[alt-photo] Re: cameras - was Re: sizing options for color gum

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Gord,

I mostly use 4x5, though I did make a 24x24 pinhole camera out of  
black foam-core-- very wide angle-- used Bergger film and contact  
printed it.  I loved using film that big, but I needed to make several  
cameras that size; otherwise, it was definitely a close-to-home and  
one-shot deal.  I also made a 7x17-- really loved that size-- also out  
of black foam-core.  I got the film from that guy who made film in odd  
sizes, but he no longer sells online, I don't think (can't remember  
the name now).  But I mostly use 4x5, mainly because I have 4x5 film  
holders, so I can go out with a dozen loaded film holders, and it  
makes it worthwhile.  I do typically make my own, but I've also used  
Nancy and Eric's superwide 'Leonardo' (from Pinhole Resource), and I  
have an old Speed-graphic that I put a pinhole plate on, instead of  
the lens.

12x18 sounds like an interesting size film/camera. I like the idea of  
large collapsible pinhole cameras, though.  That would be really nice.

Diana
On Jan 18, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Gordon Holtslander wrote:

> What size of film do you use for your pinhole cameras?  I've been  
> using 12x18 and 8x10.  Do you make your own cameras?
>
> I just discovered there is a community maker/hacker lab here  
> (Saskatoon) with a CNC (Command and Control) router people can use.
>
> A CNC router allows one to create a digital picture of the shape you  
> want, and the CNC router cuts it out.  Much more accurate than  
> making temples and cutting by hand.   I'm going to see if can make  
> some very large format collapsible pinhole cameras
>
> Gord
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:09 pm
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: sizing options for color gum
> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org 
> >
>
>> I probably should add that a lot of my work is printed from
>> either pinhole or toy camera negatives, so edges are always a
>> bit on the  fuzzy side, anyway-- certainly not tack-sharp
>> with clearly defined edges.  I have made prints from lens-
>> based cameras, of course, that are tack-sharp, and it still
>> seems to work fine.  If there's any mis-registration at all
>> (and I used to get that with pre-shrinking anyway), it's very
>> very slight and easily manipulated.  I'm not really sure
>> why that paper doesn't shrink -- makes me think that it's not
>> completely organic in some way-- but maybe cotton in papers
>> doesn't work the same as cotton in clothes. ??
>>
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Peter Blackburn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm. I don't know if I've ever used the soft press Fab. That's
>> interestingthat it doesn't shrink for you. I'll have to order
>> some and try it.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
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