One of the first cameras I made (circa 1972) was from a 4x5 film box. I still use it, so the ones you send out may turn out more durable than you might imagine.
I found that the short focal length was a bit too short to fill the 4x5 film. So I added a strip of matte board around the middle box to increase the distance from the pinhole to the film plane. For your purposes, using the box as is should work fine, but I believe you'll get about a 3 inch vignette image.
Gregg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Alexander [mailto:bryan@peerlessgraphics.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 4:11 PM
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole camera design help
>
>
> I am new to this mailing list. (and to pinhole cameras for
> that matter)
>
> i am working on a promotional photo project and would like to offer
> a simple pinhole camera to our clients for fun.
>
> our idea is to use a 4x5 film box to ship everything in as well
> as house the camera. this gives us about 1 inch between the
> film and the pinhole.
>
> would something like this work? especially for first time
> pinhole camera users..
>
> thanks
> bryan alexander
>
Received on Fri Jun 8 16:21:42 2001
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