Re: polaroid big shot

the first pinhole camera i modified for use was a polaroid similar to
that. i sawed off the front really close to the film. the images looked
great. unfortunately it was a "zip(?)" camera, and now the film is quite
difficult to find. look forward to seeing images...

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> From: LawrenceBbinder@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:56:37 EDT
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> hi, i just wanted to share a new camera i made. i cut a polaroid big
shot
> down to create a wide angle camera. these cameras are nothing but good
old
> hard plastic. great for carrying around in a bag because they're
lightweight.
> anyway, i cut the bellow shaped plastic front off using a handsaw. i
then
> covered the open front with a piece of metal (i used a piece that i
had left
> over from a tintype kit) spray painted flay black. drill a hole in the
metal
> for your pinhole. i used a pie tin for my pinhole using a 10/13 crewal
> needle. the focal length(if i'm using the correct term) is one and one
half
> inch. the great thing about polaroid bigshots is that you can leave
them as
> they are for closeups or cut them down to various lengths. i got mine
on ebay
> for under 20 bucks.
Received on Tue May 14 13:58:22 2002