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From: Omar Alvarez <omar27_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Tue 23 Apr 2002 - 21:20:12 PDT

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Thanks Dan for the positive input,

The camera uses standard 600 film, which at least for now, can still be purchased anywhere. I have a few SX-70 film cameras, but cannot always find the film.
In regards to the Modified Polaroid Impulse camera, the pinhole was originally smaller, but the images were dark. I had already glued on the pinhole brass shim to the camera, and was about to give up. I was thinking about all these f-stops and and other pinhole calculations, when suddenly my wife said, ...why don't you just make the hole bigger! So I took the sewing needle (what size I don't know..) and just inserted it into the pinhole and ever so slighty enlarged the hole.
I know, this is not scientific, lacks mathematical formulas, etc. but it worked.
I consider pinhole photography to be art. If I wanted to be like Ansel Adams I would not be using a $3 camera and a homemade pinhole.
Just the fact that an integral film camera worked for pinhole at all was a great accomplishment.
I do own "real" Polaroid peel-apart film cameras that have glass lenses and "real" shutters, but the images I obtain do not produce the unpredictable results that I can get with a home made camera.
Recently I purchased a Zero Image 6x9 from Zernicke Au. It is beautiful and I hope to see what I can do with it.
If I can be of any help to anyone trying to modify a One-Step type camera into a pinhole, please email me, I will be glad to help.
Please see my Agfa Clack page:
http://www.geocities.com/omar5193/clack.html
my Pentacon Six TL page:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Suite/1755/pentacon001.html

Good Luck and Regards,
Omar Alvarez
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From: "Dan Gerber" <dgerber@adobe.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Impulse Integral Film Pinhole Camera
Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:26:36 -0500

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Omar,

Nice work! You have inspired me to start tinkering with some of my one-step
cameras again. Are you using 600 film? Do you know what size sewing needle
you used for the pinhole?

Thanks, and keep the images coming!

-Dan

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From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com]On Behalf Of Omar Alvarez
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:40 PM
To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Impulse Integral Film Pinhole
Camera

Hi Pinholers,
I am new to the discussion group, and although I have been taking pinhole
photographs with a Nikkormat and Pinhole Body Cap for about 2 years now, I
have recently built an integral film polaroid pinhole camera. You can see a
couple of images of it:
http://www.pinholevisions.org/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_cam
era001.jpg

http://www.pinholevisions.org/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_cam
era002.jpg

I made my own home brew pinhole with a sewing needle, a pin vise, and some
brass shims from my local art/crafts store.

It took some experimentation but I was finally able to totally black out the
electronic light sensor to keep the camera's original shutter mechanism open
as long as possible.

Since I have a home made pinhole, I don't know what f-stop I am working
with, but, as long as I am getting an image on the film I guess it doesn't
really matter.

The Polaroid Impulse which I obtained used for $3 is really easy to take
apart with destroying the camera. I simply replaced the Polaroid plastic
lens with a circular brass pinhole shim and glued it on with black silicon
adhesive/sealant.

 

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