I figured out that optics seem to be very interchangable - I created a projector using a camera and part of the assembly from an enlarger. This had a few good points; The assembly was lighter and with more of a structure so I could use just one lighting stand, so much more portable. I could shoot on 35mm and after developing, roll the film back in to the camera, and use its controls to move the frames - meaning i would have to make or carry around slides.
The idea of reversing the camera was attractive to me - shooting light back through the negative and lighting an area with it's image? I've thought before about taking an image from a related place and projecting it in another - what about using the same viewpoint, and projecting that viewpoint, for example in the daytime in to the night scene?
Using the 35mm wasn't flawless - the mechanism was more a chore than a blessing, and often wouldn't align well (a slide is slightly smaller than a negative, whereas the opening on a camera is the same). Therefore, for now I'll go back to use a setup that can take a slide - but still using a camera lens on the front with some kind of aperture control.
Other notes:
- Print on to acetate to get the dynamic range in the projected negatives.
- Start creating workbook properly after this friday! As this has been recorded mainly here so far :/
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