{"id":476,"date":"2007-01-31T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T14:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photondetector.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/31\/diy-half-frame\/"},"modified":"2007-03-23T18:32:43","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T23:32:43","slug":"diy-half-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photondetector.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/31\/diy-half-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY half-frame camera mod"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Check out this sweet half-frame camera modification by bricolage.108<\/a>!<\/p>\n

If I understand the annotated version on Flickr<\/a> correctly, he’s put in a sliding mask that blocks off half the frame at a time and a cord that you pull to re-cock the shutter without advancing the frame. So the sequence is: make an exposure, move the sliding mask to the other half of the frame with the paper clip, re-cock the shutter by pulling the dental floss, make another exposure, advance the film, re-set the mask, and start over again. Excellent!<\/p>\n

In addition to the obvious benefit of getting twice as many exposures per roll, there’s an artistic benefit as well: since it doubles the enlargement factor over a normal frame of 35mm, you can get the grain to fall apart at smaller print sizes. Granted, most people seem to want to go in the other direction, but I really like that look for certain types of images.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/b>: Mr. 108 has added more notes on the photo and an excellent description of how he did it as well as some photos he made with this camera<\/a>. I can’t wait to try this!<\/p>\n

I also forgot to mention that he’s the same guy who came up with the inspired double-sided lens\/pinhole bi-cam<\/a> hack. Way to go, bricolage.108!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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