Re: pinhole camera design help

would it be possible for me to see some images using a box of this build?
(either on a website some where or emailed as jpegs) this would really
help us in knowing what to expect since we have never tried this before.

i would like to keep this as "user-friendly" as possible. here are a few
more questions i have come up with:

-could i use a smaller film size to avoid the vignette? (is there a
recommended size?)
-would the box need to be tapped in someway to make it light-tight?
-do you have any advice on flim, lighting conditions, exposure times?
-am i asking too many questions? :o)

thanks for your help!
we really appreciate it, and i look forward to trying this out.

Bryan Alexander

Gregg Kemp wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>
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Received on Mon Jun 11 09:53:32 2001