm a newbie to the list and to pinhole but I've been eagerly reading the posts and picking up a few pointers. However, I have a basic question. I've made some pinhole cameras and taken some film pictures with each. Now I'm wanting to use some photo paper instead. I bought

[pinhole-discussion] New photo: Rome double exposure

2002-03-03 Thread Mark Interrante
Here is a recent double exposure: http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=mark_interrante_rome.jpg Mark Ps. technical details: Zeroimage 6x9 pinhole Photo1 - Santa Maria Degli Angeli Church (remodeled by Michelangelo) originally the Baths of Diocletian with myself standing in

Re: [pinhole-discussion] umm (ortho-litho development)

2002-03-03 Thread Bill Finger
I have just been using this formula. I got it out of the Christopher James book. It does yield very good continuous tones. I am enlarging negs using Arista lith film. A friend of mine was so impressed with it he is planning on building a 16x20 pinhole camera and using the arista film. -Bill

Re: [pinhole-discussion] paper instead of film?

2002-03-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- jack durrett jd...@cox.net wrote: Hi all. I'm a newbie to the list and to pinhole but I've been eagerly reading the posts and picking up a few pointers. However, I have a basic question. I've made some pinhole cameras and taken some film pictures with each. Now I'm wanting to use some

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread Guy Glorieux
Works grat now, Bill. Many thanks, Guy - Original Message - From: Bill Erickson erick...@hickorytech.net To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides I changed it to plain text the last time this went

[pinhole-discussion] paper instead of film?

2002-03-03 Thread jack durrett
Hi all. I'm a newbie to the list and to pinhole but I've been eagerly reading the posts and picking up a few pointers. However, I have a basic question. I've made some pinhole cameras and taken some film pictures with each. Now I'm wanting to use some photo paper instead. I bought some

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread Bill Erickson
I changed it to plain text the last time this went around. I looked at it in Outlook Express again. It says it's sending in plain text, but the settings for sending mail and sending news were different. I made themthe same. the format options thing on this message says it's plain text. let me know

[pinhole-discussion] Making dark slides

2002-03-03 Thread James Noel
From reading the messages on this subject it looks as if you are talking about making film holders, not dark slides. There is a significant difference. A film holder is not easy to make, but a dark slide is easily made from a piece of aluminum the proper thickness to just slide into the holder

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Size and usefulness of 'viewing' pinhole

2002-03-03 Thread ballard borich
It was suggested to me that you start with the aperture that would be the equivalent of f16 for your focal length. Then depending on the type of ground glass you are using there may be the possibility of experimenting with a smaller aperture. This worked quite well for me when composing. You

[pinhole-discussion] Size and usefulness of 'viewing' pinhole

2002-03-03 Thread CXC
I am interested in putting a pinhole on a large format (5x7) camera in order to utilize rise/fall to change perspective. I would like to be able to see the results of the pinhole shift on the ground glass of a conventional LF camera, but of course the actual 'taking' pinhole does not allow enough

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread Guy Glorieux
Hi Bill, May I also kindly ask that you turn your HTML (Rich-text) email to Plain text. I you are using Outlook Express, go to Format on the options on the top and then down the column, click on Plain Text. You can also go to your address book and mark the pinhole list address as always send in

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread Bill Erickson
I've tried it, can't say with much success. I was making a film holder for a daguerreotype plate by laminating succesive layers of model airplane plywood, using one of the thinner pieces for the dark slide. it worked OK for the dag because the plate is so slow', but for film or photographic

[pinhole-discussion] HTML-based emails (was: Hand made darkslides)

2002-03-03 Thread Guy Glorieux
Hi Thanks for participating with your questions/comments in the pinhole list. Just a quick reminder that HTML-based email messages are not permitted on the list. For those who do not have an HTML converter and /or when stored in the archives, HTML-based messages are barely understandable. It

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread ragowaring
Dear Stephen There is an excellent book by Alan Greene called Primitive Photography - A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses and Calotypes published by Focal Press. www.focalpress.com I paid £22.50 for it here in the UK. It shows how to make a camera and the dark slide section is very good with some

[pinhole-discussion] Hand made darkslides

2002-03-03 Thread Myisp
Has anyone tried making their own darkslides? I am thinking of making a 10x8 camera and would like to be able to take more than one photo before returning to the darkroom.