[LargeFormat] Re Worldwide Pinhole Photography

[john frost]

use 16x20 paper! I wood cut the paper to size, first......

john (:>)

"philip.lambert" wrote:
> 
> I have been worrying about attaching a length of rollfilm to the inside of a
> concave filmplane. Is double sided sellotape the answer? In the meantime I
> have to use the shoebox to send 2 LF lenses to a friend so am thinking now
> about using the carton the fridge came in. Not sure if this is
> practical.Just wondering how to make a contact print from a negative 2.25ins
> wide by 15ins long. Philip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Les Newcomer" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Re Worldwide Pinhole Photography
> 
> > Hey sounds like a great ebay auction for next April fools.  "A pinhole
> > center filter!"
> >
> > while I won't say it's impossible, the aperture is so bloody small that
> > creating a centerfilter would be difficult indeed. An you're already into
> > the several seconds exposure, another 2 stops will put you into the minute
> > mark with reciprocity.
> >
> > Since pinholes don't need to focus, take a compass and measure the
> distance
> > from one wall to the next, then draw an arc in the botom of the box. Now
> > using more cardboard, construct a curve along the arc.  This way the film
> > will be the same distance from the aperture, and while fall off will still
> > exist, it will be greatly  diminshed.  You might get some odd shapes at
> the
> > very ends too, since the film will see an elipse instead of a circle.
> >
> > Les.
> >
> > > From: "philip.lambert" <philip.lambert@ntlworld.com>
> > > Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> > > Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 11:53:34 +0100
> > > To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> > > Subject: [LargeFormat] Re  Worldwide Pinhole Photography
> > >
> > > I am wondering whether I could use a pinhole camera as an ultrawide
> camera.
> > > I thought I might tape a suitable length of 120 rollfilm negative inside
> a
> > > shoe box on the long side.  There is sure to be a falling off in
> > > illumination towards the edges. In conventional ultrawide photography
> the
> > > use of a graduated centre filter is suggested to reduce the light in the
> > > middle region of the negative.  Is such a filter needed with a pinhole
> > > camera and if so what size and how is it to be contrived? Philip
> > >
> > >
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