Re: Making a portable 4x8 feet pinhole camera

From: Jason Schlauch <jason.schlauch_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Wed 07 May 2008 - 14:29:00 PDT

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Gordon J. Holtslander
<gordon.holtslander@usask.ca> wrote:
> If the camera used a large fabric bellows - then maybe a couple of light proof
> access sleeves could be added to the bellows. The access sleeves would allow
> you to out your hands inside the camera, without letting any light in,

At this scale I would skip bellows entirely. I'd go with two open-top
boxes that slide in and out of each other.

Have you considered using a fiberglass layup? It meets your
requirements of being strong, lightweight, and rigid. The downside is
that it's very expensive and working with it is unpleasant.
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