MexiCanon - Paper Negative Pinhole Camera
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CAMERA MexiCanon (Business card size photographic paper negative pinhole camera TYPE FILM TYPE NEGATIVE SIZE --- |
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On a camping trip to a remote part of Baja California Mexico, I found an old rusted chili can lying on the ground. I thought at the time that this can appeared to be about the same size as a business card. Sure enough, after washing the can out, I was pleased to discover that a business card would fit perfectly into the can when inserted horizontally. I went to a local camera store (Nelson Photo) and my friends there help me find the right cap for the job (A Canon lens cap, thus the name "MexCanon"). I prepped and painted the can, made the pinhole and attached the shutter. I put a small piece of tape over the lip where the pinhole is located, so I would know where the front of the camera was when loading the camera in my changing bag. The exposure time in daylight using photographic paper is about 1 minute.
Black and white business card size paper negative pinhole (lensless) photograph of Southern California Sierras created with homemade MexiCanon camera.
Business card size (2 x 3.5" inch) photographic paper negative pinhole photograph created by MexiCanon camera of palm grove at La Quinta in Palm Desert, CA.
B/W photographic paper negative pinhole (lensless) photograph created by MexiCanon camera of typographic signs near Pannikan Coffee & Tea building in SD, CA.
Black and white business card size photographic pinhole paper negative created with homemade MexiCanon multiple exposure camera of the Phoenix airport
Black and white MexiCanon paper negative pinhole photograph shot from a airplane window seat. 2 minute exposure
Mexicanon pinhole portrait of my daughter, son and myself holding our favorite guns in Montana, a restored World War II M1 rifle, AK-47 and 45 Caliber semi-auto pistol
Self portrait of Chris Keeney while on vacation in Yaak, Montana. 1 minute exposure using Ilford MG IV fiber base photographic and developed with Kodak Dektol
