Re: RE: pinhole-discussion-digest V1 #336

Hi All,

Happy Holidays and all that good stuff!
As for containers for pinhole cameras, my vote for the best way to go is
CIGAR BOXES!!!! Don't get me wrong here, I too like tins of all shapes
and sizes too, but wooden cigar boxes look like old time cameras to start
with. Go to a tobacco shop that sells good cigars and ask for the empty
WOODEN cigar boxes that usually get tossed out in the trash!!! Some
places might charge you a few dollars for a box, but they are definitely
worth it! They are the best thing going in my opinion. You can find all
different sizes, widths and lengths. I've found some that the only thing
needed was to spray painted flat black inside, drill a hole, and then
mount the pinhole and add paper and GO shot some pinhole. Some of the
boxes look so good, they almost look like store bought pinhole cameras. I
got a closet full of the things and just never get around to finishing
them. As it is I have too many pinhole cameras already, but that's not
going to stop me from exploring some of the "cool ones" that come out
like "The Blender". That's my "wooden nickel" worth of info.

"Keep on Pinholin'",
Tom Lindsay

Remember if it holds out light it's a candidate for a pinhole camera!
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:06:37 -0500 "che lawrence" <che1963@hotmail.com>
writes:
> this is great conversation! i'm always looking at containers with
> pinhole
> in mind, especially as i see more and more people shooting digital.
> the
> first time i ever heard about pinhole was when a freind told me
> about an
> exhibit he saw on the cape. he looked at these beautiful
> photographs. in
> the center of the room was a tin that he thought was for donations
> but
> was in fact the camera that produced the beautiful images!
>
>
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> Subject: pinhole-discussion-digest V1 #336
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:59:01 -0800 (PST)
> >pinhole-discussion-digest Friday, November 25 2005 Volume 01 :
> Number 336
> >
> >
> >
> >Please DO NOT QUOTE the entire digest when replying to a
> posting,
> >only quote the message you are replying to.
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> >Included in this issue:
> >[pinhole-discussion] re: unexpected camera source
> >
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> >
> >Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:59:54 -0500
> >From: Richard Koolish <koolish@alum.mit.edu>
> >Subject: [pinhole-discussion] re: unexpected camera source
> >
> >Butter cookies may be nice, but I think the best cameras
> >used to be full of chocolate. :-)
> >
> >http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/world/elliptocam.jpg
> >
> >Elliptocam had whisky fudge in it and I had to help
> >a co-worker eat the contents before she would give me
> >the can.
> >
> >Here's a picture taken with it:
> >
> >http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/world/gargoyle.jpg
> >
> >And here's Elliptocam and it's big brother, a chocolate
> >truffles tin, obtained at BJ's Wholesale.
> >
>
>
>http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/RMK_Pictures/Pinhole_2/PB210992.JPG
> >
> >
> >
> >By the way, the last time I was at a Starbucks, they had
> >a set of three kind-of-triangular tins that packed into
> >a cylinder.
> >
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> >
> >End of pinhole-discussion-digest V1 #336
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