While I was working on cameras last summer I converted my Spencer Full-Vue twin lens reflex camera to a pinhole camera. The Spencer was built about 1948 and uses 120 roll film. I removed the Spencer lens and replaced it with a pinhole lens that I drilled in a brass shim. The aperture setting is f/512. The Spencer does not have a nut allowing it to be attached to a tripod, so I built a platform that matches the bottom of the Spencer and can be attached. This works very well. Here is a photo of the Spencer pinhole camera.
I use the camera on the "B" setting to control the length of time for the exposure. I used black tape on the front of the camera because it had some light leaks in it. I really like the feel of this camera. You set it waist-high on a tripod, look down through the large viewfinder and take your photograph. It works very well. I will post one photo from this camera.
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