What do they look like
A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture, a pinhole – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, which is known as the camera obscura effect.
How are they made
The pinhole may be punched or drilled using a sewing needle or small diameter bit through a piece of tinfoil or thin aluminium or brass sheet. This piece is then taped to the inside of the light-tight box behind a hole cut through the box. A cylindrical oatmeal container may be made into a pinhole camera.
What kind of photography do they make
In its simplest form, the photographic pinhole camera can consist of a light-tight box with a pinhole in one end, and a piece of film or photographic paper wedged or taped into the other end. A flap of cardboard with a tape hinge can be used as a shutter.
What materials/tools mighty you need to make one
- Materials. 2 pieces of white card stock. ...
- Cut a square hole. Cut a square hole into the middle of one of your pieces of card stock.
- Tape foil over the hole. Tape a piece of aluminium foil over the hole.
- Poke a hole in the foil. Use your pin or paper clip to poke a small hole in the aluminium
- foil.