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From: "Bob" <bob@fatboab.org>
>
> Anyway, I've got plans for 5x4 and 10x8 pinhole cameras plus some shims to
> make the pinholes from. What I would like to do though is some panoramic
> pinholes in a 6x17 sort of format. I'm not the biggest fan of light fall
> off at the edges so I was wondering how to make a 6x17 camera fro scratch?
>
> Can anyone point me to some plans, or similar cameras that I can get
> inspiration from?
If you don't like fall-off at the edges, you have two options: -make the
angle of view no more than 70 degrees or -make the film plane conforming to
a circle and the pinhole situated in its center. The difficulty with roll
film cameras from scratch is the film winding mechanism. For flat film
plane inspiration, just take a look to your 6x9. For semi-circular film
plane cameras take a look to Doug Bardell's site from which you can also buy
plans for a fairly large list of cameras of his creation.
http://www.cyberbeach.net/~dbardell/index.html
Guillermo
Received on Tue Jan 22 21:33:50 2002
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