pinhole camera FTW

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

this is so damn cool...

Some dude set up a pinhole camera and exposed the sun's path from the shortest day of the year to the longest day of the year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3496139/Stunning-photographs-of-landmark-captured-over-six-month-period.html

eviltweak · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 839 City: Nor Cal

joel · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 747 City: ORLANDO

He didn't use a camera.

Steven M · Posted: Jan 03, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject:

scott a, you made one? Sick, teach me the way of image capture plz.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

I didn't make that photo. I'm sure there's a bunch of websites with instructions on how to make one, though.

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

They are pretty simple to make, we made them in high school photography class and tested them out. The trick is absolutely no motion of the box, duh Smile

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 04, 2009 12:16 am Post subject:

that is amazing

Le Jalapeno · Guest

if i was Sasquatch, i woulda ate that shizzle

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jan 04, 2009 12:39 am Post subject:

freakin amazing. i remember making one of those pin hole things in like elemetary school with like a poloroid camera paper... or w/e it was horrible., but that pictures crazy epic.

GOLD!en · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 505 City: Edwards

The story that goes with it is pretty crazy as well. The cloudy days = his father's passing Sad

Fryguy · Posted: Jan 05, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

You should check out Ann Hamiltons mouth pinhole camera, mad steez!!!!

<MikeG> · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 1293 City: PBG

wow that is phenomenal. to be made just out of a soda can to. simply amazing.

kyle13 · Posted: Jan 05, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

amazing. i'm going to try and make a decent one this week as soon as I finish eating all of oatmeal out of this quaker oats cylinder. I finally have access to a darkroom too so I'm pretty stoked.

cheapskate · Backside 180 Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1424 City: Baytown

kyle13, hell yeah,,,,, DO IT!!! Smash