Re: [pinhole-discussion] WPPD 2002/San Francisco

2002-04-24 Thread Guy Glorieux
Great going, Eric and your whole team!
Wish you happy light, lots of good weather and lots of fun with this
project!  It's a lot of work to get these things organized so I wish you
lots of participants!
Guy

- Original Message -
From: "Eric S. Theise" 
To: "Pinhole Discussion" 
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] WPPD 2002/San Francisco


> Hi everyone,
>
> We've been sending this around locally to some cultural lists, but I
> realized that I haven't posted this to the main list.  A group of
familiar
> names have come together to create this event in the Marin Headlands,
> and we're doubly lucky because it coincides with the Headlands Center
> for the Arts Spring Open House, which typically pulls in 1000-1500
people.
>
> Anyway, this is the blurb, and if you're in the area, we hope you can
> make it out for the fun.
>
> --Eric
>
> Please join us on Sunday, April 28th, for the San Francisco Bay Area
> celebration of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2002.  Organized by a
> network of volunteers, WPPD encourages people throughout the world:
>
> * to take some time off from the increasingly technological world we
live
>   in and to participate in the simple act of making a pinhole
photograph.
> * to share their visions and help spread the unusual beauty of this
>   historical photographic process.
>
> Held in conjunction with the Headlands Center for the Arts Spring Open
> House, and orchestrated by Headlands Affiliate Artist Eric Theise,
> this Bay Area cornucopia of pinholia will feature:
>
> * making your own pinhole photographs using the mini-pin project's
>   one-shot pinhole cameras; photos will be uploaded to the WPPD
website
>   and mailed to participants
> * demonstrations of how to build your own camera by Daisuke
Nakabayashi;
>   bring your own light-tight container!
> * outdoor photography workshops led by Mark Interrante in the
Headlands'
>   splendid natural setting
> * an exhibit of photographs by local pinhole photographers
> * a screening of pinhole camera movies made by local filmmakers
> * a room-sized camera obscura in the Westwing of Building 944
>
> When and where: Sunday, April 28th, 2002, from noon to 5pm.  Headlands
> Center for the Arts, Sausalito, Calfornia.
>
> Cost: free
>
> More information:
>
> Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2002
> http://www.pinholeday.org/
>
> Headlands Center for the Arts
> http://www.headlands.org/
>
> Mark Interrante
> http://www.interwalk.com/pinhole.htm
>
> Mini-pin Project
> http://www.troubalert.com/minipin/
>
> Daisuke Nakabayashi
> http://www.justdai.com/
>
> Eric S. Theise
> http://cyberwerks.com/printmaking/
>
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Re: [pinhole-discussion] Thank You List Member

2002-04-24 Thread Tom Miller
> > Someone on the list suggested using step drill bits for drilling
holes
> > in tin cans.  Whoever you are, thank you!
> >
> > I bought one and used it to make nine cookie tin cameras for a
> > workshop, plus two big tin can cameras for myself.  It worked like
a
> > champ.  Based on past experiences, I was dreading making the holes
in
> > the cans, since normal drill bits can tear up the metal pretty
good,
> > especially in big tins.
> >
> > Tom Miller
>
>
> It might have been me.  I'm getting ready to drill some cans for
> a WPPD workshop this weekend.  And did I ever get a great deal
on some
> Krylon Ultra Flat Black paint.  Michaels Art Supply had it on
sale
> for $1.25 a can.
>
> Dick Koolish

Thank you, Dick.  Michaels is also the only place I've ever found
numbered needles.

Tom





Re: [pinhole-discussion] how to say "It's just a camera" in Italian.

2002-04-24 Thread Ilja Friedel
Hi Benjamin,

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Benjamin Privitt wrote:

> I, too, am heading for Europe.  I'm going to Germany for a couple of weeks.
> Anyone know how to say, "No, really, it's just a camera.  See that little
> hole in there?" auf Deutsch?

"Nein, wirklich, es ist nur eine Kamera. Sehen Sie das kleine Loch hier?"

But I don't think you will need it. I had a full carry-on backpack full of
weird cameras with me.

Ilja.




Re: [pinhole-discussion] how to say "It's just a camera" in Italian.

2002-04-24 Thread Benjamin Privitt
I, too, am heading for Europe.  I'm going to Germany for a couple of weeks.  
Anyone know how to say, "No, really, it's just a camera.  See that little 
hole in there?" auf Deutsch?   Perhaps I'll be a little more inconspicuous 
since I'll be bringing a modified folding Brownie Autographic (but, even 
here, that gets a bunch of attention too).  Any suggestions would be 
gratefully appreciated.




I'm about to leave for two weeks of pinholing in Italy. I feel rather self
conscious about digging in a changing bag and putting out suspicious 
looking

cannisters on the Ponte Veccio. Can some one tell me how to say "It's just
an home made camera", or "I am harmless, though eccentric" in Italian?


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[pinhole-discussion] how to say "It's just a camera" in Italian.

2002-04-24 Thread Bill Erickson
I'm about to leave for two weeks of pinholing in Italy. I feel rather self
conscious about digging in a changing bag and putting out suspicious looking
cannisters on the Ponte Veccio. Can some one tell me how to say "It's just
an home made camera", or "I am harmless, though eccentric" in Italian?




[pinhole-discussion] WPPD 2002/San Francisco

2002-04-24 Thread Eric S. Theise
Hi everyone,

We've been sending this around locally to some cultural lists, but I
realized that I haven't posted this to the main list.  A group of familiar
names have come together to create this event in the Marin Headlands,
and we're doubly lucky because it coincides with the Headlands Center
for the Arts Spring Open House, which typically pulls in 1000-1500 people.

Anyway, this is the blurb, and if you're in the area, we hope you can
make it out for the fun.

--Eric

Please join us on Sunday, April 28th, for the San Francisco Bay Area
celebration of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2002.  Organized by a
network of volunteers, WPPD encourages people throughout the world:

* to take some time off from the increasingly technological world we live
  in and to participate in the simple act of making a pinhole photograph.
* to share their visions and help spread the unusual beauty of this
  historical photographic process.

Held in conjunction with the Headlands Center for the Arts Spring Open
House, and orchestrated by Headlands Affiliate Artist Eric Theise,
this Bay Area cornucopia of pinholia will feature:

* making your own pinhole photographs using the mini-pin project's
  one-shot pinhole cameras; photos will be uploaded to the WPPD website
  and mailed to participants
* demonstrations of how to build your own camera by Daisuke Nakabayashi;
  bring your own light-tight container!
* outdoor photography workshops led by Mark Interrante in the Headlands'
  splendid natural setting
* an exhibit of photographs by local pinhole photographers
* a screening of pinhole camera movies made by local filmmakers
* a room-sized camera obscura in the Westwing of Building 944

When and where: Sunday, April 28th, 2002, from noon to 5pm.  Headlands
Center for the Arts, Sausalito, Calfornia.

Cost: free

More information:

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2002
http://www.pinholeday.org/

Headlands Center for the Arts
http://www.headlands.org/

Mark Interrante
http://www.interwalk.com/pinhole.htm

Mini-pin Project
http://www.troubalert.com/minipin/

Daisuke Nakabayashi
http://www.justdai.com/

Eric S. Theise
http://cyberwerks.com/printmaking/



[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole-Discussion digest, Vol 1 #684 - 12 msgs

2002-04-24 Thread jaolson
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Re: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread George L Smyth
--- James Kellar  wrote:
> I know this is not on the subject of pinhole or even photography, but I 
> just couldn't help myself. Goto 
> http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html, and then scroll down to 
> Apple Macintosh:
>   This is kind of funny and scary all at the same time.
> 
> James

Give a guy a microphone and look at what he does.  I didn't realize that "the
computer elite ... are mostly Atheists and Pagans."  Well, it's his website
(does that make him one of the computer elite?).

It always amuses me when the member of one cult admonishes another "cult."

Cheers -

george

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Re: [pinhole-discussion] Thank You List Member

2002-04-24 Thread Richard M. Koolish
> Someone on the list suggested using step drill bits for drilling holes
> in tin cans.  Whoever you are, thank you!
> 
> I bought one and used it to make nine cookie tin cameras for a
> workshop, plus two big tin can cameras for myself.  It worked like a
> champ.  Based on past experiences, I was dreading making the holes in
> the cans, since normal drill bits can tear up the metal pretty good,
> especially in big tins.
> 
> Tom Miller


It might have been me.  I'm getting ready to drill some cans for
a WPPD workshop this weekend.  And did I ever get a great deal on some
Krylon Ultra Flat Black paint.  Michaels Art Supply had it on sale
for $1.25 a can.  

Dick Koolish



RE: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)

2002-04-24 Thread Dan Gerber
Thanks again Omar. I agree, making an integral film camera into pinhole is a
great accomplishment. I have not been successful so far, but my first
attempt was with a one-step camera that I forgot to test with the lens still
on to see if it even worked. I don't think it did! I am now going to start
over, using a known good camera!

Thanks,
-Dan

-Original Message-
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???]On Behalf Of Omar Alvarez
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:21 PM
To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)


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" 
To: 
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.





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Re: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread Tom Ferguson
Guillermo, I think you've got it wrong ;-)

If this fellow dislikes it, I think I'll support it!

Very funny, thanks for the link James.
-- 
Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com

> From: "G.Penate" 
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "James Kellar" 
> 
> 
>> I know this is not on the subject of pinhole or even photography, but I
>> just couldn't help myself. Goto
>> http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html, and then scroll down to
>> Apple Macintosh:
>> This is kind of funny and scary all at the same time.
> 
> I knew I shouldn't buy a Mac, now I know why.
> 
> Many thanks for the link James.
> 
> Guillermo :-)




[pinhole-discussion] RE: [pinhole-discussion]time zero film

2002-04-24 Thread Calfee, Laura
I don't have any trouble finding time zero film in Texas.  They carry it at
Walmart, Target and my photo store.  




RE: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread António Vieira

> -Original Message-
> From: James Kellar [mailto:pinh...@jameskellar.com]
> Sent: Quarta-feira, 24 de Abril de 2002 12:41
> To: Pinhole Disscussion Group
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject
> 
> 
> I know this is not on the subject of pinhole or even 
> photography, but I 
> just couldn't help myself. Goto 
> http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html, and then 
> scroll down to 
> Apple Macintosh:
>   This is kind of funny and scary all at the same time.
> 
> James
> 


I am happy being a Mac user...




Re: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)

2002-04-24 Thread Mike Vande Bunt
"Time Zero" IS SX-70 film.  Polaroid changed the name in the late 70's 
(or so) when they changed the formulation so that it processed faster. 
It has been the name for SX-70 film for the last couple of decades.  It 
is hard to find because few stores carry it.  Polaroid still lists it on 
their web site, so it is probably still being manufactured.  Most of the 
large mail-order photo supply places have it.


Mike Vande Bunt


dalf...@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 4/23/02 8:23:26 PM Central Daylight Time, 
oma...@bemail.org writes:



 I have a few SX-70 film cameras, but cannot always find the film.

I cant exactly recall the name, but... you can find film for SX-70's I 
know, because I bought several packs in  Walgreens store , I wanna say TIME 
ZERO or something, I was apprehensive at first, but bought one pack, and was 
amazed , it fit right in the slot, and away I went . If you're looking for 
EXACTLY SX-70 film and expect it to say so on the package, I suspect you wont 
find any, I didnt, but on closer inspection found it by another name , still 
made by Polaroid  you have to read the fine print   :-) 


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Re: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread JMM1987
In a message dated 4/24/02 7:44:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pinh...@jameskellar.com writes:


> http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html

I'm surprised the man doesn't think electricity is spawned by Satan!
John


Re: [pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread G.Penate
- Original Message - 
From: "James Kellar" 


> I know this is not on the subject of pinhole or even photography, but I 
> just couldn't help myself. Goto 
> http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html, and then scroll down to 
> Apple Macintosh:
>   This is kind of funny and scary all at the same time.

I knew I shouldn't buy a Mac, now I know why.

Many thanks for the link James.

Guillermo :-)






[pinhole-discussion] Not on Subject

2002-04-24 Thread James Kellar
I know this is not on the subject of pinhole or even photography, but I 
just couldn't help myself. Goto 
http://207.67.219.101/objective/propaganda.html, and then scroll down to 
Apple Macintosh:

 This is kind of funny and scary all at the same time.

James




Re: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)

2002-04-24 Thread DAlfrey
In a message dated 4/23/02 8:23:26 PM Central Daylight Time, 
oma...@bemail.org writes:

>   I have a few SX-70 film cameras, but cannot always find the film.
I cant exactly recall the name, but... you can find film for SX-70's I 
know, because I bought several packs in  Walgreens store , I wanna say TIME 
ZERO or something, I was apprehensive at first, but bought one pack, and was 
amazed , it fit right in the slot, and away I went . If you're looking for 
EXACTLY SX-70 film and expect it to say so on the package, I suspect you wont 
find any, I didnt, but on closer inspection found it by another name , still 
made by Polaroid  you have to read the fine print   :-)