Re: Pintoids

John Yeo wrote:
> I played around with altoid boxes a while ago with paper negatives. The
> wide angle is fun. I had trouble figuring out how to keep them still. I
> usually ended up holding them hard against the ground. Your idea of
magnets
> would have made it much easier.

John; I've been having this problem also. I tried gluing a tripod nut to the
Altoid tins, but it simply broke off the first time I attempted to use it.
I've been using broccoli rubber bands. This is kind of a hassle. I've also
got to figure out a better shutter than black tape, which tends to cause the
Pintoid to move during the process of peeling. Someone suggested those
flexible magnet strips. Tried them. They want to stick to everything but the
camera and, if I attach them to the camera with tape, I end up with the same
problem as if I'd simply used tape. Anyway, I'll figure out some sort of
sliding shutter, or something. Meanwhile, I'm having a great time with the
"stereo" Pintoid and will post images, maybe tomorrow. -MM
http://www.merrillphoto.com/pintoids.htm

Marcy Merrill
Photographer
www.merrillphoto.com
Received on Tue Jun 26 08:32:23 2001