RE: Hello

welcome , one of the first things i was told to do is use thin .03 or thinner silver sheet from a jeweler for it is very mallable and will make a very smooth round opening , it is soft and easy to work with as other metals produce poor edges as the hole is made. There are other ways to do this also.

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From: Johanna Zamora
Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2001 9:04am
To: <Pinhole-Discussion@pinhole.com>
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Hello
Hello,

I am new to the list. I am also new to pinhole
photography. I normally use my Minolta or My
Rolleicord Vb to take pictures, but want to play
around with pinhole. Since I haven't a clue about
developing etc, I thought my first efforts would be
with my 35mm cam. Here is the plan:
I am trying to make a body cap pinhole cover for my
minolta xg-7.
Wonder if I could vet a couple of ideas here?
I am using a body cap with a larger hole cut out,
about 5mm or 6mm and then I am applying soda can
aluminum to it. Thin enough?

I will be using a 30 gauge syringe needle. Which is
smaller than a pin. I called BD (manufacturers) and
found the external diameter is 0.012mm.
I have access to the needles, thinking they were
pretty small. Perhaps another pinhole source is
better?

So any ideas if this is workable? Is there anyone who
can give me a concept of focal length for this?
Exposure times?

I am using this size film to start out with because
it's portable - well heck anything is portable :) -
and I am going down to Portland in July, by train and
am anxious to do a test run before my trip.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to learning a
lot on this list!
Johanna Zamora

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Received on Tue Jun 26 12:18:17 2001