Week 278 - Science Museum Pinhole Camera

This week includes "World Pinhole Photography Day" which falls on Sunday 26th April. I will be in Lisbon then, and am taking the camera with me, loaded with expired Jessop brand colour negative film.

photo from week 277 - Holga 120 CFN

Two colourful chairs on the pavement at the Sharrowvale Market in Sheffield.

photo from week 277 - Holga 120 CFN

A colourful camera calls for a colourful hat! This was taken using a tripod and the "B" setting, with an exposure of 1 second.

photo from week 277 - Holga 120 CFN

This one demonstrates the relatively sharp definition of the lens in the centre of the field, but the falling off towards the edges.

Week 277 - Holga 120 CFN

This is a very basic toy camera, with the addition of a built in flash which has four different filters, selected by rotating the knob on the top. It was in a terrible state when I got it, sticky and fikthy with the batteries corroded and he flash no longer working, and the wind on knob had come off. Also, rather puzzlingly, the swing in Waterhouse stop to reduce the aperture is absent, so there is only one aperture, f8.
I was able to revive the flash by cleaning the contacts, and apart from the problem with the aperture, all seems well.

photo from week 276 - Folding Ensign 3¼

Chatsworth House, looking rather the worse for wear with light leaks and blurring!

photo from week 276 - Folding Ensign 3¼

The exposure here was around 10 seconds. There is evidence of light leaking on all the neagtives.