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Anonymous
I remember making a pinhole camera in my photo class in high school, and I quite enjoyed it to be honest. I was looking into creating one, and all I can really find is really expensive pre-made cameras that exceed $200's for nothing but some wood, and a piece of brass foil.

I've been trolling the net looking for plans for tried and true designs/plans, and all I can yield is things made out of: Pringles cans, Coffee cans, or other ghetto house-hold commodities. Could you guys point me into a good direction to pursue? I'd like something panoramic if at all possible, something that doesn't portray me as an obese chip eater, or a caffeine junkie. This is going to be used a fair bit, so I'd like something I could convert to something more maintainable than cardboard or foam. (Read: wood)
>> Anonymous
No link but assuming you have a SLR or DSLR its quite easy.
Take the lens mount cap Off (part that goes on the camera body when theres no lens attached) and drill a 1/4 inch hole in it, then wrap tinfoil around the front and poke a pinhole into it, If you have a DSLR you might want to add a UV filter to prevent the dust from getting in.

Properties of light will make it so the closer the pinhole is to the sensor plane the wider the angle of view. Farther away the smaller the angle of view, (And also the less light that will make it to the sensor, AKA longer shutter speeds)

Wider the pinhole the fuzzier the image (but needs less light) Smaller the hole the sharper (up to a point) but the more light needed.
>> Anonymous
>>42557
Oops just read that you wanted to build your own "Camera" and not just the "lens"

Heres a pretty cheap method, Would work for 35mm aswell, just do some funky math that i don't know how to do!
http://www.foundphotography.com/PhotoThoughts/archives/2005/10/medium_format_p.html
>> Anonymous
>>42557

For exposure would I have to set my shutter to bulb, and sit there and hold it to get the proper duration? I've never really understood how to go about converting the slr's.
>> Anonymous
I remember I used a shoebox for the pinhole camera I made in highschool. :)

http://englishrussia.com/?p=839
Is something I had stumbled on, no directions for it but it should be easy enough to figure out. Looks pretty cool, just haven't had the time to try and make it myself.
>> Anonymous
>>42564
Ya, Bulb mode is your friend (And so are those little remote cords)
With a SLR the shutter just isolates the film, so that you have accurate controll over exposure. The build it yourself ones you just hope they are light proof and expose the film however you feel like (with a peice of tape or however.)

If you have absolutely no camera equipment to start off with, just go buy the cheapest possible Film camera with a working bulb mode and film advance, And drill a hole in the front cap, and use tinfoil.

total cost to you will be Free-50$. Maybe more if you need to get a remote cord, or tripod...