From: Jeff Foster, CCS Open System Group (jfoster@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: 06/04/03-02:00:27 PM Z
neat
for anyone who needs a source of lens, try surplus shed.
http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/Lenses.html
then again glass may be too good for some effects ....
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: <Grafist@aol.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 1:07 AM
Subject: Low Tech Cameras
> In a message dated 30/05/03 22:46:52 GMT Daylight Time,
pwillarney@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
> > Of course, remember that I'm someone who taped two
> > plastic lenses back to back and stuck them in an old
> > shutter to get that "diana" look for my 4x5 speed
> > graphic...
> >
> > If you do decide to build a camera, check out the
> > cameramakers list:
> >
> > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
> >
> > -- pw
> .................................................
> Thanks Philip for reminding me how much fun I got from this project a
couple
> of years back.Following is a very brief description of how I made my low
tech
> camera.
>
> I have made film/ paper holders using 1 mm thick mounting board and for
ease
> of repetition I cut templates from thin kitchen surface plastic sheet
making
> pin holes so that the templates could be pinned securely down on the
mounting
> board for cutting with scalpel knife. There were about six layers of
mounting
> board which were glued together with impact contact adhesive. These
holders
> proved to be light tight. However I am planning on making the holders from
1mm
> black polycarbonate sheet which would be more resistant to wear. The 8" X
10"
> camera was made from a cardboard packing box dimensions approx 9" X 11" X
> 500mm . The lens is two meniscus 1000 mm glasses taped together around the
> edges thus making a 500 mm. The aperture was made by pushing a pencil
thru' a
> cardboard disc which was fixed infront of the lens. Using grade 2 RC paper
an
> exposure of approx 5 seconds gave an evenly exposed negative which I
printed by
> contact on to the same grade paper. The prototype camera did not
initially use
> the rather sophisticated film holders described above but, because I was
keen
> to see the results from the lens, I taped the paper on to a sheet of
> cardboard and wedged it inside the back of the box. The fixed focus lens
is O.K. for
> landscapes and subjects further than 20 feet and cost $4.00.
> How low tech can you get? Good luck with experiments.
> John- Photographist
>
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