Thank you so much for such a clear video on this process. This will be the one people refer to in the future. For all the clarity I did miss the actual timing and subsequent turning off of the exposure light.
Great video and explanation. My one and only image taken with a pinhole camera turned out completely black. Obviously, too much light! I had converted a tissue box to a pinhole camera. After the exposure, I was holding it so tight (to keep it light proof) that I destroyed it. I would definitely build a sturdier pinhole camera next time!
Thanks for yer tips @Melanie King Greetings from Brussels, Belgia. Eh, I also use a dark box camera at the moment and I was looking for tips. Make fotos on paper. I am a beginner also. Cheers :)
Very helpful! If you don't mind my asking, what sort of ventilation do you have set up in your darkroom? I'm a novice and not really sure how to go about setting up a system.
I had my enlarger set to the highest setting. It doesn't matter too much, as the paper is such a thick "negative", it takes a lot of light to penetrate through.
Out of curiosity, if you were holding a sheet of photographic paper in complete darkness with no safe light, would the emulsion side feel extra smooth as well as sticky? Even if it was matte paper, would the emulsion side feel smoother than the other side?
Nice video. I like how you make it easy and simple to do. I've watched many videos on the topic of late and they were all complicated. When I tried however, it was just as easy as you demonstrated (minus a fair bit of experimentation to find out what ISO to rate the paper at). Do you ever develop your paper negatives in caffenol?
Paper negatives (generally) have an ISO of around 6. You'd use a light meter to determine how long to expose/what aperture to use if you're shooting paper negatives in a LF camera, but since this is a pinhole camera you're probably going to have to experiment
@@MelanieKing But isn't that too thick,surely it needs to be thin and have some sort of transparency to it,how does the light get through such thick paper
This EXACTLY what I was looking for. Straight to the point. Thanks, Melanie✌🏼
Glad it was useful!
That was a so much simpler explanation than any of the other videos I saw! Thank you!
I love your channel, you are so generous with all the info ❤
@@AB.926 thank you !
Thank you so much for such a clear video on this process. This will be the one people refer to in the future. For all the clarity I did miss the actual timing and subsequent turning off of the exposure light.
Great video and explanation. My one and only image taken with a pinhole camera turned out completely black. Obviously, too much light! I had converted a tissue box to a pinhole camera. After the exposure, I was holding it so tight (to keep it light proof) that I destroyed it. I would definitely build a sturdier pinhole camera next time!
Awesome explanation!
Thanks for yer tips @Melanie King
Greetings from Brussels, Belgia.
Eh, I also use a dark box camera at the moment and I was looking for tips.
Make fotos on paper.
I am a beginner also.
Cheers :)
I am going to try this. I was looking for this printing in negative.
Briiliant!
@@MelanieKing It worked perfectly. Only had to find the right exposure. It takes a lot of light .
Thank you !
Cool!!
Very helpful! If you don't mind my asking, what sort of ventilation do you have set up in your darkroom? I'm a novice and not really sure how to go about setting up a system.
I am lucky and my darkroom already had ventilation, so I am not sure how I would set this up.
I recommend leaving a few seconds at the end of your video after it's obvious it's ended, so we can decide if we should leave a like.
Thanks, this video was made a few years ago! My videos have slightly improved since then ;)
What aperture did you have the enlarger set? Does it matter?
I had my enlarger set to the highest setting. It doesn't matter too much, as the paper is such a thick "negative", it takes a lot of light to penetrate through.
Out of curiosity, if you were holding a sheet of photographic paper in complete darkness with no safe light, would the emulsion side feel extra smooth as well as sticky? Even if it was matte paper, would the emulsion side feel smoother than the other side?
Yes, if you lick your finger and touch the corner of the paper - the emulsion side should feel sticky.
Nice video. I like how you make it easy and simple to do. I've watched many videos on the topic of late and they were all complicated. When I tried however, it was just as easy as you demonstrated (minus a fair bit of experimentation to find out what ISO to rate the paper at).
Do you ever develop your paper negatives in caffenol?
How long did you expose the photo paper to the camera: time, aperture, ISO sensitivity. This is important. Of course I can experiment ...
What is the appropriate time per second for exposure in sunlight or in normal light with a pinhole camera, who has correct information, thanks.
Paper negatives (generally) have an ISO of around 6. You'd use a light meter to determine how long to expose/what aperture to use if you're shooting paper negatives in a LF camera, but since this is a pinhole camera you're probably going to have to experiment
I'm confused,what paper did you use for the negative?
Ilford Multigrade Resin Coated pearl.
@@MelanieKing But isn't that too thick,surely it needs to be thin and have some sort of transparency to it,how does the light get through such thick paper
@@KevinGarlandJames nope, the exposure is long enough to get through paper. Paper is quite translucent if you hold it up to the light...
Also the exposures are 30 seconds!
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this was semi helpful - but some timings would have been helpful for each step