How to Make Pinhole Camera with Poster Board

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  • čas přidán 30. 05. 2018
  • Here's a cheap and easy way to make a pinhole camera using a single sheet of poster board. This is great for if you need to make a few or lots of them cheaply, great for a kids activity.
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    Pyramid Hologram - How to Make/How it Works with Princess Leia Hologram
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Komentáře • 63

  • @GrandadIsAnOldMan
    @GrandadIsAnOldMan Před 6 lety +3

    Great video, I especially liked the duct tape version but understand the issues with making a job lots of 50 of them 😊

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah, it's surprising how much duct tape it takes to cover one. You'd think that a big role of duct tape would easily cover 50 of them but after finding out how much it takes to cover one, I calculated that a 60 yard/50 meter role would cover only 12 of these pinhole cameras.

  • @gazzabro55
    @gazzabro55 Před 2 lety +1

    Fascinating, took me on a mental journey back to when ancient people first noticed this in caves and, later, in homes or tents.

  • @TheDutyPaid
    @TheDutyPaid Před 6 lety +1

    I know why it is so, but it is fascinating that the image is upside down when viewed. That opens up other lessons.
    Good video and good work.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks. Yup, I was going to put an explanation in this video but it just didn't fit the topic, especially since there's more to talk about, like why the focusing works. I think I will do an explanatory video.

  • @Oinikis
    @Oinikis Před 5 lety +2

    I remember making these quite a while ago, but the thing I did different was having the back plate mate out of tissue, so I could see the image from the outside. I wasn't aware of the method you use and I think it is really cool.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 5 lety

      Right back at you! Cool, seeing the image from outside using tissue.

  • @locouk
    @locouk Před 6 lety +2

    I made a pinhole lens for my DSLR, I had the same quality image that you got from your box camera.
    It was interesting mixing 21st century technology with 18th century technology and seeing the result.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +3

      Cool. It's very tempting to continue from here, adding a 3D printed adjustable iris for the aperture, a lens, a way of recording the image (chemical or electronic),... There's just so much fun to be had here.
      I watched a documentary last night tvo.org/video/documentaries/the-man-who-shot-tutankhamun about the fellow who took pictures when the Tutankhamun's tomb was being excavated and he shot on large glass plates. They said that the resolution he got is still unmatched with digital today. Makes sense. I remember 8mm film having very poor resolution, then think of 35mm and 72mm, but his looked to be around 250mm!

  • @troygardner1610
    @troygardner1610 Před 6 lety +4

    elegant perfect for STEM education

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      Yup, it actually was for a STEM program too.

  • @eltunene
    @eltunene Před 6 lety +1

    Wow, I used to make them back when I was a kid, way, way back in time!!!

  • @Grizzly_Lab
    @Grizzly_Lab Před 6 lety

    Wonderful, easy and a very nice and interesting way to involve children in a nice science project 💖 what to say? Congratulations, and thanks for this nice & easy project 👍

  • @charlesklein7232
    @charlesklein7232 Před 4 lety +1

    do you have an opinion of brands for resistors? radio shack seems to be the best. i like the carbon because its has thick leads. the metal film has thinner leads.

  • @charlesklein7232
    @charlesklein7232 Před 4 lety

    can i use a 1/8 watt resistor for a 1/4 watt supply by putting 2 together? can i combine the watt ratings of resistors?

  • @scottadams5858
    @scottadams5858 Před 6 lety +1

    Awesome video as usual, thank you for your videos

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks.

    • @scottadams5858
      @scottadams5858 Před 6 lety +1

      RimstarOrg I have a question, in your non conventional propulsion experiments when you did the high K dielectric experiments, did you pulse the charge or give it constant charge

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      I don't think I ever pulsed the high K dielectric ones.

    • @scottadams5858
      @scottadams5858 Před 6 lety +1

      RimstarOrg Do you think pulsing it would give a different result?

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +1

      Not for the theories I was going on (well, rough theories). That is unless the pulse for the purpose of building up a higher voltage in a capacitor first.

  • @ObiTrev
    @ObiTrev Před 6 lety

    I have that same ruler! Best ruler ever made!

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety

      Ah, you mean the 18" one. Yeah, having a long one like that sure comes in handy. I should buy a 36" one sometime (with metric on one side). I occasionally haul out my 24" metal square.

  • @charlesklein7232
    @charlesklein7232 Před 4 lety

    what size is the hole for a bread board? is it 18 to 24 gauge? can a 1/2 watt resistor fit in it. i seem to remember that it would not.

  • @user-ui9zn4gu6e
    @user-ui9zn4gu6e Před 3 měsíci

    Can we use the salt printing technique with this one. Or the light isn't enough to print anything on the paper?

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 3 měsíci

      I've never tried taking any kind of photograph so I don't know. You'd certainly get more light using a lens. With pinhole cameras, you need a small hole to get a sharp image but that means you get less light. But I think I recall seeing videos of some people taking pictures using pinhole cameras so some form of printing technique must work. Keep looking and good luck.

  • @Osamailyas
    @Osamailyas Před 4 lety +2

    How can it record the image

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 4 lety +8

      I haven't looked into detail on that. I guess you'd need to somehow put photographic film where the image forms in the back of the box and only expose it to the light for a short time (a piece of tape which you pull back and then cover the hole with again would do. Then you'd need to open the box again only once you're in a darkroom to remove the film and put it in an enclosing box.

  • @nandhinikumar1209
    @nandhinikumar1209 Před rokem +1

    👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @charlesklein7232
    @charlesklein7232 Před 4 lety +2

    I MADE A REAL ONE! WITH Real FILM! do you know what real film is? it was 126 cartridge. remember the old kodak 126 cameras? it basically a 35mm but in a cartridge.

  • @HumanBeingSpawn
    @HumanBeingSpawn Před rokem

    LoL. I could never get this to work in elementary/high school 🤣

  • @wmonger
    @wmonger Před 6 lety

    Waaaaaay back in school, we made these viewers from old shoe boxes.

  • @charlesklein7232
    @charlesklein7232 Před 4 lety

    i then developed the film in high school.

  • @cvabds
    @cvabds Před 6 lety +1

    Please sir, would you make a video on doing an effective all carbon battery or idk, some effective kind of hemp battery please? I love u videos and i think that would be nice if smart people like u did make a diy cost effective battery for home grid alternatives. Carbon batteries with solid eletrolyte (glass or somethin) would be nice. But first a small battery to serve as an exemple or proof of concept

    • @bloodyricho1
      @bloodyricho1 Před 6 lety

      cvabds go try Robert Murray Smith's channel he has been doing hemp and carbon batteries videos for ages

  • @freesaxon6835
    @freesaxon6835 Před 6 lety

    Good, but just use a shoe box, and a small pot of black Matt paint

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety

      Done! My older one did exactly that czcams.com/video/5BiHB47bY6M/video.html. However, this time I needed 50 of them so I went with poster board.

  • @aayush3782
    @aayush3782 Před 6 lety +2

    Why is your name steve and you look like steve carell?

  • @JZM006
    @JZM006 Před 3 lety

    it’s pretty cool... but not a camera

  • @ThatGuy-nv2wo
    @ThatGuy-nv2wo Před 6 lety +3

    0:37 ( ͡ಠ ʖ̯ ͡ಠ)

  • @realalreves
    @realalreves Před 6 lety +2

    I am offended by the blueprint.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety

      Interesting. Why?

    • @realalreves
      @realalreves Před 6 lety +1

      It's so phallic. Perhaps I haven't seen enough simple blueprints in my life. It's a smart idea.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety +2

      LOL! And here I thought it was an elegent solution having all the tabs at one end.

  • @cocoloco2179
    @cocoloco2179 Před 6 lety

    Not a pinhole camera.

    • @RimstarOrg
      @RimstarOrg  Před 6 lety

      Why not?

    • @cocoloco2179
      @cocoloco2179 Před 6 lety +1

      Viewer not a camera. Change the heading to, ' Viewer'.

    • @TheDutyPaid
      @TheDutyPaid Před 6 lety

      coco loco It is a bit of fun for kids to make, which I am sure they enjoyed.

    • @cocoloco2179
      @cocoloco2179 Před 6 lety

      So, you enjoy misleading children? My - My....

    • @TheDutyPaid
      @TheDutyPaid Před 6 lety +2

      coco loco I await your video on a 'real' pinhole camera.