It's a hand-crafted camera, made with care from the finest pressed-steel biscuit tin, advanced aluminium fanta can, and pure extruded hot-glue.
It's not just a pinhole camera - it's a Marks and Spencer pinhole camera...
This is designed to amuse Granddaughter when she comes to stay for a couple of weeks - let's see if we can interest her in photography! The biscuit tin is just the right size for an 8x5 inch negative; the pinhole is approximately 0.3mm so an f300-ish exposure is indicated. The film holder is just three layers of card to form a suitably sized groove. The shutter is just a flap of card and tape.
Agfa-G X-ray film, 10 seconds in bright sunshine with clouds, developed 7 minutes in 1:50 Rodinal. It looks like there's a light leak around the lid - some tape will fix that - and I think the double-sided emulsion isn't properly developed. A proper dish in the dark-room will let the neg move around a bit more, I think, rather than the Paterson Orbital I'm using.
I've got some Silverprint cyanotype paper in the post; I'm curious to see how it deals with this film. It's something g'daughter can develop in the sink (she's only five!).
Let's see what she thinks in a few weeks
Neil
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