Re: Dirkon camera

Earl -

I put my hand in front of the pinhole after opening the shutter. I move my
hand aside then return it following exposure. This removes the problem of
camera shake.

Cheers -

george

--- Earl and Patty Johnson <earlj@comcast.net> wrote:

> I downloaded a Dirkon from David Balihar's site in March. I printed out
> the PDF file and then glued the printer paper to some heavier black
> cover stock. The camera is beautiful, and very cleverly designed. I
> devised a different winding mechanism for the film and created a tripod
> mount. My only complaint is that the shutter mechanism is difficult to
> operate without shaking the very light camera.
>
> By the way, I made my pinhole out of aluminum, which might violate the
> true spirit of a paper camera in some eyes, but it makes for better
> pictures.
>
> Earl Johnson
>
> aaron@deadlettertype.com wrote:
>
> >a friend sent me a dirkon a few weeks ago, but i haven't put it together
> yet.
> >it looks fantastic though... will report when i've assembled the sucker.
> >
> >/aaron
> >
> >
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:23:05 -0700
> >>From: "SteveS" <sgshiya@redshift.com>
> >>Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Making Pinhole Cameras
> >>
> >>http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html
> >>
> >>Anyone visit this site before?
> >>
> >>Steve Shapiro
> >>
> >>
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