Take 4

This was my fourth attempt at getting a usuable image with my little homemade Kodak Trix-X film box pinhole camera. Finally, it worked! The frame was the average height of a regular 35mm negative, but the width turned out to be like a panoramic camera. I wasn't sure of the focal length, but the equivelant image I took with a digital camera translated to be 18mm. So, that would lead me to believe this film box camera was 18mm also.

I'm still not certain what is causing the little arc of exposed dots along the bottom of the frame. This glitch also turned up in the last shot I took with this camera, but that one had a different pinhole piece than this one, so it wasn't an imperfection in my pinhole. (Or maybe I recreated the exact same imperfection?) If anybody recognizes this aberration or what causes it, please let me know. I'd really like to be able to correct this and get one really good shot.

Camera: Film Box Pinhole Camera
Lens: Pinhole (approx .051mm)
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film
Exposure length: 2.2 secs.
Date: September 25th, 2010, 15:07:26 p.m.
Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees):
D-76: 7 mins.
Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min.
Kodak fixer: 8 mins.
Rinse: 5 mins.
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.