ACE Camera Club (inc)

The MiloCam

One of our club members was fascinated by the unique quality of the images we produced during the World Pinhole Day event and wanted to have another go.
We loaded up an old Milo tin fitted with a brass shim pinhole with photographic paper that had been 'pre-flashed' (exposed to a very short burst of light under the enlarger to reduce contrast).

The Anzac jetty on the Albany foreshore.

The film was cut to roll right around the inside of the tin leaving a gap of around 30mm either side of the pinhole.   This gives a squeeze distortion at either end the image (see photo).

The lid was closed and some black insulation tape applied to the edge of the lid to ensure it was light-tight.

The exposure was 15 seconds long and the camera was attached to a an old tripod by adjustable luggage straps as it's very important not to move the camera during the exposure..

Paper negatives are not as good as real photographic film and need to be processed on the computer to obtain the best image.

It's a cheap, slightly unpredictable and good way to produce images that are certainly 'different'.