cameras from the grocery

Lately, I've been looking for good camera ideas when I'm at the grocery. If
you are a coffee drinker and into homemade cameras check out the Maxwell
House Filter Pack coffee box. Wide mouth for easy film swapping, lid is
hinged blue plastic that probably needs just a few sprays of matte black.
About 6x5 inches with thin cardboard sides but certainly opaque. Basically
slap on a pinhole and go. I know tons of items in the store can be used but
this seemed almost tailor made. I also bought a little Altoids tin and an
18 oz. Dole raisin box that is trapezoid shaped (tapering to the bottom)
which could be interesting.

Also a Dremel drill is pretty darn handy for preparing these homemade
cameras. Great for cardboard (not that that is hard anyway)
but especially plastic and thin metal. Ensures a nice neat hole (not the
pinhole itself of course but for the pinhole shim to overlap), great for a
little grinding, rounding corners, etc.

Jack
Received on Mon Mar 11 16:57:54 2002