Once my pinhole camera was finished the next decision was should I use film or paper for the negatives? To be honest for me it was a fairly simple decision. I had made a pinhole camera really just to see if I could do it and then I planned to use it to decide ifContinue reading “Pinhole Camera: Part 4”
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Pinhole camera: Part 3
Now it’s time to make the pinhole. For this I followed the methods described by SROYON on the 35mmc website ( https://www.35mmc.com/26/10/2020/making-measuring-and-testing-the-optimal-pinhole-pinhole-adventures-part-3-by-sroyon/). This is well worth a read as it explains a lot about how to decide what size pinhole to use, how to make them and various ways of measuring them. I’m not goingContinue reading “Pinhole camera: Part 3”
Pinhole camera: Part 2
So the back of the camera which will take the film holder is all done apart from painting. The next jobs are to make the body of the camera and then the front plate which will hold the pinhole and the shutter. The plan for the body is a simple open ended box made outContinue reading “Pinhole camera: Part 2”
Pinhole camera: Part 1
For quite some time I’ve been pondering over making my own 4×5 large format camera out of wood. As well as an interest in photography I also enjoy woodworking and have some suitable tools so it’s not unreasonable that I should combine two hobbies. There are lots of examples of other people doing just theContinue reading “Pinhole camera: Part 1”
I BOUGHT AN OLD FILM CAMERA 