Re: AOL flotsam camera

The Image I posted was the entire image. It was only a small portion of
the 4x5 sheet of film.
I scanned it into Photoshop, and about the only 'adjustments' I made was
the contrast. You're correct about the image area being small with such
a short focal length. I just took a quick
measurement, it's approximately 5/16" Focal length. The small image
doesn't bother me much,
I'm doing all this for fun, and I can always enlarge it a bit in
Photoshop.

I may have more photos posted by Sunday night. Going to try out the
'Jewel box' camera I just made. Plus I'll try to get a few more shots
with the AOL canister.

Chuck

Mike Vande Bunt wrote:

> Nice stuff. I'm surprised at how evenly exposed the self-portrait
> from the AOL tin camera was. Did you have to do a lot of dodging when
> making the print, or is the negative really that even? (Or could it
> be that the posted image is not the full 4x5, but a smaller area
> cropped from the center?)
>
> I have been thinking about making a very short focal length "lid" for
> my Polaroid 545 holder, but have been concerned that there would only
> be a small image in the center.
>
> Mike Vande Bunt
>
> Charles Sloan wrote:
>
>> Murray,
>>
>> The only place I have a photo of it posted at the moment is on my
>> Yahoo Group at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChucksPhotos/ . The camera is pretty
>> simple, just
>> the canister with a pinhole lens mounted in the center and a simple
>> shutter. ......
>
>>
>>
>> Chuck Sloan
>>
>> Murray Leshner wrote:...........
>

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