Matchbox Camera

you could just buy a disposable film camera for a couple of dollars, or even an inexpensive 35mm camera, again for a few dollars. And if you want to learn about how cameras work then go Google it as suggested. This doesn't really teach you anything except how to use a lot of sticky tape, and the picture quality will be rubbish. If you want to make a pinhole camera it'd give better results to do it with a large format negative, and a bigger chamber I think.

As I was taught a long time ago - the best way to understand something is to build it with your own hands. You can buy a nice DC motor in RadioShack for about $3. Yet in science and physics classes students build much simpler and largely useless for any practical purpose electric motors by using a magnet and some copper wires year after year. Why? Because they learn from it. Same here. One thing is to see it on a picture, another is to actually build it.

but i bet you could buy a digital camara with your money instead of buying so much tape
5*

I only spent US $7

he was joking

You

It Still Works. And makes good pictures with 0.5 mm pinhole. You can make smaller pinhole if you want.
Yes, black tape would be better. But mine worked with white one.

make sure No light gets into camera body. try to use black tape.

U can use the camera body. all u need is to replace the film.

Perhaps people are realising you didn't think this up by yourself.

It's a great idea. It was MY idea. The idea has been taken without permission or reference in order to make money for HasBash. Google for alspix matchbox pinhole, the original, not a rip-off.

Shame it's not original

You can see where HashBash took his ideas from, google for alspix matchbox pinhole. Shame no one asked permission to make money out of these ideas.

has to ask permission for a free idea.
it wasnt ur idea. and its not ur blog. u just copy this nick and joined few days ago.

some of the new digitals then. I work with both film and digital and my Nikon D2X Digital SLR can do everything my Nikon F6 film SLR can do and more.

Willing to try anything, but have you tried a 10 to 15 minute exposure? I've tried the D2 already, a business partner tried to get me to go digital. The picture was so pixelated and he just looked at me and never has said anything about me using film since. Yes, I know I may be one of the few photographers left that still uses film, but ISA 25 or 33 on a calm night will bring colors, and digital has yet to master the time exposure. Feel free to see what I mean with my online portfolio MJDickPhoto.com How many cars do you see on the Hoover Dam, and how calm is the water in my pictures? I'll see if I can find a D2X and see what it will do though.

He did not think of it either. He stole my ideas to make money for himself. Google for alspix matchbox pinhole camera, Dec 31 2005

so i wanted to do it myself. anyone can do it and submit here. why didnt u submit it urself?

I spent less then Us $7. All u need is to buy any beer or soda can and one film roll. The other empty film roll i found at home, so it was free :)