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There’s no better way to remind yourself than to make your own camera. Out of paper, a tin of mints, or a can of spam. You won’t get optical image stabilization or face-tracking focusing when you make a pinhole camera, but you will get dreamy, surreal, and ghostly photographs from a camera you made with your very own hands. And, we hope, fresh perspective on a favorite hobby. The Dirkon — Communist Czech Paper Pinhole Camera [thx Youngna!] DIY Altoids Tin Pinhole Camera p.s. Our favorite SD memory card, the fold-it-up-and-stick-it-right-in-your-USB-port Sandisk 2GB, is now at an absurdly low $37 on Amazon. Get it while it’s hot, it used to be $90! → See more Photo projects, DIY ideas, and Gear ← → Get it all free: Subscribe by email or RSS ←
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A couple weeks ago, all the camera makers gathered in Las Vegas to strut their latest. Amidst the bright lights, big screens, buttons, and megapixels, it was easy to forget that photography can be a very simple art form.
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[...] Really really want to make one… and have it work. Photojojo has links to pinhole camera tutorials. Love this pinhole image on flickr and this one’s almost scary. Here’s a tutorial for a matchbox pinhole. [...]
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[...] Eric wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptYou won’t get optical image stabilization or face-tracking focusing when you make a pinhole camera, but you will get dreamy, surreal, and ghostly photographs from a camera you made with your very own hands. … [...]
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[...] The reality is: you can take a good picture with almost any camera. Even that digicam on your mobile phone. Photojojo even demonstrates that a pin-hole camera can take dreamy, surreal, and ghostly pics. Dave Johnson of PC World also advises that: It isn’t the camera that makes eye-popping photos possible; it’s the person behind the lens. It’s comforting to think that “if only I had that new camera, I’d be able to take that awesome photo,” but the reality is that Ansel Adams could take that awesome photo with the camera you have right now. One more feature won’t make a difference; you take better pictures by studying photographic technique and practicing what you learn. [...]
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[...] Taking photos is one of my favorite things to do. I shoot with mostly digital but I still like to play with older toy cameras like a Brownie, which uses film. Toy cameras are fun because they don’t take a perfect picture like a digital camera does. You can see some examples of toy camera images here. I think I love photography so much because even when you make mistakes taking the image, it can still turn out beautiful or interesting. It’s like an entire story that fits into one frame. My all-time favorite photos that I’ve taken are on this page. My son Tony and I are going to make one of these cameras in a few weeks. [...]
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[...] Les appareils photo récents sont numériques, électroniques et intimement liés aux ordinateurs. Ils sont super sophistiqués ces petits joujoux. Heureusement, il est possible de faire de la photo avec un matériel beaucoup beaucoup plus simple. C’est en substance ce que j’ai découvert chez Photojojo qui fournit des liens sur quelques exemples très parlants. Téléchargez vos plans en pdf et au boulot! Chacun de ces sites donne des exemples de photos prises avec ces appareils: [...]
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