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Matchbox camera Shutter
by alspix @ Thursday, 09. Feb, 2006 - 10:16:17 pm

Here's a couple of photos of the shutter I'm currently using. It's made from a couple of bits of scrap card. One has a quite large hole cut in the centre which fits over the pinhole (I didn't cut this very neatly - you can do better!) The other piece acts as the shutter and slides behind this, covering the pinhole. I stuck some black tape on the back of this shutter card.
Shutter closed.....
shutter1

shutter open.....
shutter2

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stuutekeer [Visitor]
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17/02/06 @ 07:25

Haha, I will try to make this shutter on my next matchbox-camera. It seems a lot more practical than my solution. I had to keep the paper flap open with my hand, en that probably introduces some vibrations.

Also, I am thinking of also making a mini-tripod for this camera. Until now, I just placed it on some stable surface, but because the camera does not have a flat surface beneath, it can still move slightly.

Jos [Visitor]
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13/05/08 @ 05:04

very interesting details.

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