Pinhole Camera Kit

This pinhole camera construction kit has an educational purpose to teach and experience the basic principles of projection and optic principles. Images are captured through a lens or a pinhole and projected onto the frosted glass instead of a roll of film. You can capture the projected image using a scanner or digital camera.

Given laser cut pieces, lens or cardboard with a pinhole on it, adhesive, frosted glass

Get the given pieces laser cut, stick the given group of pieces together to create the numbered parts in the exploded drawing.

Once you have the pieces in the exploded drawing bring them together in this order:

1. Take pieces 1 and 2 and bring them together by aligning the circles

2. Take pieces 3 and 4 and add them to top and bottom of the previous piece you created

3. Take the lens and place it in the center hole

4. Take pieces 5 and 6 and bring them to the sides

5. Take place 8 and place your joined box into the bigger one

6. Place the frosted glass (piece 9) into the rails at the back

7. Congratulations! You completed your camera obscura. Now point the lens at something you like and take a photo through the frosted glass, or you can use and Iscan to capture the image projected onto the frosted glass. Slide the boxes to get a better focus.