Pin-Hole Cameras

A pinhole camera IS: "A camera that uses a very small hole, as if made by a pin instead of a lens, for light to enter and form an image on the film."

4 Main Parts Of A Camera:

1) Lens - Draws the light into the camera and focuses it on the film plane.

2) Aperture - Dilates and contracts to control the diameter of the hole that the light passes though, to let in more or less light. It is controlled by the f-stop ring.

3) Camera Body - The casing of the camera which holds the encloses the camera pats.

4) Shutter - It open and closes to control the length of time light strikes the film. There are two types of shutters: a leaf shutter, located between or just behind the lens elements, and a focal plane shutter, located in front of the film plane.

Instructions For Building A Pin-Hole Camera:

1) http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/makecam.htm

2) http://www.instructables.com/id/How_To_Make_A_Pinhole_Camera/

3) http://www.matchboxpinhole.com/