2006-05-02 // 17:34:29
zebra
If I give you a vote for SotD, will you tell me how it's done?
I've made a few pinhole camera's myself, but never from a pola film holder..

^ I was given an old, trashed, wooden 4x5 view camera. It needed a new bellows, the focusing track was chewed up, no lens, broken ground glass. I realized it would take far more time and effort to restore than it was worth. The back standard was OK. I knew it would take a 4x5 film holder. I just cut a thin piece of plywood with a center 2 inch hole (to mount the pinhole). Glued it to the front of the back standard. Basically it's a wood box, 2.25 inches deep. A Polaroid 545 back fits just fine since it's the same dimension as a film holder. The springs on the camera back were weak and the 'roid back is heavy so I supplemented the springs with bungee cord. You could do the same thing with any old 4x5 press camera. I fit a pinhole to an old Speed Graphic. It worked fine except at very short focal lengths, when the camera bed would show up in the photo, even when the bed was in the dropped position.

2006-05-02 // 00:26:40
bonnie
do you mean THIS shot was on main by the river? it is a truly incredible pinhole!!

^ Yep. And a pleasant morning it was, watching the canoes and sculls on the river, folks walking dogs, people fishing below the dam. Oh yeah, making a few pinhole snaps, too

^ Whoops! I just realize it says this shot was made in Dexter. I'll change it. The location was A2.

2006-05-01 // 08:36:29
aundm20
great work. one of the best pinholnoids i´ve seen till now.

^ Thank you. I owe it all to Polaroid.

2006-05-01 // 07:48:30
artpunk
Wonderful!

^ Thanks!