When I made my film cannister camera, I made a separate pinhole from aluminum pie pan stock and affixed it to the inside of the cannister. I don't think that it will work too well to just poke a hole in the plastic (well, for some, this may be what they are looking for, but it just isn't my style).
Cheers - george --- Shannon Stoney <shannonsto...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > it´'s normal if the pinhole is direkt in the plastic of the can. Try a > > greater opening -like your penny- in the film-cannister and put the pinhole > > (from soda-can or each other thin material)in the middle of this greater > > hole. > > This will work great. > > OK. I did this when I made a pinhole camera out of a cookie tin. But why > does it make a difference if the hole is made out of thin metal? Does the > thickness of the plastic make the image smaller? > > --shannon > > > regards, ingo > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shannon Stoney" <shannonsto...@earthlink.net> > > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:17 AM > > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] film canister cameras > > > > > >> How big is the image supposed to be with the film canister cameras? I > > made > >> an exposure today and it's about the size of a penny. Is that normal? > >> > >> --shannon > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ===== Handmade Photographic Images http://GLSmyth.com DRiP Investing http://DRiPInvesting.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
