Hello! Thank you for sharing this video with us! I made a series of these for myself and a friend who was going to use them with her daughter's class to learn a bit about photoraphy. They worked a treat and today I got back the first roll of film after developing and I was pleased with the 0.5", 1", 2" and 4" shutter speed attempts in bright sunlight, but all the photos are slightly blurred. Where could the problem be? Does the size of the matchbox matter when combined with the tiniest hole possible? I used boxes of the same size as you show (9mm deep, 50mm long and 35mm wide) and the pin hole itself was not the full diameter of the pin but the very tippiest tip I could manage to punch through the cardboard and stop. I measured it and supposedly it is 0.2mm diameter. When I showed it to my photography teacher she did ask if the hole was flat, and it isn't, actually; there is the tiniest pressing in of the aluminium into the carboard I sat it on when punching the pin through. Can the blurryness come from that? It is exactly the same across all the frame. Again, I thank you for this great video. I really enjoyed taking the photos and when improved, the pictures will be excellent. Oh, by the way, depending on how you bend the ring-pull to fit it into the end of the spool to wind on the film it works as a brake that stops the film trying to roll itself back in or moves along.
Adam Jermane-Jones I got the photos back from developing and across the board they're out of focus. The colour is spot on and the timing you give us of 1/2, 1 or 2 seconds worked a treat with ISO 200 film. I was afraid I'd get nothing or just a white spot. Instead, vibrant colours but the 9mm focal length is just off, but I don't know which way! Should the hole be even tinier than 0,02mm which seems to be what I managed by pinning the tip into cardboard as little as possible? Or as other sites suggest does it have to do with sanding the metal free of the varnish and making sure there is absolutely no dimple from pricking the hole? I noticed that depending how much or how little one folds the drinks can pop top it acts as a brake for the film to be rolled in more exactly (as opposed as too loosely, which allowed the film to fight its way back into the source spool.
Adam Jermane-Jones I also had some strange red flaring down the side of some of the photos. It nearly seems to be the the ones where the sun comes in strongly from the side. Artistic, but I wasn't looking for that. Any ideas? Again, thank you!
The pin hole should be VERY small, you should try to not push the pin all the way through, just get the tip through, the hole should be almost invisible. Also, you should put the pin hole in a small piece of metal, not the cardboard. I hold up the metal right up to my eye and point it to a window to make sure there is actually a hole there
Adam Jermane-Jones that is more precise, thank you. I found a couple sites that calculate the maths: pinhole.stanford.edu/phcalc3.htm and www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php This one explains the why: www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/pinhole_01.html
Assuming all you had to buy was the film, how much would this cost? If you had to buy all the materials, how much would that be in total? Would you recommend using a flashlight or will enough exposure do just the trick? Thanks.
Alex Bellomy prices vary. Film cost me £1 at the time, but now it costs £2.50. You'll have to research prices in afraid. As for light, you really need to be outside. What do you mean by a 'flash light'? I have tried a flash before and this worked well, but you need to be close to your subjext. If you mean a tourch, then don't bothrr, it's not bright enough
Torch, flash light. I'm U.S. You used a pound right? Or is that a euro? Which according to google is $1.27 U.S. With flashlights (torch) I've found some that are stupid bright. Can you take land scape pictures? You said close to the subject... Thank you so much, I really liked this video, all the others I've seen don't go into depth on how they work, only how to make them. Thanks so much Adam Jermane-Jones
I have a question I am hoping you can answer. I am doing this project for a college course. I would like to know if you possible could tell me how large is the hole you are making for the matchbox pinhole camera that you made here. As I would probably need the information when figuring out how long to do my exposure time. I hope you can help me with this. Thanking you, Cathie
Cathie Bogue Lawrence I don’t know. It’s different every time I make one. To take a picture I don’t use a light meter or anything. I generally take 3 photos for every 1 image I want, for each one I take a different exposure time. You should end up with a good photo. To be honest, if you’re measuring the hole then You’re missing the point of the project; making a camera out of matchbox is cool because you can finally get away from the exact exposure rules to take a ‘perfect’ picture. It’s about taking images and working things out by trial and error. Some of the best images I’ve got were created by accident.
I did my camera exactly how you made yours. When I start to wind the film counter-clockwise, as soon as I let go of the ring pull, the left (empty) film spool spins clockwise right back. Why is that? Is this going to be a problem?
Try painting the inside of the matchbox w/ black spray paint next time. It will give the inside of the matchbox better coverage and it's a bit easier than struggling w/a marker.
Thanks Adam for this video. Few questions that because of the language I couldn't understand very well: 1. When all the original film ends, you have to spin back all the film that was on the old film? or you take the old film for "printing" ? 2. When you take a picture, how many spins or degrees you have to turn the roll, so you can take a new one? Thanks
Lucy Marie amazon, type 35mm film into the search bar. You'll have to get the film developed before you can see the pictures. For those people who have NEVER used film before you should first get some experience in working with this format before attempting to build a camera. This is because you probably have no concept of how film is processed and developed.
I don't know if it's already been asked but given the exposure times you recommended I'm guessing you were using ISO100 film? Is that right? Great video BTW!
Amanda 777 yes it takes pictures. If you are not familiar with analog photography you will or probably be confused. The film inside is light sensitive and the image is taken through the pin hole. You will need to take the film to be processes
That would ruin the suprise, try it out and see for yourself. Have a look at this if you really want to see: thatadamlad.blogspot.com/2013/11/making-camera-out-of-matchbox.html
So excited to try this! Thanks for all the details
Thank you so much! I'm doing this over the weekend for extra credit in my photography classes. Your tutorial was very detailed and helpful.
Thanks so much. Only detailed video on making a matchbox pinhole camera I could find! Hopefully I'll get an A on my project 😜
Thank you, hope it turned out ok.
What did you get in your project?
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Thank you! About to build my first one now and I'm soooo excited! I really hope it works :D
i am your biggest fan, this really helped me! love you ;)
wow, you are a genius. it is incredible simple!!!!
What are the time exposures that I need to take a picture with an ISO200 film? Thank you.
GREAT BANTER SIRCUS!
Very good!
how can I take the film out? and how do I take the film out if they're attached to each other?
can you explain to me how the second canister works and how to get my hands on one?
+Shitbucket Explorations You need an empty role of film that has already been drained out and processed!
+Andy Murdoch thanka!
Hello! Thank you for sharing this video with us!
I made a series of these for myself and a friend who was going to use them with her daughter's class to learn a bit about photoraphy.
They worked a treat and today I got back the first roll of film after developing and I was pleased with the 0.5", 1", 2" and 4" shutter speed attempts in bright sunlight, but all the photos are slightly blurred. Where could the problem be? Does the size of the matchbox matter when combined with the tiniest hole possible? I used boxes of the same size as you show (9mm deep, 50mm long and 35mm wide) and the pin hole itself was not the full diameter of the pin but the very tippiest tip I could manage to punch through the cardboard and stop. I measured it and supposedly it is 0.2mm diameter.
When I showed it to my photography teacher she did ask if the hole was flat, and it isn't, actually; there is the tiniest pressing in of the aluminium into the carboard I sat it on when punching the pin through. Can the blurryness come from that? It is exactly the same across all the frame.
Again, I thank you for this great video. I really enjoyed taking the photos and when improved, the pictures will be excellent.
Oh, by the way, depending on how you bend the ring-pull to fit it into the end of the spool to wind on the film it works as a brake that stops the film trying to roll itself back in or moves along.
great, glad it helped
Adam Jermane-Jones
I got the photos back from developing and across the board they're out of focus. The colour is spot on and the timing you give us of 1/2, 1 or 2 seconds worked a treat with ISO 200 film. I was afraid I'd get nothing or just a white spot. Instead, vibrant colours but the 9mm focal length is just off, but I don't know which way! Should the hole be even tinier than 0,02mm which seems to be what I managed by pinning the tip into cardboard as little as possible? Or as other sites suggest does it have to do with sanding the metal free of the varnish and making sure there is absolutely no dimple from pricking the hole?
I noticed that depending how much or how little one folds the drinks can pop top it acts as a brake for the film to be rolled in more exactly (as opposed as too loosely, which allowed the film to fight its way back into the source spool.
Adam Jermane-Jones I also had some strange red flaring down the side of some of the photos. It nearly seems to be the the ones where the sun comes in strongly from the side. Artistic, but I wasn't looking for that. Any ideas? Again, thank you!
The pin hole should be VERY small, you should try to not push the pin all the way through, just get the tip through, the hole should be almost invisible. Also, you should put the pin hole in a small piece of metal, not the cardboard. I hold up the metal right up to my eye and point it to a window to make sure there is actually a hole there
Adam Jermane-Jones that is more precise, thank you.
I found a couple sites that calculate the maths:
pinhole.stanford.edu/phcalc3.htm
and
www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php
This one explains the why:
www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/pinhole_01.html
Also, how do you look at the film?
do you have examples of the film after its developed?
I do - www.flickr.com/gp/106189695@N04/5PDjE4 this is an indoor exposure taken during a photoshoot, the exposure time was around 1-2 minutes I think.
wonderful vid
how to click phots again and again
Assuming all you had to buy was the film, how much would this cost? If you had to buy all the materials, how much would that be in total? Would you recommend using a flashlight or will enough exposure do just the trick? Thanks.
Alex Bellomy prices vary. Film cost me £1 at the time, but now it costs £2.50. You'll have to research prices in afraid. As for light, you really need to be outside. What do you mean by a 'flash light'? I have tried a flash before and this worked well, but you need to be close to your subjext. If you mean a tourch, then don't bothrr, it's not bright enough
Torch, flash light. I'm U.S. You used a pound right? Or is that a euro? Which according to google is $1.27 U.S. With flashlights (torch) I've found some that are stupid bright. Can you take land scape pictures? You said close to the subject... Thank you so much, I really liked this video, all the others I've seen don't go into depth on how they work, only how to make them. Thanks so much Adam Jermane-Jones
I have a question I am hoping you can answer. I am doing this project for a college course. I would like to know if you possible could tell me how large is the hole you are making for the matchbox pinhole camera that you made here. As I would probably need the information when figuring out how long to do my exposure time. I hope you can help me with this. Thanking you, Cathie
Cathie Bogue Lawrence I don’t know. It’s different every time I make one. To take a picture I don’t use a light meter or anything. I generally take 3 photos for every 1 image I want, for each one I take a different exposure time. You should end up with a good photo. To be honest, if you’re measuring the hole then You’re missing the point of the project; making a camera out of matchbox is cool because you can finally get away from the exact exposure rules to take a ‘perfect’ picture. It’s about taking images and working things out by trial and error. Some of the best images I’ve got were created by accident.
I did my camera exactly how you made yours. When I start to wind the film counter-clockwise, as soon as I let go of the ring pull, the left (empty) film spool spins clockwise right back. Why is that? Is this going to be a problem?
Hey I know this comment is from a while ago but I have the same problem, did you find a solution for it? (: would appreciate some advise
~ Those nails & cuticles ~ Lol.....Great tutorial.
how many pictures can you take?
can a pack of cards box work
+hfc queen I don't see why
This is a great video but where do you get the film?
How did you get out the films and wash it? Thanks
+angela tanova you fucking idiot
+Andy Murdoch
Try painting the inside of the matchbox w/ black spray paint next time. It will give the inside of the matchbox better coverage and it's a bit easier than struggling w/a marker.
Good point. I've done this with biscuit tin pin hole cameras, not with these yet though. Thanks
Abegail Merced de a poco
Thanks Adam for this video. Few questions that because of the language I couldn't understand very well:
1. When all the original film ends, you have to spin back all the film that was on the old film? or you take the old film for "printing" ?
2. When you take a picture, how many spins or degrees you have to turn the roll, so you can take a new one?
Thanks
Hi Santiago. Im planning on addressing this question and possibly re making the original matchbox camera video soon.
I am wondering (maybe I overheard) how many times I have to spin before first photo? Or how I can find the biginnig of the film? (if I can)
Oh now I get that. I thought there are (somewhere starts) separetad rectangles - each for one photo.
Thanks fot the video!:)
How would you take out the film? And how can you view it? :D
+Andrea Isabel Bueno Take the camera apart and take it to a lab
We're do you get the film??
Lucy Marie amazon, type 35mm film into the search bar. You'll have to get the film developed before you can see the pictures. For those people who have NEVER used film before you should first get some experience in working with this format before attempting to build a camera. This is because you probably have no concept of how film is processed and developed.
Adam Jermane-Jones Thank you so much!!
AWESOME
Finally. Something other than trains. Good for ya. And the video is sooo good too.
Was that a compliment or an insult??😑😑😑😑
It isssss very cooooooo..............l
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Compliment bro. Chill
Nothing is visible
I don't know if it's already been asked but given the exposure times you recommended I'm guessing you were using ISO100 film? Is that right? Great video BTW!
Thank you.
can it works and give us photographs
It does work, my students get good results with theirs
I saw purple under aluminum
I just wanna know if this thing actually takes pictures and how. I wanna know! please someone tell me.
Amanda 777 yes it takes pictures. If you are not familiar with analog photography you will or probably be confused. The film inside is light sensitive and the image is taken through the pin hole. You will need to take the film to be processes
Ohh ok thank youz.
Only problem with this video is the lighting.
Thanks! Now I can make cool pictures with glow sticks!
:D
I saw purple on your aluminum
No examples of what pictures look like? 🤦🏻♂️
That would ruin the suprise, try it out and see for yourself. Have a look at this if you really want to see: thatadamlad.blogspot.com/2013/11/making-camera-out-of-matchbox.html
You probably meant that audio goes out of sync not sink... ;)
+elmotuz Exactly, thank you. Changed it now.
Deym!.I always get destructed by those nails.
+carlo minerva There's more to life than nice nails
do we need to grow nails too to make that camera??
RAHUL NIGAM what’s wrong with you?
@@AdamJermaneJones Presentation matters Boss!!
RAHUL NIGAM if you’re a TH-camr trying to get followers. But I’m just sharing a tutorial. Mainly use it I’m my classes. No need to be mean
nice toes
Noice*
PUT IT ON THE BLOG
What a let down..... Why no pictures from the camera so we can see how it works.
You'll have to make your own and see for yourself
Or go here www.flickr.com/groups/matchboxpinhole/pool/
There's over 7000 of them !
yo
come and do a wave
it didn't worked at all
Neelam Tanwar sometimes that happens. You've got to be careful when making it. It's got to be light tight else you'll over expose the film