RE: Re: your mail

Eric,

One possibility is to make a portable ice fishing shack or shanty and make
it light-tight. If you google or search the internet for "ice fishing
shanty" or something similar, you'll find some plans or get some ideas.

Here is a link to one camera obscura on ice made by Chip Lindberg.
http://www.pinhole.com/archive/415
This shack was hexagonal and pretty complicated to set up and take down.
Last year Chip made one that was rectangular - much easier to work with.
Oddly enough, plywood is not light-tight, so Chip lined the inside of the
shanty with opaque material.

These ideas get away from a walk-in obscura, but here they are anyway:
Eric Nelson made a box (for indoor use) that sounds similar to Ingo's. It
had openings on top that were covered with rubylith. This acted like a
safelight so paper negs could be developed safely and students could see the
development in process.

If you ever get to the H.H. Bennett museum in Wisconsin Dells,
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hhbennett/
they have a "portable darkroom" that Bennett used to develop glass plates in
the field. It is a large box on a stand with ruby glass on one side so
Bennett could watch as the negs developed.

Tom Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
[mailto:owner-pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org] On Behalf Of Ingo Guenther
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 4:21 AM
To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: your mail

Hi Eric, Hi Chuck,

I've made the same gear from an box of aluminium 60cmx40cm and 40cm high. I
cut a big hole in the box and mount the opening
from a changing-bag lighttight with a frame of tin and some srews. Then I
mount a small and cheap infrared-camera in top inside the box. The monitor
(wireless) I taped outside the box. I develop the films and paper in small
trays, the students can see all wat I do. It works pretty and is easy to
transport. If you need some images I'll mail to your adress.

LG, Ingo

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> Hi Eric,
> I have made a portable darkroom/pinhole-obscuro. I have used it for
workshops
> and it can be broken down or fits in my pickup truck. It is constructed
from
> 1x2's and appliance cardboard boxes.
> Here is a link to one view with a little other information. I can take
more
> pictures if you like.
>
> http://home.mchsi.com/~pinholecamera47/pinhole_camera4.htm
>
> --
> Take Care,
> Chuck
> -May your troubles be less, your
> blessings more, and nothing but
> happiness comes through your door-
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:17:33 +0000
>
> > has anyone got any ideas on making a "pinhole obscure". It has to be
> > portable and easy to erect and big enough to house six to eight
children.
> > I,m thinking of using black out blinds material but the framework is my
main
> > problem.
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