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may be held in place by a rubber string. When you take a picture you
remove the string, open the flap for the necessary exposure and close
it.
8. If you want a tripod bush or socket for your camera, use some
araldite to glue a 1/4" or 3/8" nut to the bottom of the box.
9. Since this camera has to be loaded in the darkroom, it will be
practical to make several cameras. The cameras are easily carried in
a bag.
10. If you want a curved film plane for your camera, the cardboard film
holder is left out. Film or paper is taped to the inside of the camera.
A polaroid picture of some "oatmeal box" pinhole cameras which I made in
1990, my first pinhole cameras, and a portrait made with one of the cameras
on Ilford Multigrade III RC paper. The negative was scanned and then
inverted by a photo editing program on my computer.
Some descriptions or pictures of "oatmeal box" or "cookie tin" cameras on
the net:
❍ Wendy Mukluk's description of an oatmeal camera
❍ Susan Addington's Venetian biscotti tin camera
❍ How to Make an Oat Meal Tin Camera (Zero Image)
4x5 in. Film Holder Cameras
Some commercial cameras are manufactured for 4 x 5 in. or 8 x 10 in. sheet
film. In my view, these cameras tend to be somewhat overpriced.
Making a camera yourself is easy. The camera can be made of wood or
cardboard. I build my own cameras from hardwood, mainly because I like
woodworking and enjoy making beautiful objects in wood. Plywood or
other materials may be used as well and require less effort. Cardboard is
probably the easiest material to work with.
A cardboard camera may be made from scratch from sheets of cardboard
cut to the right dimensions and assembled to form a box which will take a 4
x 5 in. film holder. It may also be made from an already existing cardboard
box. The basic component – apart from the pinhole plate – is the film
holder. The back of the camera is designed to accommodate a standard film
holder. The inserted film holder may be held in place by a rubber string.
Make sure the camera back is light-tight. Near the top the film holder has a
locating ridge which is to fit in a groove in the camera back. The groove
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