Birmingham, October 8th
I have a new contraption. It’s a bit like the TTV contraption only completely different. It took the above photo and it looks like this:
It’s quite simple. The light comes in through the old camera on the left which has it’s shutter fixed open. This is then projected onto a piece of plastic cut from a CD case which has been sandpapered with a circular motion to approximate the opaque qualities of ground glass. The plastic has been fixed to where the film would normally go so the projection itself is in focus. The cardboard tube is light proofed and has a hole at the other end into which the lens of the digital camera neatly slots. Photographs are then taken of the projected image on the plastic.
Y’see? Simple!
It was tested in the wild on Sunday at the Flickrmeet (my photos, discussion thread, group photos) and I must say I’m very pleased with the results.
Update: I’ve decided it’s called The Scratchbox.