Re: A camera everyone can make

Phil,

In almost two years of working with cameras with this simple wooden dowel
advance, the only time I had any film advance problems was when the camera was
completely soaked and then dried out, and the film stuck to the back of the
camera.  Even then, once I got it advancing again, I shot the rest of the role
with no problem.
( http://www.f295.org/Pinholeforum/forum/Blah.pl?b-text/m-1167401322/ ) It can
be a bit of difficulty if you accidentally turn the winder in the wrong
direction, hence the arrow drawn on the end of the dowel.

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: Philip willarney <pwillarney@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:52 am
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] A camera everyone can make
To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org

> --- Nick Dvoracek <dvoracek@uwosh.edu> wrote:
>
> > Whenever I’ve given a pinhole photography workshop,
> > at the end I 
> > always get asked where the materials can be acquired
> > and how the 
> > participants can continue.
>
> Nice design -- I've built my share of cardboard
> pinhole cameras (120 & 35), and I'll admit that I
> never got my homemade wind mechanisms to work
> reliably.  I got tired of always carrying a changing
> bag for the inevitable film jam.
>
> So I've mostly used cheap plastic 35 mm cameras from
> thrift stores -- I can usually find them for a dollar
> or two, and they've almost always got a better wind &
> rewind mechanism than any I can build.  I open them up
> (usually a couple of screws), take out the shutter and
> lens, and tape in a pinhole, using tape or the sliding
> lens cover as a shutter.  Cheap & cheerful, and if
> someone can handle a screwdriver and tape, they're on
> their way (and these cameras are cheap enough to buy a
> couple to break learning how to convert them!).
>
> -- PW
>
>
>  
>
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