[pinhole-discussion] fading epson prints

[claudia smith]

I have been reading about this problem and from what I have gleaned from the 
Wilhelm site, the ink and paper are "sets" and fading can occur quite rapidly 
if you do not use the paper designed to go with the inks for a particular 
printer no matter which one it is. Hope this helps.

Claudia

[pinhole-discussion] PS4

[claudia smith]

I would love to participate...count me in too.

Claudia

[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole 2003 Swap

[claudia smith]

Thanks to all who have sent me such great pinhole photos in the 2003 New
Year's Pinhole Swap. They are wonderful! And many thanks to the
organizers.

Claudia Smith

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[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Polaroid

[claudia smith]

 I successfully (that means it still works) converted a Polaroid "The
Button" camera to pinhole. I removed the acrylic lens (difficult) and
cut away the diaphragm with an exacto knife and put a pinhole in place.
Am using a professionally made pinhole designed for a 3" focal length
(it is what I had on hand.) I cut down a film canister and placed it
around the pinhole area...the cap provides the shutter. When the
exposure is finished I replace the cap and press the button to eject the
film. I avoided taking the camera apart out of fear I would damage the
circuitry, and thus the difficulty of removing the lens from the
outside.

The exposures required are longer than I expected. Could this be
because, being an sx-70 type camera, the image is going to a mirror
before it is directed to the film? 30 minutes under cloudy sky produced
a useable but underexposed image. I understand time zero film is about
150 asa.

I may just put a larger size pinhole in place but am wondering if anyone
has any other suggestions. The way it is is fine for working in my house
or backyard but i would like to go to public places with it and have
exposure times of less than 30 minutes.

Anyone know what would be an optimal pinhole size for this camera? And
what the pinhole to film distance is considering the mirror?

thanks

Claudia Smith

[pinhole-discussion] new pinhole photo

[claudia smith]

Hi everyone

I have just started using my Zero Image 4x5 pinhole camera with a
polaroid back. Here is a photo using outdated Polapan 672 pack film.

http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=claudiasmith1.jpg

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[pinhole-discussion] blackening inside of cans

[claudia smith]

if you don't want to paint the inside of cans for pinhole cameras you
can use black contact paper or just any old black paper with rubber
cement.

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[pinhole-discussion] pinhole spartus full-vue pix

[claudia smith]

i adapted a Spartus Full-Vue to pinhole use 

http://www.sfbaysailingpix.com/inthedreamtime.htm

the slide show takes a while to load

for a tripod i simply glued the appropriate sized nut to the bottom of
the camera.

these cameras can be pretty sharp with the lens in, but if you apply
some clear nail polish to the lens you get a pretty good approximation
of the Diana distortion at a fraction of the price. they look cool too!

claudia

[pinhole-discussion] using 120 in a 616 camera

[claudia smith]

i put a roll of 120 in the camera with a nickel on each side as spacers
to make the roll fit right. so, i can load in full light. then i use the
616 takeup roll as normally one would and unload the camera in a
changing bag and then wind it onto the spool of the developing canister.
no light leaks that way and no tedious winding of film onto a different
sized roll. try it!

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[pinhole-discussion] Web Site

[claudia smith]

I have had a web site of pinhole polaroids up for a little over 2 years.
You can check it out at ...


http://myweb.ns.net/~cbs/pinhole.htm

[pinhole-discussion] swap

[Claudia Smith]

I really thought the last pinhole print swap was great and would like to
participate in this one as well. So please add me to the list. Hope
everyone has a wonderful holiday. Santa brought me Zernike's new
multiformat 6x9 pinhole camera and I can't wait to test drive it.

Happy New Year (the actual millennium year)!

Claudia Smith

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[pinhole-discussion] Re: Polaroid Pinhole

[Claudia Smith]

I have used a Santa Barbara Lenseless camera with a polaroid back, as well as a
Polaroid big shot with a pinhole. You can see the results at my web site Through
the Pinhole

http://www.ns.net/~cbs/pinhole.htm

this has a pretty long "focal length" so with a shorter one, you might not have
such a radical color shift, but I kinda like the altered colors especially the 
ones
that have an almost black sky but were made in daylight.

Claudia

[pinhole-discussion] New Pinhole Images

[Claudia Smith]

I have three new pinhole photos made with AgfaPan 25, developed in Rodinal, and
printed on albumen POP

Hope you'll give them a look...thanks..here is the link

http://sfbaysailingpix.com/newpinhole.htm

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Pinhole-Discussion digest, Vol 1 #49 - 2 msgs

[Claudia Smith]

I am finding this digest really hard to read with all the italics and arrows 
from the
quotes. Is there some way to make it easier to read and is it necessary to 
include the
whole message replied to which often appears several times? This particular 
issue of the
digest is almost impossible to read. I mean this as constructive criticism and 
hope it
will be taken that way. I would like to continue reading the post, but sheesh, 
the
visual clutter is off-putting.. Have you thought of just putting up a site for 
the
posts?

Thanks, Claudia

[pinhole-discussion] new color images

[Claudia Smith]

hi all,
I have posted some 35mm pinhole images made with a praktiflex with
pinhole body cap.


http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/fishingboat.jpg
http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/flagboat.jpg
http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/flagboat2.jpg

claudia

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[pinhole-discussion] two more images

[Claudia Smith]

hi again

I have two more images

http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/pinaccordion.jpg

http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/pinfisher.jpg

Claudia

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[pinhole-discussion] [Fwd: how to get around a flatbed scanner]

[Claudia Smith]

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Unless my negatives are rather thin, my flatbed scanner is not up to the
challenge so I have found a way around it. I use printing out paper from
Chicago Albumen Works, and then scan the print. Someday, I hope to have
a good negative scanner, but for now this seems to work.

Claudia

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