Re: What do you like about pinholes/pinhole cameras?

From: Wolfgang Thoma <taco_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Tue 26 Oct 2004 - 10:55:39 PDT

Jane Patterson wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, October 26, 2004, at 02:03 AM, Malin Fabbri wrote:
>
>> About pinhole cameras (bought or homemade) you've used:
>> -Which are the best 'features' or functions of pinhole cameras?
>
> my favorite pinhole cameras have been film-based; paper negatives
> drive me nuts, both in terms of exposure time and difficulty of making
> satisfactory prints. That said, while I love the pinhole body cap on
> my 35mm SLR for its convenience, and have made some very successful
> images with it, the negatives just aren't big enough. I've been much
> happier with my "LochLomo" (modified Clack - 6x9 neg) though I want
> more shutter control than that camera gives me.
> Cheers,
> Jane

That's already the second or third claim about shutters. What's wrong
with you, folks?
The Clack as most of the other "vintage" cameras has a connection for a
cable shutter release and nearly every cable can be blocked.
And for the good old cardboard box working with paper negs: what is
wrong with black tape?
taco

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