General Sherman, Pinhole

[dazedgonebye]

Last pinhole shot from the recent trip to California.

General Sherman, Giant Sequoia
I tried and tried to do this tree justice, but just couldn't. This pinhole was my best shot.
6x9 pinhole camera made from graflex xl parts.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemphoto/sets/72157602423928050

 

[amateriat]

Fascinatin' stuff, Steve...obviously a good amount of stuff involved for setting up a shot.

How long did it take to build the camera?


- Barrett

 

[dazedgonebye]

Fascinatin' stuff, Steve...obviously a good amount of stuff involved for setting up a shot.

How long did it take to build the camera?


- Barrett

It took months of hiding and waiting for the parts to come up on ebay. Those xl extentions don't come up very often. I needed 2 for the camera and one for parts. Then I needed a graflok back that fit the xl.
The lensboard is a piece of aluminum cut down and fitted by the tooling guys at my work. The cold shoe is from parts in a used camera store. The tripod mount is a bit of aluminum with the right hole added.

It's neat, but perhaps more effort than it was worth. I've got a great pinhole camera made from an old 6x9 folder that does very well.