Wide-angle Pinhole Camera

David · Expire: 2013-01-25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7-oGVpvsU

It works fairly well, actually, when it cooperates. Next time I'll make it out of black ABS instead of clear plastic. The angle of view is a bit wider than normal. I want to say it's about 135-ish degrees.

This focal distance, pinhole size, and film size typically yields a 96mm image circle with a 107-degree angle of view. Curving the film causes near-full film coverage (image circle of around 115-125mm).

I'll link results when I have them scanned, but they've been mixed. Some shots are good and some are, well, neither perfect nor acceptable.

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4748 Location: Cheshire, England

Ha! we made one exactly like this at school in the 60's from an old Maxwell House coffee tin. We used some sort of film that the teacher developed that had a raised surface (etched?) that we inked and printed.

I may give it a go. I'm picking up some 5x4 film in a couple of weeks.

Thanks!!