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Print-your-own 35mm pinhole camera

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sam:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/print-your-own_35mm_pinhole_camera.html


--- Quote ---Francesco Capponi created this handy printable template (A4, unfortunately for U.S. makers!) for creating a pinhole camera using a roll of 35mm film. Both the template and instructions are found on Francesco's Flickr page.


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Rik:
I can remember making a pinhole camera as a kid, Sam, though using sheet film.

Simon:
What would one be used for?  :dunno:

Rik:
It's a camera which doesn't rely on a lens to focus the image on the film, instead using a tiny hole (aperture) to replace it. The big version, the camera obscura, was the precursor to cameras as we know them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura

sam:
and you can still get some pretty nice images.

Tis also a very good and safe way to observe the Sun.

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