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Pinhole Photography
A piece of cardboard is used for shutter, or a moveable shutter is added (O).
For short exposures a cardboard is most practical as removing the cardboard
creates no vibrations.
The same design may be used for a 5 x 7 in. camera or an 8 x 10 in. camera.
For an 8 x 10 in. camera 8–10 mm board or plywood may be used as the
basic material.
Sketches:
❍ Sketch 1 – Three dimensional view
❍ Sketch 2 – Side view
❍ Sketch 3 – End view (pressure panel removed)
❍ Sketch 4 – Pressure panel
❍ Sketch 5 – Top view (with pressure panel)
❍ Sketch 6 – Top view (pressure panel removed)
❍ Sketch 7 – Moveable shutter
Polaroid pictures of some of my hardwood cameras for sheet film holders:
❍ A 4 x 5 in. pinhole camera
❍ A 5 x 7 in. pinhole camera
❍ An 8 x 10 in. pinhole camera
❍ A 4 x 5 in. camera in its case
❍ A 5 x 7 in. camera and its case
Box Cameras for Photographic Paper
A box camera for photographic paper can be made of a light-tight cardboard
box, from sheets of cardboard or from wood. Peter Olpe (1993) has plans
for a nicely constructed cardboard camera.
I usually use wood for box cameras for photographic paper. Most of my
cameras are constructed for the format 18 x 24 cm (approx. 8 x 10 in.). The
focal lengths differ but all are wide-angle cameras. My preferred 18 x 24 cm
camera has a focal length of 87 mm. Some of my "Oslo pinhole
photographs" were made with this camera.
Although it is easy to make a simple moveable shutter for these cameras
most of the cameras have just piece of cardboard which is taped to the
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