On the Web: The 'Battlefield' Pinhole Camera
Here are step by step instructions for building a pinhole camera that uses three rolls of 35mm film simultaneously to get an image you would normally need a 4×5 sheet of film for.
Excerpt:
The main Battlefield body which looks like, em … a naval destroyer is the enclosure that holds all the pieces together, as with any camera the body has to answer several functions:
Firstly, it needs to have a place for the film cassette, then it needs a photographic chamber and lastly it needs to house the winding spool or spools.
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“Traditional” pinholes this size usually carry photo-paper or sheet-film as what we computer age babies call sensor. The Battlefield, however, uses three rolls of film so it needs to have a winding spool and knob, a rewind lever lock mechanism and button and three (yes THREE) different rewind spools and knobs.
Read the entire article here (link)
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I started off with film, but have used digital since 2001. I miss film, and this site is a revelation, but more importantly, the posting about pinhole cameras has really inspired me to buy some film – or even some paper – and have a go at this myself. I’m not sure I’m dextrous enough to make my own like the one shown, but I’m going to give it a try. Thank you for sharing the information.
Thanks for your kind words, Ian! Good luck with your pinhole project. And welcome (back) to film!