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Worldwide Pinhole Day (updated)

your waitress [deleted] says:

Here's the final plan for the Worldwide Pinhole Day meetup and photostroll.

We will be meeting at noon on Sunday, April 30th at:

Crossroads Cafe
699 Delancey St,
San Francisco

After some beverages and help for anyone with their pinholes we will be strolling around the Bay Bridge and industrial area shooting the heck out of them!

Thanks everyone who is already planning on coming. If you haven't already commented and are planning to come please indicate below just so I have a better idea of how many we will be there. That way Crossroads Cafe can hold a good spot for us.

Be sure to check out mkaz's cool links below for more inspiration. I'm thinking about picking up one of these from Looking Glass Photo in Berkeley for the event. Anyone try one of these??

Everyone is invited. Hope to see you there and please spread the word!
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your waitress edited this topic 46 months ago.

mkaz* [deleted] says:

The flickr meet ups seem to be in the same neighborhood at:
Crossroads Cafe
699 Delancey St,
San Francisco

I haven't been to one but seems like a good place to meet. I'm looking forward to it. :)
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your waitress [deleted] says:

sweeet. thanks mkaz*. i've never been to one either, yeah i suck and usually work when they are going on.

i love that idea. it seems to be right in the same area. i'll give them a call tomorrow just to make sure it works for them too. i'll let everyone know after that. so glad you will be joining us! i think we are up to about 10 "almost definitely's"! woOt! ;-)

is noon ok for everyone? too early?
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tinou bao says:

interesting, would love to learn about pinhole photography
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mkaz* [deleted] says:

valerie: yeh, I've been bad about going too, I always mean to but forget or something comes up. Not this time. :)

I can bring some supplies for making a camera, I've got enough brass shim to make 10,000 pinhole cameras; but construction might be tricky in a cafe.

Tinou: I've got a little details up on my site about my latest pinhole/camera mod: http://www.mkaz.com/photo/cameras/pinhole_35mm.html

Or for a little more inspiration -- you can check out this guy who made a wicked cool pinhole out of a match box: http://www.blog.co.uk/index.php/alspix/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481

or this creative polaroid pinhole out of one of those fun izone cameras. Here's the camera and an example shot and explanation
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Frisbee Girl  Pro User  says:

This is super exciting since I work nights and usually miss the meetups. Noon would work just fine for me.
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your waitress [deleted] says:

great! super links. the time and place is now set as indicated in the updated post above.

see you all there!

i'll post a reminder closer to the date.
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petebeck  Pro User  says:

yep, looking forward to it!
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mkaz* [deleted] says:

I've been real interested in the paper pinhole camera. It looks pretty cool and I love the idea of an entire camera made of paper.

I highly encourage you to pick it up before the meet-up. Yes, its for my purely selfish reason so I can check it out :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

your waitress [deleted] says:

haha! in that case i'll pick up a few in case anyone else is curious or in case i break it. i have a bad history with flimsy cams. i was going to use my holga, but a 35mm cam would be so much cheaper in the end. plus i have been wanting to try it out for ages! saw one at target of all places around christmas time.

pete--you better be there mister! can't wait to finally meet ya. ;-)
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the other Martin Taylor  Pro User  says:

One thing to bear in mind, the larger the film plane the better with pinhole photography. Most of the digi-pinholes I've seen have been on reduced frame sensors and seem very soft (also, they show every spec of dust on your sensor much more clearly than the subject itself). Full frame 35mm is better, medium format is a big step up - the best pinhole pictures I've seen are from large paper negatives in improvise cardboard box cameras, however, having to reload after every shot is not very convenient. I've got an old TLR I'm going to convert but you can pick up old box cameras for pennies that would also make good candidates for conversion.

See you all there - Martin
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your waitress [deleted] says:

i remember cylinder pinholes with a sheet of photo paper and a quaker oats can. good times! one day i would love to make a large format wooden pinhole cam. for now, i'm just gonna have some fun. plus i like fuzzy pics . ;-)

thanks for suggesting the strolling area martin. so glad you will be there too!
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john curley is a group administrator john curley  Pro User  says:

this sounds really fun. Nice job getting it all going. I have to figure out a pinhole before the 30th. ... I have an old Brownie (which of course is medium format!) that I might be able to modify.

Anyway, cool stuff!
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your waitress [deleted] says:

thanks john. best of luck with the brownie! see you there. :)
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Mark Interrante (aka pinhole)  Pro User  says:

Looks like fun. I like shooting on Pinhole day. I can bring an extra film based pinholga if anyone wants to use it.
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kodama (home)  Pro User  says:

I am game. I need to get the tripod mount on my PH fixed though.
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In-jeannius [deleted] says:

This sounds cool, can I just bring my regular camera though? I just want to hang out and meet everyone...

OK, I'll TRY to make a pinhole thing?

But no promises! :-))
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willsfca  Pro User  says:

sounds like a great idea. i'd like to go but i'm not 100% sure yet. maybe 60/40 right now. :-)
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Joker B  Pro User  says:

I'm scheduled to be approximately 110 feet below the Monterey Bay at noon Sunday... too doggoned dark for pinholes! At least with exposure times that are shorter than the air supply :)

(And I don't have time to build one of these... yet)
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lawatt  Pro User  says:

I'm pretty sure I'll be sailing that day, sorry I can't join y'all...
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your waitress [deleted] says:

wowsa! thanks for all of the interest everyone! looks like we should have a good size group.

yes, in-jeannius you can bring other cameras, i know i will be since i have never shot in that area before. however, if you don't shoot pinhole too, we have the right to tease you endlessly! the day is really all about pinholes, but we might let you slide, plus i'm sure there will be some extra pinholes around if anyone doesn't have time. i should have a few extra paper pinhole cams and pinhole has generously offered those killer pinholgas!

kevin--i'm shocked. really. i figured you'd have a whole arsenal of underwater cams! sigh. ;-)

24 days until the pinhole revolution begins...
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Joker B  Pro User  says:

Pinhole underwater DOES make sense in a way... just throw the camera overboard, leave it down there all day, haul it up like a lobster trap & see what you've got. Heavy sucker though.

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your waitress [deleted] says:

!!!!! might knock out a few fish on the way down too. best to keep this on the hush hush. ;-)
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Mark Interrante (aka pinhole)  Pro User  says:

I put the event on www.upcoming.org and www.sflickr.org
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your waitress [deleted] says:

thanks pinhole. much appreciated. i think we will be at crossroads for a bit longer than 15 minutes though. i do want to give everyone time to get any help they need first. also, as i will be taking public transit myself, i realize it might be hard for everyone to show up right at noon. i will be there early though to save our spot. see you all in two weeks!
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Mark Interrante (aka pinhole)  Pro User  says:

I'll change the announcement to say we are leaving around 12:30. See you in 2 weeks.
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Planet Vicster  Pro User  says:

Sounds like fun! I'll try to score a pinhole camera and make it over there.
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your waitress [deleted] says:

that works for me pinhole! thanks again. see you there planet vicster!

11 days... can you tell i'm a wee bit excited???
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Planet Vicster  Pro User  says:

Not to be a wet blanket, but the Giants have a game that afternoon: 1:05 start time. Parking may be a bit on the iffy side, so those of us who'll drive should plan accordingly.
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Dawn Endico  Pro User  says:

I'll try to make it tomorrow with my oh-so-crappy home made pinhole adapter. (I just posted some pics i took with it.)

Maybe afterwards we can take the N train to ocean beach and walk up to the Cliff House and check out the camera obscura. I think its open again. I've never been there but it seems like a good place to go on worldwide pinhole day.
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Planet Vicster  Pro User  says:

Good times! Thanks for setting this up, YW. It was so great meeting you!
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mkaz* [deleted] says:

It was fun meeting you all, thanks for setting it up valerie. Hopefully we get together before next year's pinhole day. :)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

your waitress [deleted] says:

thank YOU everyone who came! it was a true joy to meet all of you as well. perhaps this will be an annual event although i hope to see all of you before then too. in case you missed it, be sure to check out the sflickr0430 tag to see all the madness, er fun of the day. i hope any of my pinhole shots turn out! hehe
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kodama (home)  Pro User  says:

Apologies - OS X+grandmother issues kept me in Santa Cruz.
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