 Newly Made Camera (1983) |
 After Vandalism Repair (2005) |
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Newly Made Camera (1983) |
After Vandalism Repair (2005) |
Photo Taken with Pinhole Camera
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| This is a pinhole camera made of
cardboard that takes real pictures. The
camera holds a single sheet of 4-by-5-inch film, so it
can take only one picture at a time. It must be loaded and unloaded in
total darkness. The lens cap serves as the shutter. A pinhole camera is simply a dark box with a tiny hole at one end and film on the other end. There is no lens to focus the light. Instead, the pinhole projects a dim upside-down image on the film. You can find out more about pinhole cameras by entering "pinhole camera" into your favorite search engine. I built this camera when I was in my 20s, when I had a lot more free time than now. It's a scale model of my favorite camera at that time, the Pentax MX 35mm SLR (single-lens reflex) camera. In 2005, burglars broke into my home. Looking for valuables, they ripped open my cardboard camera -- a strange place to look. Fortunately, the damage was not too hard to repair, and the camera is again in working order. The near-loss of my camera prompted me to write this description and post it on the Web. Design of the Camera Construction of the Camera Using the Camera Questions or comments about the pinhole camera? Go to the Dog Daze Guest Book |
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