welcome , one of the first things i was told to do is use thin .03 or thinner silver sheet from a jeweler for it is very mallable and will make a very smooth round opening , it is soft and easy to work with as other metals produce poor edges as the hole is made. There are other ways to do this also.
------ Original Message ----- From: Johanna Zamora Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2001 9:04am To: <Pinhole-Discussion@p at ???????> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Hello Hello, I am new to the list. I am also new to pinhole photography. I normally use my Minolta or My Rolleicord Vb to take pictures, but want to play around with pinhole. Since I haven't a clue about developing etc, I thought my first efforts would be with my 35mm cam. Here is the plan: I am trying to make a body cap pinhole cover for my minolta xg-7. Wonder if I could vet a couple of ideas here? I am using a body cap with a larger hole cut out, about 5mm or 6mm and then I am applying soda can aluminum to it. Thin enough? I will be using a 30 gauge syringe needle. Which is smaller than a pin. I called BD (manufacturers) and found the external diameter is 0.012mm. I have access to the needles, thinking they were pretty small. Perhaps another pinhole source is better? So any ideas if this is workable? Is there anyone who can give me a concept of focal length for this? Exposure times? I am using this size film to start out with because it's portable - well heck anything is portable :) - and I am going down to Portland in July, by train and am anxious to do a test run before my trip. Thanks in advance, and I look forward to learning a lot on this list! Johanna Zamora __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???????/discussion/
