ZeroImage 2000 Pinhole Paper Negatives

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I wanted to test what ISO to use for a paper Pinhole project I shall be working on in the summer.
Rather than test individual frames, I decided to make a roll and use the ZeroImage 2000 Pinhole camera for the tests.

I cut some paper the width of MF 120 film, taped one end to a the spool, cut a leader and loaded it into the camera.
A few weeks ago, I had already measured and calculated the frame spacing so I was good there.

Field Tests
I went up to Cusworth Park then realised I had left the tripod in the house, not to worry, I will just plonk the camera down anywhere I could and point it at something.

ISO
From doing paper negatives on 5x4 I had a rough idea what the ISO should be but having never used this paper before which incidentally is Ilford Grade 1, I decided to use a combination of 3 values, ISO 4, ISO 8, ISO 12. It turned out that ISO 4 is the one I shall be using as this one seemed to give the best results.

Development
Development was easy because you can do it all under safe light conditions. I had some developer left over from last night so I poured that into a jug and brought it to 20 degrees. I loaded the roll of paper onto a 120 spool and placed it into the jug of developer, agitating one way and then the other for the full development time. Normal stop, Fix and wash followed the development.

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I cut them into strips of 3 and did a very quick scan as a tiff file (no raw) and no post processing.

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With some 30 years old Grade 2 paper which is more like Grade 1 now, I decided to do a quick darkroom print from the pinhole paper negative.

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Fabulous and innovative Ian.

I think I went fishing in Cusworth as a kid or maybe that was Cudworth? It was some time ago :)
 
ian barber said:
Cudworth is Barnsley - Cusworth is Doncaster if you can remember which is was :)
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Tough one as one bus went to Barnsley (the 46 - also known as the Ideal) and one bus went to Doncaster. I only ever got anywhere by bus or train as a kid. My guess is Cuswoirth though, just feels right. I think Cudworth was where my Dad worked briefly in the mine and maybe where Kes was filmed.
 
Great experiment and results, Ian. You must have been only about a foot away from that flowerpot!
 
I have a Kodak 1A Autographic and I'm thinking I might just try cutting some single sheets to fit.

So much to try and so little time :)
 
moggi1964 said:
I have a Kodak 1A Autographic and I'm thinking I might just try cutting some single sheets to fit.

So much to try and so little time :)
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From the roll I made from the paper, I managed to get 7 frames from it. Anymore and I think I might have struggled with the take up spool getting to thick.

Working out the frame spacing was the one thing I was worried about the most but as it turned out, my system did give me even spacing.
 
moggi1964 said:
I have a Kodak 1A Autographic and I'm thinking I might just try cutting some single sheets to fit.

So much to try and so little time :)
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I have the 1A Junior Autographic. I see on line there are some adaptors which allow the use of 120 film. Thought I might give that a go once I have my flat in a sensible state.
 
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