Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Room

how-to can be found on Starlight Cameras web page www.paintcancamera.com click the GIANT CAMERA button thanks, jim k ---BeginMessage--- Does anyone know of any resources or have any iinformation on how to build a pinhole camera using a window in a room?

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Printing the giant pinhole image: a question to the list (was: WPPD image?)

The wet paper stain problem is common independent of size. Best to dry the exposed positive before you apply the developer. Alternatively, cut the negative into manageable sections (like 16 x 20) and you will be able to apply contrast filters to each section according to the density of the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] increased sharpness?

(the wavelength of green light is 525 nm) jim k ---BeginMessage--- - Original Message - From: Jim Kosinski mer...@paintcancamera.com it makes any difference... does anyone know the range of wavelengths that bw paper is sensitive to? Both Ilford and Kodak have spectral sensitivity curves

Re: [pinhole-discussion] increased sharpness?

been thinking about buying one of the appropriate filters from Edmund Scientific and trying UV pinhole this summer. Has anyone done it? Howard Wells G.Penate wrote: - Original Message - From: Jim Kosinski mer...@paintcancamera.com in the formulas used to determine the optimal pinhole

[pinhole-discussion] increased sharpness?

in the formulas used to determine the optimal pinhole diameter for a given focal distance the wavelength of green light seems to be used because it's in the center of the visible spectrum... would it be possible to get more sharpness with the same pinhole diameter by changing the color of the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Where is John Olson?

It was Mustard, in the library, with the hose! Sh... ---BeginMessage--- He's got auto-reply/out of office feature running for all his email [Outlook?]. ARGHH! Z _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs (very OT)

ragowaring wrote: Answer to this would end many hours of discussing this with my wife. I think it is the big (or blunt) end that comes out first Alexis on 5/5/02 4:31 am, John Edwards at e...@mindspring.com wrote: That would be the end that comes out of the hen last. ;-) - JE Jim

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs

Guy - c'est superlatif! but where the heck is the bottom of an egg? Jim K Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits www.paintcancamera.com 607-264-3480 ---BeginMessage--- Gisèle and I are just back from grocery

Re: [pinhole-discussion] developing tanks/pinhole cam [was paper negative tricks]

Ray, the prices are on the page with the ordering info, the Merlin XD's price is $34 sorry you missed it... Jim Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits www.paintcancamera.com 607-264-3480 ---BeginMessage--- Jim

Re: [pinhole-discussion] developing tanks/pinhole cam [was paper negative tricks]

The Merlin-XD pinhole camera is made from a film developing tank. Check the website for details, www.paintcancamera.com Jim K ---BeginMessage--- Hello Mike, The most basic developing tank / pinhole camera is the 35 mm film canister in which 35 mm film is sold! It's the cheapest one, too

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Slightly Off Topic (Jim Kosinski)

thanks! there have been pinhole cameras on every space flight due to their unique ability to record high level energy events with a very small aperture jim ---BeginMessage--- jim, if i remember correctly, the first camera to take pictures of the sun from outside the earth's atmosphere (i.e. in

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Slightly Off Topic

Here's a good resource with lots of links... I found it by putting pinhole astrophotography into a search engine http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Astronomy/Amateur/Astr ophotography_and_CCD_Imaging/ Jim K ---BeginMessage--- I apologize for being slighty off topic. I'm not a pinhole

Re: [pinhole-discussion] exposure?

= 1 ocean breath 25 asa = 2 ocean breaths 12 asa = 4 ocean breaths 6 asa = 8 ocean breaths (this is the beginning of the range for paper negatives) enjoy, and namaste! Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pin...ball shot

maybe you could try using a flash and fast film to stop the pinball? Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits www.paintcancamera.com 607-264-3480 ---BeginMessage--- Jim, My father bought this pinball machine about

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pin...ball shot

Huges, how did you ever get the pinball to show up in a pinhole shot? it is shown in the place where it's moving pretty fast jim Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits www.paintcancamera.com 607-264-3480

[pinhole-discussion] MerlinXD camera is ready!

for teachers students of pinhole photography to enjoy. Cheers Jim Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry Valley NY 13320 usa Merlin pinhole cameras darkroom kits www.paintcancamera.com 607-264-3480 ---BeginMessage--- Hi all friends, Happy Valentine! Kung Hei Fat Choi

Re: [pinhole-discussion] silver, copper and fixer deposits

eric, you can remove the silver from used fixer with copper... some folks use sheets of it the silver copper happily trade places, it's not really an attack... don't know about the other process you have in mind, though jim Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight Cameras PO Box 540 Cherry

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Ag stuff

there are always a few silver atoms in a used developer solution but nowhere near the amount you would find in used fixer copper is, in fact, used as a test for silver content after silver recovery to make sure the silver level is low enough for disposal Many thanks, Jim Kosinski Starlight