The ultimate 1 camera 1 lens challenge.

I would like to try this;
Get or more likely make a cardboard box about 10 X 12 X 13 inches.
Fix a +3 close up lens on one end of the long dimension, space it so it is 13 1/8 inches from the other side.
(Most of us DIY folks are handy enough to figure out details on how to do this.)
Tape a 8X10 piece of photo paper to the back inside. Make a black construction paper stop for the lens with a 1/16 in. opening, this will provide an aperture of about f210.
Fix camera in the position you want to expose the picture, use sight lines to determine approx. field of view.
Uncover the lens and wait, weeks or months. I'm thinking the paper will eventually form the image (as a negative) without developing as more and more silver halide grains are converted to metallic silver.
Then fix in the usual manner, wash and dry, and make a contact print in the usual way.
I've been wanting to try this for a long time but, as the say, life happens.
I'm not sure how you would keep other folks from tinkering or generally messing around with the camera while you are gone. Haven't figured that one out yet.
 
"Some poor fellow decided to do a 1 camera, 1 lens, 1 year photo.
Some time into the exposure a concerned citizen called it in to law enforcement.
Then the bomb squad came.
It got blown up."

I laughed myself silly over this. Not because it's funny..... it's actually very sad because it reflects the society and times that we're stuck living in. But it is such an ironic thing to happen, it really IS funny in a strange sort of way.

My 1 year image making goal is the same this year as it is every year. To make one memorable image. You would be surprised at how difficult that is.
 
The super long exposure would probably get pretty good when using paper in a very long focal length pinhole, covered by a 720nm IR filter. You might get a few photons in a minute that way.

Phil Forrest
 
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