Showing posts with label Pinhole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pinhole. Show all posts

27 December 2010

Pinhole VI

PInhole camera photos from Hong Kong Ferry pinhole photocentral pinhole photoMotorcycle pinhole photo

Photos from my homemade pinhole camera, pinhole turned out to be too small.

20 June 2010

How to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera

You can make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera with a few things you probably have lying around the house.
Using a cable release on your pinhole camera makes exposure times easier to control and also reduces vibrations when opening the shutter, so your pictures will be sharper. Now I only need to test if the whole thing is light-proof. :)

You will need:
-cutter and scissors 
-electrical tape, sello tape
-metal ruler
-super glue
-a piece of balsa wood ( I used some canvas stretcher I had at home, I guess you could use two popsicle sticks glued together and cut to the right size)
-an old floppy disc (the ones with metal are better)
-a cable release (I got mine on Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po for 5 HK$)

things you need to make a cable release shutter

1. Cut the disc. Using the metal ruler cut the floppy disc. Cut through the plastic a few times on both sides then break off the lower part.

cut a floppy disc to make a cable release shutter
things you need to make a cable release shutter

2. Next glue the piece of balsa wood on to the metal part with super glue. Align the balsa wood with the end of the sliding metal part.

 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera


 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera
 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera

3. Secure the wood with some tape.

 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera


4. Add the cable release Find the right position for the cable release and secure it with tape. Make sure it cannot move to the sides.

 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera

 how to make a cable release shutter for your pinhole camera


And that's it. I hope you like it!

10 June 2010

Pinhole VI

“Hong “Hong “Hong “Hong

Last Sunday we went to Tsing Yi. It was a really nice day with blue skies and all. We walked along the waterfront and to a container port where they unload the big container ships. People are really friendly in Tsing Yi!  I took some photos with my homemade pinhole camera and he took some with his great grandmother’s Agfa Isolette 3. My pictures all have a hair on them; I'm blaming my dog, of course.

2 June 2010

Pinhole V

pinhole photos from Germanypinhole photos from Germanypinhole photos from Hong Kongpinhole photos from Hong Kong
My latest pinhole photos, they are actually sharper now. Haha!

30 May 2010

Pinhole IV



1- playground in Hamburg
2- Currywurst and beer in Hamburg

26 May 2010

Pinhole III



My new pinhole camera turned out to be a quite wide angled.

3 May 2010

Pinhole


A week after the World Pinhole day I managed to make my own pinhole camera, using a matchbox and a lot of black tape (instructions here: http://www.matchboxpinhole.com/ ). The first film was full of light leaks from the flimsy shutter and not rewinding it completely, the other one I will pick up today after work.