My PinHole World

Col-Ray

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Hello I guess I had better tell about myself.

I have been retired for many years now, living on the south coast of Western Australia Albany.
When working my days where spent in darkness, yes I was a commercial printer.
Over the years I have made many rough and ready cameras my last tally was over 20 pinhole and about the same with a lens,
The highlight of my picture/ camera making year is the World Wide PinHole Day
A montage of my PinHole day pics Col.
 
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Hello Bernard It a long story but the short take is Much of my pinhole work had been scanned and was saved on a My passport drive, guess what it stopped working, so for the past few weeks I I have need searching and cataloging so I have a very high percentage of my cameras and images taken with them.
I will post small batches and see how we go Col
 
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Col-Ray

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My World of Pin Hole Photography
No-001 Could be one of the very first PHC I made'
Just a wooden box with fridge magnet shutter.
York St Albany on a damp day.
I used this camera for taking an image in the 2015 WW Pin Hole Photography Day
 

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My World of PinHole Photography
No-002
Large Format Camera
IR image of Strawberry Hill Farm
Princess Royal Boat Club, yacht stands
This was the image I used in the 2013 World Wide PinHole Photography Day
 

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Col-Ray

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My World of PinHole Photography
No-003
Arduino Pinhole camera
My cameras have entered the modern age.
Powered by an Aruino micro controller the exposure times can be varied by turning a small knob, and a stepper motor winds on the film.
 

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Col-Ray said:
Much of my pinhole work had been scanned and was saved on a My passport drive, guess what it stopped working
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The drive itself may still work fine. The circuitry that connects it to your computer may have failed.
 

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If you are ever able to set-up a website of your work/material/technique, we would love to see it -- and many other websites, like mine, would link to it.
 

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Welcome to Photrio!
 
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Col-Ray

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xkaes said:
If you are ever able to set-up a website of your work/material/technique, we would love to see it -- and many other websites, like mine, would link to it.
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I had a web site , then the hosting company changed hands it became a real headache so I droped it Col.
 
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No-004
One for St. Patrick's Day.
The Guinness Cam
The Old Wool Store Albany
 

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Hi Don I have been told pull it apart and on the inside there should be a 12 pin outlet that can connect to usb Col.
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The portable drive will consist of the outside shell with a port to hook it up to a usb cable. Inside, there will likely be a SATA laptop-size hard drive. Depending what the failure was, that drive may be perfectly fine. It may be necessary to get it connected to a desktop computer, though, to read it.

Also, even if the drive itself is faulty, there are companies that can recover data from defective drives (but it would be costly).
 
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No-06
The Party Hat Camera.
I made this camera for 'World Wide Pin Hole Day 2017' Undoubtedly one of my most sophisticated cameras made so far I'm sure it's coveted my many wannabe photographers.
This camera takes small round pictures, featuring the state of the art ' watch the birdie shutter'
 

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No-07
How about a Coconut Camera?
Steam Tractor Brooks Gardens Albany.
 

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No-008
And A Plastic Camera
I made this camera from recycled plastic bottles that where laminated into sheets using an old electric sandwich press
The sheets where then formed over wooden shapes into the required shape.
Albany Town Hall
 

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No-009
My Drift Camera
This camera was created as my entry in Viewpoints** '2016 Drift ' exhibition.
The timber use was found washed up on a Little Grove beach.
Albany Town Hall
2016 picture of the Little Grove Jetty . 'World Wide Pin Hole Photography Day'
** Viewpoint WA fine art/craft group
 

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