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One of the nice things about film is that you can bend it. Really when was the last time you say a sensor flex? The fact that film bends allows for some crazy stuff like film in a can cameras.

But Can Cameras are single-use and cumbersome s the film has to be loaded and removed in darkness and they need to load before each photo.

What if there was a way to make a can camera that takes regular film? And winds between shots? And takes 120 film for superb photo quality?

Enter the Hyperscope by Matt Abelson - a film camera machined from a bulk of Aluminum. And you know you want one!

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Photographer Giacomo Citti built an interesting camera made entirely of Lego bricks. (yes, we are on a pinhole roll here)

The only exceptions are a little bit of black electrical tape and black painted foil for prevent light leak.

Giacomo uses Ilford PanF film, 50 iso which he exposes for about 1 - 5 seconds depending the lighting conditions. The reason for this specific Ilford PanF film is that it compensate very well for minor exposure errors. The size of the exposed film is about 24X80 mm. kinda usual, but gives wonderful panoramic results.

Giacomo says that the camera was inspired by Found Photography's Lego cameras archive. Having looked at it, this archive is an incredible resource if you are looking to make a Lego pinhole for yourself. More images and results after the jump. Click to continue ›

Over the years we posted quite a collection of pin hole how-to's, making pinholes from cardboard, calendars, LEGO, heck even toilet paper tube. But we never actually took the obvious path of making a pinhole camera from a box of film. I mean anybody who builds a pinhole has a box of film, right? Lomography's enthusiast sidsel shares his film box into pinhole camera recycling tutorial.

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The DIRKON pinhole camera is a paper craft pinhole camera made entirely from paper. The camera was developed by a Czech magazine called "An ABC of Young Technicians and Natural Scientists" in 1979.

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Photographer Matus Zosak was inspired by the 35mm panoramic pinhole camera tutorial we featured way back so he built one of his own. His pinhole, however, came to life using stop motion animation. It is right after the jump.

Actually, Zosak also documented the build process in a time-lapse which provides a window to how a paper camera like this comes to be. Click to continue ›

Be warned, this guide is not for the faint of heart! BUT! it will be one of the most rewarding projects you'll ever make, granting you with a camera you built yourself that takes real pictures onto real photo paper.

And before anyone jumps, we covered all the parts and all the needed steps, and while it is pretty detailed, it is not an super precise plan (just like the battleship) and we assume you know some basic staff. so feel free to expand it into something of your own. Click to continue ›

I thought that the paper craft pinhole camera we pasted a wile back was as cool as it gets. Turns out, I could not be wronger. (yea, I know wronger is wronger). Click to continue ›

If you have not noticed DIYP is big on semi-made/semi-DIY photography projects. And we are also big on pinhole. This is why we absolutely love this Pinhole/DIY/Camera project.

The Blinky is a self-assemble DIY Pinhole lens made from cardboard. Similarly to the Paper Fold Pinhole, the film chamber is kept shut with a rubber band. (Did I say this kit is genius yet?) and the film is wound with a wooden peg.

The Blinky site does not say how much each kit costs, but they provide a mail for contact. Click to continue ›

We've our share of Lego cameras before, but I think this is the first time DIYP features a fully automated Lego made pinhole camera.

Lego Enthusiast Bshikin build a camera from Lego parts and added quite a bit of automation using Lego Mindstorms (Lego for building machines). And the code is available via Google Code.

The Camera features include automated exposure meter, automated shutter and mechanical film advance. The Pretty nifty for a few Lego bricks.

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If you had a chance to shoot one of America great modern wonders, the Saturn V Rocket, what camera would you use. I mean, that is some respected rocket, being the one that landed me on the moon.

Our pal Destin (whom you may recall as the guy who shoots matches) met with Darren Samuelson, the maker of the Great Big Camera, at the US Space and Rocket Center to shoot the Saturn V with one of the biggest cameras I know.

The camera weighs about 70 pounds and takes in film sheets which are 504 sq inch big. This much films should allow it to photograph a huge amount of details.

The last thing that got my attention was the amount of time spent on measurements, with today's digital meters, metering is becoming more rare, but I guess that if you are going to expose 504 sq inches, develop and then print it, you wanna make sure you are on the dot.

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