Re: thankyou

thankyouThank heavens for the beautiful variability of the English language. Pringles come in a cardboard tube, probably 2 1/2 - 3 inches in diameter (60mm - 75mm?) and a foot long (300mm?). A coke can is a soda can (except where I live in the U.S. it is a pop can). I had to ask Australians what a bikkie tin was when I saw pinhole photos made with them. Unfortunately, I have no experience with 35 film canisters as cameras, but would guess that paper would work as well as film.
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  From: lisa styles
  To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
  Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:08 AM
  Subject: [pinhole-discussion] thankyou

  Thankyou to all of you who have given me inspiration for my lesson plan. One thing that I am having trouble with is translating the Americanisms into things that we have access to here in Australia. Is a pringles snack a box or a canister? When you say "soda can" do you mean aluminium can such as a coke can?

  Also wondering if the 35 mm film canister pinhole camera is used to make a film negative? What I want to do with my students is get them straight into paper negs as they haven't yet done film processing.

  Thanks again everyone. This discussion group is really interesting. I am loving the images people are pointing out and posting.
  --
  lisa styles

  ph: 02 62470574

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  From: Charles Flagg <cflagg@ispchannel.com>
  To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
  Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Re:[pinhole-discussion]lesson plan
  Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 9:33 AM

  Lisa,
  I start young students with the 35mm film cannisters pinhole
  cameras. I use a standard single paper punch to put a 1/4"
  hole in the cannister. We use soda cans, drill with a
  needle driven into a 3/8" dowel(Thanks Stewart Woodruff),
  into an eraser. Then sand the burr created with fine
  sandpaper and tape it over the hole. A piece of electrical
  tape is used for a shutter. I too cut the paper ahead of
  time and store in the safebox. My older students start with
  a Pringle's Snack ca(3.5"x5"format)spray with flat black
  paint and follow a similar plan as the 35mm. A great source
  of cannisters is your local photo processing shop. They
  have been great about saving them for me.
  Good Luck,
  Chuck Flag

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