--- stephen <ifstep...@yahoo.com> wrote: > hi phillip > curious to know what are you using to create the > pinhole? > or do you know the approx f/stop?
I use squares of aluminum cut out of old pop cans or disposable baking pans, and a pinhole "drill" made of a needle stuck in a pencil eraser. I spin the needle in the aluminum until the point just goes through, then sand the opposide side a little and drill from that side a couple of turns. After doing this drill/sand routine 2-3 times, I usually have a nice clean round hole. For 35mm I only get the point of the needle through, not the body of the needle, because I want a small hole. For these cameras, I don't worry about what f-stop I've really got: I just try them. With print film (lots of lattitude) and my exposure chart, I rarely see unprintable pictures: a first time pinholer I gave one of my cameras & instructions to on world pinhole day got a whole roll of printable pictures! -- PA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
