Polaroid Pinhole (hand made): Self portrait (hand held) and others

I am not sure where I should post this. It is not

street/documentary and it has nothing to do with any camera.

 

 

Since people in this forum are very friendly, I decide to post it here.

(The only remote connection I can find is the Polaroid ISO 3000 film

used in these shots, which I am sure is a classic film, but not camera ;-)

 

Here is the story. I bought a Polariod back for my pinhole Holga (see

my post on Street/Documentary forum). Then I thought, why not make a

pinhole camera out of the Polariod back without the Holga? So I

drilled a needle hole in a piece of Reynolds aluminum foil and

taped it on a cardboard; then taped the whole thing in front of the

Polaroid back. The "focal length" is about 10mm, so it is a super

wide pinhole camera.

 

The Polaroid 87 film is so fast that I can hand hold to take this

indoor mirror self

portrait in less than 3 seconds ;-)

 

Have fun!<div></div>

More dreamy wide angle pinhole images. (All shot in less than 3 seconds.)<div></div>

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Great! Like those spirit photos from early photography.

Here is the "camera" :-)<div></div>

Very nice stuff. You seem to be a lot more willing and ready to trust your instincts than many of us when it comes to image making.

Great stuff, Sam. Your imagination is amazing - now who else would have thought....

Great stuff!

Good stuff, Sam! About a year ago I modified an old Polaroid Land Camera II by cutting the front off (shutter, batter holder, etc) with a knife. I then closed the front with thin cardboard, and used the thin aluminum from a tea candle as my pinhole plate.

 

I used to use a lot of Type 88 color film, but it tended to shift cyan over long exposures. I recently started using Type 85 (ISO 80) positive/negative B&W film. I have attached a scan of one p/n pair here; the print is burned out, but in the negative there is still excellent highlight detail.

 

I don't have any self portraits yet... It's early here, and cloudy, so if I tried I'd be really late for work by time the exposure was done. :)<div></div>