Hi Pinholers, I am new to the discussion group, and although I have been taking pinhole photographs with a Nikkormat and Pinhole Body Cap for about 2 years now, I have recently built an integral film polaroid pinhole camera. You can see a couple of images of it: http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_camera001.jpg
http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_camera002.jpg I made my own home brew pinhole with a sewing needle, a pin vise, and some brass shims from my local art/crafts store. It took some experimentation but I was finally able to totally black out the electronic light sensor to keep the camera's original shutter mechanism open as long as possible. Since I have a home made pinhole, I don't know what f-stop I am working with, but, as long as I am getting an image on the film I guess it doesn't really matter. The Polaroid Impulse which I obtained used for $3 is really easy to take apart with destroying the camera. I simply replaced the Polaroid plastic lens with a circular brass pinhole shim and glued it on with black silicon adhesive/sealant. See the images in the gallery: http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_001.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_002.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_003.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_004.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_005.jpg http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=omar_polaroid_006.jpg Please give any input as to your own personal experiences with this type of pinhole camera! Regards, Omar Alvarez Miami, Florida USA ...................................................... Lightning flashes, .............. Sparks shower, .............. In one blink of your eyes, .............. You have missed seeing. .............. ................................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ Free, BeOS-friendly email accounts: http://BeMail.org/ BeOS News and Community: http://www.BeGroovy.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. Hundreds of choices. It's free! http://www.bigmailbox.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------
