Re: developing tank pinhole camera?

Light traps are pretty easy to make. I used these instructions to make
light traps for my developing tubes for 4x5 sheet film. I only used two
pieces of rubber (instead of the three in the instructions), and have not
had a problem with light leaking.
http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/brontube.html

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "R Duarte" <rahji@rahji.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] developing tank pinhole camera?

> Has anyone made a pinhole camera (maybe out of a paint can or something)
> with a light trap on the top that would let developing chemicals in?
> Basically something that would work just like a developing tank with a
> pinhole in the side?
>
> I'm just curious because it sounds like it'd be pretty easy to make a
camera
> like this and it might be a way to make WWPD really accessible to
> non-pinholers.
>
> eg: what if you made a bunch of these cameras (with the paper in them
> already) and had a group/class/etc take pictures with them (you'd already
> have an idea of what typical exposure times would be since they're all the
> same focal length and pinhole size), then gather everyone back together
and
> pour developer in the first one, dump that developer into the next one and
> replace it with stop/water in the first one, and so on like a daisy chain.
>
> Seems like the easiest way to have a group take pictures and have
developed
> negatives without a darkroom.
>
> I know some people have developed paper negatives in a can camera but I'm
> guessing they do it in a darkroom. The light trapped hole on the top
might
> be a good addition. Has it been done already?
>
> Rob
>
>
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Received on Sun Jan 6 02:22:31 2002