Pin hole camera

While technology has gone beyond comprehension, in terms of digital improvements of sensor and camera dynamics, the basics of photography are still the same.

What is a pinhole camera?

Pinhole Camera (Camera Obscura): The camera obscura has been around for thousands of years. The phenomenon was first observed by Aristotle and Chinese philosophers as early as 470 BCE. However, it was not until 1837 that the first permanent pictures could be obt…

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My first pin hole camera

Why not give this activity a go. A fun science experiment to build your own camera and learn how they work

A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or "dark chamber", is a simple optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. In one of its sides is a small hole which, via...

Matchbox Pin Hole Camera: A pin hole is an analog handmade camera, that works by letting light enter through a small hole and reach the film, that being photosensitive, records the image that the camera is pointing to. You can make interesting experiments, with it!

Pinhole Camera (Camera Obscura): The camera obscura has been around for thousands of years. The phenomenon was first observed by Aristotle and Chinese philosophers as early as 470 BCE. However, it was not until 1837 that the first permanent pictures could be obt…

Pin hole camera

Want to watch the next solar eclipse without burning your eyes out? Or demonstrate how an old-timey camera worked to children who think of a camera and phone as one and the same? You can not only do accomplish these with a simple shoebox,...

Francesco Capponi was inspired yesterday (AKA Easter and World Pinhole Photography Day) to create pinhole cameras out of eggs. He painted the insides with

An excerpt from "From pinhole to print". How a camera without a lens can be used to take pictures and how a pinhole camera works.

Here’s a fantastic book photography enthusiasts: Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide, by Chris Keeney. Definitely a cool gift idea for parents that want to pass on the love for photography. What bet…

Pinhole Cameras: Pinhole cameras are awesome. Once you understand them it doesn't take long before anything hollow you can poke a hole in and turn into a light tight chamber is not really whatever object it might look like from the outside but is, in fact, a camera!…

Pringles Pinhole: Make a Camera From a Potato Chip Can | Exploratorium

How to take photos with your new wide angle pinhole camera...includes a printable exposure time chart. Basic supplies needed for a beginner darkroom for developing B&W pinhole photos. Setting up a makeshift darkroom.