PINHE4D - a 35 mm Pinhole Camera by schlem

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"Who would believe that so small a space could contain the image of all the universe?" -Leonardo Da Vinci
Designed for 35mm film, and super hackable, the PINHE4D (P4) puts the pure power of the pinhole in the palm of your hand! A secret known to the ancients, and found in the eye of the chambered nautilus: a tiny aperture can render the visible world!
Photos taken by the P4:http://www.flickr.com/photos/theschlem/sets/72157635189094287/
I have created a 3D Printed Cameras group on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/groups/2263247@N20/
The mission is to share and promote open source cameras and related parts, created with CAD applications and 3D printing. Please join and post content!
I've designed and built a few pinhole cameras - it's immense fun, but it can be difficult to duplicate what others have done successfully. Cut-out paper pinhole cameras have been "2D" printed in magazines (see LINKS), but 3D printing offers a substantial improvement over flimsy paperboard construction. I hope you make, use, and hack this camera for your own artistic endeavors.
Goals for this project include:
fuctional pinhole camera and proof of concept
simple design / easy assembly
promoting development of 3D printed cameras
a hackable open souce photography platform
a library of (parametric) parts for homemade cameras
a useful and peaceful application for 3D printing technology
fun -- Shoot film, not bullets!
Thanks to aubenc for the knurled surface library!
I look forward to seeing how you evolve and iterate the PINHE4D. I plan to add an Arduino-controlled servo to the shutter for accurate exposure timing and a lens board for using optical lenses.
Mostly prototyped in Tinkercad with some OpenSCAD spice: printed in black ABS on a Printrbot Plus at 0.25mm, 2 perimeters, 40% infill (tripod mounts at 70% infill) I found that two perimeters gave me consistent infill, ergo better strength, but 3 perimeters generated interior voids in some walls that might bend and crack. Cracks = light leaks = bad.
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