My Second Attempt at 35mm Pinhole.

After my first attempt didn't work too well, I had a look at my camera and made a few small changes, including changing the winder. I made it from card originally, but instead used a piece of an old pencil, that I cut a slot in, to fit over the top of the middle spindle, to wind the film on.

Lilly Petals.

 I put them in front of a window to take the photo, so you'd be able to see the detail in the petals. It's come out closer to the subject than I was hoping for but I think it gives it an even more distorted affect. On the left hand side you can see where light has leaked into the camera, alot of the photos were ruined by this.

Jasmine with Jazzles.

Again this photo is closer than I was expecting, but I still really like it. 

I only got about 6 printable photos off this film, but I'm really happy with what I've got, and hope to try some more. I also don't think my exposure times have been long enough, or I just need to try taking some outside. 

My 35mm Pinhole Camera Fail.

So after I made my pinhole camera i had a look at exposure times on the internet and was experimenting with it. I was inside so did it for 10, 20 seconds at first, but then used the flash from my DSLR so I only had the shutter open for a few seconds. I'd done about 10 photos, and the film seemed to be jammed, by the time I'd tried to wind it to get it to unjammed I think I jammed it more. So anyway I locked myself in the darkness of my bathroom and cut open the camera. Luckily I managed to just cut through the tape and not the box. Unluckily I managed to slice some of the film. I then removed the film from the camera and put it in a black bag so I could take it to the darkroom the next day. Then I developed the film.
 Unfortunately there weren't really any photos on the film, I think it must have been jammed up for longer than i thought. there was a small amount of film with part of an image on though, so I printed this..

Part of it is a Tomato Ketchup bottle, I think another part of it is my panda bear, Miles' ear. But I'm not sure about the rest. I'm hoping to try again, and hopefully I'll get something better next time.

I tried to make a 35mm B/W fim pinhole camera..

After experimenting with pinhole cameras using light sensitive paper, I decided I wanted to try and make a 35mm B/W film camera, but using a pinhole instead of a lens.

 I started by getting a small cardboard packet, took it apart and drew around it. I gave it extra flaps to make it more light-proof. 

 Then I made two small flaps and stuck them down with 35mm between them for the film to sit. You have to make sure you only stick down the top and bottom of each flap allowing the film to slide through.

  I made two sticks by rolling card

and covering them with black duct

tape. I have two film canisters one

with the film in, and an empty one

that the film with feed into. I put    

sticks into opposite ends of the film

canisters, these will be used to wind

the film on.    

         Using an aluminium drinks can I made a Pinhole and stuck it over a hole I made on the front of the box.                                                                                                              

I made two holes in the top of the 

box for the sticks to go through

to wind the film on.

I then fed the new film through the flaps and taped it to the spiral of the empty canister, I then put the canister back over the top and taped it back together making sure it would still wind on. I then pushed the sticks through the holes on the top and put them securely in the ends of the film canisters allowing me to wind on the film. I then closed the box up using duct tape, making sure no light could get in at all. 

I drew two arrows on the back of the camera to remind me which way to wind it on. 

From experimenting I realised that one turn of the stick winds the film on one frame. I cut bits from a sticker to mark the front of the stick so I knew when I'd wound it all the way on. I finished it off by sticking the rest of the sticker to the front, and a piece of duct tape over the pinhole.