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Post by John B on Aug 7, 2008 23:23:40 GMT -5
So, I put together my own pinhole camera using a kit. The kit consisted of a bunch of pieces of cardboard to be folded up and assembled. With no instructions. Luckily, there was a photo guide to assembly on the site where I bought the photos. Kind of like Lego instructions. I took the camera with me on my trip. I didn't get anything good when I was with Millring (there was a FANTASTIC moon over cornstalks that I missed), but I did get some at the lake my aunt & uncle's cabin is on. Here are three of those shots. The view of the cabin from the lake ![](http://lenscap.smugmug.com/photos/347342625_ceZqE-M.jpg) Looking past the Adirondack chairs to the lake ![](http://lenscap.smugmug.com/photos/347343882_tXu3D-M.jpg) Looking down the arm of an Adirondack towards the lake ![](http://lenscap.smugmug.com/photos/347345311_EbZUT-M.jpg) All of these were roughly 2-second exposures, with me sliding the cardboard shutter back and forth. No tripod or anything, just setting the camera on a flat surface. I couldn't figure out a stable way to mount a nut on the cardboard bottom of the camera. Film is Rollei 120 B&W film.
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Post by jdd on Aug 8, 2008 2:00:28 GMT -5
2-1/4" square?
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Post by John B on Aug 8, 2008 8:26:04 GMT -5
Yup. The cabin site goes back to 1912, when my aunt's great-grandmother and great-aunt bought 40 acres of land on Lake Charlevoix. Imagine two single women owning that much land in 1912!. The original cabin was built in 1912, a second cabin in the 50's, and the original cabin was replaced sometime in the early aughts.
My aunt has a scrapbook dating back to 1912; my pictures look like they would fit in with some of the early photos.
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Post by Cornflake on Aug 8, 2008 11:00:33 GMT -5
Those are nifty, John B. I've never played around with one of those but I'll bet it's fun.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Aug 8, 2008 11:18:25 GMT -5
Very cool . Mike
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 9, 2008 20:37:19 GMT -5
wow! nice work John! love it! Are you developing yourself?
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Post by John B on Aug 11, 2008 14:28:06 GMT -5
I don't develop right now, but I'm thinking of getting some equipment. On the small scale I would be developing, it wouldn't take much to get started. But I'm concerned abou chemical disposal. I'm on a septic system, so I can't just run it down the drain. I'm thinking I could collect runoff, etc. in 5 gallon buckets and take them to our local hazardous waste disposal collection site. I'm seriously looking at getting a negative scanner, most likely this one. It uses a "glassless" negative scanning system so there aren't any distortions caused by the negative being pressed against the scanner glass. Frankly, I don't know if that makes any difference. But apparently the hi-res scans I've been getting can be greatly improved on by doing some manipulation with the right software.
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Post by Cornflake on Aug 11, 2008 15:39:06 GMT -5
Do you use that thing when photographing nudes?
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Post by John B on Aug 12, 2008 9:04:42 GMT -5
I've tried, but balancing the camera on my toes while I pose has proved difficult.
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Post by John B on Aug 19, 2008 9:40:19 GMT -5
Here's one in color. Either it's (1) an interesting, artsy kind of picture or (2) an out of focus picture with weird artifacts in it. ![](http://lenscap.smugmug.com/photos/353876313_kB6Lk-L.jpg)
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