The Can-O-Rama!
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Here's the film can, the lid and the
shutter. I glued a cut piece of black mat inside the can bottom to wrap the
film around. The film can is about 11 1/2" across. It's got 20 holes drilled
around the sides at 1 3/4" intervals. |
20 pinholes. It looks like I only have one
that's not quite right. I've replaced it. With this can I can either cut
bulk film to size, or I can cut the end of the spool off of a roll of 35mm
film. Then I can place a roll of 24 exposure film inside the can, taping it
into place. I wrap the film around the inside cardboard, emulsion side out,
then tape the end in place. |
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The shutter is also a piece of cut mat. I
can simply slide it on and off. |
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Grrr... I could only scan 5 inches of film at a time. It's
pretty obvious where I pasted everything together. The above image was made
using the Can-O-Rama and about 76 Matchbox cars. They were piled around the
Can-O-Rama, right up next to the holes. About a five second exposure out of
doors. The exposure is pretty even all around. The only problem was the one
hole, which I've already replaced. I think it had some glare around the pinhole. I made three exposures. I gotta come up with a better way to scan the film because this was a pain in the
ass. It's actually a pretty cool exposure, but it looks like crap on the
internet. One of the tiny plastic horses fell down in front of a pinhole and I
really like how it ended up, flying headless in front of the double-decker bus.
I'll bet the Matchbox cars would be fabulous in color. So I might try that next.
I think that even if I DO get a good scan, the long image won't view well on a
screen. What I'd like to do is not only print larger prints, but also put them
behind plastic and bend them into a ring. I could then hang them by fishing
line, with a fishing swivel. The image could be on the inside or outside of the
ring...or both. Lit from the inside or outside as well. You could stick your
head inside and get a panorama. I've pinholed the inside of a beehive a few
times using other pinhole cameras. Problem is the bees move around so much, they
rarely show up in the image. But that's another challenge for another day... BUT
wouldn't it be a cool panorama?
03-01-05:
Okay, here's a color one. Quick, but still dirty.
Pinhole Day 2005 stuff.
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