You might be able to paint the front of the camera white to reflect light back onto the subject or create a softbox like tent with a hole to shoot through. Worht a thought. Thom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <[email protected]> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] closeup pinhole camera > Hi: > > Since things are quiet... > > I want to build something to take closeups of small objects. I keep > seeing little things on the ground that I think would make good pinhole > images, but none of my cameras would be able to take the pictures easily. > > I was thinking of making a camera that would be cone or wedge shaped, with > the pinhole at the peak of the cone (the cone would have a flat end for > the pinhole). > > It would need this shape to minimize the shadow that it creates. > > The back would take 8x10 film. > > The camera would also have adjustable feet so that it could easily be > positioned over top of an object, and moved up and down to adjust taking > field. > > Has anyone tried making anything similar? > > Gord > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology > [email protected] 112 Science Place > http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan > Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan > Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
