Pano 135 pinhole images

jon.oman · Jul 18, 2011

All from Independence, Iowa.

tribalista000 · Jul 18, 2011

Oh this is nice! Would you mind sharing how this was done?

dasBlute · Jul 18, 2011

those a nice quality panos, possibly curved plane... build it yourself?

jon.oman · Jul 18, 2011

Thanks guys! I used a flat plane camera that I built. See the following link to information on the camera. The only change I made to the camera since I posted the information was to widen the hole the pinhole was mounted in, and change the shutter to a sliding type. Otherwise, I got vignetting of the image.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

halldaniel21 · Jul 22, 2011

Nice work on the Panos and great quality pano. I went through your link; it’s an amazing idea of creating a camera on your own.

jon.oman · Jul 22, 2011

halldaniel21 said:
Nice work on the Panos and great quality pano. I went through your link; its an amazing idea of creating a camera on your own.

Thanks! I have also built 4x5 and 8x10 inch pinhole cameras. The larger the negative, the sharper the apparent image......

F/1.4 · Jul 22, 2011

These look great! The last one is my favorite. Out of curiosity, what film did you use?

jon.oman · Jul 22, 2011

F/1.4 said:
These look great! The last one is my favorite. Out of curiosity, what film did you use?

Thanks! The film used was 200 ISO Fuji C41 that I bought at Walmart.

F/1.4 · Jul 22, 2011

Nice! Yeah the exposures look just about spot on. I just LOVE the store fronts with the truck! that is a GREAT picture.

tribalista000 · Jul 22, 2011

I've bookmarked your link by the way, how do you keep the images from overlapping?

jon.oman · Jul 23, 2011

F/1.4 said:
Nice! Yeah the exposures look just about spot on. I just LOVE the store fronts with the truck! that is a GREAT picture.

Thanks! Someone else said that they liked that one, but wished the truck was from about 1930.....

jon.oman · Jul 23, 2011

tribalista000 said:
I've bookmarked your link by the way, how do you keep the images from overlapping?

I have a mark on the take-up knob, and an index on the camera body. I found that if I turn the knob two complete revolutions, I do not get overlap of the images.

gkardmw · Jul 23, 2011

Jon,

Very nice camera and pictures. Can I ask, what type of wood did you use and what was your exposure time?

Dave

jon.oman · Jul 23, 2011

gkardmw said:
Jon,

Very nice camera and pictures. Can I ask, what type of wood did you use and what was your exposure time?

Dave

Thanks Dave! I used an inexpensive 1/2 inch plywood for the camera body, and 3/16 inch plywood for the front that the pinhole attaches to. The inside was painted flat black to prevent any light leaks through the thinner wood.

The exposures for these images were about two to three seconds in the bright sunlight.

f/16 · Sep 4, 2011

Nice! Tonight I'm working on a pinhole body cap for my Nikon SLR and DSLR.

jon.oman · Sep 5, 2011

f/16 said:
Nice! Tonight I'm working on a pinhole body cap for my Nikon SLR and DSLR.

Thanks Bill! I'm sure you will have fun making pinhole images. You will find that the images will be sharper on the film camera. But, both have their own appeal!

aj angiuli · Sep 17, 2011

Great Job on the camera and very nice photo's.....what is the width if you dont mind me asking? I am construction a pano pinhole right now myself using 35mm at 88mm wide...also love the shutter idea...i may try it myself...thanks for sharing
aj

jon.oman · Sep 18, 2011

aj angiuli said:
Great Job on the camera and very nice photo's.....what is the width if you dont mind me asking? I am construction a pano pinhole right now myself using 35mm at 88mm wide...also love the shutter idea...i may try it myself...thanks for sharing
aj

Thanks AJ! The width is 72mm. I wanted a 1:3 format. Which shutter are you refering to? My first one was an orange juice can lid with a hole in it. That proved to be a bad idea, because of vignetting. The hole was not big enough to cover the format, and with all of the layers, it was too thick. I changed it by drilling out the hole to a larger size (the hole in the camera), and the shutter became a slide. The round juice can lid is history!

Pano 135 pinhole images

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