Re: [pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-12 Thread Lisa Reddig
- Original Message - From: jack durrett jd...@cox.net But I'm a pretty shameless camera-hopper. I see a new shape I want to try and I just swap out the pinhole shim. I haven't used a camera enough (a couple of weeks, maybe a month) to really put it through the ringer but so far so

[pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-12 Thread jack durrett
George, I know what you're talking about and flaking can be a problem. So far I've had pretty good luck though. I try to rough the surface with a file to provide a little texture which seems to work well enough. I also had a can of primer which seemed to do the job. I've heard that the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- jack durrett jd...@cox.net wrote: Lately, I've been looking for good camera ideas when I'm at the grocery. If you are a coffee drinker and into homemade cameras check out the Maxwell House Filter Pack coffee box. Wide mouth for easy film swapping, lid is hinged blue plastic that probably

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-12 Thread pete eckert
Jack, Check out the toy stores. They have these small lunch boxes that would make good pin hole cameras. I was thinking of making some as kids birthday gifts. Pete At 03:57 PM 3/11/02 -0600, you wrote: Lately, I've been looking for good camera ideas when I'm at the grocery. If you are a coffee

[pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-11 Thread jack durrett
Lately, I've been looking for good camera ideas when I'm at the grocery. If you are a coffee drinker and into homemade cameras check out the Maxwell House Filter Pack coffee box. Wide mouth for easy film swapping, lid is hinged blue plastic that probably needs just a few sprays of matte black.