A beautiful pinhole camera takes wonderful photos

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With digital cameras in everything and film slowly disappearing from shelves, everyone loses an awesome way to learn about photography. Pinhole cameras allow anyone to build a camera from scratch and also learn about those crazy f-stops, exposure times, and focal planes that Instagram just won't teach you. [Matt] put up a great tutorial for building your own pinhole camera, and the project looks … [Read more...]

Build your own panoramic pinhole camera

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While it seems that the digital camera is king, some people still love shooting with good old 35mm film - [Costas Kaounas], a high school teacher and photographer certainly does. He recently published plans for a great-looking 35mm pinhole camera over at DIY photography that we thought you might enjoy. [Costas] put together a set of simple hand-drawn plans for the camera, that you can easily … [Read more...]

Lego pinhole camera

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[Bshikin] built a pinhole camera out of Lego pieces (translated). It is a fully automated unit thanks to the integration of the NXT pieces. It took a bit of careful calculation to get the film spacing adjusted to match the focal length, and quite a bit of tape was necessary to keep light out of the film chamber. But in the end, it's an amazing build that takes decent pictures. The software has … [Read more...]

Beer can pinhole camera

We don't have a 'non digital camera hacks' category.

When [Justin Quinnell] sent in his beer can pinhole camera, we were just floored. The parts are easy to obtain, and the process for building and 'shooting' with the camera are near effortless. The really impressive part of this hack is letting your camera sit for 6 months facing the sun. Yes, you read that correct, a 6 month exposure. Check out after the break for one of his astonishing shots, … [Read more...]