Chris Peregoy’s excellent Pinhole Blender has been a device I have employed on numerous occasions to create interesting images. The even inventive one has started marketing what he refers to as a tube camera, which is simply a tube with a pinhole. But one should not be misled with its simplicity, as one can pack a lot within the film employed. The severity in which the film is curved within the tube can offer distortions that distinguish it from a standard flat film plane pinhole image. Of course, a big advantage of the curvature is that each point of the plane has a fairly consistent distance from the pinhole, allowing for even exposure values.
I have only started using this contraption, the 8×10″ version, and displayed is my first successful attempt. It took a few tries because I believe that the exposure time Chris offers is short for my tastes, as this required about three minutes of 100 speed film. I look forward to playing around with this in the future to take advantage of the possibilities.
The distortion caused by curving the film produces such great results in pinhole photography. I’ve only ever used flat plane but would like to produce more distorted images.
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