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02/09/2008 11:31:01 AM · #1 |
Well since my last post on retrofitting an old camera to become a new lens went over like a lead balloon (no mythbusters jokes) I decided to try again with one more DIY post. If no one like this one I'll stop posting them.
This is a fun project for kids or photo enthusiasts or whatever. The materials are cheap and it looks fairly easy to do. Enjoy!
DIY Polaroid Pinhole Camera |
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02/09/2008 11:41:58 AM · #2 |
I think that this tut is great.
When I started my photography climb in high school, my teacher made us build a pin hole camera to help understand how a camera worked.
May I recommend putting the tut onto this site as you did on flickr. You will earn a discount when re-uping your membership.
As far as no interest on this site for people commenting, or trying out the tut, you have to remember that this is a Digital Photography site. Digital, in most instances, can equate to 'easy', or even 'lazy'.
If I were an educator, I would have my students produce a pin hole camera, but don't expect the general membership that just spent between $800 and $8000 on a camera per member to clammer to your tut.
Nice stuff however.
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02/09/2008 11:42:40 AM · #3 |
I did a very quick and much dirtier version of the pinhole using my DSLR. I haven't had time to go back and refine my technique, but this was the initial result. See the picture notes as to what I did. 
The retrofitting idea looks really interesting, too. I missed the post completely.
Thanks for sharing. |
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02/09/2008 03:51:05 PM · #4 |
cool, I'm glad you enjoyed this one however I should note that the idea isn't mine. I get DIY feeds and whenever I see one that I think this group might enjoy I try and get a link posted up here. The other one was an interesting way to use old cameras as lenses and could easily be modified to make your own lens baby out of a field camera - those use to be all the rage around here. With no comments on that other one though I wasn't sure if the group was interested in DIY stuff and so wanted to avoid "spamming" stuff no one cares about.
This projects talks about using polaroid film but I don't imagine it would be too hard to modify it to use your digital camera.
I hate my little point and shoot. I'm trying to save up to get a dSLR so I can really join in again, I miss this place :( |
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02/09/2008 03:57:55 PM · #5 |
FWIW, using B&W paper, you can do this too although your photo will be a negative. I've done this before in photography classes. It's a great project.
For those of you with kids, few things beats "building a camera."
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