the f-stop value is based on the diameter of the aperture inside the lens compared to the distance from the aperture to the film. A particular kicker is that once the camera is completed, the realization dawns that no roll of film is included in the box with the Konstruktor. If you have a flatbed with a transparency attachment or lid, you can scan them at high resolution yourself.

Then mount the spools on either side of this piece, so when the film is run across from one to the other, it will be held flat across this plate. Hardest part of the assembly is getting the shutter activated but there are some YouTube videos that do a good job of explaining. Entirely made from laser-cut pieces of wood that you assemble together, the camera comes complete with a pinhole lens, shutter, viewfinder, film-holder and winder, camera grip, a tripod mount, and even an eyelet to tie your camera-hanging leash around! Your camera obscura will work best if you are in a dark room with the holes pointing toward a bright subject.The plan was simple: plug in the HQ camera board to the Raspberry Pi, program the system to take photos using a button, and then place all of the components into the gutted body of a toy, 35mm camera I found in my basement. Building the Konstruktor F is very easy; it can usually be completed in 1-2 hours and, by the end, you’ll have a fully working SLR camera in your hands! There's lots to do that is very design-specific and unique so I'll leave the problem solving to you, but take a look at what I did for some ideas if you need them. The lens is a 50mm prime, which is a reasonably versatile focal length, but its fixed f/10 aperture limits the ability to blur backgrounds unless you're focusing on a close subject with a lot of space behind them.

The first step is to assemble the lens, which appears simple on the face of it; the optics are all contained in a single part, and you just need to fit that part to the barrel and the mount. In other words it’s almost the exact opposite of most other camera manufacturers, keen to push the envelope and tempt photographers to spend more on their new, upgraded and better-performing products.Looks like a member of the Gakkenflex/Recesky family of which I successfully built 1 but it required 2 kits to accomplish the build. The effect can be so pronounced that the foreground and background of an image can be in focus simultaneously. Sharan SW-35 35mm panoramic pinhole A DIY pinhole is one thing, but the Sharan SW-35 is designed to make wide panoramic negatives. The existence of this effect was known for hundreds of years, but in the early 19th century camera obscuras became the basis for devices used to create the first photographs, and led to the invention of cameras as we know them today.