Re: Has anyone tried this paper pinhole camera?

I haven't used 35mm for pinhole, but I have found that a zone plate in a
body cap works very well (for me, at least). The zone plate image is
bright enough that the SLR viewfinder works well enough to allow for
composing the shot. (The image IS dark in the viewfinder, and blocking
light from entering the eyepiece is essential for viewing, but it does
work on a sunny day.) And the TTL light meter of my Nikon EF (which is
apperature-priority) gets the exposure right every time. With 800 speed
film I can hand hold the shots without difficulty.

Having said that, by all means convert a Holga; the camera is cheap, and
the conversion is easy. You might also want to consider converting an
old TLR -- you'll have fewer light leaks than with a Holga, and the
reflex viewer will be a pretty good match to what the pinhole will put
on film.

Mike Vande Bunt

George L Smyth wrote:

>I have never found success with 35mm pinhole, as the format just does not work for me. I am wondering if there is something similar availabe in the 120 format (I may still go ahead and buy another Holga to convert).
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> --- On Sun 03/20, Wolfgang Thoma < taco@thoma.be > wrote:
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>Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:11:34 +0100
>Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Has anyone tried this paper pinhole camera?
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>Traci Bunkers wrote:<br><br>> I was doing research for resources for a pinhole polaroid article I <br>> was writing for my artzine, Tub Legs, and found this:<br>><br>> http://shop.lomography.com/paperpinhole/<br>><br>> Has anyone tried this out? I'm intrigued and thinking of ordering it.<br>><br>> Traci Bunkers <br><br>Traci, the Dirkon is similar and free of charge do download from David. <br>I constructed two of them. Only problem: I printed the plans on 80 gr <br>paper which was to light for a serious construction and had to glue that <br>onto another in the base coloured black paper. Results are here:<br>http://taco.thoma.be/gallery/Dirkon<br>taco<br>_______________________________________________<br>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML<br>pinhole-discussion mailing list<br>pinhole-discussion_at_spitbite.org<br>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html<br>
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