I have a pinhole camera along these lines: It is an Ansco "Pix Panorama", a $10 plastic, reusable 35mm "panorama" camera. I bought about 4 of them from Pro-Ex when I was in college. The nice thing about them is that they are assembled with tiny screws, so they are very easy to disassemble, and gut. Mine has a pinhole in a piece of aluminum pie tin, taped on with gaffers tape, and another piece of gaffers tape as a shutter.
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????]On Behalf Of Mike Vande Bunt Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:48 PM To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Favorite Cameras? I think Guillermo is on to something here. Disposable (or "single use" to use the proper marketing term...) cameras can be reloaded once you know the trick, but it is not simple and requires a darkroom or changing bag. But there are LOTS of really bad (or at least mediocre) non-disposable 35mm camera out there that are available for next to nothing at resale shops and yard sales. The most common type that can be found is the "Time" magazine camera that was sent out for free with a subscription. (They cost the owner nothing, but as a lens camera they are almost worthless -- some of the Toy Camera artists have made art photos with them but they are not good enough to take decent photos and not bad enough to be a Diana camers.) The lens is poor and the shutter inconsistent. But the whole lens/shutter unit can be removed (prying is probably the best way to do this). Then you can add your own pinhole and shutter. Probably a piece of electrical tape will work for a shutter. One nice thing is that the film plane is slightly curved as a way to correct the distortion of the cheap plastic lens, and this is a lus for pinhole too. Mike Vande Bunt G.Penate wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Liav Koren" <yu257...@yorku.ca> > >>This makes me wonder: has anyone else also been working with a converted >>disposable and 35mm film? It took me a few tries to figure it out, but >>once I learned to chop the thing in half properly, I got a camera that I'm >>pretty happy with.. >> > >I made this ugly 14mm focal length one many years ago: >http://members.rogers.com/penate/cameras/14f.jpg >http://members.rogers.com/penate/cameras/14r.jpg >http://members.rogers.com/penate/cameras/14b.jpg > >But I have discontinued its use in favor of this -non disposable- one: >http://members.rogers.com/penate/cameras/12.jpg > > >Guillermo > _______________________________________________ Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???????/discussion/
