This is my latest pinhole camera creation, which I have been working on for the past month or so. It has been a while, but I decided that it was probably about time that I should consider building a pinhole camera completely from scratch; as apposed to modifying an existing camera (which I have already done a few times). The camera itself is not quite complete yet. I still need to paint the insides of the camera black, devise an actual "pinhole" for the camera, as well as drill out a notch for the film take-up spool. The main materials used where basically cardboard (from an old shoebox), and Popsicle sticks for the inner framework of the body, film housing, shutter and the rear cover. I used plastic bottle caps for both the advance and rewind knobs. As well as an old wooden bird cage perch, which I used to make the take-up and rewind spools. The main goal of this project was to build the best pinhole camera that I could; using items and materials around the house as much as I could. So far, I have spent approximately $0.00 on building this camera. I have to admit that this was a pretty good "thinking project"; a lot of considerations where made in the design and construction of the camera. Such as figuring out a way to make the camera completely "light-tight" (which is very important), also calculating the optimum distance between the film and the pinhole, as well as the ideal diameter of the pinhole, film type/size, etc. Not to mention trying to be as resourceful as I could in making all the individual parts; using materials around the house. The only real thing that I have to figure out now would be the number of turns of the "advance wheel" needed to advance the film roughly one frame. From what I can gather, about one to one and a half turns seems to do the trick. I guess I will not know for sure until I actually run a roll of film through it. I am eagerly waiting for spring/summer, I hope to get out and take a lot of neat pictures this year with this camera (once it is finished of course).

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120 Pinhole Camera

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spec: pinhole size: 0.2 mm dia. focal length: 26 mm f stop: 130 angle of view : 110 deg film : 120 , 6"x6" material : cardboard, rubber, glue, tape, etc.

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distance 70mm, pinhole 0.320mm

This is a picture of my latest pinhole camera disassembled. You can see the various components of the camera including the shutter, main body, inner film chamber, rear (with pressure plate), as well as the advance and rewind spools/knobs. Basically I designed the camera to be modular; the main body, inner film chamber as well as the rear cover/pressure plate all "interlock" together. This was done primarily as an added measure to ensure that the camera would be "light-tight".

Folded into shape and held together with a couple of rubber bands, the Blinky from d-school pals Liv and Léa holds a standard roll of 35mm film that's manually advanced using wooden dowels. It's compact size offers ease of use and the standard film size makes processing a snap.

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sprayed the inside of the tin with black paint. cut a slit on either end for the film to thread through. drilled a 1/8" hole in the center o...