Greg, You really overpaid. But, alas, it's a good camera once you fix the lens.
If you're handy with mechanical things it's fairly easy. You have to remove the screws holding the bellows to the lens piece. Then remove the lens. I drilled mine which shattered it nicely. Then, I believe there is a blade, it's been a while since I did this, behind the actual shutter that becomes your shutter when you remove the real shutter blades. It will be obvious when you work the shutter a few times while it's apart and watch. Tape the pinhole where the shutter is and it all goes back together and looks the same as before. Good luck. Larry ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Please do not forward junk email to me such as chain letters or jokes! Visit my web sites: Calculators and Doodads for your web site: http://www.mrcalculator.com Pinhole Design Center: http://www.netcom.com/~lfratkin -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Parkinson <g...@panix.com> To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> List-Post: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com Date: Saturday, November 04, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole and polaroid >At 8:05 AM -0800 11/4/00, larry fratkin wrote: >>Hi, >> I use Polaroid pinholes in both the "peel apart" and "eject out the Ront, >>sx70 style". It's very fun to be instantly rewarded, plus you can do >>manipulations etc. I find the reciprocity a problem and usually only use >>Polaroids outdoors. >> >>My favorite Polaroid is the Reporter model. It has a cable release socket, a >>tripod socket, and is very easy to modify. There is a wide variety of film >>available for it. And, the camera can be picked up for about $5.00. It's a >>great camera except for the lens and a pinhole fixes that nicely. > >I picked up one for $6.00 (so I overpaid) and indeed, the lens is >crappy - and not fun/interesting crappy, just crappy. Do you >have any suggestions on how to convert it to a pinhole? > >Thanks >Greg > > >_______________________________________________ >Pinhole-Discussion mailing list >Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? >unsubscribe or change your account at >http://www.p at ???????/discussion/
