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SIC Library Scene
This scene was from inside the college library where I was majoring in photography. In the middle of the image, you can see a film projector silhouetted against a window. One of the lessons we had to do was to make our own pinhole box camera out of cardboard, and they would employ cut-down 8x10 photo paper, which would yield four 4x5 inch “negatives” per sheet. I remember I made the pinhole out of an aluminum Coca-Cola can, but I don’t remember the size of the pinhole. These cameras seemed to work pretty good and had lots of clarity, at least mine did. Most of the shots I took with my camera were in and around the college because you could only take one picture at a time before you had to remove the exposed image and reload another shot. Unfortunately, I don’t still have the camera. It eventually fell apart, being made of cardboard, and I lost all the pieces.
This shot was taken with my twenty-fifth camera.
Camera: 4x5 Inch Pinhole Camera made out of cardboard (Made in approx. September 1979)
Lens: Aluminum Can
Film: Cheap photo paper (to help save the college money)
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) approx. 1-2 minutes (?)
Date: circa September, 1979
Location: Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A.
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SIC Library Scene
This scene was from inside the college library where I was majoring in photography. In the middle of the image, you can see a film projector silhouetted against a window. One of the lessons we had to do was to make our own pinhole box camera out of cardboard, and they would employ cut-down 8x10 photo paper, which would yield four 4x5 inch “negatives” per sheet. I remember I made the pinhole out of an aluminum Coca-Cola can, but I don’t remember the size of the pinhole. These cameras seemed to work pretty good and had lots of clarity, at least mine did. Most of the shots I took with my camera were in and around the college because you could only take one picture at a time before you had to remove the exposed image and reload another shot. Unfortunately, I don’t still have the camera. It eventually fell apart, being made of cardboard, and I lost all the pieces.
This shot was taken with my twenty-fifth camera.
Camera: 4x5 Inch Pinhole Camera made out of cardboard (Made in approx. September 1979)
Lens: Aluminum Can
Film: Cheap photo paper (to help save the college money)
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) approx. 1-2 minutes (?)
Date: circa September, 1979
Location: Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A.
Box Library 1df