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How to Build a 4x5 pinhole camera

Jan 26, 2010 07:13 PM
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Attention photography lovers! Put down the digital camera for a day and try this DIY project out, constructing a camera that dates back to as early as 4th century BC.

Make your own DIY pinhole camera at home with this excellent twelve-part video tutorial. With the help of Australia-based photographer, David Amos, learn how to construct your very own 4x5 large format pinhole camera from scratch in the comfort of your own home.

A pinhole camera is a camera at its most primitive. It uses no lens and a single, very tiny aperature. The smaller the hole, the sharper the image. You can manually operate the shutter to create an length of exposure, sure to create some rather interesting results.

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