Thanks Dan for the positive input, The camera uses standard 600 film, which at least for now, can still be purchased anywhere. I have a few SX-70 film cameras, but cannot always find the film. In regards to the Modified Polaroid Impulse camera, the pinhole was originally smaller, but the images were dark. I had already glued on the pinhole brass shim to the camera, and was about to give up. I was thinking about all these f-stops and and other pinhole calculations, when suddenly my wife said, ...why don't you just make the hole bigger! So I took the sewing needle (what size I don't know..) and just inserted it into the pinhole and ever so slighty enlarged the hole. I know, this is not scientific, lacks mathematical formulas, etc. but it worked. I consider pinhole photography to be art. If I wanted to be like Ansel Adams I would not be using a $3 camera and a homemade pinhole. Just the fact that an integral film camera worked for pinhole at all was a great accomplishment. I do own "real" Polaroid peel-apart film cameras that have glass lenses and "real" shutters, but the images I obtain do not produce the unpredictable results that I can get with a home made camera. Recently I purchased a Zero Image 6x9 from Zernicke Au. It is beautiful and I hope to see what I can do with it. If I can be of any help to anyone trying to modify a One-Step type camera into a pinhole, please email me, I will be glad to help. Please see my Agfa Clack page: http://www.geocities.com/omar5193/clack.html my Pentacon Six TL page: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Suite/1755/pentacon001.html
Good Luck and Regards, Omar Alvarez -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan Gerber" <dger...@adobe.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Impulse Integral Film Pinhole Camera Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? List-Post: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:26:36 -0500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omar, Nice work! You have inspired me to start tinkering with some of my one-step cameras again. Are you using 600 film? Do you know what size sewing needle you used for the pinhole? Thanks, and keep the images coming! -Dan -----Original Message----- From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????]On Behalf Of Omar Alvarez Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:40 PM To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Impulse Integral Film Pinhole Camera Hi Pinholers, I am new to the discussion group, and although I have been taking pinhole photographs with a Nikkormat and Pinhole Body Cap for about 2 years now, I have recently built an integral film polaroid pinhole camera. You can see a couple of images of it: http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_cam era001.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_cam era002.jpg I made my own home brew pinhole with a sewing needle, a pin vise, and some brass shims from my local art/crafts store. It took some experimentation but I was finally able to totally black out the electronic light sensor to keep the camera's original shutter mechanism open as long as possible. Since I have a home made pinhole, I don't know what f-stop I am working with, but, as long as I am getting an image on the film I guess it doesn't really matter. The Polaroid Impulse which I obtained used for $3 is really easy to take apart with destroying the camera. I simply replaced the Polaroid plastic lens with a circular brass pinhole shim and glued it on with black silicon adhesive/sealant. ...................................................... Lightning flashes, .............. Sparks shower, .............. In one blink of your eyes, .............. You have missed seeing. .............. ................................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ Free, BeOS-friendly email accounts: http://BeMail.org/ BeOS News and Community: http://www.BeGroovy.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. Hundreds of choices. It's free! http://www.bigmailbox.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------
