.This afternoon I used some old Ilford film my dad had left over from the 90s. I then made some of my own film ink because I thought that would be fun to try. The ingredients are listed in the first slide above. I made both the developer and the fixer. The one problem, which is probably the reason it didn't work, was my 1000mg of vitamin c were not pure, instead it was part of an orange tea mix. The vitamin c is supposed to change the contrast, so I also could've not had enough.

Another possible issue could've been the exposure. I exposed it for 30 seconds with an ultraviolet light, then 10 seconds, then 5 seconds with a regular light. They all turned out what I think looks like overexposure. I could try exposing it with just a quick flash of light and see if it comes out black, if it doesn't the problem is definitely my wack developing ink.

Here's the YouTube video this developer film is based off of:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYoWNXmoGoc

I'll test it out over the weekend.

Didn't put it together, I'll do that tomorrow.

Tonight I designed a new pinhole based on the settings I decided on yesterday using Mr.Pinhole. I'll laser cut it tomorrow and hope it works.

These are my measurements I've decided to go with for now. The 0.75mm in diameter is the diameter of a sewing needle that I have so that makes the most sense for me to use. These are subject to change as 15.3 degrees of view is less than ideal.

I watched a couple of YouTube videos trying to understand what a pinhole camera was because I was pretty clueless after our conversation on Friday. I then mocked up a rhino file that ended up not working out. I later realized this was because I hadn't backed up my build with formulas that make a pinhole camera work. My next model I will definitely be using mr.pinhole.com to help build up my next design.