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Intermediate Pinhole Camera Construction: Tube Camera

1,223 views · Published 16 October 2013 · 14:45 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: David Hancock · 2013 · Howto & Style

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Pinhole cameras are a lot of fun and can return very good results. This video shows how to make a tube-type pinhole camera that creates a wide-angle pinhole camera. The descriptions below presents the video's index and a shopping list.


Index:
Skip the Intro: 00:28
How a Pinhole Works: 4:34
Why a Curved Film Plane is Superior: 6:05
How I Built this Camera: 8:43
How to use this Camera: 12:06
Begging and Pleading for your Love and Affection: 14:07


Shopping List:
1 length of pipe -- 5 inches (125mm) long and no less than 3.75 inches (95mm) nominal inner diameter (four-inch pipe with 1/8th-inch walls.) Smaller inner diameters will yield greater curvature but may also lead to image circle loss. Pipe should be black ABS plastic.
2 black ABS plastic pipe caps (one should preferably be flat.)
8 small pieces of plastic to hold the film in place with.
1 pinhole (made of a piece of pop can or tin foil.)
1 drill and drill bit larger than your pinhole but smaller than your pinhole sheet.
1 small tube of super glue.
2 magnets and 1 ferrous metal band or magnet strip to wrap on the pipe (chocks).
1 roll of electricians tape (shutter and to tape in the pinhole material.)
1 piece of spare pinhole material unpunched (shutter.)


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