Pinhole cameras

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Sooo... there don't seem to be any easy, good instructions around here for this. These are super easy, and to me, easier then the whole oatmeal box thing.

materials:

film canister(BLACK)

2x2cm piece of aluminum from soda can

black electrical tape

needle

exacto knife or some sharp scissors


First, take your film canister and cut a square hole into the side. The hole should be about 1x1cm, definitely not bigger then you aluminum piece. Then, take your needle and gently poke a very small hole in the center of the aluminum piece. Using the black electrical tape, tape the aluminum piece to the outside wall of the canister, the pin hole should be roughly over the middle of the square hole in the side of the canister. Viola! Pinhole camera. If your images are blurry your pin hole is too big. Think very small.

Tips: Position the square hole about halfway between the top and the bottom of the canister.

Make the hole very small.

You can use plain photographic paper(from photography supply store) cut into small squares or small pieces of ortho litho film so you can blow the image up as large as you like.

Place the cut paper, emulsion side up, inside the canister, against the wall opposite the hole. Pop the top on and you're ready to go, just be sure to cover the hole with your finger until to position the camera. The exposure times on these will be very long in normal lighting situations. They will be even longer with ortho litho film, like 30 minutes.


image example

If you wanna get super crazy try a multiple image pinhole camera.