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Pin hole cameras - how easy are they to make?

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  • #2
    Fajitas!
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    I made my old one out of clay...

    It had a tripod socket, viewfinder and film winder...must get around to making a new one!


  • #3
    mikeanywhere
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    Flash get!!! :p;)


  • #4
    rymus
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    bloody students!


  • #5
    elven
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    In my day, we just made a box and put a bit of paper into it... none of these fancy shmancy film winders!


  • #6
    mikeanywhere
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    elven wrote:
    In my day, we just made a box and put a bit of paper into it... none of these fancy shmancy film winders!

    Tell him Jools, go on, tell him!!


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  • #7
    magicbastarder
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    can we see some results?


  • #8
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    From mine?

    I'll have a look about. Didn't get much that was of much use out of them.


  • #9
    Fenster
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    Can it take a battery grip?


  • #10
    minikin
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    I made mine in a carpentry evening class, it wooden work :o


  • #11
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Fenster wrote:
    Can it take a battery grip?

    Yes.

    Find me a use for a battery though.


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  • #12
    elven
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    Fajitas! wrote:
    Yes.

    Find me a use for a battery though.

    For a timer to count your minutes while you wait for the looooooong exposure to finish ;)

    Or you could stand there muttering "one elephant, two elephants, three elephants" ...etc


  • #13
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Actually, I find saying "one hundred, two hundred, three hundred..." more accurate :p


  • #14
    digitalbeginner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭digitalbeginner


    Kodak have a couple of links to pages that show you how to both make and use a pinhole camera

    http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCamera/

    This one even gives you an indication of exposures for various Kodak film types:
    http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCamera/pinholeCanBox.shtml

    Dave


  • #15
    pete4130
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    I made some pinholes from old toilet roll tubes. I put black card in them and covered the ends with card and used some medium format film inside, simply using a pin to make the pinhole and covered it with some more card and balck tape. They were actually pretty good. As the film was not on a flat surface and curved around the tube it gave a somewhat distorted perspective. you could even see the uneven surface where the pin had punctured the toilet roll tube!


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