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Pinhole Cameras
Jul 15, 2014 20:03:19 #
I guess this is the closest category in which to ask my question:
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
Jul 16, 2014 12:10:57 #
Jul 16, 2014 12:22:41 #
Alwyn wrote:
I guess this is the closest category in which to ask my question:
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
As stated previously, yes. A body cap with a precise, very small hole in it will work. There are some out there that are pre-fabbed just for that purpose.
--Bob
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Jul 16, 2014 17:55:47 #
Jul 17, 2014 06:37:56 #
Alwyn wrote:
I guess this is the closest category in which to ask my question:
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
A grandson recently asked me about pinhole cameras, & I told him what I could remember from my B.D. (Before Digital) days. But
on thinking it over, I wondered if a pinhole camera might be made
by using an old film SLR & making the pinhole in the body-cap, or in a piece of card masking the opening?
Any suggestions/comments out there, please?
You can make one with a shoe box. simply tape the lid all around with black tape - make a pin hole in the long end and there you go. Of course you need a light sensitive material in the box at the opposite end to the pin hole. But it really is that simple. We did it this way at technical college about 55 years ago.
Jul 17, 2014 18:07:16 #
Thanks, infocus. Yes, that's how I remember p[inhole cameras,
& how I suggested my grandson make one. Then I wondered if
a pinhole in a body-cap would do the same job, & from what
I've subsequently discovered, it will. But somehow that
takes all the fun out of it - know what I mean?
Thanks again for replying....guess you're an old-timer,as I am!
& how I suggested my grandson make one. Then I wondered if
a pinhole in a body-cap would do the same job, & from what
I've subsequently discovered, it will. But somehow that
takes all the fun out of it - know what I mean?
Thanks again for replying....guess you're an old-timer,as I am!
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