camera building experience et al

My 6×17 cm pinhole panorama camera is coming along. The film guides and internal baffles are glued and setting up. Cutting a circle on the drill press was hairier than I expected but a learning experience all the same. The chuck on these low-end Harbor Freight drill presses is their weak point, and it becomes very evident when using a circle cutter. I think I did get a circle out of it, nothing I can’t fix with some sanding. No pictures of the process, sorry. If I build another, I’ll document it.

Not sure why I chose this as my first building project but I’m committed now.

My recent foray into cyanotype printing is getting some good feedback at Flickr. So perhaps there is some more fun to be had with that. Gum-bichromate prints look really nice as well.

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