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01/09/2004 03:05:42 PM · #1 |
Here is a site with full instructions on how to build your own camera, completely out of cardboard. I found this by reading the J-Walk Blog.
And here's a link to the camera: Dirkon Pinhole Camera
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01/09/2004 03:09:19 PM · #2 |
That rocks Steve. I will get myself some kind of pinhole camera for this summer. I'd love to shoot some Medium Format black and white stuff using pin hole cameras.
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01/09/2004 03:12:59 PM · #3 |
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01/09/2004 03:17:22 PM · #4 |
I say get your black posterboard and start building the camera, Jacko! Looks like you could do it in just a couple of hours, being careful.
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01/09/2004 03:26:01 PM · #5 |
I'll cut the assembly time in 2 with duct tape.
Originally posted by StevePax:
I say get your black posterboard and start building the camera, Jacko! Looks like you could do it in just a couple of hours, being careful. |
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01/09/2004 03:58:04 PM · #6 |
| I'm partial to the Quaker Oats cameras myself. |
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01/09/2004 04:06:22 PM · #7 |
yep, quaker oats is the way to go, a hole, and a flapper.
although larger format would require an industrial size quaker oats can...
one thing i messed around with using them, was to arc, or crumple the film inside the thing to get some distortion, and weird effects.
kind of cool - if i can remember back that far accurately ;}
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01/09/2004 04:16:27 PM · #8 |
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01/09/2004 04:34:47 PM · #9 |
| You can probably do it with just your dslr. Take your (extra?) camera cap and make a hole (at center) in it, then take some tin foil and make it black with a marker. Apply the foil over the hole on the inside of the cap with the black side facing towards sensor. Finally, try and make the smallest hole you can in the foil, attach it to your dslr and have at it. I haven't tried it myself yet, though I'd like to. What makes the smallest hole in foil? Maybe you could find something thinner than foil (like parchment paper or something...)? |
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01/09/2004 04:38:26 PM · #10 |
then you'll have a 0.01 megapix camera ;}
i think part of the fun is actually the film itself. which you wouldnt be able to do with the digcams
its translucent, and would defeat the purpose of the small hole...
Originally posted by :
Maybe you could find something thinner than foil (like parchment paper or something...)? |
Message edited by author 2004-01-09 16:39:31.
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01/09/2004 04:40:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by dwoolridge:
You can probably do it with just your dslr. Take your (extra?) camera cap and make a hole (at center) in it, then take some tin foil and make it black with a marker. Apply the foil over the hole on the inside of the cap with the black side facing towards sensor. Finally, try and make the smallest hole you can in the foil, attach it to your dslr and have at it. I haven't tried it myself yet, though I'd like to. What makes the smallest hole in foil? Maybe you could find something thinner than foil (like parchment paper or something...)? |
The very best way to make the hole in the foil is to sandwich the foil between rigid layers of wood, plastic, etc., then drill thru with a 0.4mm drill bit at high speed.
Aluminum foil is one of the best materials for the pinhole, it's thin, light-proof, and drills very cleanly under the right conditions.
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01/09/2004 04:53:35 PM · #12 |
Im currently shooting a roll of film thru a cheap 35mm point and shoot that was converted to a pinhole ( not by me, picked it up on ebay )
I did build this pinhole camera out of an old Spartus TLR, it uses medium format film ( 120 ) My Spartus Pinhole Heres an image made with it Pinhole Pic
Another good pinhole resource site pinhole.org
And as mentioned above, you can convert a DSLR bodycap into a pinhole. They do make premade ones, I see them on eBay quite frequently, but beware, even as small as the pinhole is, you can introduce dust onto your sensor.
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01/09/2004 04:57:58 PM · #13 |
Of course you can do it with your DSLR.
Hell, you don't even have to make your own hole if you don't want to. They sell the pinhole caps at Adorama. I thought I remembered seeing pinhole caps at B&H as well but I can't seem to find it.
For the people that want to do it themselves here is a website with some info. |
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01/09/2004 05:16:46 PM · #14 |
Here's my first shot with the EF-0.4mmL
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6.0s @ ISO 200
I think I need to refine the hole-making process, the hole seems bigger than the 0.4mm bit I used.
Message edited by author 2004-01-09 19:23:15.
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01/09/2004 05:23:18 PM · #15 |
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01/09/2004 05:32:54 PM · #16 |
I have the Loreo lens in a cap. Only goes down to F64 though, but it has a piece of plastic as a lens. Keeps the dirt out in any case. Pretty fun little gadget, makes some nice halo induced images when wide open. :)
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