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Subject: [Leica] Aaron's OT PAW 7 & Pinhole Matchbox Cameras
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon Feb 20 14:38:47 2006
References: <6.2.1.2.0.20060219203334.04ba2850@imap.duke.edu> <43FA395D.7020808@adrenaline.com>

http://www.blog.co.uk/index.php/alspix/2005/12/31/ 
matchbox_pinhole~428481

I haven't made one in years. My last was in the '70s. I built it  
around some outdated dental panorama x-ray film (5X12 inches if I  
remember correctly).

Built a camera of a large mailing tube. A couple of glass pipettes  
glued in for a negative holder.

Lots of room for diverse design and distortion in this field. I think  
I remember recently seeing a pinhole to fit your favorite M body.  
Haven't seen the Puts analysis yet.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies


On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> Ok, I'll admit - I'm super impressed. The technology of recording
> images is just amazing! And the idea that it can  be controlled and
> built in the hands of the individual photographer is even more cool
> and empowering to me.
>
> I'm curious, it looks like motion blur in many of these pics. Am I
> right on this?  I thought that pinhole cameras has infinite DOF, so
> I don't imagine that this is the source of the blur. Let me know!
>
> Also, could someone please post the original link on the design of
> these simple cameras?  I fat fingered and deleted the original post
> from a week or so ago.
>
> Scott
>
> Aaron Sandler wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Last week Ric Carter posted a link to a site with a design for  
>> making pinhole cameras out of matchboxes.  Well, guess how I spent  
>> my weekend...yup, that's right...I had some fun and made two of  
>> them.  :)  The first followed the design Ric linked to, and  
>> resulted in an ultra-wide focal length around 12mm, but I made the  
>> pinhole too big.  The second was a more reasonable 24mm, and had a  
>> much smaller pinhole.
>>
>> My PAW this week is from the ultra-wide 12mm with the too-big  
>> pinhole...the camera was about 6 inches from the lamp.
>> http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/paw/2006_07/index.html
>>
>> More pinhole matchbox photos from the weekend, and some info about  
>> the cameras themselves:
>> http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/PinholeMatchbox/ 
>> 2005_02_19_PM01_PM02/index.html
>>
>> Comments, etc, welcome.
>>
>> Best,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler) ([Leica] Aaron's OT PAW 7 & Pinhole Matchbox Cameras)
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