Actualy this might work if you are willing to do your
own developing. However you will have to use ortho-
chromatic film, not the normal pan-chromaitic such as
tri-x etc. They don't always use standard red or
yellow safe lights some use other colors. I think
that various Kodak ortho films are still available in
35mm, 4x5 sheets.
--- SETH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Steve Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > If you feel like forking out the cash, 4x5
> negatives are great
> for
> > > pinhole...you build the camera as if you were
> making it for
> sheet paper,
> > > but you have shorter exposure times and the
> flexibility of
> contacting or
> > > enlargling from a neg. Of course, this is much
> cheaper if you
> process
> > > your own.
> >
> > What is "contacting"? I`m not a devoloper. John
> Mustarde is
> sending
> > me a pinhole camera for the project, and I am very
> grateful. Let`s
> say
> > I cut a frame of 35mm, and tape it in the camera,
> whilst in a dark
> closet
> > using a red light, I then expose the film, then I
> go back in the
> closet
> > and untape it and stick it in a film cannister,
> and take it to get
> > developed.
> > Does that sound like it`ll work?
>
> This won't work. Film needs to be handled in
> complete darkness. No
> red light, no light of any kind. Furthermore, how
> do you plan to
> "stick" a frame of film back into film canister? If
> you want to
> have pinhole images developed in a commercial lab,
> you need a
> pinhole camera built specifically for some sort of
> roll film. This
> could be as simple as "sacrificing" a body cap for
> your Pentax to
> make it into pinhole "lens" or you could buy
> Besseler 6X9 pinhole
> camera kit. Or for around $100 you can get a Zero
> Image 6X6 camera.
> Otherwise, you need to have your own chemicals.
>
> > > Out here in Canadaland, a box of 25 sheets of
> Tri-X is CDN $25
> (though
> > > the price just shot wayyyyyyyy up in the latest
> Kodak price
> increase),
> > > and processing runs about $3 a sheet (but varies
> wildly from lab
> to
> > > lab). Agfapan APX 100 is $16.99 for 25 sheets,
> and is just
> excellent.
> >
> > I`ll see how big the camera is, and see what film
> will fit.
>
> If the camera accepts 4X5 film, you can use photo
> paper as film.
> This can be loaded in the dark with safelight on and
> allows for much
> longer exposure times. But then you will have to do
> your own
> develoment, which is neither difficult nor
> expensive.
>
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