great stuff !
and it is great to see another person as crazy as me
just doing contact prints the sun without chemistry
Yes! I found the process by accident when I got a box of old paper free that was light-struck. I tossed it aside spilling sheets which sat in light
Later I was amazed how dark it fogged in interesting patterns
Live and learn
Next time I will piss on it to test my personal fixer
Tin Can
I have not try enough with lumen printing to see how well it keep. For now i slot the print inside a book to slow further fading.
Also i got a pinkish print as seen in a video. I saw some papers end up with a brownish tone.
Also i found if i go and fix it the print becomes very faint.
Enjoy!
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I like the simplicity of the concept and the relativ immediacy of the paper neg/pos internal developing. I can imagine this with a brass lens on the front and a Packard Ideal shutter inside.
Because it is still early and the second cup of coffee has kicked in:
To ruin the concept and un-simplify the whole thing .v . .It would not be difficult to use a spring back assembly in there instead of the simple GG with tape. This would allow dry plates in double sided holders and (GASP!) sheet films to be exposed. Given the size of the box formats larger than 4x5 might be possible.
OK, I am now done spoiling what is a really nice project.
Kudos and congratulations on a simple concept that has been well excecated.
Drew Bedo
www.quietlightphoto.com
http://www.artsyhome.com/author/drew-bedo
There are only three types of mounting flanges; too big, too small and wrong thread!
ITalking about spoiling ..i brought this box camera to a photo event last year to showcase it. Someone suggested should have a mobile phone mount in there so that the phone camera can take a photo of the image formed on the ground glass. but then maybe that is not a bad idea. hahaa
Here is a an article on this kind of camera
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/afghan-box-camera
and I quote this part
"Fascinated by its simplicity and colorful history, vintage-photography fanatics in the U.S. and Europe are able and eager to purchase the materials necessary to operate it—materials that low-income photographers in Kabul can no longer afford or access. Many are now learning how to build and use Afghan box cameras as a hobby.'
I made a separate 'darkbox' to do this. I chose a separate box for 2 reasons, firstly to allow me to leave the Afghan camera setup for picture taking and to optimise the interior for doing the contact prints. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the inside (it's packed away in the shed at the moment).
Here's a pic of a friend operating it.
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