My Own Pinhole Camera in the making!
Squee, alright!!! I finally decided to go ahead and make my own pinhole camera. I bought most of the materials I need, but I’m sure I’ve accidentaly left some out. I’ll sort that out when the time comes… hopefully successfully too.
I’ve followed these instructions. To be honest, they’re hardly instructions… it’s so dam hard to follow! ><” Talk about making it easier for you (not), but I’ve worked out where to cut the shapes out, and where to fold them, once all that is done, I then need to trace around them onto this thin black card, cut that out, glue the template onto that, and THEN stick it all together. I also bought 36 exposure black and white film, Illford (the good stuff hehe… well supposedly anyway xD). This cameara in total has cost me around ~30$. Not as cheap as I’d hope it to be =[ The point of it was, (besides building it and seeing what photos I could produce with it), to be an alternative to buying one from PigeonHole. It's over 100$ and I can't afford that, so I thought if I can make my own, all the better. I know that the photos taken with the paid camera would be better, however, that isn't the point of a pinhole camera (for me personally). If I make it properly, the results of this made up one should be like the ones I've seen on the Internet from people making their own pinhole cameras. *Crosses fingers.* There is a camera called "Diana," which is such an awesome looking camera (60's style cameras) and can also be made into a pinhole camera, plus surprisingly cheaper hehe. Although the film this camera uses isn't very popular, and isn't sold just anywhere, so that compensates for the price. There was also a fisheye camera at the same price... so this made it very difficult for me to pick out of the two. I actually went up to the counter with the fisheye camera, and just as I was going to pass over the cash, I changed my mind. XD... thankfully the guy at the store was really friendly and said no worries about it, but I told him I'd be back, just after I've given it some thought. I really don't know whether fisheye or the Diana! The Diana will take photos without the fisheye effect (na duh.. xD haha), whilst he fisheye obviously will. So in that respect, its a question of do I want fisheye or not. Thing is, that question shouldn't even be asked in the first place, because I like them both. The reason being, the Diana offers really beautiful effects, different colours in the photo, soft edges, haziness, as well as the pinhole feature to it. They both use different film... fisheye using your standard film, the Diana, a little more selective. You can attach a fisheye lense separately to the Diana if you wanted the fisheye effect, whilst the fisheye camera will always be a fisheye camera. I like em both!! Gaah!!... ><" The Diana is the one where I'll be spending a little extra to get the film, as the fisheye already has film in the box. Then of course, there's developing photos.. I have no idea how much that's going to cost -_-. I have a feeling it'll be more expensive now, because digital is so easy, whilst the film, although there's still access to the chemicals, I'm sure they're not in great supply or something. Might be now a 'special service' or something. Aaah... the choices. -_-.
So, either this:
Or this (minus the skin colour and the circular lense popping out at the top)
Here are some example images of the type of photos these cameras (and the rest of the cameras available on the site) can produce. *faint* (note: these example are in black & white, needless to say you can produce photos in colour too). And the Fisheye...
T^T I hate times like these where I'm so undecisive.
Here's a site I found Called "The Holga Wall." It's a site dedicated to photos taken by Holga cameras. Beautiful photos. =]
Guild Wars I say…!
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