pinhole photography
The comprehensive tech guide to pinhole photography
Dec 6, 2023
Matt Bechberger
If you enjoy taking film photos (and want to try pinhole photography), you know the satisfaction you get from a film photo that you just…
Turning Paris apartment into a giant camera to capture the Eiffel Tower like never before
Aug 29, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you’ve ever been to Paris, I’m sure you took some photos of the Eiffel Tower. Photographer Mathieu Stern is based in Paris, yet he…
Thingyfy’s Pinhole Pro Max is a pinhole lens that offers both 18-36mm zoom and a variable aperture
Mar 30, 2022
John Aldred
The folks at Thingyfy have released some interesting pinhole lenses over the last few years. 2017 brought us the Pinhole Pro, the world’s first multi-aperture…
How to make your own DIY pinhole camera for 35mm film using a matchbox
Jan 1, 2021
John Aldred
Coming to you from the guys at COOPH, here are two ways to make and shoot with a pinhole camera. The first is analogue. Yes,…
A beer can pinhole camera captures 8-year’s worth of sunrises and sunsets
Dec 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Taking photos with a pinhole camera requires very long exposures. But how about eight years long exposure? Artist Regina Valkenborgh made a pinhole camera from…
This guy made a whole bunch of 3D printed cameras and put the plans online for free
Mar 10, 2018
John Aldred
Regular DIYP readers will know that I’ve been researching 3D printing recently. My goal is to see how one might be able to help me with…
A simple DIY way to turn your digital camera into a pinhole camera
Jan 20, 2018
John Aldred
World Pinhole Day is coming up on April 29th. So, if you’ve been thinking about taking part, and want to do it digitally, but aren’t…
The Pinhole Pro is the world’s first multi aperture pinhole lens designed for DSLRs
May 23, 2017
John Aldred
Pinhole photography has had an interesting life. It started off as the most basic fundamental way to capture an image. Despite becoming “obsolete” as lens…
Pinhole photography with a digital camera
May 6, 2017
David Travis
Last Sunday (30th April) was ‘World Pinhole Day’. So I decided early on that my photo story this week would be about pinhole photography. Initially,…
This photographer made a camera out of a potato to win a bet
Oct 25, 2016
John Aldred
Using the term “potato” to describe what we feel are inadequate devices is commonplace. My wife refers to her computer as a potato, because it’s…