My Pinhole Camera

A Pinhole Camera

A pin hole camera is a camera with a fin hole as a shutter. Most pinhole cameras are made from a cereal box or something other unique. They only take black and white pictures and the film must be developed.

Our camera's foundation was a Club crackers box:
As you can see in the photo, we used a piece of thin card board for a shutter.

Directions to build:

First you need to gather all of these materials:

• Club crackers box
• Duct tape
• Thin Cardboard (for shutter)
• Scissors
• Pin

Directions

• Start with taping the box so that no light can get in at the corners
• then make a small slit at the top of the box (a worthy place to put the film in)
• put a piece of tape over the top of the slit but so you can easily take the tape off (to insert the film and take out the film with out letting light in)
• then take a pin and poke a whole in the face of the box opposite of the film
• Then cut a 1x1 in. shutter and tape it is such a way that the shutter can be opened (see picture below) easily. Then put another small piece of tape on the bottom of the shutter to hold it closed.
  

• NOTE: Pictures must be taken with the camera on its back and the shutter facing up (this will keep the film on the back wall of the camera).

Taking a Picture:

Taking a picture depends all on the light and time the shutter is open. An approximate time can be found on Google for how much light is present.