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In response to:Matchbox camera Shutter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:23 +0100

Quite similar to the one I have on mine as well (sorry, no pictures available), except that I attached a rubber band to mine, in order to be able to shoot that sunny summer day :-)

In response to:C-41ophobia - The Irrational Fear of DIY Colour

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:09:59 +0200

Good post Just subscribed it.
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In response to:35mm Sprocket Counter Clicker

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:07:15 +0200

Thanks for sharing this useful information.
Related:
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In response to:Olympus Trip - Manual Modifcation

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:59 +0200

Coool
If interested, Take a look:
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In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:53:28 +0200

Woww. IT seem so interesting and i learn a lot from this post.
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In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:07:01 +0200

Do you have to make a new camera every time you take out the film?

In response to:Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim Multi-Exposure and "B" Mod!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:59:25 +0200

hi~ Me too, Try to Eximus Multi-Exposure and B-shutter
http://toycamera.tistory.com/1357

Eximus like as vivitar ultra wide.
Look at Eximus Multi-Exposure photo
http://toycamera.tistory.com/1662
http://toycamera.tistory.com/1658

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:44:51 +0200

Hey,
I use matchboxcameras since I found your site per search engine (simply: "pin hole camera"). I tried to build one out of LEGO before (bad idea... don't try this) or out of metal boxes (as bad... scratches in the filmsurface...). But nothing worked.
Now I have built about 15 cameras already and they all work fine. I never tried using a plastic counter. My films are mostly black (slides).
Now I try to build one out of wood, so that I can use different hole-diameters. Perhaps this will work - but best thing you can do to get rid of that "consumtioning" fotografing with digital cameras and to realise the real sense of fotogafing is to built a pin hole camera out of matchbox!
Yes this is great!

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:16:55 +0200

Very creative artist!

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:26:57 +0200

I think two holes would result in one image unless you put a mask between them,it has something to do with the mysteries of physics,is light a wave or is it a particle?

In response to:C-41ophobia - The Irrational Fear of DIY Colour

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:15:21 +0200

*bookmarked*

this is very cool and excellent news! - would love to hear more about your development process :) I've just bought some Holgas and a couple of tasty restored Trip 35's and unless I can develop at less than the $AU10 (#5 or so pounds - no key for it on my work laptop :)) ) a go for 120 film, I'll not be shooting as much as I want.

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:19:35 +0200

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In response to:Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim Multi-Exposure and "B" Mod!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:19:40 +0200

nice - need to find me a spare ultra wide and give this hack a go!!!

In response to:Olympus Trip - Manual Modifcation

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:41:01 +0200

HI, that's great thank for sharing a nice information about the camera.

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In response to:Filmbox Pinhole Camera

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:40:16 +0200

I HAVE 4 PINHOLE CAMERAS I MADE MYSELF BUT I WANTED TO MAKE ONE
OUT OF MY LEGO CARDBOARD BOX BUT IT WASN'T WIDE ANOUGH TO MAKE
A PINHOLE CAMERA SO I JUST FOUND SOMETHING ELSE TO MAKE A PINHOLE
CAMERA WITH WHENEVER I CAME OVER TO MY GRANDMA AND PAPPIES
HOUSE I FOUND A CUPLE OF BOXES ONE I FOUND IN MY SISTERS CLOSET
A SHOE BOX AND IT WAS THE RIHT SIZE FOR A PINHOLE CAMERA
AND I FOUND ANOTHER ONE IN MY GRANDMA AND PAPPIES BASEMENT AND
IT WAS THE RIGHT SIZE TO MAKE A PINHOLE CAMERA TOO

In response to:Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim Multi-Exposure and "B" Mod!

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:14:58 +0200

that's so cool!

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:52:33 +0200

With redscale you'd need far longer exposure times - I haven't done enough of it to know really, but I'm guessing perhaps 8x longer or more?

BTW there's a forum for this sort of thing at
http://www.matchboxpinhole.com/forum

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:40:10 +0200

Thanks for the fast reply. I guess you are right, but I thought underexposed was dark and overexposed was more washed out. One more thing, I know exposure time isn't an exact science, but what about redscale "loading the film backwards." Keep up the good work Alspix.

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:48:21 +0200

are you sure they're underexposed and not overexposed? Dark negs=overexposed. Excessive blur could be pinhole too large (even more exposure), and 6 seconds in sunshine sounds too long. Try a smaller hole (should just be able to see it when held up to the light) and shorter exposure (about 1 second in sunshine with 200 film)

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:27:48 +0200

First off, Thanks. I finished builing mine, instead of using the plastic from a notbook, I cut a sliver from a water bottle cap for the clicker. I used 200 color film with about 5 or 6 sec exposure time on a sunny day, and the negatives came out underexposed and blurry. Also, I scaned them with an epson v500 and tried to "doctor" them up, and with no luck. Help, Thanks.

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:54:13 +0200

i cant get it to focus!

maybe hte pinhole is too large?

help!

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:53:07 +0200

**** Also remember there's a forum here: ****

www.matchboxpinhole.com/forum

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:51:49 +0200

If you're getting the film developed & prints done by a normal shop, then make sure you leave a good gap (a few more sprocket hole clicks) between frames. Even better, cut the hole so that it is a rectangle 36 x 24mm instead of square - this is the conventional shape they are used to seeing. Make sure you tell the staff it's an experimental home made camera, if they are helpful they will take more care when printing. Good luck!

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:47:45 +0200

You'll need to find a specialist shop if you want the prints to include the sprocket holes. Or just ask your normal shop to develop the film only with no prints. Then use a film scanner to scan the developed film yourself and include the sprocket holes in the scan. Then get the scanned jpg files printed. This is how most people do it.

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:31:24 +0200

Oooh, n one more thing...after i built the matchbox camera as shown in ur site, how do i wash it to produce prints as its film capture size is not of the conventional size? I do not have my own processing chemicals and rely on the usual photo shops to process my shots. Once again, thank you for ur help =)

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:25:40 +0200

Hi, I'm a beginner in lomo photography n DIY pinhole cam. I have a question n i hope u are able to help me as ur blog is very informative n helpful. I want to take 35mm pics with the sprocket effect on my Holga cam. I have modified it to fit the 35mm film roll. The question is, once i have taken my pics, how do i wash the film to get the prints? I am told by others tat if i send the roll of film to a conventional shop for photo processing, they will js produce normal square images without the sprockets. Is tat true? If so, how then can i produce sprocket prints? Thank you for ur time n kindness for helping me out =)

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:12:42 +0200

i am making one, but i just cant get the clicker right, it keeps ripping the film when winding... im gonna try without clicker, but i want to know how to put the clicker correctly, because it was on the new canister, but when putting the tray back, it presses the clicker i guess and it tears the film!

:)
thanks anyway

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:40:33 +0200

Wouuh !
Nice Idea.
Im definetly try to build my own ..

In response to:Matchbox Pinhole

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:51:55 +0200

GREat idea, Im about to make me one camera -- any results will be published so I let You know. cheeers

In response to:Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim Repair

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:47:06 +0200

you saved my camera!! thank you so much!!!